1982 Lincoln cents

I need some clarification on the 1982 varieties please. What do they need to with and which is the most valuable? Thank you!

 

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https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1982-d-small-date.319158/#post-3121674

 

Short and simple answer - You don't have "the one".

 

@Brittany Coe
http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html

 

Thank you! Now how do I find out the value of my 1982's?

 

What qualifies a cent to be "the one"?

 

"What do they need to with" ==> huh?

http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html

There are multiple varieties. But you probably saw some youtube video that makes you think you can strike it rich. There is ONE, yes a singular ONE in existence. All the cents you are going to check probably have been checked a billion times previously.

99.999% circulated cents are probably just worth 1 penny. Of course high grade ones (not normally found in pocket change) maybe worth a bit more.

read this too
http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/rare-1982-d-small-date-copper-found

 

So it has to be the 1982 D small date that weighs 3.1ish? I've looked at the differences between the small and large #2s and it is still hard for me to tell. Would you look at them and tell me what you think?

 

1982-S proof only large date
1982 large date Philly copper
1982 large date Philly zinc
1982 small date Philly copper
1982 small date Philly zinc
1982-D large date copper
1982-D large date zinc
1982-D small date zinc
1982-D small date copper (1 known)
Denver didn't strike any 1982's in small date copper. But 1 has been
found. Perhaps another may turn up one day. How was only 1 coin struck on a copper planchet? That year they switched from copper to zinc towards the end of the year. So they were only striking zinc small dates in Denver.
But what happens if there is a cleaning crew and they find a copper blank on the floor, or stuck in a piece of machinery? Well you can't take anything out of the mint, so they just toss it into a bin of zinc blanks, they look the same anyway. That's just one theory (someone proposed here) how it could have happened. I have worked production and that seems a likely scenario. Often times with errors, an entire sheet of planchets (different metal, different thickness, whatever) gets used mistakenly, and around (40?) coins will be made by mistake. But that didn't happen here.
There was 1 or 2 left over copper blanks, or the cleaning crew theory.
The proof coin has a little value.
The Philly small date, copper or zinc has value in top condition.

 

You're probably rushing yourself not looking at the curve going into the base of the 2. Take your time. You also probably want to see something on your cents that is NOT there.



and keep in mind there are all these varieties. but i'm sure you wrote it down next to you as you search from that one article

The 7 Business Strike Varieties (8 total with the 1 rare one):

• 1982 Large Date Copper
• 1982 Large Date Copper plated Zinc
• 1982 Small Date Copper
• 1982 Small Date Copper plated Zinc
• 1982 D Large Date Copper
• 1982 D Large Date Copper plated Zinc
• 1982 D Small Date Copper plated Zinc
• 1982-D small date copper (1 known to exist). This is the one all the fake youtube videos are made for thinking you can find one making it seem they are readily available and easily found.

 

Sorry, I meant what do they need to weigh. NOT with.

 

I read the article about the person who found it and kept it and is the only one who has one so far. Are any of the other 1982 varieties valuable at all? I would like to grade them if so. If not, I dontd want to waste money grading them as they are pulled from circulation.

 

Zincs weigh 2.5 grams
Coppers weigh 3.1 grams
The 1982-D copper small date (1 known) weighs 3.1 grams.
Here is a photo to show the difference between the large and small date:

 

Thank you!

 

I believe (a) + (b) = no

 

So all of the cents in this picture are large dates EXCEPT the one to the far right, which has no mint mark right? They all weigh 3.1, but still don't have the one that there is only one of right? Lol

 

The one on the far right is a small date Philly, (I am guessing copper).
I just got my small date Philly zinc to complete my set. Value of 7 coin set,
7 cents. But it was fun and it took a long time to get them all. They don't count the proof S in the set or the Unicorn 1982-D small date copper.

 

Correct.

No Mint mark means Philadelphia mint.
I believe Philadelphia was the first mint in the US .. so they didn't need a mint mark to identify where it was made. later on they would use mint marks for various coins.
https://www.usmint.gov/learn/collecting-basics/mint-marks

 

Yeah i hear ya. The 82 small dates are thinner also. Read the links other members sent. Might take awhile but you're going to catch on. Took me awhile. Now i can tell without help