1982 d cent 3.1 grams

Just posting this one to make sure..I have weighed this 82 d multiple times and it is holding at 3.1 grams. Is the bottom of the '2' in the date a little smashed? I thought I read somewhere that the small d dates had a narrow neck on the 2? What do you guys think?

 

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Also, the '1" looks a lot like the skinny small date '1' to me. Either way, fun just searching! Thanks for any info!

 

the weight of your coin shows that it is copper . some of the 82 cents are copper and some are zinc , this is the year the mint went from using copper to zinc for the cent coins.I never did pay any attention to the dates on these coins so I'm not sure about the date.

 

Thanks for the input rascal. I've been looking at close ups of the small and large on the lincoln source site and it seems to me that the '2' on my coin doesn't really look exactly like either of the small or large date. I'm still wondering about the '1' too. Check out the site http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html

 

The look and exact thickness of the devices can change with die stage and other factors such as an accumulation of grease in the die. Circulation wear and environmental exposure of the coin itself can also change the look of the devices. Yours is a normal large date.

 

Okay! Thanks jallen. I thought so but just wanted to make sure! Thanks! I really wonder if one will ever be found.

 

What is the exact mintage on the 1982 large copper penny? I read that they only minted them for about a half year and then went to the zinc mixture.

 

I don't think anyone has the exact figures for the large/small dates. Charles Daughtrey of Coppercoins.com began a project to try and get a sense of the ratio of small:large dates for the years 1960, 1970-S, 1974, and 1982, but I think it proved too daunting a task, and he's since abandoned it. The website is still up though if you want to have a look at some of the information:

http://www.thecentproject.com/sort1982.php

 

Cool. Thanks Jallen. I'll check that out. Makes you wonder how many of these they could have pumped out. A good guess would probably be in the hundreds of thousands maybe, you think? But then again, I also read that they shut the production down briefly that year for a little while.

 

Yes, they were definitely in the 100s of thousands. The large dates are more common on the copper cents, and I've found that the small dates are more common on the zinc cents.

 

Well.. I have learned a lot today about this variety. My coin is in really rough shape but you have to wonder why some of these in better condition, wouldn't carry a good premium. Especialy if there were only say 300 to 500 thousand minted. I really wish they could pin that mintage down.

 

When I said hundreds of thousands earlier, that was really just a figure of speech. Think more like hundreds of millions. The mintage for the 1982-D mint was several billion of both large and small date combined.

 

Wow. Hell of a lot of coins in a short period of time! Didn't know that! Thanks Jallen! So I guess that would make a true 82 small copper big bucks! I think I'd have better luck playing the lottery!

 

I found a d 1982 big date 3.1 grams

 

If you had access to back issues of Coin World from 1982 it should be possible to come close to the mintages of the two types. Each month they reported mintages and they also reported when the changeover was made from copper to zinc. By tracking the mintages until the changeover it should be possible to estimate the copper mintages to within a few hundred million.

Worth 1 cent. The rare one is the small date D that weighs 3.1 grams.

 

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Absolutely!

 

I have 2 1982 d pennys trying to see if they are large or small dates and are worth anything

 

start your own separate thread.. You need to post pictures of your pennies

Or.. Look at these pictures