1982 Cent

Is anyone aware of any 1982 cents that were minted in the new Zinc/Copper composition? I have one that sounds like the newer cent every time I bounce it on my desk. I have been doing this for a while now and it does not have the ring a copper cent should have.

Thanks

Darryl

I do not have a scale that is accurate enough to measure.

 

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Darryl - the 1982 cents were made in 7 different combinations, Philly and Denver, large date, small date, and copper or zinc. I forget which one of those was omitted, but someone will be by shortly to tell us. I also find the easiest way to tell them apart is the sound test. Do enough of them and you'll figure it out quickly. I always find the large date/small date to be the hardest part to tell them apart, unless you already have a known example handy.

 

what topher said.
:thumb:

 

Yep. The mint switched to the zinc midway thru the year.
There was no 1982D small date copper.

 

That is pretty good that you could figure that out, unfortunatly though the coin is normal.

 

I listen to a lot of cents on my desk and I am 99.9% certian this is not copper. There is no mint mark so it is Philly and I think the date is large?

Thanks Topher & Frank & Dock & hamman88 - does not look to uncommon based on the mint numbers...

Best Regards,

Darryl

 

1982 Copper Lg Date
1982 Copper Sm Date
1982 Zinc Lg Date
1982 Zinc Sm Date
1982D Copper Lg Date
1982D Zinc Lg Date
1982D Zinc Sm Date
1982S Copper

There is no 1982-D Copper Sm Date.

 

Darryl:
No, it is not scarce, just another space in the album.