1982-D small date copper 3.1 grams. Mint mark error

These people on here is rude and very disrespectful.

Always remember that in life, you dont have to prove anything to anybody. All I can do is read these rude messages from people oh here and laugh at them. Its lets me know these people dont have all the knowledge they need to know.

 

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Once Again, the weight on the coin is 3.1 grams and it is definitely a D mint mark. Die break? Maybe is why the mint mark looks like that. It looks like the mint worker tried repolishing the die to cover up his screw up with the mint mark

 

Its 3.1 grams Mr. Know it all
At least I can tell the difference between a large date and small date. Most of these coins collectors cant even tell the difference between a small date and large date. Lol

 

I never said it didn’t weigh 3.1 grams. I never commented on the large or small date and I never said you don’t know the difference. Everyone here has shown you respect and given their opinion but we don’t agree with you. I’m sorry you don’t have the funds to send to a grader but it would be a waste of money.
If that coin is what you claim it to be you’d find the funds to have it graded. Then you’d sell it to care for your family.
I wish you the best in the future but from the members that responded to your post there are over 250 hours of experience. We are just giving our experience based on what you say it is and from photos. We do not have the coin in hand.
Thank you,

Mr. Know it all

 

I’m certain you no longer need my help.

 

The same here and my wife who knows hardly anything wants to know if he’s a bot. I can’t see, and neither can she, any member that’s been rude.

 

Buddy, you don't know me very well. I'm probably one of the nicest members on this forum to make assumptions about me.
I asked you a simple thing to do and you're making it difficult.
If you think we are being rude then guess what..

Numismatics is not the hobby you should be in!

We are here to help not waste time like you are doing quoting everyone and not providing the evidence.

Not a good way to start off on this magnificent coin forum.

 

Here is one of the pictures of your coin compared to the second known 1982-D small date copper.


Notice that the 2nd known example has a bold D, which is normal on all 1982-D small date cents. It appears that the 1982 you have is the result of plating blisters; since the Mint switched to zinc cents in mid-1982, plating blisters were at their worst, and very common, in the 1980's to early 90's. Surface discoloration is also common on cents, both copper and zinc.

Because these were simply the wrong planchets that got struck by the same dies used for 1982-D zinc small date cents, there would almost certainly need to be a known variety for weak mintmarks that year (which there are none of to my knowledge) and they would appear on a considerable amount of the 1982 cents.

As for the "PCGS licensed professional" that you listed, what type are they? Did you see them at a coin show, are they a PCGS authorized retailer, or an actual grader for PCGS?

Putting it on a scale and taking a picture of the weight will greatly help.

 

That's the new lingo Collect, if you don't agree, then you are rude.

 

I must rank in the top 5 for rudeness as I 100% disagree with the OP. I have a lot to learn as I thought I worded it politely and with an explanation as to why I felt that way. In all my years of collecting I guess I don’t know the difference. LOL

 

I've stayed out of the differences of opinions so far and I just see a collector, probably with some PCGS submitter friend, that doesn't agree anyone's honest opinions from here. Maybe a $50 submission to PCGS, for a TRUE read on the coin, will convince him that the folks on here have given out the correct info and also realize that he's the only one on here being rude.

 

If you had a coin worth 5 or 6 figures then you do have enough money to have it graded/ certified.

 

i just posted a pic of the coin on a scale. weight 3.1 grams.

 

The picture of the coin from that angle is very definitive - this is a 1982 small date copper, but from Philadelphia. Around that area of the coin, which I circled in your picture, is a nearly straight line, and semicircle, of discoloration going from roughly 2:30 to 6:00 on the coin. This is caused by the zinc in the coin as most copper pennies are 5% zinc, including 1982's.

Second, what appears as a D on the coin looks slanted; no D mintmark in the history of US coinage is known to be slanted, and if one was slanted like this, there would certainly be others.

You may eventually find the real deal, as anything is possible, but the penny you have here is simply a Philadelphia small date copper.

P.S. there are several spaces on the coin that give the illusion of a D. That's one of the effects of discoloration.

 

My bad @Gentleman1 it looked like zinc IMO. It was said above that is a great find if the mark you are seeing is actually a D/MM. I have tried looking at the photos and I just can't tell what it is. Maybe stabilize your camera and take the coin into the sunshine to shoot the photo.
There are other services that you can use ICG would be a very good option. They have a CT special and will grade it for I believe $10 + ins.