Happy Saturday. I went into a town today that is 95% Mexcian immigrants here for the summer labor. I love that little town because they are all super polite and the prices for stuff is cheap...easpecially the fresh fruit. Anyway, sorry, point is I asked the lady at one of the stores if she had penny rolls she would sell me. I figured it would be a good place because the people their probably arent searching coins. I could be wrong but who knows. I got 2 rolls and found 2 wheaties and a bunch of nice 60s. I regretfully seen a few 1982s. I hate them because everywhere I look seems to be conflicting info. I try to research before posting here which eliminates alot of garbage posts by myself, however, can someone educate me on these 1982s? I am showing this small date P. I weighed it and its copper at 3.1 ounces. Theres no "error" on it and it seems to be struck pretty good without alot of wear...Ive seen worse. I see in some places it states the only small date copper thats "rare" is the Denver but in other places it shows the "P" or no mint mark is somewhat rare. I went to PCGS coin facts and if Im reading it right, it must be a little rare. Can someone clarify this for me?
You are right. Completely unnecessary. However, I find it interesting where people get what they get. Maybe better suited for coin roll hunting but just a back story at any rate. Theres another town nearby that is almost completely retirement. I have found really good and interesting stuff there. Much better coins than the change I get close to my boring neighborhood. I know its "Mexican", as my wife of 25 years was an immigrant when we were both kids. But thanks for the clarification on the 82 Paddy , I'll be sure to post where I found stuff somewhere else and just stick to the coin itself. "No soup for me"!
The 1982 variety can be a bit confusing.. Here is a good website with more clarification - http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html Peace
Looks like a small date. Needs to be mint state to have value. They made 17 billion cents that year, most of them large dates. The number for small dates is unknown, but probably 2 billion in Philly copper/ and zinc. And 1 billion in Denver zinc is my guess.
Have a stupid question I have been reading on these and have a couple of copper cents from this year which one has value
Not including the super rare 1982-D small date copper, your 1982 Philly small date would be worth something, if it was in GREAT condition. If it looked brand new and had not been cleaned.
.01 cent. It's not as easy as it sounds to find rare coins. But as long as you are having fun, there's no price you can put on that.
