Hello, I have a 1982 penny that weighs 3.1 and I can't tell if the date is large or small. Could you please look at this and let ne know what your thoughts are?
Happy 4th everyone! Too bad its not like the one that sold for $18,800! Thanks for all the input, I appreciate the info. I've got other pennies to ask about,,,soon!
So, the pennies that are weighed at 3.1 don't carry any extra value? Only with the small date or curved 2? I weighed all my pennies (349) and I had only 3 that were 3.1.
It doesn't work that way. The ones that are 3.1 are copper. The ones that are 2.5 are zinc. In most coins condition is paramount. The small date comes in copper and zinc in Philly no mint mark. Denver made large date in copper and zinc and small date ONLY in zinc. There is 1 known 1982-D small date copper. They made 17 billion cents in 1982. Some of the small date (Philadelphia) in copper or zinc have value, but the condition must be brand new. And those are hard to find. Basically the large dates, and the Denver coins are all 1 cent. Most of the small dates are as well except for the finest examples.
Welcome to CT and happy 4th!! I agree with what has been said here. Here are a couple of websites about Lincoln cents that explains them very well and have been a very helpful resource for me. These sites have some great info on all kinds of errors and varieties of Lincoln Cents http://lincolncentresource.com/index.html http://www.coppercoins.com/index.php I hope you find them as useful as I do...Mont
In 1982 they switched from copper to zinc towards the end of the year. So in that year you have both. After that, they are all SUPPOSED to be zinc, but several (off metal) cents have been found to be on copper planchets instead of zinc. (Most or all from Denver) 1983-D, I believe 1989-D (have to look it up) and some from the 90's. Maybe some old copper ones were found a few years later stuck in a machine in a weird place, and they just got tossed in with the zinc blanks. Who knows.
