1982 D penny weighs copper

I'm confused reading many different things .... On this is only worth something if it's a small date. correct??

 

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No it's a large date

 

Here is the difference.

 

Yours is a large date the one everyone is looking for only 1 has been found if memory serves me.
Dave

 

Denver only made the small date in zinc. 2.5 grams.
1982 was a transitional year and towards the end of the year they switched from copper to zinc. Between the 3 mints they made 17 billion cents that year.
Philadelphia large date copper large date zinc
Philadelphia small date copper small date zinc
Denver large date copper large date zinc
Denver small date zinc
San Francisco large date copper proof
1 Denver 1982 small date copper has been authenticated. If a whole sheet/roll of
copper planchets got in by mistake there would be dozens more. It's possible there was just 1 copper blank left over, sitting in a machine, or whatever, and it was tossed into a bin of a million zinc blanks as they look the same.
Contrary to any You Tube videos, while 1 more may turn up one day, you or I are not finding it. It will take everyone going through billions of these coins over time, identifying and weighing them to discover one more off metal 1982-D small date copper.

 

looks like a large date to me! 3.1 grams! I actually have 2!

 

Ok I misunderstood, but I have the small date too, it's just black!

 

Yes. 82 D copper and only valuable if it is the small date

 

Thanks for not being mean to me because there are some real Boogerwolfs on here, to the uneducated!