Man i cant tell looks alot thicker then other 82 i have but only one comes close to is large date zinc and this copper so is it just regular coin or am i missing something Thank you
Man i cant tell is english or something else or am i missing something. If only the google could answer all your questions.
Google dont answer questions plus i thought this is a place to talk and get knowledge about coins from others if not i can move on
1. Google most certainly does indeed answer questions. Maybe not every question you have, but many. 2. Your posts are extremely hard to read and understand since you do not use punctuation and often have 3 or 4 run-on sentences. People on this board are ready and willing to help, but we can't help you if we can't understand you.
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The copper cents are not thicker than the zinc cents, just heavier for the same size. As for the 1982 cent, 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.
IMHO it looks like a large date copper alloy cent. Check the weight. 3.11 grams is copper alloy. 2.5 grams is copper plated zinc. The only one with any significant value is the 1982-D small date copper alloy cent, of which only one is known to exist.
http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1982&die_id=1982p1do001&die_state=mds Its cool i found it thanks
OK so it is a copper large date and the weight indicates that it is right on the spec weight so it isn't on a thicker planchet. It probably just looks thick at theedge due to a good strike. The thickness of a struck coin is often a function of the strength of the strike. A strong strike allows the rims to fill completely resulting in a thicker coin at the edge. On a weaker strike the rims don't fill,
