Is there anything special bout this '82 Penny

I wanted to know what to look for in the Which is tge rare one of value i should be keeping an eye out for. Should it weigh.2.5g or 3.1g I could use some of ur knowledge. Thanks in advance.

 

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Hi Ms Rose, Welcome to Coin Talk. What I have found that works best for me is to go to youtube and just type in the year and mint mark of the coin you are working on, and in no time at all, you will have 20 or 30, 5 to 30 minute videos that are very detailed. Including any back story, coin population, (as in how many are graded at any level) and the going price that might be aquired at auction.
Just look around and try different youtube star personalities, until you are comfortable with how they each present their video. They are all very good. Ive learned alot from them, and have filled two notebooks with nothing but information and details about coins. Check out JBCOINSINC, CoinHelpU, BlueridgeSilverhound, Coin Opp, QuinsCoins , or Couch Collectables. To name a few. They all are very good. Then take the info they give you and put that into your coin search, and bring any and all pictures and questions over here. It will all come together once you get any questions you have answered through the experts here. We've all had to start somewhere. You can trust all of these guys and gals over here. They really know what they are talking about. Learn all you can and good luck in your future endeavers.

 

@FooFighter Thank you for the info. Im going to check them out now. I do google the coins at times but i dont always understand the web sites the terminology. But maybe with youtube it will be better for me since im more of a visual learner. Anyways thank you again.

 

Be careful with youtube, there is more misinformation there than good information. The 1982 D cent you are looking for is the copper, weighing 3.11 small date. Yours is a large date. You can do a google image search to tell the difference between small and large dates. Only 2 have been found to date.

 

Don't listen to Foo. He will make a "foo" out of you! BoobTube is the last place you want to go for accurate information.

Chris

 

LMAO!! You should see the biagazzgrin on my face ! Thank you gentlemen. I owe you a coffee or somethin.

 

You are kidding, right?

 

I like some of those videos especially the giveaway ones, but, yes, who has it right? In my opinion, YouTube is one source but who goes by one source in determining anything? Also use in conjunction: eBay or other of the like sold listings, (for Canadian) Coins and Canada.com (very easy to navigate and understand), simple Google search results, asking the good folks in this or other of the like communities and asking dealers in person. I don’t have a red book or any other but I bet this would probably be the most trusted source, yes?

 

Whatdya mean? Sitting back waiting with interest.

 

Yes. The Red Book Is on my list to aquire, as well. I just didn't want to overwhelm the girl. I didn't say anything about going to PCGS, or NGS or any of the other very informative sites or periodicals or reference books.

 

So you send her to YouTube instead? The place with the most misinformation and garbage to sort through?

 

Try getting the red book. It has lots of pics. In fact, if you can afford it, get the Mega Red (warning, it is thick and heavy, but it does have a lot of info) or the large Professional Edition. This will give you the basics. If you are somewhat tight in money or exceptionally frugal, get a past year one, because the prices listed in those are not hard and fast. The best they can be used for is to gain an idea of what might be valuable in a series. If you get a past year one, definitely get either the mega red (there are currently three past editions) or the large spiral bound professional edition (five past editions).

You might be a visual learner, but the best info can be found either on websites or in books by qualified authors (those who know the subject). There is a reason the hobby has the saying "buy the book before the coin" and not "go watch a bunch of YouTube videos while you are coin roll hunting and checking your change".

Once you have a red book, there usually is no need to buy one every year. Perhaps pick up a new one every 9 years, that has normally been my tactic and it works very well.

 

1. Welcome to CT. The 2020 edition of Red Book is now out and has up to date info, but don't focus on their values as they are out of date by the time it is published. If you truly wish to collect coins you need to educate yourself with recognized books and information. Good luck.

 

Deleted the post I was gonna send. Its probly for the best.

 

@Stephanie Rose YouTube is good only *if* you know how to rummage through the junk (most of it) and the good stuff. If you get caught in the disinformation you'll be sucked into a world of disinformation and start believing you have stuff that simply is not true.

1982 was a transition year for the Mint's CENT/Penny. Going from a 3.11 gram copper planchet to a 2.5 gram zinc planchet that has an 8 micron thin copper plating. So you have mulitple Mint's coins PLUS Large and Small date from the Mints. You get *a lot* of variety.

And as mentioned there were only 2 Small Date 1982 Denver mint cents found over the past 37 years of CRH'ing and such. So many millions of people looking for the "unicorn". So many YouTube videos of ppl claiming to have a unicorn, and even here with an existing live thread of someone using out of focus images, angles, and verbal defamation of the naysayers claiming to have one. You'll find many ppl here claim to have one, defend it to the ends of the earth, submitting it for authentication and we never hear back from them if it was true or not ...

The problem with error searching without knowing much is you get sucked into searching for something that may not even exist. Or you think you are searching for something that does exist, or are shown to search for something that really isn't an error and is very common (such as not even having an error) so you end up getting excited over ever penny you comes across as you think you've won the lottery on each of them.

It's all a long learning process. And learning just how to learn about it is the first step to learning. The books mentioned above are a really good first step, so is CT.

 

If you are an online type reader then try some of these:
http://lincolncentresource.com
http://doubleddie.com
http://varietyvista.com
https://conecaonline.org/abbreviations