You can also differentiate the zinc and copper by looking closely. Almost all of the zincs from 82 have gas bubbles under the copper plating...
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MS-64 BN Why haven't you submitted this?
Regardless of condition, that's an amazing find....it's still a rare key date! Congrats!
I second the motion! :D
Nice!
1982 SDC [IMG] [IMG]
Indeed....sage advice. My local dealer pays 2.5 cents and sells them for 5 cents. Most places on the internet sell them between 3 and 6 cents (or...
Indeed....good advice for ANY key date.
WOW....this made for a great story! Congrats!
This needs to go in the contests section.
Easy enough....I'm in!
Very nice pickup!
I called the automated system today and it said "processing".
Too hard to grade from such small pics. Fill the frame with the coin before snapping. All I can tell is MS.
I'll tell you is VERY easy to spot the small date without all the hoopla....just look at the tail of the 7. For the large date it is WAY WAY...
The thing about OBW solid rolls is most were not stored properly. I've opened a LOT of rolls and the coins were either heavily spotted or had...
I agree with Jack, that top small date stands out like a sore thumb to my eyes. It's definatately a SMALL date.
Conversely, if non-collector people know they exist, they will hunt them and perhaps take an interest in them and other Lincolns.
ebay will fee you to death on those, post them on coin forums for sale sections for maximum return.
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