1982, 1982D, 1983, 1983D and 1989 Pennies All 3.1 grams

What are the chances and how much is it worth?

 

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Mega is now harder than the 258 M-1 it is now 302 million -1 and the Powerball is 292 million -1. When they added that second draw, they killed those games.
When they first started the Colorado lottery it was 6 numbers out of ( 39 or less).
And it was 5 million to one. These things with 100 numbers and then a second draw with another 20+ numbers ruined these games. There are top heavy.
It's better to have 500 people win a million dollars than 1 lucky drunk winning 500 million dollars.

 

So here's the picture of the 1983, 1989 and 1990 weighing 3. I'm not not posting the 1982 ones because someone said they weren't rare since they weren't small dates

 

So here's the picture of the 1983, 1989 and 1990 weighing 3. I'm not not posting the 1982 ones because someone said they weren't rare since they weren't small dates

 

Well, I guess that settles it

 

yup

 

Try a more sensitive scale with tenths and hundredths.
Specifically designed for small weights. Coins, jewelry, precious metals.

 

If you are sure these three coins weigh 3.1 grams each, you should send them in for grading. I don't know the best service for something like this.

 

Looks like a grocery scale. Try something smaller with tenths and hundredths designed for coins, jewelry, precious metals.

 

You need a more precise scale. The scale you show is not capable of showing anything smaller than 1 g so any zinc cents the slightest amount over the specified weight of 2.5 g will show on that scale as 3 g. If it slightly under 2.5 g that scale will show it as 2 g.

 

That scale isn’t accurate. It rounds to the nearest gram so all the zinc cents that actually weigh 2.5g will be rounded to 3g.

 

A correct example should weigh 3.11 grams.
If your examples happen to weigh in between 2.6g to 3.0 grams then it still could be a rolled thick planchet. Maybe a thick copper plating.

But then again, It could be a rolled thin Copper Alloy.

 

Oh come on, Mannie.
You said twice, in two seperate posts that your pennys weighed 3.1 grams specifically, and you would prove it with a photo.
Now you post a photo on a scale that isn't even capable of weighing to the tenths or hundreths of a gram (that's the .1 part you assured us they weighed).
We wanna help, but you have to stop the lies.

 

You specifically said more than once that you had coins that weighed 3.1 and 2.5 grams. That scale is incapable of weighing to the tenths or hundredths. Everything will round off to either 2 grams or 3 grams. Where is the scale that you used to do the 3.1/2.5 measurememts or were you lying?

 

@furryfrog02 was it you?

 

In case you "see double" here - your eyes are fine. Topics merged.

 

Hmmm all the threads run together at this point

 

Put a 2017 on scale. See what it reads

 

@Mannie as others have said, your scale lacks the ability to measure such small increments. You need a scale that can measure to .1g or even better to the .01g.

I picked up a super cheap scale not too long ago. It only measures to .1g but that is enough for almost everything you need.

This is what I got: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000O37TDO/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

Here's an even better idea:

Use a popsicle stick or a tongue depressor. No scale required.

Balance a 1970s cent on one side, put each of your cents on the other side. If they balance, take a picture and post it here.