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Message:: [QUOTE="Sholom, post: 554808, member: 17753"]So, I sorted a couple of hundred cents, possibly close to 1000 (some from the bank, and some from a 24 year old jar of pennies I found in the house -- lots of AU 1985's in there; and no findings worth mentioning).  And I got around to constructing a super low-tech copper-zinc sorter (pictured below).  Of the 39 cents I found from 1982, here was my breakdown:       Copper   1982-P LD 241982-P SD  21982-D LD  8   Zinc      1982-P LD  21982-P SD  21982-D LD  01982-D SD 1 Now, I know my ratio of P's to D's is way out of whack (living here on the east coast, just 100 mi south of Philly) . . . but other than that, anyone else have any ratios? My sorting machine: <img src="http://www.cointalk.com/forum/members/sholom/albums/345/5650.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> As you can see -- it's a piece of flat plastic, over a piece of a cheap plastic pen . . . attached together with scotch tape.  The penny is from the 1960's, so it's copper.  It's not on the end, so that when I put a copper on the other end, the see-saw swings down dramatically; and when a put a zinc on the other end, the see-saw doesn't move at all.   Poifect!  (Except that I can only do one cent at a time).  Obviously <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The pic and description is for the newbies . . . but my main point is: what's the distribution of 1982 cents that you have or see or think there is?[/QUOTE]

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