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<p>[QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3143069, member: 78298"]Denver only made the small date in zinc. 2.5 grams.</p><p>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.</p><p>Philadelphia large date copper large date zinc</p><p>Philadelphia small date copper small date zinc</p><p>Denver large date copper large date zinc</p><p>Denver small date zinc</p><p>San Francisco large date copper proof</p><p>1 Denver 1982 small date copper has been authenticated. If a whole sheet/roll of</p><p>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.</p><p>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.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3143069, member: 78298"]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.[/QUOTE]
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