1982 Lincoln Cent Coppercoins DDO-001

Weighs 2.5 Grams too.






Here's the link to Coppercoins .
http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1982&die_id=1982p1do001&die_state=mds

 

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I found one in change

 

That the big one for this year ...

 

I found that a few years ago, I had it slabbed along with a few others when ANACS had one of their specials.

 

I'm a little curious why ANACS says it's on a Bronze, or Zinc ( 3.11 Grams ) when it should be on a Copper Panchet ( 2.5 ) grams ?

Here's the link to Coneca
http://varietyvista.com/Variety Master Listings/lincoln doubled dies 1980-1996.htm#_1982

 

Good question, I see Conca states they are copper.
PCGS also calls them bronze.
http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/146020
Then I found this
Several types of bronze are used, commonly B20 bronze, which is roughly 20% tin, 80% copper, with traces of silver, or the tougher B8 bronze which is made from 8% tin and 92% copper. As the tin content in a bell or cymbal rises, the timbre drops.

 

There was 2 planchets for 1982 . One was Zinc, or Bronze ( 3.11 grams ) and the other one was Copper ( 2.5 grams ) .

 

If you look at Coppercoins site, 1 & 3 are real close to each other and the easiest way to tell them apart, is weighing them . Ones on a zinc planchet, or bronze and the other copper .

Here's the the to 1
http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1982&die_id=1982p1do001&die_state=mds

Here's the one for 3
http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1982&die_id=1982p1do003&die_state=mds

 

Rick, isn't this backwards? The copper/bronze should weigh 3.1g and the zinc/copper plated weighs 2.5g. Or maybe I'm not following your meaning above.

 

Correct, but the cherry-pickers should weigh 2.5 ( Copper ) and not 3.11( bronze ) ..

 

Here's some fun stuff, right out of the 2007 Red Book .

 

I had it wrong, copper weighs 3.11 and the zinc weighs 2.5

 

So mine is DDO-003, not DDO-001 .
http://www.coppercoins.com/lincoln/diestate.php?date=1982&die_id=1982p1do003&die_state=mds