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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MontCollector, post: 2795578, member: 85496&quot;]They don&#039;t. Simple answer is a 1982P Small Date Bronze does not exist. A lot of Lincoln cents were bronze before 1962. Some had a composition of 95% copper and 5%tin and zinc. These one with the tin are bronze. Mix Copper and Tin and you get Bronze. All LWC&#039;s from 1909-1942 had this composition.&nbsp; They used this composition again after WWII for all Lincoln cents up until 1962. </p><p><br /></p><p>After 1962 All LMC&#039;s until 1982 were composed of 95% copper and 5%zinc. These are Brass. <b>Without Tin there can be no Bronze</b>. However mix Copper and Zinc and you get Brass. </p><p><br /></p><p>Starting in 1982, and part of the reason there are so many varieties of 1982 LMC&#039;s, they changed the composition to 99.2%zinc and .8% copper and plated these with pure copper. Again no tin means no bronze. This composition is till in use today.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know PCGS lists a 1982P Small Date Bronze. However their price guide calls it around a $50 coin in MS65, if I remember right. Don&#039;t you think if this coin was struck on a planchet that hadn&#039;t been used on an LMC since 1962 it would be worth a whole lot more?</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this clears this up somewhat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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