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<p>[QUOTE="TyCobb, post: 3241350, member: 99137"]YouTube is just click-bait videos and not a good source.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1982 small date is "rare" because not many were minted in that year. Copper was transitioned to zinc and and there was also different dies (large date/small date). Small date was the lesser minting of that year which makes it rarer. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The one for hundreds of dollars is probably like I said, graded and extremely high. As with anything, it's only worth what someone will pay for it. I imagine there are many coins that caught a hefty sum at one point, but are harder to get that same value today. The last true collectible I did prior to this was ~20 years ago with die cast cars with my Uncle. Ebay single handedly destroyed that market because everything was way more obtainable and prices didn't just drop, they bottomed out. </p><p><br /></p><p>And of course, take what I say with a grain a salt and hopefully actual pros will weigh in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TyCobb, post: 3241350, member: 99137"]YouTube is just click-bait videos and not a good source. The 1982 small date is "rare" because not many were minted in that year. Copper was transitioned to zinc and and there was also different dies (large date/small date). Small date was the lesser minting of that year which makes it rarer. [url]http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html[/url] The one for hundreds of dollars is probably like I said, graded and extremely high. As with anything, it's only worth what someone will pay for it. I imagine there are many coins that caught a hefty sum at one point, but are harder to get that same value today. The last true collectible I did prior to this was ~20 years ago with die cast cars with my Uncle. Ebay single handedly destroyed that market because everything was way more obtainable and prices didn't just drop, they bottomed out. And of course, take what I say with a grain a salt and hopefully actual pros will weigh in.[/QUOTE]
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