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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;non_cents, post: 1852342, member: 30970&quot;]Here is an easy &quot;DIY&quot; way to tell if your 1982 cents are copper or zinc (second post on that page).</p><p><a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.net/forums/showthread.php?t=28306&amp;page=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.net/forums/showthread.php?t=28306&amp;page=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.net/forums/showthread.php?t=28306&amp;page=3</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is another (albeit blurry) &quot;popsicle scale&quot;. <a href="http://lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html" rel="nofollow">http://lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, I&#039;m pretty much positive that the coin you have is a copper-plated zinc, because there are no known 1982-D small date cents struck on 95% copper planchets. </p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, as Jay pointed out, the mintmark on your coin is not in the correct location in relation to the date for your coin to be 1DO-001. Mintmarks don&#039;t just magically move at random points in the life of the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking the aforementioned information into consideration, I proffer that the anomaly seen on your coin is a result of the all too common plating issues found on the zinc cents of this period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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