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<p>[QUOTE="GSDykes, post: 4030355, member: 73321"]From Numismatic News: QUOTE:</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li></li> </ul><p><font size="6"><b>Rare 1982-D Small Date copper found</b></font></p><p>Posted on <a href="https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/rare-1982-d-small-date-copper-found" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/rare-1982-d-small-date-copper-found" rel="nofollow">December 23, 2016</a> by <a href="https://www.numismaticnews.net/author/ken-potter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numismaticnews.net/author/ken-potter" rel="nofollow">Ken Potter</a></p><p><a href="https://s22315.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/1982DSmallDateCentA.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://s22315.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/1982DSmallDateCentA.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://s22315.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/1982DSmallDateCentA.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Newly found 1982-D Small date copper cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>After 34 years, a 1982-D Small Date cent struck on a 95-percent copper-alloy planchet has finally been found and confirmed by me. A Minnesota collector who wishes to remain anonymous discovered it while sorting through 1982 cents by weight to save the copper-alloy pieces for their melt value.....</p><p><br /></p><p>In checking with error specialist Fred Weinberg of Encino, Calif., who does the error coin attributions for the Professional Coin Grading Service, I learned that he has never heard of one of these. He noted that there copper planchets known for a few 1983 cents (of which I had reported upon here in Numismatic News for both Denver and Philadelphia in the past. My book “<a href="https://www.shopnumismaster.com/strike-it-rich-with-pocket-change-4th-edition-u3137?utm_source=numismaticnews.net&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=nmn-kfa-at-180926-strike-it-rich" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.shopnumismaster.com/strike-it-rich-with-pocket-change-4th-edition-u3137?utm_source=numismaticnews.net&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=nmn-kfa-at-180926-strike-it-rich" rel="nofollow">Strike It Rich With Pocket Change</a>” was responsible for the discovery of the 1983-D and several of the 1983 cents). There are also reports of three known certified 1989-D cents and one 1990-D struck on 3.1 gram copper-alloy planchets. And yes, after working in a stamping operation for over 25 years I am firmly convinced that wayward planchets can get lost in a plant for years before being uncovered and worked their way back into production channels. --- end quotes ---</p><p>Gary in Washington[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GSDykes, post: 4030355, member: 73321"]From Numismatic News: QUOTE: [LIST] [*] [/LIST] [SIZE=6][B]Rare 1982-D Small Date copper found[/B][/SIZE] Posted on [URL='https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/rare-1982-d-small-date-copper-found']December 23, 2016[/URL] by [URL='https://www.numismaticnews.net/author/ken-potter']Ken Potter[/URL] [URL='https://s22315.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/1982DSmallDateCentA.jpg'][IMG]https://s22315.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/1982DSmallDateCentA.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Newly found 1982-D Small date copper cent. After 34 years, a 1982-D Small Date cent struck on a 95-percent copper-alloy planchet has finally been found and confirmed by me. A Minnesota collector who wishes to remain anonymous discovered it while sorting through 1982 cents by weight to save the copper-alloy pieces for their melt value..... In checking with error specialist Fred Weinberg of Encino, Calif., who does the error coin attributions for the Professional Coin Grading Service, I learned that he has never heard of one of these. He noted that there copper planchets known for a few 1983 cents (of which I had reported upon here in Numismatic News for both Denver and Philadelphia in the past. My book “[URL='https://www.shopnumismaster.com/strike-it-rich-with-pocket-change-4th-edition-u3137?utm_source=numismaticnews.net&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=nmn-kfa-at-180926-strike-it-rich']Strike It Rich With Pocket Change[/URL]” was responsible for the discovery of the 1983-D and several of the 1983 cents). There are also reports of three known certified 1989-D cents and one 1990-D struck on 3.1 gram copper-alloy planchets. And yes, after working in a stamping operation for over 25 years I am firmly convinced that wayward planchets can get lost in a plant for years before being uncovered and worked their way back into production channels. --- end quotes --- Gary in Washington[/QUOTE]
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