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<p>[QUOTE="my random stuff, post: 1465883, member: 35363"]I just started a collection of circulated pennies and I have 8 slots available for the 1982 penny in my H.E. Harris folder.</p><p>I know that the main difference between the copper and zinc pennies is that the copper penny weighs more. The problem is that I don't have a scale to weight them on. Someone suggested I hold the penny on the tip of my finger and tap it with another penny and hear the difference they make. Does this really work? if so, what sound difference am I going to hear? Also, can someone tell me if these are large/small dates. I believe these are large date, but I'm not really good at telling them apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the 1982 pennies I have:</p><p>[ATTACH]183803.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]183804.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>I think the zinc pennies are in the first picture and the copper in the second. Thanks for the help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="my random stuff, post: 1465883, member: 35363"]I just started a collection of circulated pennies and I have 8 slots available for the 1982 penny in my H.E. Harris folder. I know that the main difference between the copper and zinc pennies is that the copper penny weighs more. The problem is that I don't have a scale to weight them on. Someone suggested I hold the penny on the tip of my finger and tap it with another penny and hear the difference they make. Does this really work? if so, what sound difference am I going to hear? Also, can someone tell me if these are large/small dates. I believe these are large date, but I'm not really good at telling them apart. Here are the 1982 pennies I have: [ATTACH]183803.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]183804.vB[/ATTACH] I think the zinc pennies are in the first picture and the copper in the second. Thanks for the help![/QUOTE]
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