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<p>[QUOTE="carly, post: 1465942, member: 22109"]On the large date, the two circles of the 8 are the same size. On the small date, the upper circle of the 8 is visibly smaller than the bottom circle. Also on the large date, the bottom stroke of the 2 is thicker than on the small date. If you google it, you'll probably find large pictures of the two different dates for comparison.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of years ago, a friend asked me to sort some 1982 into large/small date, copper/zinc. I thought he meant a few or a roll. It was 20 or 30 rolls. At first, I weighed them to sort between copper/zinc, but after awhile, the zinc seemed to have a different "look" to them than the copper ones, so I never learned any other tricks to telling them apart.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not good with looking at pictures, but the 1st, 3rd and 4th look like large date. The 2nd is angled a bit and I'm not sure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="carly, post: 1465942, member: 22109"]On the large date, the two circles of the 8 are the same size. On the small date, the upper circle of the 8 is visibly smaller than the bottom circle. Also on the large date, the bottom stroke of the 2 is thicker than on the small date. If you google it, you'll probably find large pictures of the two different dates for comparison. A couple of years ago, a friend asked me to sort some 1982 into large/small date, copper/zinc. I thought he meant a few or a roll. It was 20 or 30 rolls. At first, I weighed them to sort between copper/zinc, but after awhile, the zinc seemed to have a different "look" to them than the copper ones, so I never learned any other tricks to telling them apart. I'm not good with looking at pictures, but the 1st, 3rd and 4th look like large date. The 2nd is angled a bit and I'm not sure.[/QUOTE]
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