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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 784056, member: 4552&quot;]WOW, sure is a lot of questions there. Mainly you could or should purchase a Red Book by Whitman Publishing. There is real lot of info about that coin there. Well not a real lot, but there is one the <a href="http://www.coppercoins.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coppercoins.com" rel="nofollow">www.coppercoins.com</a> web site.</p><p>However, all that is a bunch of lies. There really isn&#039;t any such thing as a Copper coin. The government has been faking that for a long time now. They produce pennies made of plastic and spray it with Copper colored paint from Walmart. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> They have been doing this so that people that want to melt them down for the Copper will only end up with a pile of plastic. </p><p>Back in 1982 the newsmedia got wind of this and forced the Mint to make real coins. So they did and they were made with Zinc looking plastic coated with the same Paint but not from Walmart since that stuff just doesn&#039;t stick. So they went to the ACE hardware company and are now using thier Copper paint. :smile<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>All of this was done by a secrete organization within the USMint called the MESS department. That stands for <b>M</b>int <b>E</b>rror <b>S</b>ecret <b>S</b>ervices. </p><p>As to meltingdown coins. You can do that if you want but don&#039;t forget to post when your going to do that and give your name and address.:smile</p><p>For real, yes there are 1982 Copper and Zinc with Copper plating or possibly sprayed on Copper paint pending on who you listen to.</p><p>No none are really worth to much in even the highest grades since so many people hoarded them by the millions. Most are less that $1 except the Proof. </p><p>HOWEVER, in the Feb. 26th, 2008 edition of the Numismatic News there was a story about a second 1982 Double Die reverse found. If you have one of thoes, don&#039;t melt it down. Might be worth a real, real lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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