I think I found 1982 Small Date cent struck on copper 3.1 gram, but it's damaged. Can someone confirm this is small date. Thanks
Yes small date. No, not the one you are looking for. You are looking for an 82D Small Date copper. Right @paddyman98?
look at the number "2" in the date. The large date "2" has a thick, fat base with no curve. The small date "2" has a delicate base with a slow curve at it's base. Right
Yes it's a small date. So what? You want the small date to be minted in Denver, not in Philadelphia. It's worth one cent.
There have been 2 small date copper 1982- Denver cents found out of billions. The last one was a recent find, I did think another would be found, but I didn't think it would be so soon. Maybe there's a third one. On the math side of the equation, you or I aren't going to find it. And it's not even worth looking for. You have better odds of winning the Powerball, which pays much better. So let's get out there and buy some quick picks. There's a lot of great things about this hobby, and You Tube click bait, get rich with pocket change isn't one of them. They misinform, and they convince people they have a million dollar coin in their pocket. That's not happening.
There is nothing wrong with that. The point that @Michael K is making is that the people who post such misinformation on BoobTube don't need any more followers. Chris
There are EIGHT variations of 1982 cents. the 1982 Denver Mint copper is the one that is highly prized, of which there are only a few known examples. There is also the 9th "variety" which is the Chinese fakes. What is alluded to above is there are cycles/waves of people posting about finding the 1982 copper cent. For some reason the clickbait websites and YouTube videos seem to propagate in cycles. Many times they simply do not give accurate nor factual information and mislead people ... all to try and make money off of those people .. not to actually give good information.
There is also the 1982-S proof large date. Not included, which is basically a set of 7 as you really can't count the 82-D SD copper as part of the set. The 7 coins are 1982 Philly large date copper 1982 Philly large date zinc 1982 Philly small date copper 1982 Philly small date zinc 1982 Denver large date copper 1982 Denver large date zinc 1982 Denver small date zinc Those are the 7 as Denver didn't make the small date in copper, that's why it's so rare. And then not included in the set of seven are the 1982 Denver small date copper and the 1982-S proof large date. There's a lot of confusion about this coin I guess because there's so many different types. People constantly come in here with a 1982-D large date copper and think they hit the jackpot, or a 1982 Philly small date copper. The fun threads are when they insist their large date is a small date, etc. And then hilarity ensues. It's an inexpensive and fun set to collect from circulation or coin roll hunting. It helps to have a scale and an eye loupe. It took me a while to find the small date Philly zinc and complete the set. 82 was a transition year as they made both copper and then zinc coins. They had problems with the new metal and there aren't mintage numbers for the different types of coins only the total for the year by mint. But I think they had to throw out/destroy many of the Philly zinc small dates due to the new problems working with zinc.