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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 4979867, member: 10461&quot;]No clue, though I suspect the eBay seller is merely referring to the <i>host coin</i> on that particular piece being dated 1981.&nbsp; Might have nothing to do with the date of the die that was used in the elongation machinery.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most people know you should use pre-1982 bronze cents to make elongated coins, since the post-1982 copper-plated zinc ones look terrible when elongated.&nbsp; So because of that, <i>most</i> elongated cents- even the ones made nowadays- are on pre-1982 host coins.&nbsp; Even if they&#039;re rolled out with new dies made in 2020.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I&#039;m afraid that doesn&#039;t tell us anything about when that die was made.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why I made sure the dies for my elongated coins are dated.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, [USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] - you have <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-47-the-quartermaster-strikes-again-instant-giveaway-3-prizes.368928/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lordm-giveaway-47-the-quartermaster-strikes-again-instant-giveaway-3-prizes.368928/">a set of them</a> coming.&nbsp; The mysterious QuarterMaster at Quarter Notes, Ltd. bought a few sets of my elongates, and specified a few people I should send them to, and you were one of those people.&nbsp; I just haven&#039;t gotten around to shipping the sets yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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