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<p>[QUOTE="benne911, post: 3659633, member: 30663"]1982 was the year the mint switched over from using copper for pennies to using zinc. The large and small date are varieties that collectors have noticed. Nothing is that rare or valuable. My guess would be a Magazine ad sold them at the time by capitalizing on the fact that the metal transition happened Combined with the different date varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a website with some info</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benne911, post: 3659633, member: 30663"]1982 was the year the mint switched over from using copper for pennies to using zinc. The large and small date are varieties that collectors have noticed. Nothing is that rare or valuable. My guess would be a Magazine ad sold them at the time by capitalizing on the fact that the metal transition happened Combined with the different date varieties. Here is a website with some info [URL]http://www.lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/1982.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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