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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 114092, member: 4552"]Not sure of your age and don't want to kid you if your a YN. That is a Young Numismatist otherwise none as a coin collector but you do sound young. First of all if you are using one of those albums where you push the coins into a slot and can't see the reverse, stop using them. Note inside the slot and you'll see that most are made so that the entire back sheet is glued and then the slotted page is put in place. That means that the slot has glue touching the reverse of your coins. If your are just starting out, look around for either a Dansco or Whitman Classic type of album where your coins are protected on both sides by a plastic film that slides out for adding or removing.  Next since your interested in pennies, check out the coppercoins.com web site. The guy that has that web site, named Chuck, has photographed virtually thousands of Lincoln Pennies and has written two books on just them. His web site has tons of information on pennies.As to the 82's mentioned, there are at least 8 varieties. You would actually need a balance beam scale to note the difference in many of them. Oh one more thing, if you should run across a Lincoln Cent with a date of 55 or 72 and it is all blurry you should send it to me right away.  As to those funny looking 1943's, keep watching for the ones that look like copper. Might be worth a few dollars.[/QUOTE]