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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Clinker, post: 579190, member: 6229&quot;]<font face="Arial"><font size="1"><b><u><font size="5"><p style="text-align: center">The Eight 1982 Lincoln Cents</p></font></u></b></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><b><u><font size="5"><br /></p></font></u></b></font></font></p><p style="text-align: center"><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><b><u><font size="5">&nbsp;</p><p></font></u></b><font size="4">Hi, and welcome to this week&#039;s &quot;TRIVIA.&quot;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Do you realize the composition of the Lincoln Cent was changed in 1982? Do you realize it was not changed right away? </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">The Lincoln Cent was a copper coin from 1909 until 1982 when it became a Copper-Plated Zinc coin.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"></font><font size="4">Do you know the first Lincoln Cents struck in 1982 at Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco are copper?</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Philadelphia minted 10,712,525,000 Lincoln Cents for circulation (business strikes) (no mint mark).</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Denver produced 6,012,979,368 &quot;business strike&quot; Lincoln Cents (&quot;D&quot; mint mark).</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">San Francisco struck 3,857,479 &quot;proof&quot; Lincoln Cents in copper (&quot;S&quot; mint mark).</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">As per usual circumstance the size of the date proved unsatisfactory for such a large mintage at Philadelphia, so, the date&#039;s size had to be changed. Viola! Two date sizes: Small and Large. No such circumstance at Denver or San Francisco on the Copper Lincoln Cents struck at those branch mints:</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Denver&#039;s Copper Lincoln Cents bear only the Large Date on them.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Mind you, San Francisco struck only Proof sets in 1982 and all those are Copper.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">When the order for the composition of the 1982 Lincoln Cent be changed to Copper-Plated Zinc, only Philadelphia and Denver continued to mint the 1982s. Because of their high (billions) of strikes authorized, they were the only mints who needed to keep producing to meet their production limit.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Once more circumstance dictated a change in date size, but, this time, at both Philadelphia and Denver, so there are Small and Large dates on 1982 (no mint mark) and 1982-D Copper-Plated Zinc Cents.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">If you would like to see the difference in size of 1982 dates click on the next Link (courtesy of coinpeople.com):</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Scroll to photo. Not only does photo show close-up enlargements of both size dates, there is accompanying text which is so explicit, you won&#039;t need magnification to distinguish &quot;Large Date&quot; from &quot;Small Date&quot; Lincoln Cents you find in change.</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4"><b><u><a href="http://www.coinpeople.com/1982-Cent-Fun-t7417.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpeople.com/1982-Cent-Fun-t7417.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpeople.com/1982-Cent-Fun-t7417.html</a></u></b></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4"><b><u>&nbsp;</u></b></font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4"><b><u><br /></u></b> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Hope you find this helpful...</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">Clinker</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4">&nbsp;</font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="4"><br /></font><font size="2"> </font></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><font size="2"></font></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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