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<p>[QUOTE="Murillo, post: 3327355, member: 78608"]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I finally decided to weigh my 1982 pennies and found two 1982 small dates that weigh 3.1 grams. These two pennies do not have mint marks, so I did some research on the internet and one article I read said Some 1982 cents were struck at Denver and these carry a D mint mark. The 1982 cents with no mint marks were struck at Philadelphia, San Francisco, and West Point. However, all coins struck at these three Mints did not carry a mint mark. Consequently, it is impossible to differentiate where 1982 cents with no mint marks originated from.</p><p>So not sure if this 1982 small date penny would be a Philadelphia mint. So need to know if this penny weighs 3.1 grams is it copper? Or is it zinc, the reason I ask is I also found large date 1982 D's that are 3.1 as well so I'm assuming that the 3.1 grams are copper right? Thank you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Murillo, post: 3327355, member: 78608"]Hello everyone, I finally decided to weigh my 1982 pennies and found two 1982 small dates that weigh 3.1 grams. These two pennies do not have mint marks, so I did some research on the internet and one article I read said Some 1982 cents were struck at Denver and these carry a D mint mark. The 1982 cents with no mint marks were struck at Philadelphia, San Francisco, and West Point. However, all coins struck at these three Mints did not carry a mint mark. Consequently, it is impossible to differentiate where 1982 cents with no mint marks originated from. So not sure if this 1982 small date penny would be a Philadelphia mint. So need to know if this penny weighs 3.1 grams is it copper? Or is it zinc, the reason I ask is I also found large date 1982 D's that are 3.1 as well so I'm assuming that the 3.1 grams are copper right? Thank you.[/QUOTE]
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