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1983 Copper Penny Chances?
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rgathright
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Can I relink this thread so that I may ask for an update?
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...PIC_ID=61754
Looking hard for this 1983 copper penny!

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Have you got a scale to weight it yet? They don't cost much.
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As noted many times previously, You do not need a scale to find one. All you need is a popsicle stick and a pencil. Balance the stick on the pencil, glue in place. You now have a balance beam scale. Place any post 82 penny on one far end and any other penny on the other end. If it ballances, it is Copper. If no balance, not Copper.
Simple and cheap and fast.
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I have been using a digital scale for awhile now to help identify those pesky 1982 zincs.

Just curious to find out if anyone else has heard mention of a 1983 Copper penny yet.

Thanks!
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Can I relink this thread so that I may ask for an update?
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ghostrider
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Has any forum member found a copper 1983 penny?

{edit} It does stand to reason that a copper 1983 penny does exist provided it was minted early in the annual production run.
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M0nks
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well they were already making the zinc coin in 1982 so I really dont see that as likely
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There was one posted a few months ago- http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...IC_ID=114804

I have been a member of the forum for almost 7 years and I can only think of one or two others ever being posted in that time. There are a few out there but they are exceedingly rare.
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http://www.numismaticnews.net/artic...re-cent-find
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Didn't know these even existed until today, thanks for the heads up.
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Didn't know these even existed until today, thanks for the heads up.

Your not the only one. I never hear of this before either. I too say thanks for the links. Now I've got to start looking at all the 83's again. This is an odd one since as pointed out, they started making the Zinc ones in the middle of the year so it should not have happened that easily. And now there are two of them.
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