1982 Memorial Cents

fiddler- the 69s and 74s were released for general circulation, right? If so, Why does the whitman folder not have a slot for those if they were circulating coins?

I would include them if you have the slots. Besides the small cent varieties of 1960 and 1970, the 1982-P Zinc small date is probably the rarest Lincoln Memorial cent. If you don't get it now, you'll regret having to pay a LOT more in 10 years if you decide you do want it.

Thanks for the input, everyone! I think that I will include both versions of the 82.

The whitman does include the 69S and 74S I meant I still need them to complete the LMC set. To summarize I need the 69S, 74S, and the 82D zinc large and small dates. What I meant was in varieties they only include the 82's.

Regardless of other coins in the set, the 82's are bit of a novelty. There are many small plastic holders made by different companies that contain all of them and some even contain the Proof. I don't think a Lincoln Cent set of any kind would be complete without those. If you have the Whitman Classic Albums they do have slots for all of them. At least all of mine do. Also, slots for all Proofs from 68 and up. I really hate the slots for the small and large 70S cents. Almost impossible to tell the difference.
Someday Whitman will have slots for every variety of Lincoln Cent ever made.

lanispet- I actually have devised a really simple and accurate system for figuring out which are copper and which are zinc. You just flip a coin that is copper and listen to it. It should have a higher pitched sound. Then do the same with a coin from, say the 1990s. It should be a very short "plink" sound with nearly no ring. SO just flip the 82s up and listen to see if it rings a high pitched sound or lacks a good ring.

That flipping of a coin to hear a difference in a ring is kind of a dumb suggestion since most coin collectors are on the elderly side. Not to mock the elderly since I'm well into being one, but such differences in sound is for the young, not us older people. Haven't you heard that there are some ring sounds that kids use on their cell phones that us older people can't hear? There are many, many sounds that older people just can't hear. No we are not going deaf, just getting old. I've heard that system explained so many times and it just is not for most collectors. And just who would flip a MS grade coin in the air anyway. Then there is always the smart people that say to just bang it on a table. You can really hear the difference then. GEE that would be a great way to test all coins such as a 09S VDB.
No my suggestion is to just melt them down with a torch. If Zinc inside they will melt faster.

just carl- well I meant that that system would only be for 1982's, which when pulled out of circulation for their (Possible) copper would not be BU.