1982 Copper Pennies

Hmm I run so many, I really only look for the wheats, and the BU's. I will start keeping a eye on it though, and let you know what I find. I dont keep 2009 pennys, or even look for them for that matter.

1982 saw over 16.7 billion cents made between both mints--they are statistically the most common coin the USA has ever made, and might hold that record for the entire world.

There is no official data on the breakdown by composition, but the change happened in mid/late November if I remember correctly. Thus, about 85-95% of all '82 cents are copper.

I just got done going through 50 rolls and had about 95% of the being copper... 1982-d large date to be more specific... just started going through another 60 rolls and some rolls are older. the oldest pennies in some of these rolls at around 1985. in these rolls, 95% of the 1982s are zinc. again, mostly 1982-d large dates. unfortunately almost all of them have varying degrees of corrosion. some good ones though. the only 1982 I have yet to find is the 1982-p copper small date. wanna trade?

I've went through well over175 rolls of LMC and have found 2/5 in 1982 and 1983 cents which only accounted for maybe a 1/6 of the coins.