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1982 Large Date Penny 2.52 Grams

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 Posted 03/16/2025  7:48 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Rubduck to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Shouldn't this penny weigh 3.1g?




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 Posted 03/16/2025  8:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Lincoln Cents from 1982 were both copper plated zinc (2.5 grams), and copper (3.1 grams).
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In 1982 they made copper cents 3.1 grams and zinc cents 2.5 grams yours is zinc
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 Posted 03/16/2025  8:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dearborn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nope, not if it a copper plated Zinc cent. 1982 was a transitional year from copper coins to zinc cents.
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 Posted 03/16/2025  8:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Rubduck to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Can someone inform you why there's two different types of descriptions online with the 1982 large date penny weight I have attached two different Google searches

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One tells you supposed to wait 3.1 G and then the other one tells you should wait 2.5 which is normal which one do you believe
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AI descriptions for coins are pretty much not very accurate. I wouldn't put your trust in that
technology just yet.
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Google is AI generated. Not accurate most of the times - read coin books or Genuine coin related Internet articles.
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@Rubduck;
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The first generation of the 1982 pennies has a composition of 95% copper and 5% zinc and tin. They weigh 3.11 grams and have a diameter of 19 millimeters. Conversely, the second generation has 95% zinc and 5% tin and copper. Because of this composition, these 1982 pennies weigh less at 2.5 grams.
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Agree--coin pictured would appear to be a zinc core Memorial cent.
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