Did The Denver Mint, Mint 1982 Copper Small Date Cents?

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ckrakowski Pillar of the Community 978 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 03:02 am I own the Whitman folder for cents 1975-2013 and it lists 1982 Copper Large date. 1982 Copper Small date. 1982 Zinc Large date. 1982 Zinc Small date. 1982D Copper Large date. 1982D Zinc Large date. 1982D Zinc Small date. Did the Denver mint mint any 1982D Copper Small dates? Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 03:08 am I don't think so. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 03:13 am Also Lincoln Cent Resources doesn't report any. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 09:08 am IIRC, one or two examples are known, and considered to be off-metal errors. I'm not very sure how did it even get to seven combinations, personally. Did Philadelphia produce several of those at the same time? Report this Post to the Staff
Debrajc Pillar of the Community United States 4211 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 10:43 am I am only familiar with the 7 listed above. So not to my knowledge. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 12:39 pm Large dates were designed for striking in 95% copper. Small dates were designed to strike the new zincolns. The switch did not occur until October or November 1982. Philadelphia produced the master dies, and tested the small date on copper for a few production runs. For whatever reason, Denver apparently stopped production to clear "all" of the copper planchets out of the machines before inserting the small date dies. 1983-D cents are known in 95% copper, so people figured that the 1982-D small date was out there in copper, waiting to be found. I am not sure why Denver continued to press large date zincolns when they had gone to such lengths to prevent small date coppers. But yes, the 1982-D small date copper is currently unique and actually goes up for auction this month, with a $3,000 opening bid! Report this Post to the Staff
ckrakowski Pillar of the Community 978 Posts	Posted 08/04/2017 8:50 pm Hey fin can you post a link to it please. I would like to see it. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 08/08/2017 12:05 am News article on the discovery: http://www.numismaticnews.net/artic...copper-found Auction: https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/l...view/3-7WIR5 Sold for $18,800! Report this Post to the Staff
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