Greetings And Salutations

Hi, I'm Brent. I'm 43, have a BFA in Performing Arts and an MDiv in Theology. And I just happen to like coins, and bills. A few years ago I took the tour through the local Bureau of Engraving out here in TX. It was a lot of fun. I grew up in Denver, so I've been through the mint there, and toured the one up in northern Cali when I lived up that way.

I found this community while searching for an answer as to why people are looking for '82 coins. I had read years ago that '82 quarters were sought after, but never heard why. Today a search sent me to a post on here from four years ago which explained that mint sets were not produced in '82 or '83. Even the guy at the local gold exchange had no clue about those years. I've been gathering 82's for about the past 10 years, since I'd first heard about the quarters. I think they've all come from change dispensed by a vending machine. (I think all my '64's came from the McDonalds on Maui—I'm pretty sure some guy's collection got spent by a hungry kid who thought they were just a bunch of quarters.)

I've managed to collect 8 '82's so far. 7 are D, but number 8 looks like a P. I'm still trying to figure out how the "I" and the first half of the "N" in "In" and the "T" in "TRUST" got smashed while the rim right next to the letters remains undamaged. I also don't know what caused the circle impression that is the size of a penny on the face of the same coin. Even under a loop the mint mark could be mistaken for a smashed "F", that is if there had ever been a mint in an F locale. So it must be a P as it doesn't seem like it could have been a D.

That's about it for now.