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tuni88 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 09:08 am In 1982, about 16.7 billion pennies were minted. About how many (or what portion) were mostly copper? Report this Post to the Staff

Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7507 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 10:14 am There are actually 7 1982 varieties. Here they are 1982-P large zinc. 1982-P large copper, 1982-P small zinc, 1982-P small copper, 1982-D large zinc, 1982-D large copper and a 1982-D small zinc. copper cents may be the new silver coins, people will hoard them and sell them based on their value of copper and actually melting them down. Quote: as far as I know, the Mint has never released the mintage breakdown for the 1982 types of cents, other than reporting the total number of one cent coins minted at each mint. Philadelphia ( no mint mark) - 10,712,525,000 Denver (D) - 6,012,979,368 There are seven types of 1982 cents. Three types are made of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc and include the small date and large date coins made in Philadelphia ( no mint mark) and the cents made in Denver (D). The other four types were made of 99.2% zinc and .8% copper and include the large and small date cents minted in Philadelphia ( no mint mark) and the large and small date cents minted in Denver Edited by Chase007 01/11/2019 10:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 11:38 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
tuni88 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 12:06 pm Thank you. Is it fair to say then that the answer to my original question is 'unknown'? Or has anyone surmised to hazard a guess of the proportion of 1982 cents that are 95% copper? Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 12:41 pm to the Forum. Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7507 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 1:23 pm Quote: Is it fair to say then that the answer to my original question is 'unknown'? It is. BTW: To the Forum Edited by Chase007 01/11/2019 1:24 pm Report this Post to the Staff
pocketchange2 Valued Member United States 110 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 3:45 pm If you have studied the mathematical methods of statistical analysis, and you analyzed a slightly skewed sampling of 1500 coins/cents collected at random over a period of 30 years, you may be highly satisfied that you end up with a result of 60% +/- 5% of 1982 cents produced were copper. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it! Report this Post to the Staff
tuni88 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/11/2019 4:06 pm I'm more than -95% confident you are correct! Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19931 Posts	Posted 01/12/2019 2:48 pm Quote: 60% +/- 5% of 1982 cents produced were copper. I agree with that. The small date copper is one of the hardest to find though. I think the mint just sort of tested the small date dies on copper before producing the small date zincs. Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
TreeMonkey Valued Member United States 210 Posts	Posted 01/12/2019 3:43 pm I can only offer anecdotal evidence based on personal observation. I batch weigh 1982 Lincolns (tad OCD you might say) and have concluded that at least 75% are copper. Whatever brings you joy. Report this Post to the Staff
jeffbuckes Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 01/12/2019 3:49 pm Interesting question. I never thought about this before... I'm surprised that the US mint has never released its figures sorted by metal content. They must have a record?! FWIW: I hate "zincolns" - give me copper or give me death. Report this Post to the Staff
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