1982 D Small Date LMC 3.1 Grams

The first known 1982-D Small Date copper penny sold for $18,800 at a Stack's Bowers auction on August 3, 2017. A second one was discovered a short while later and sold for $10,800 in an April 25, 2019, Heritage Auctions sale. Both coins have light wear and were found in circulation. In other words, this rare and valuable 1982 penny looks just like any other ordinary 1982-D Small Date penny you might find in your spare change so posting pics and weight would be helpful to help determine what you have.

It's theorized that the 1982-D Small Date copper penny was created when a brass planchet, or prepared coin blank, was left in the Mint's coin hopper by accident and was inadvertently fed into the coining presses. At least two (and perhaps many more) were unknown — until the first one was discovered by Paul Malone on November 23, 2016. He found it while sorting his 1982 pennies. It was the first-ever reported discovery of a 1982-D Small Date penny.
What's amazing about this coin is that it took nearly 35 years for it to be found. And what's even more incredible still is that there are likely more out there just like it waiting to be discovered.

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