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Hello Coin Community!!! I am new here and would love the help to identify if this is a small date or large date. The coin weighs 3.1g. My dad left me a lot of great coins when he recently passed away this April. He shared the love of coins with me. Thank you all in advance  Edited by AngelaMichelle
11/25/2023 12:42 pm
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 Sorry for your loss. Looks like a small date. Pic of reverse please. Double check your scale. John1  |
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 Small date |
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 hmmm waiting for a winner, good luck  |
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To CCF! It's a Small Date. Errers and Varietys.
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It's got the "D", it's got the Small Date......
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to the CCF! |
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@ AngelaMichelle ...  It is the small date. Quote:
Copper-alloy cents weigh 3.1 grams and the copper-plated zinc cents weigh 2.5 grams give or take a few tenths of a gram either way. .... But for all practical purposes, it is best to weigh the 1982-D Small Date cents to see if you have one of the rare 3.1 gram copper-alloy specimens. ......Small Date 1982-D copper cent shows the "2" quite a bit further from the rim than the large date version NumistaticNews https://www.numismaticnews.net/worl...-discovered.As John1 says "Double check your scale". Edited by Sharks
11/25/2023 3:09 pm
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This IS a Denver minted Small date Lincoln Cent. The important thing is to ensure that the weight is 3.11g and that your scale is 100% accurate. I hope it is a Copper cent, but they are very rare - Can you post up an image of the reverse please? |
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Exciting!
If you feel your scale might be inaccurate, please don't use the popsicle stick scale. That's just silly. You can probably get it weighed at a post office or pharmacy.
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As far as I know there are only two known of the 1982-D small date bronze. Your mint mark is much higher than the other two examples. Good luck, but odds are that it's zinc or fake.
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Well whats up with this? |
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to the Community! |
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@ AngelaMichelle - would certainly appreciate follow-up information. Thanks
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Original Poster,
I see you edited your post to say "Coins weighs 3.1g.
That would be an amazing and very rare find indeed.
I hope you follow up on that and I would have it sent to
be verified!
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