Copper 1982 Small D Penny Prospect ?

Hi,I see pros and cons with it but he said it weighed 3.1 grams and has a return policy and a 100% rating so what the heck I bought it and can always send it back,it will cost me $5 bucks shipping it back for the "experiment" so I buy stuff like this ONLY if I can return stuff though.I spend $600 bucks on a coin and it got here and was not as advertised and I just sent it back,no cost to me but the return shipping,so I take chances on stuff like this,even if it's a complete scan and the seller disappears your credit-card fruad policy repays you,there no risk buying cool prospects really.

Got it. Yes I see what you are trying to do - identify a ungraded coin as a error or variety and then take chance to buy. The issues are that 1) Many coins shown may not be the exact coin you get. Look for multiple quantities being sold, past sales of same coin etc and then contact seller to verify. 2) Any coin that a seller is smart enough to identify as a potential high value coin like that should not be selling it raw. There are only a few known to exist, and while more may exist out there, it might turn up with someone posting a 1982-d in a good condition but not mentioning the copper and selling for price of a nice 1982-d alone. The fact they even mention the 3.1g weight yet want to sell as a raw low cost? 3) There are too many frauds unfortunately. Think of someone posting a 'raw' 1943 copper cent is 99.9% likely to be a fraud vs someone just wanted to post up a potential real find that just didnt get graded. Maybe if it was a low value <$35 coin perhaps.

So it sorta like buying 'lottery tickets' for 2 dollars hoping for the big win..

The only big difference is with the lottery there will Always be a winner eventually, but with rare coin hunting - there is no guarantee of a big 'win'.

Well I wish you great luck..

The damage on the interior of the rims at K2 & K4 look like pitting on a zinc.

Best of luck.

Not to sound insulting but I'm not sure why you would waste your time and money on this. The seller claiming 3.11 grams means they _know_ about the 1982-D small date copper. Ask yourself why anybody in their right mind wouldn't have it certified and then submitted to a major auction house, instead of hawking it on whatever site you found it on. One of the two known sold on Heritage for $10800. It's like buying a lottery ticket from someone who already knows it's a losing ticket.

Post the text of the ad so that we have better information. Until then my conclusion remains - a seller posting the weight as 3.11g knows exactly what they're doing. They're just playing dumb. All I'm saying is don't be a sucker. If you've done this 20 times as you stated, you could have bought a $100 coin instead. But it's your money so whatever floats your boat.

Have fun looking and yes its possible that someones collection from grandpa or a nice one listed up as just a generic 1982-d cent without weight or error info listed with it might be a fun thing to grab to check. Noone is hassling you about that. Its just pointing out to probably avoid those sellers that are also listing the item as being 3.11g or mention the error as if they knew enough to weigh and list weight, and it could be that high value item, they should be attempting to authenticate it and then it will be worth a lot of money (unless they are listing weight for every cent but don't seem to know much about varieties or errors from their listings). Since there are only two and its unknown how many others even exist, its just one of the few bigfoots out there but not necessarily impossible. While your at is, maybe check out the info on other 1982/1983 cent varieties and errors and you can look for those at the same time.