1982 D Copper Coins. I Seem To Have Come Across A Lot Of Them

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JD1900 New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 04:25 am How common are 1982 copper coins. Obviously I am a newbie to this. However I am working hard to get these coins that were left to me in order. I am working on the 1980's group of pennies at the moment. I noticed that a large portion of them had a slightly brighter almost redish tone to them. All of them were 1982 D and 1982 no mint mark. I started to wiegh them and saw that each one weighed about 3.1 grams. From what I read they should weigh around 2.5 as they transitioned to mostly zink that year. I saw that a few were accidentally struck with copper and released to circulation. But I seem to have a lot of them. And still have more to go through. Does anyone know how many were struck in copper? Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24996 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 05:04 am JD1900, the Denver mint did not begin striking zinc cents until October 1982, so they struck copper cents for 9 months. Copper cents were struck at West Point, San Francisco, and Philadelphia - none of which have mint marks - but I can't find specific figures for how many were minted. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Tunnioc Pillar of the Community United States 3171 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 05:12 am You need to find the Small Dates. Yours are all large date. Report this Post to the Staff
JD1900 New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 05:34 am Got it. I am reading up on it right now. I have alot of big date and small date. My grandfather never organized or payed much attention to them before he past. No idea how he got that many copper ones at one time. Thank you sir for the info. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 08:24 am to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
mcshilling Pillar of the Community Canada 9155 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 09:32 am You will find that for 1982 you have 7 different kinds with no mint mark, D mint and S mint, then you have small and large date. have fun Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73792 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 12:55 pm All of them are Large Dates. You need to look for the Denver Small Date copper cent. https://www.numismaticnews.net/worl...t-discovered Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94992 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 2:08 pm all the coins you presentd above are large date copper coins, yes - pretty common. The one you (we all) want to find is the Small date Denver copper cent. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10485 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 2:32 pm Yep, as stated, the 82-D small date copper is the rare one - I think only TWO have ever been found. Edited by Marv65 03/19/2024 2:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 3:17 pm Yes, as far as I know there are still only two 1982-D small date bronze known. https://www.numismaticnews.net/worl...t-discovered is a good summary of all of these and why they happened. I recall finding all 7 a few years ago and I put them back into circulation. It's been five years since the second rare one was found. It's possible there's another one out there, but with all the people searching for them and no more found, it seems like a waste of time to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Petespockets55 Pillar of the Community United States 5770 Posts	Posted 03/19/2024 4:23 pm As a side note to what others have said, there are some Philadelphia varieties in copper. Not very valuable but fun to come across. There is one small date zinc DDR that is hard to find and desirable (moderately valuable in BU). Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups. We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow. Report this Post to the Staff
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