'82 Copper/Zinc Question

No. I've just been to the page many times and knew they were specific to large/small and zinc/copper, but just recently really thought about it.

I mean '83 coppers exist, so I would think that that would mean a cross would be possible. Wouldn't that imply that copper planchets were still in the hoppers through the entire '82 run?

If all known examples of a given die are of one metal, then it's pretty safe to assume that all of them would be that way.

One thing to understand is that mintage was into the billions and billions. With the doubled dies being so far ans wide between, and with each die pair receiving a maximum of 750,000 strikes, it is VERY unlikely that any of the known doubled dies were struck right at the time that the metals were changed.

Is it possible? Sure. Likely? Not a chance.

There are probably examples out there somewhere of two coins struck by the same die in two different metals, but the chance that you would notice them would be extremely remote because the coins are probably normal coins....i.e., no die varieties.

The copper and zincs probably had some production time overlap, but since the presses would most likely have needed different pressure settings for striking it is very unlikely that they would use the same press for striking both metals. Zinc would have been struck in one area and copper in another. Keeping them separate would also allow for counts in the bagging area to be partially confirmed by weight.

So a die variety in the zinc production area would almost certainly not strike a copper cent except by accident and vice versa.