1982 D small date copper penny

gslittlebit

Can someone please tell me if this is what I think it is. "1982 D sm. date copper penny" It weighs 3.13 g and looks different than the other same date pennys I have.

Insider2

Looks like a large date. Keep looking and good luck!

cecropiamoth

Agree, large date, although that 2 looks a little odd to my eye. 1982-D small date coppers aren't supposed to exist of course...as I recall.

Jeff

MattTheRiley

@cecropiamoth said:
Agree, large date, although that 2 looks a little odd to my eye. 1982-D small date coppers aren't supposed to exist of course...as I recall.

Jeff

There has been 1 reported a couple of years back. It was graded by NGC, if I recall.

MattTheRiley

Here is where it sold: https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-7WIR5/1982-d-lincoln-cent-small-date-struck-on-a-bronze-planchet-au-58-bn-ngc

Hemispherical

Good resource:

http://lincolncentresource.com/smalldates/smalldates.html

cecropiamoth

@MattTheRiley said:
Here is where it sold: https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-7WIR5/1982-d-lincoln-cent-small-date-struck-on-a-bronze-planchet-au-58-bn-ngc

Thanks, Matt.

That is a rare one indeed. I sorted through cents for quite a few years. I learned to never check my 82-D small dates as they were all supposed to be CU-plated zinc. The zincs are very easy to visually distinguish from the bronze cents as well. I doubt it ever passed through my hands, but then again Minnesota is our Wisconsin border neighbor!

Cheers/Jeff

emeraldATV

Large Date in my view also. Go for the set of the 82's your at a great starting point.
Happy hunting.

MattTheRiley

@cecropiamoth said:

@MattTheRiley said:
Here is where it sold: https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-7WIR5/1982-d-lincoln-cent-small-date-struck-on-a-bronze-planchet-au-58-bn-ngc

Thanks, Matt.

That is a rare one indeed. I sorted through cents for quite a few years. I learned to never check my 82-D small dates as they were all supposed to be CU-plated zinc. The zincs are very easy to visually distinguish from the bronze cents as well. I doubt it ever passed through my hands, but then again Minnesota is our Wisconsin border neighbor!

Cheers/Jeff

If there is one, I'm sure there is another! Keep looking!

Oldhoopster

There are currently 2 authenticated 1982-D small date copper cents (out of over 6 Billion cents struck in Denver that year).

1Thomkoin

Isn't IT A large date?

1Thomkoin

I mean.......... ISN'T IT A LARGE DATE

Oldhoopster

It looks like a standard Lg date 2. Nothing odd about it