1982 Penny HELP !
Hodge
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Can someone please dumb it down for me, what exactly am I looking for that’s valuable. They’re are so many types 🤦♀️
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Similar to most any other Memorial Lincoln cent, the coins worth the most have to be full red and very high grade. In this case, the 1982-P bronze large date and bronze small date. If they are not full red, or if they are not very high grade, then they aren't worth all that much, which is why you can find and/or buy cards like the one imaged.
Go to Coinfacts for more pricing information.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/half-cents/lincoln-cent-modern/47
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@Hodge.... @TomB has summed it up nicely. If you are looking to fill an album, those coins are fine... If you are looking for high value coins to submit to a TPG, that is different... full red, unblemished surfaces, mint luster.... That will be much more difficult. Good luck... Cheers, RickO
Of course the most valuable one is the rare 1982D copper small date
which there are only about 6 or so known so don’t waste your time
looking for one.
Look at the sizes of the loops in the 8, the distance from 2 to the rim, or the length of the tail in the 9 to determine large vs. small date.
To determine copper vs. zinc, it's helpful to have a very accurate scale or you might have fun making a balance scale with a paper clip, thread and cut corners from an envelope to hold the coins. All Lincoln cents 1944-1981 are copper, and all from 1983-now are zinc, so you can compare to one of each of those.
As @Greenstang mentioned, none of the normal 7 varieties in your holder are very valuable, but the 8th variety not in your holder is the 1982-D copper small date, which is extremely rare and you are not likely to find even in hundreds of hours of searching.
https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/second-1982-d-small-date-copper-alloy-lincoln-cent-discovered
There are these varieties as well.
varietyvista.com/09d%20WQ%20Vol%204%20DC/01b%20LC%20Doubled%20Dies%20Vol%202/DDO%201982.htm
http://www.varietyvista.com/09d WQ Vol 4 DC/01b LC Doubled Dies Vol 2/DDO 1982-D.htm
There's a great DDR also that was recently added to the CPG: Variety Vista link
Sean Reynolds
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Is it possible that any proof 1982-S zinc cents exist? I read that some trial strikes were made.
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