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1982 D Small Date?

ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭

Found these two in circulation. Both weigh 3.1 grams and one looks to be the small date but I'm not sure.
How many copper 82s were made? If known. Couldn't find any definite info.
Anyway what do you guys think?
One on the left is a small date?

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  • GreenstangGreenstang Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Agree, both look the same so both are large dates.
    The mint didn’t distinguish between copper and zinc 1982’s
    but the total minted for both was over 16 Billion struck so
    there plenty of them out out there.

  • ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭

    The 2 looks thinner on the left cent and the 8 & 9 are in line with the 1 and 2 on the left cent.
    Also the top hole on the 8 left cent is smaller than the hole on the right cent 8.
    The pics don't really show that. Perhaps I'm reaching for the sky here.
    I just thought it was ironic I received two 82 D's in change at the same time.

    Love the 1885-CC Morgan
  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ccmorgan said:
    The 2 looks thinner on the left cent and the 8 & 9 are in line with the 1 and 2 on the left cent.
    Also the top hole on the 8 left cent is smaller than the hole on the right cent 8.
    The pics don't really show that. Perhaps I'm reaching for the sky here.
    I just thought it was ironic I received two 82 D's in change at the same time.

    Compare your coins to an actual Small Date example pictured below and note how close the 2 in the date is to the rim on yours, relative to its position on the Small Date coin.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • BarbercoinBarbercoin Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    Compare your coins to an actual Small Date example pictured below and note how close the 2 in the date is to the rim on yours, relative to its position on the Small Date coin.

    Hmmmmm, you might say it’s a bit “too” close! :D

    WTB: Barber Quarters XF

  • ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @ccmorgan said:
    The 2 looks thinner on the left cent and the 8 & 9 are in line with the 1 and 2 on the left cent.
    Also the top hole on the 8 left cent is smaller than the hole on the right cent 8.
    The pics don't really show that. Perhaps I'm reaching for the sky here.
    I just thought it was ironic I received two 82 D's in change at the same time.

    Compare your coins to an actual Small Date example pictured below and note how close the 2 in the date is to the rim on yours, relative to its position on the Small Date coin.

    OK now I see. Thanks!!!

    Love the 1885-CC Morgan
  • ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭
    edited October 10, 2024 8:50AM

    I see these small dates are only worth a few bucks.
    I always thought they were worth hundreds to thousands depending on condition.
    Not worth looking for them. B)

    Love the 1885-CC Morgan
  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ccmorgan said:
    I see these small dates are only worth a few bucks.
    I always thought they were worth hundreds to thousands depending on condition.
    Not worth looking for them. B)

    The 1982-D Small Date Copper examples are extremely rare and valuable, but other Small Dates from that year are common.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 33,923 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @ccmorgan said:
    I see these small dates are only worth a few bucks.
    I always thought they were worth hundreds to thousands depending on condition.
    Not worth looking for them. B)

    The 1982-D Small Date Copper examples are extremely rare and valuable, but other Small Dates from that year are common.

    Great. Now he has to weigh them all...

  • ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭

    PCGS price guide lists a bronze cent. Is that considered 95/5 copper?

    Love the 1885-CC Morgan
  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ccmorgan said:
    PCGS price guide lists a bronze cent. Is that considered 95/5 copper?

    “Bronze” and “copper” are often used interchangeably.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The large 2 looks(to me) like a child drew an ear on a stick man. The small date looks like a “question mark”.

    ) ? <—- Just use those two symbols as a guide to remember. Large date )_. Small date ?_. Maybe that confuses even more. Large date has a 2 shaped like the one on the left. Small date is similar to number on right.

    Have probably had most inquiries on this particular coin , and their differences, more than any others.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And like mentioned….. the weight.

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    And like mentioned….. the weight.

    The weight will only indicate whether the coin’s zinc or bronze, not in determining small vs. large date.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,264 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:
    And like mentioned….. the weight.

    The weight will only indicate whether the coin’s zinc or bronze, not in determining small vs. large date.

    True, but it’s the other part of the equation in determining whether one possesses the rare small date bronze (3.1g) specimen.

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