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1982-D Lincoln Cents - 3.11g?

AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

Hey I'm sorry if this is a stupid question. I opened a 1982-D mint roll. I found a few repunched mint marks and decided to weigh them. They all come in at 3.11g each.

I thought both alloys of 1982 weighed 2.5g?

This is just a copper large date no big deal right?





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  • element159element159 Posts: 511 ✭✭✭

    The copper 1982 cents weigh 3.11 g, while the zinc ones weigh 2.5 g. So yours is copper.

  • PocketArtPocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @element159 said:
    The copper 1982 cents weigh 3.11 g, while the zinc ones weigh 2.5 g. So yours is copper.

    +1

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nothing special about them? Thought it quite odd.

  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭

    What you'd like to find is the 1982-D copper (3.11g) with small date. So far I think there's only one example found and it wasn't found until last year.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh derp, thank you. Sorry about that I had the two mixed up.

    It's always best to double check.. when I was a kid I thought I found a 1943 steel wheat cent in change. Turns out it was a 1974 aluminum memorial cent. I spent it. Guess they're worth a lot.. my biggest coin regret.. breaks my heart to even think about it.

    I am however happy to own copper memorial cents! What a fine piece of history, and certainly a beautiful transitional piece.

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is good to keep an '82 copper cent as a transitional... certainly niche collectors will want one. Wow... found and spent an aluminum '74? What a heartbreaker.... Cheers, RickO

  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,137 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It is also quite odd that you do not have a redbook (or know how to read it)

    ps- nice story about the aluminum cent. I had one from a different year and found out it was just a copper cent covered with mercury.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was mixing up the small date copper. My memory isn't what it used to be, and I get confused sometimes, and I bet my medicine, age and predisposition don't help either. Sorry to make a pointless thread I guess.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did find a few D/D which I think are fairly significant. I don't see it listed as any varieties. This is one of the better examples.

  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 15,917 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are "NO pointless" threads. You are doing fine. We all have our bad days, right? ;)

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,819 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't think that's a RPM on the last photo above.

    It's a 'hit' on the left side of the Mintmark.

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  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,744 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ohh, something new every day!

    Thanks! =)

  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Agree with Fred, not an RPM.

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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 21, 2017 4:50PM

    In 1982, my bank gave me back some 1982-D Large Date Zincs in change, so I went back to the bank and loaded up. Over the years I've kept a few rolls and got rid of some of the coins that started to degrade. Many had bubbles. I still intend to submit a few when I retire.

    I've only handled the coins twice since 1982, with cotton gloves when I originally transferred them into plastic rolls and when I pruned out the bad ones a few years ago. I can't believe how long ago it's now been.

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