Are there possibly more than seven varieties of 1982 Lincoln Cents?
Saam
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I recently cherry picked my own collection and noticed something odd while checking the PCGS site for current values. There appear to be nine different 1982 Lincoln Cents instead of seven if you go by the PCGS coin numbers. By using the coin numbers and values listed for just the "red" 1982 cents, PCGS shows four different coins prior to zinc being used and five different zinc coins. Coin #3047 only identifies the cent as "1982" and the images show it to have a small date while coin #146020 describes the cent as "1982 Bronze Small Date" and the images show a small date. The value of these coins is also very different although they appear to be the same. The same thing is found when comparing the zinc coin #3050 and #146030. If there is a difference in these coins, how do you distinguish between them? Just due to the difference in value alone, I would much rather have my copper 1982 small date coins graded as coin #3047 instead of #146020. What am I missing? Maybe someone can explain this.
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Yes, Back in the day I was trying to collected all the varieties and I ended up with so many different types I gave up.
I brought a set of like 40 yrs ago but never heard of more then that, just saying 🙂
“Are there possibly more than seven 1982 Lincoln Cents?”
There certainly are, as billions of them were produced.😉
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Title edited for you MFeld.
@Saam, if you haven't already done so, you might want to check auction archive images for examples with those PCGS numbers to see how the grading labels have designated the various varieties.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I think PCGS originally only did the large and small date regardless of composition. When the variety sets were established they increased the designations - thus the extra numbers. But don’t hold me to that .
WS
7 common ones for sure - then the Small Date copper "D" mintmark would make 8 (although 2 have ever been found) and I don't know about the 9th.
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9 would be San Francisco
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Where are the penny experts? Surely somebody here collects Lincolns and/or varieties that can explain the difference between PCGS coin #3047 vs #146020 and #3050 vs #146030.
Folk just don’t own up to being “penny experts”.
I know there are members here that collect Lincoln cents. Guess if this was something concerning a gold or a silver coin from the 1800's, someone would step up.
there are penny specialists here and off site
this is not a "variety" issue
this is a coin numbering issue pcgs has