In 1982 US mint struck seven different varieties of Lincoln pennies. As price of copper upsurged,
mint decided to change the composition of 1982 bronze cents and thereby started minting zinc
cents. According to PCGS, some 1982 cents were struck at Denver and these carry a D
mint mark. The 1982 cents with no mint marks were struck at Philadelphia, San Francisco, and West
Point. However, all coins struck at these three Mints did not carry a mint mark. Consequently,
it is impossible to differentiate where 1982 cents with no mint marks originated from.
While millions of coins were impressed, Mint used differend dies to produce pennies that year.
used One die had a date that was larger than the other. Today 1982 Small Date copper cents
is one of the most highly sought-after pennies in high grade condition. Today
we are talking about extremely valuable and highly demanded Lincoln cents of 1982.
This is on of the rarest transitional error pennies. Small Date 1982-D 1 cent struck in
bronze. Super valuable even at circulated grade. Due to the rising cost of copper,
cents transitioned from bronze to copper-plated zinc during 1982. The quality of strikes
declined, and modifications were made to the obverse legends, including the date, to allow
faster press production of the zinc cents. At Denver, the Small Date subtype was introduced
after the remaining bronze planchets were coined. Any surviving 1982-D Small Date bronze cents
are transitional alloy errors, cousins to the famous 1943 bronze cents.So this bad boy ended
up selling for 10 thousand and 800 dollars on April 25th , 2019 at Heritage Auctions.
Here is another transitional error. 1982 Lincoln cent with no mint mark. Graded at
mint state 67 plus red by PCGS. Considered finest certified small date as for condition census.
The obverse has rich violet toning over its bright orange luster,
while the reverse is brilliant orange as struck. This ultimate gem was sold for $9,987.50
in 2014 at Heritage Auctions. Regulars strike zinc pennies
of 1982 are also valuable at higher mint state. For instance this one is 1982 large date variety
at mint state 68. Super attractive gem void of contact and spotting which was bargained for
1292 dollars and fifty cents in 2016. Now I’ll show you 1982 error penny from
Coin Az collection together we will find out weather it is small date or large date type.
Small date pennies among zinc cents are more valuable as compared to large dated ones.
So this error penny was struck by misaligned die. As you can see it was
impressed slighty off center towards the east. Pay attention to the western rims, much broader
than opposite rims. It preserved almost one third of its gold-orange mint luster.
Orange tones are mainly limited to the edges of device, and outskits of letterings and the
rims. Lincoln bust almost totally deprived of reflective surfaces. Two slanting marks show up
on the facial part while tilting the coin. Device elements are sharply struck, letterings are crisp.
Now lets find out date type under close inspecton.
Yes its is Large date variety which is not expensive at circulated grades.
Reverse side displays sharply struck device elements and letterings. Here we see very
beautiful purple and violet tonning surrounded by orange and predominantely bluish gray surfaces.
One abrasion catches the eye above face value. Overall coin has a pretyy fine eye appeal. Here
is the guiding price list for higher grades of small and large date varieties combined.
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