1982 D small date copper penny 1 1

[Coin Collector 1947]

I have a 1982 D penny 3.2 grams, what is the value in your opinion ?

[Hoghead515]

On 10/27/2023 at 4:53 PM, Coin Collector 1947 said:

I have a 1982 D penny 3.2 grams, what is the value in your opinion ?

More than likely a large date. Have better chance at hitting the powerball than finding a small date Denver struck on copper. The large date coppers are only worth face value. The valuable one is the small date copper minted in denver because they were all supposed to be zinc and there were a couple copper planchets left over in the machines that were accidentally struck. If you post pictures and post this in the Newbie section of the forum we can help you out better. 

Edited October 27, 2023 by Hoghead515

[Sandon]

   Welcome to the NGC chat board.  This topic should have been posted in the "Newbie Coin Collecting Questions" forum, not the NGC Registry forum.

   Please post clear, cropped photos of each side of the coin so that we may assess whether it is, in fact a "small date", which is extremely unlikely. 1982-D cents composed of 95% copper alloy (brass), with an official weight of 3.11 grams and the "large date" obverse, are abundantly common. Copper-plated zinc examples with either large or small dates with an official weight of 2.5 grams are also very common.  

   See the following graphic for the differences between the 1982 "large and small" dates, courtesy of @EagleRJO:

 

   

 

[Greenstang]

Welcome to the Chat box

What makes you think it is a Small Date, there are only a couple in existence.
If it is a Large Date which it probably is, the value is 1 cent.

Edited October 27, 2023 by Greenstang