1982 D small date weight 3 grams 1 1

[Alex Guizar]

I have these 2 Penny's one weighs 3 grams the other 2 grams

[AllisonC CS]

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[Coinbuf]

On 6/16/2024 at 11:01 AM, Alex Guizar said:

I have these 2 Penny's one weighs 3 grams the other 2 grams

Welcome to the forum, I have no idea what that scale is meant for but it is completely inaccurate for weighing coins.   I will guarantee you that neither of those two coins weigh 3 or two grams respectively, for an accurate coin weight you need a scale that reads to two decimal places.   Also, both coins are large date coins, and each coin is worth the face value of one cent.

[Sandon]

   Welcome to the NGC chat board.

   The two 1982-D cents shown on your scale are both large dates, which are very common in both copper alloy (3.11 grams) and copper-plated zinc (2.5 grams) composition and have no collector value in circulated condition. You would be wasting a great deal of money ($19 per coin grading fee, $10 processing fee, $28 return shipping fee and your cost of shipping the coins to NGC) if you were to submit these coins.

   See the following infographic for how to tell the difference between 1982 large and small date cents. Only the 1982-D small date in copper alloy (only two known so far) would be valuable: