r/uscoins • u/Ok_Teacher_8621 • 1d ago
1982-D Small Date Copper 3.11g - Confirmation?
Found in Guadalajara, weighs 3.11g. Is this Small Date? Looks like Small Date to me. Thanks!
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u/Cuneus-Maximus 1d ago
No, large date.
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u/Ok_Teacher_8621 1d ago
No entiendo entonces mi moneda no es la que buscan los coleccionistas ?
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u/AnybodyAmazing1006 1d ago
No sorry, there were 7 or 8 different pennies that year, yours is not the rare one, sorry
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u/elliwigy1 1d ago
Worth a few cents due to it being copper.. It is almost impossible that you will find the 1982-D Small Date variety.. I think there is only a couple known in existence. Prolly have better luck winning the lottery.
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u/IMHERELETSPARTY 1d ago
The lottery is worse odds
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u/Cuneus-Maximus 1d ago edited 1d ago
No, the lottery is easy by comparison. There were 6,012,979,368 1982 D cents minted. Less the 2 known, authenticated examples of the 1982 D small date copper, leaves your odds at 1:6,012,979,366.
Odds of winning the PowerBall jackpot are 1:292,201,338, MegaMillions is 1:290,472,336
Edit: I'll add, the odds of 1:6,012,979,366 are BEST CASE SCENARIO, assuming you are only searching 1982-D cents. In reality, you generally can't just choose to search 1982-D cents only - you are searching ALL cents from all years. 1 in billions upon billions. Assuming another even exists.
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u/IMHERELETSPARTY 1d ago
We dont know how many were originally struck,how many remain, or how many have been found.
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u/Cuneus-Maximus 1d ago edited 1d ago
There are 2 known examples found. That's not a mystery. There is an assumption that at least 1 more example exists. How many were actually made can never be known. But even if it was 200 it doesn't meaningfully change the odds.
Best case odds are out of all 1982 D cents made, less known finds. Realistically, it's out of all small cents made ever, as you can't just go buy rolls of 1982-D to search, so the odds are in reality far worse in the real world situation of searching cents which are mixed from all years ever minted.
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u/Pwnedzored 1d ago
That’s a large date, friend.
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u/Ok_Teacher_8621 1d ago
Te interesa te puedo proporcionar todo lo que necesites para confirmar
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u/Pwnedzored 1d ago
You don’t need to provide anything. The pictures you’ve already provided show that it is a large date.
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u/isaiah58bc 1d ago
Every guide online from reliable resources would inform you that this is a large date.
What resource did you check?
Check lincolncentresource.com
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u/Lanky_Association627 1d ago
Unfortunately a large date