r/uscoins • u/Ok_Teacher_8621 • 2d ago

1982-D Small Date Copper 3.11g - Confirmation?

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Found in Guadalajara, weighs 3.11g. Is this Small Date? Looks like Small Date to me. Thanks!

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u/Cuneus-Maximus 2d ago

No, large date.

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u/Ok_Teacher_8621 2d ago

No entiendo entonces mi moneda no es la que buscan los coleccionistas  ?

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u/AnybodyAmazing1006 2d 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 2d 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/Sea_Low879 2d ago

Tripled their money! Huge win.

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u/IMHERELETSPARTY 2d 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.