1982 D Small Date

[admrose]

I think the least common are the SD zincs; I don't find many of them in the wild.

[GrumpyEd]

For me the 3 tough ones are SD P zinc, LD D zinc, SD P copper. In that order.

[papascoins]

For me the 3 tough ones are SD P zinc, LD D zinc, SD P copper. In that order.

I have only ever found five LD D Zincs!!
(My toughest one.)

[Garrett]

I have 2 SD P not sure if zinc or copper and 6 SD D and once again not sure if zinc or copper

[admrose]

Personally I hate the '82s. Since I sell copper pennies to hoarders I have to stop my roll hunting every time an 82 pops up and weigh it. Wouldn't be so bad if my scale didn't have an auto off feature.

Papa, that's cause we're in PA. Course, given the benefits of all the other goodies we get, if no '82-D zincs is the worst price we pay - ill take it.

[Maineman750]

Personally I hate the '82s. Since I sell copper pennies to hoarders I have to stop my roll hunting every time an 82 pops up and weigh it. Wouldn't be so bad if my scale didn't have an auto off feature.

Try that popsicle scale I mentioned earlier....it's way easier than weighing them and takes little space

[GrumpyEd]

I've posted this before.
It works great and it's not fragile and easy to make.
It works like a teeter totter, zinc stays up but copper drops. This one was made by flattening a metal brush and bending it to shape. Any strip of metal or tin can works. You can fold one end for the weight or add some solder or glue things to calibrate it until it's balanced correctly so zinc stays up but copper drops. The pivot point is a bend in the strip, the end is bent to hold the cent in a fixed position. I used a blue piece of electrical tape so it won't scratch the coins and used solder to balance this one.

Top picture is the side view.
Next is the bottom view.
Next is a zinc cent staying up.
Next is a copper cent dropping it down.
Next is the brush I used to make it, unroll a brush and the tin makes a good metal strip and it's easy to solder on tin.

If you don't want to use metal you can use a piece of wood and a pencil for the pivot point but those break easily.

[Garrett]

I've posted this before.
It works great and it's not fragile and easy to make.
It works like a teeter totter, zinc stays up but copper drops. This one was made by flattening a metal brush and bending it to shape. Any strip of metal or tin can works. You can fold one end for the weight or add some solder or glue things to calibrate it until it's balanced correctly so zinc stays up but copper drops. The pivot point is a bend in the strip, the end is bent to hold the cent in a fixed position. I used a blue piece of electrical tape so it won't scratch the coins and used solder to balance this one.

Top picture is the side view.
Next is the bottom view.
Next is a zinc cent staying up.
Next is a copper cent dropping it down.
Next is the brush I used to make it, unroll a brush and the tin makes a good metal strip and it's easy to solder on tin.

If you don't want to use metal you can use a piece of wood and a pencil for the pivot point but those break easily.

awesome I gotta do that

[Maineman750]

If you don't want to use metal you can use a piece of wood and a pencil for the pivot point but those break easily.

What are you doing,dropping rolls of cents on it ? Honestly,I've only ever had one.