today we're going to talk about pennies
you better way every time
Hey everyone it's Rob with Rob finds
treasure and I owe you an apology so why
do I owe you an apology if you've been
watching my penny hunts lately
you've realized that I've been talking
about weighing up my 1982 D small date
pennies to see if they're zink or copper
and that's true that's why I weigh them
up but I haven't been telling you about
all the pennies I weigh up if you're
Lincoln Memorial Penny has a date before 1982
it's made of 95% copper and if the date is
1983 or later
it's made of 97.5% zinc and plated with a thin
copper coating however somehow someway
some pennies that were supposed to be on
Zinc planets have been found on copper
planets let's delve into those here's
the five pennies you'll always want to
weigh up because they have found pennies
that were supposed to be zinc, plated
with a small plate of copper however
some of the transitional years from 82
and 83 as well as 89 and 90 were found
on copper planchets so an 82 D small date is only supposed to weigh 2.5 grams
because it's made out of zinc this is a
zinc 82 D small date 2.5 grams that is
what it's suppose to weigh you know it's a
small date by the number 2 in 82 you
can clearly see how the two is more
curved I figured I'd go ahead and let
the graphics on the screen kind of help
you see the difference between them you
can see on the left side on the 82 P and
D the small date the 2 has a curve to it
vs. on a large date on both examples on
the right it's more of a flat
thicker 2, it doesn't have quite the curve
down to the base of the two a regular 82
D this is a large date the 2 is a flat
at the bottom and is not curved and this
is a copper one so it weighs 3.1 grams
this is the copper planchet this is a
zinc planchet had we found an 82d small
date on a copper planchet which weighed
3.11 grams it would fetch you quite a bit at auction so you always want to be checking
for them they weren't supposed to be minted on copper planchets but they have found
some also all 83 cents whether it's an
83 philadelphia or an 83 d denver are
supposed to be minted on zinc only as
well and that would be 2.5 grams and you
can see with 5 grams between the 2, they're both 2.5 but they have found some 83 P
and D Lincoln cents on copper planchets so you want to weigh those up as well and
then more recently an 89 d an 89 d
almost seven years after they stopped
making copper pennies they found an 89 D
on a copper planchet unfortunately
that's a zinc planchet 2.5 grams as well
and then finally a 1990 surfaced up also
on a copper planchet 1990 D and that
one's also zinc so in summary guys
it pays to weigh your Lincoln cents it
takes a little time have a little scale
you could also tell by dropping them I
only recommend dropping coins that are
circulated condition but if you drop it
you can hear kind of a thud you drop
a copper one it has kind of a ding and
you can hear the difference there so you
can tell by dropping them as well not
really the best method it's not
foolproof but at the end of the day make
sure you're weighing your 82d
small dates you're 83 D and P you're 89 Ds and your 1990 D pennies because
if you can find one of those five
pennies on a copper planchet you'll fetch
yourself a pretty penny for it
no pun intended well maybe... alright
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happy hunting and thanks for watching
