Regular production 1983 d cents should be copper plated zinc.
1983 d copper penny price.
The story behind the rare 1983 d penny.
A first thought is that this copper 1983 d could be a coin struck on a planchet left over from early 1982 production or earlier when u s.
Coin value prices price chart coin photos mintage figures coin melt value metal composition mint mark location statistics facts.
Copper penny melt value calculator located below will help you in finding the total copper value and total copper content of your pre 1982 united states lincoln 95 copper cents.
The two coins achieved a combined price of 35 625.
Calculate by quantity rolls of pennies face value or total weight.
Government was almost spending more to make the penny than its face value.
As of today there have been more 1943 copper cents found than 1983 p or d copper lincoln cents.
Then they cashed in by consigning them for auction.
This page also shows coins listed for sale so you can buy and sell.
In late 1982 the composition changed to a copper plated zinc format and virtually all 1983 pennies are made from the zinc composition except for a few rare off metal and transitional errors like the 1983 copper penny.
1983 lincoln cent ddr fs 802 very nice penny.
Lutes owned the coin.
Make offer 1983 no mint penny.
To understand why the 1983 copper penny is so rare you need to know something about 1982 pennies.
1983 p doubled face lincoln.
When copper lincoln memorial pennies were being minted for circulation before 1982 they consisted of 95 copper 5 zinc.
Cents were struck on solid brass planchets a coin with a potential value of 15 000 20 000 or more based on past sales.
1983 no mint penny.
Neither coin should exist in copper alloy but collectors looking for coin finds discovered both.
The then 16 year old lutes received the copper colored penny in change at his high school cafeteria in 1947 david stone a coin cataloger for heritage told cnbc make it.
In the early 1980s copper prices were rising quickly so much so that the u s.
Make offer 1983 d lincoln cent on copper 1982 planchet transitional off metal rare.
1983 d lincoln memorial cent.
However if any coin in this series should the 1983 copper cent would be a very good candidate.
Buy sell this coin.
Few coins from the memorial cent series have caught the attention of non collectors or even the media s.
The 1982 d sold for 18 800 and the 1983 d sold for 17 625.