1982s

[penny pretty]

just weighed my jar of 82s... 150 copper 140zinc. has anyone kept track of percentages? let me know if a little over 50% is average! thanks folks.

[uthminsta]

I get more like 3/4 are copper. I did a specific count of all seven 1982 types, but that was several years ago... I had accumulated several thousand total.

[dakota1955]

I find it is closer to 75% copper to 25% zinc.

[jacer333]

yea you've got a bad batch there...i am almost always around 75 or 80% in copper 82's after a box.

[penny pretty]

thanks for the bad news! ah well I guess its another year to justify my purchase of a gram scale! thanx for the info.

[Riles96]

Seems like 80% or better are copper.

[merchoarder]

I wonder if it has anything to do with location? I just weighed a bunch that I had accumulated and my numbers are similar to yours. I got 220 coppers and 204 zincs. I hope that makes you feel a little better

[Silver Addict]

I don't keep track, but it seems to me like I get around 2/3rds copper

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

I've gone from the upper 80's to the upper 70's on the 82's......slowly my percentages have been falling.

[atticus]

i just did some last night as well. 50%

[bookshelf]

This past week my percentage of copper 1982's was about 60%.

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

I think the percentages vary depending on where you are located. In Southern California where overall copper percentages run around 18%, I'm finding more zinc 1982s than copper ones. My totals so far are 1,903 copper vs 2,007 zinc (49% copper vs 51% zinc).

[Rob72830]

I am in N/W Arkansas and handsort. I put all the 82's aside to weigh after sorting. I am finding more copper than zincs. The last box I found approximately 125 82's and out of that around 20 were zinc. Overall, I probably found around 750 coppers. Last week I checked 4 boxes. Be glad when I get a sorter.

[csb3tennessee]

70-80 % of the 82s are copper here in north Alabama.

[Bluegill]

When I was hand sorting I was segregating all the 1982's for further sorting at a later date. I had a little over a $100 worth when I did finally sort them. I got 80% Cu.

I don't remember what month it was, but the switch was made late in the year.