@robka-5825 wrote:
Found a 1982 Denver Mint small date bronze Lincoln Memorial Cent!
First off, I am not a coin expert and am only going by what the internet is telling me. However, based on what I'm finding, I believe your coin is a large date, not a small date. See this thread:
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1982-d-small-date.307415/
Notice how close to the rim the number 2 is on your coin, and how the 82 is lower than the 1 in "1982", just like the coin in that thread. That makes it a large date.
Even if it were a 1982 D small date, that on its own would not automatically make it rare or valuable. Many 1982 D small date Lincoln cents were struck in copper-plated zinc, like this:
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1982-d-1c-zinc-small-date-rd/146036
Only the 1982 D small date bronze is ultra-rare:
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-7WIR5/1982-d-lincoln-cent-small-date-struck-on-a-bronz...
But like I say, I don't believe yours is a small date coin. I think you should seek advice from a specialist coin collectors' forum (like the one in my first link) before presenting it to bidders as a rarity.
