1982-D Lincoln Cent, Memorial (1959-2008)

Intriguing History

1982 was a genuinely pivotal year for the Lincoln cent: partway through, the Mint switched the coin's composition from 95% copper to copper-plated zinc to cut costs as copper prices climbed, leaving 1982 as the only year with both compositions and multiple die varieties. This Denver cent carries one of the specific varieties researchers have catalogued from that transitional year.