Copper pennies are a relatively common find in a penny roll, which lowers their value. But the ... alloy” to copper-plated zinc planchets sometime in mid-1982 as a cost-saving measure ...

The ‘1982-D Lincoln Penny’ is one of the rare coins that could be worth thousands of dollars ... made of bronze with a smaller amount of zinc. Valuations have been put in a range from around ...

Their main value as a currency ... described the penny as “the finest known” of its kind “by a wide margin.” Lincoln pennies struck from 1963 through around mid-1982 have a solid brass ...