1982 D wide date errors

[alinela]

Hi to everybody! Can not figure out if these are real errors on my 1982 D wide date penny and if they are what kind of errors. I am new at this. Is it worth to grade it or not. Please help, I appreciate it! Thank you

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, this is a 1982 D large date. You can tell by the "2". The large date has a fancy 2 and the small date has a normal looking 2.

This looks like post mint damage, meaning it happened after it left the mint. It could be that either a quarter or half dollar was dropped on the face of Lincoln. The reeding or small little notches on the thinnest part of the coin dug into the Lincoln cent.

Your photos are pretty decent. But, if you are holding a cell phone to take photos, then there is a better way. I am not in my office as I type, but tomorrow time permitting I might be able to cut/paste my photo tips, unless I find them on here.

[MintErrors]

IF you are using a phone:

Find a box, about 6x6 or 8x8.
Place the box on the table.
Place the coin on the table, close to the base of the box.
Place the phone on top of the box and turn on the camera app.
Carefully slide the phone toward the edge so the camera can see the coin.
Adjust the coin closer if need be.
You can zoom in, but do not make the photo blurry at all.
Make sure there is no glare on the coin, use a lamp vice flash from the phone.
With the phone on the top of the box, you can stabilize the phone with one hand.
Gently tap the shutter to take a photo.

If you have a photo editing app on the phone, if need be, crop most of the background out of the photo.
You should be able to draw a box around the coin.
From there use the cropping tool to remove any unnecessary background.
The cropping tool can look like a bent square.

Photos are best saved as JPG.
The photos on this website have to be less than 2mb each.
You should be able to upload 8 photos per post.
If more photos are needed, you can reply to your post and add more photos.

In the text area where you add a post, just to the top left , is a camera icon.
That will toggle on/off the upload buttons.
To upload photos, click on the UPLOAD ATTACHMENTS.

After you uploaded the photos, the list appears below the UPLOAD ATTACHMENTS button.
Click the area on your post where you'd like a photo to show, like below some text.
Then just below the UPLOAD ATTACHMENTS button choose a photo to place where you clicked.
Choose either LARGE or MEDIUM and the photo should appear in your post.
If you don't add it to the post, they should appear at the bottom of your post as attachments.

Happy hunting.

[MintErrors]

As for grading, it IS an expensive habit unless the coins have sentimental value. If they are for resale, the you weigh the cost for grading, encapsulation and potentially for any errors. I would say at a minimum getting someing graded will cost 50 bucks or more.

Coins that are circulated tend to have a lot less value than uncirculated coins. It has to be a pretty rare coin in order to make your investment back. I personally do not push people to send in or not send in coins. That's on the owner to decide, take the risk, cost and time.

As of 2003, the US Mint added excellent quality control and quality assurance methods to keep error coins from escaping the mint. Indo tell a lot of people that the European coins are fun to search because you have a decent chance to find either an overdate or a doubled die.

It's up to you to find the type of coins to search and enjoy.