This page serves as a key resource for advanced collectors, focusing on the complex and often valuable category of the transitional error. It acts as a central hub for articles and guides that explain how these errors occur during a year when the U.S. Mint is changing a coin’s composition or design, such as the famous 1982 Lincoln cent varieties.
By providing detailed information on these nuanced errors, American Rarities demonstrates its deep expertise in the minting process. This strategy builds significant trust with serious, detail-oriented collectors, positioning the company as an authoritative source for the accurate appraisal of these challenging and interesting coins.
A guide to the seven 1982 Lincoln cent varieties: copper or zinc, large or small date, and Philadelphia or Denver, plus the rare transitional error.