December 2013 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[Country]

Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In December 2013, please post your finds right here.

For those of us who handsort our COPPER, this is the place to report your COPPER treasure. I'll be working up some statistics as the reports flow.

Please report the face value of the pennies searched and the total number of US COPPERs found. Also, list the total number of Wheats, COPPER Canadians, and any wonderful Indian Heads you find. If you find foreign coins in your search for COPPERs, list them too. List the percentage of COPPERs found: the percentage I use is the number of coppers (non-Wheats, non-Canadians) found in the face value of pennies searched. Personally, I breakdown my US COPPERs into 4 categories: Wheats, Clean COPPERS (1959-1981), Ugly Abes (1959-1981), and 1982s (the Ugly 1982s I send them back into the wild); I roll mine up separately and put them into separate $25 boxes for storage.

I'll try to post some graphs of our COPPER finds as 2013 proceeds along by adding data to this initial post. I'll see if I can post some interesting insights into the data here in this initial post for 2013 too. Even though this is a national tabulation of all our finds, I think its fun to know what finds are being made and at what frequentcy.

It might be interesting to see how many Indian Heads, Wheats, and COPPER pennies are found . I'll try to keep track of all of these.

Now, go out and find the COPPER treasure!!

Those of you who are copper handsorters and are considering becoming RealCent members - Why not join today and stake your COPPER claims right here? Compete with other members in the race to see who is the best COPPER handsorter.

Statistical data includes all posts December 31, 2013 7:27 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
December 2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



cwgii - 11463
plus1hdcp - 5443
Whinstone - 1719
J_Dodge - 995
TwoAndAHalfCents - 863
coppernickel - 125
dpwozney - 69
rosco - 58



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
December 2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



cwgii - 1
plus1hdcp - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
December 2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



cwgii - 228
plus1hdcp - 95
Whinstone - 31
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17
J_Dodge - 7
coppernickel - 3
dpwozney - 2
rosco - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
December 2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



dpwozney - 1701
cwgii - 41
plus1hdcp - 38
Whinstone - 19
J_Dodge - 11
TwoAndAHalfCents - 3
rosco - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
December 2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



cwgii - 910
plus1hdcp - 640
Whinstone - 216
J_Dodge - 87
TwoAndAHalfCents - 44
rosco - 3



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
December 2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



J_Dodge - 39.80%
Whinstone - 22.92%
plus1hdcp - 21.77%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.26%
cwgii - 16.38%
rosco - 11.60%
coppernickel - 10.42%
dpwozney - 1.73%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
December 2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



dpwozney - 42.53%
J_Dodge - 0.44%
rosco - 0.40%
Whinstone - 0.25%
plus1hdcp - 0.15%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
cwgii - 0.06%
coppernickel - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
December 2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



cwgii - 3284.96
plus1hdcp - 557.60
Whinstone - 53.07
dpwozney - 28.35
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.66
J_Dodge - 10.13
coppernickel - 0.61
rosco - 0.12


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



cwgii - 101353
Bigsarge - 97196
spacemanX - 67907
TwoAndAHalfCents - 47254
plus1hdcp - 23260
Romalae - 18453
Country - 13863
everything - 11563
rexmerdinus - 8571
Sullysullinburg - 8330
sparechange - 5970
Whinstone - 4487
BenG76 - 2180
rosco - 1478
agmoose - 1184
chris819 - 1180
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
J_Dodge - 995
silverflake - 995
JustINaVW - 945
dpwozney - 660
jmaii - 587
4 bit - 388
xippi - 146
coppernickel - 125



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



Bigsarge - 6
spacemanX - 6
cwgii - 3
sparechange - 1
Whinstone - 1
Sullysullinburg - 1
plus1hdcp - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



spacemanX - 2137
Bigsarge - 1404
cwgii - 1275
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1138
Whinstone - 472
plus1hdcp - 381
Romalae - 349
Country - 268
everything - 180
Sullysullinburg - 169
sparechange - 116
dpwozney - 64
rexmerdinus - 56
agmoose - 35
BenG76 - 29
silverflake - 29
rosco - 19
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
JustINaVW - 17
jmaii - 14
J_Dodge - 7
xippi - 6
4 bit - 5
coppernickel - 3
chris819 - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



dpwozney - 17185
Bigsarge - 694
spacemanX - 486
cwgii - 316
TwoAndAHalfCents - 187
rexmerdinus - 171
plus1hdcp - 120
everything - 81
Country - 70
sparechange - 64
Romalae - 52
Whinstone - 34
rosco - 12
J_Dodge - 11
Sullysullinburg - 8
jmaii - 7
BenG76 - 6
silverflake - 6
agmoose - 5
JustINaVW - 5
4 bit - 5



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



plus1hdcp - 2644
cwgii - 2605
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2218
Country - 1184
Whinstone - 532
sparechange - 403
agmoose - 123
J_Dodge 87
rexmerdinus 56
jmaii - 41
rosco - 21
Sullysullinburg - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 62.56%
chris819 - 59.00%
J_Dodge - 39.80%
jmaii - 29.35%
xippi - 29.20%
everything - 28.91%
Bigsarge - 28.59%
Sullysullinburg - 27.40%
cwgii - 25.34%
agmoose - 23.68%
4 bit - 23.52%
Country - 23.11%
Whinstone - 22.44%
JustINaVW - 21.98%
plus1hdcp - 21.05%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
rosco - 20.25%
silverflake - 19.90%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 19.25%
sparechange - 18.09%
spacemanX - 15.24%
Romalae - 15.06%
coppernickel - 10.42%
dpwozney - 1.32%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



dpwozney - 34.37%
rexmerdinus - 1.25%
J_Dodge - 0.44%
jmaii - 0.35%
4 bit - 0.30%
BenG76 - 0.24%
Bigsarge - 0.20%
everything - 0.20%
sparechange - 0.19%
Whinstone - 0.17%
rosco - 0.16%
silverflake - 0.12%
Country - 0.12%
JustINaVW - 0.12%
spacemanX - 0.11%
plus1hdcp - 0.11%
agmoose - 0.10%
cwgii - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.08%
Romalae - 0.04%
Sullysullinburg - 0.03%
chris819 - 0.00%
xippi - 0.00%
MetalMonkey1980 - 0.00%
coppernickel - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2013 FULL LIST (as of 1/2/14 13:02 ET)



cwgii - 164710.40
Bigsarge - 135039.84
spacemanX - 125740.88
TwoAndAHalfCents - 47704.58
plus1hdcp - 10502.36
Romalae - 9238.46
dpwozney - 3581.80
Country - 3408.24
everything - 1891.84
Sullysullinburg - 1034.45
sparechange - 811.80
rexmerdinus - 482.13
Whinstone - 399.44
rosco - 44.06
agmoose - 24.48
BenG76 - 22.15
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
silverflake - 20.60
JustINaVW - 16.63
J_Dodge - 10.13
chris819 - 9.45
jmaii - 4.86
4 bit - 2.63
coppernickel - 0.61
xippi - 0.30



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2013 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 50 Groschen - '84 (found by spacemanX)
23 Bahamas 1c - '85 (found by uthminsta), '92 (found by spacemanX), (2) '98 (1 found by spacemanX, 1 found by Country), '04 (found by Country), (2) '06 (1 found by Country, 1 found by plus1hdcp), (16) unspecified date (14 found by spacemanX, 2 found by Romalae)
4 Barbados 1c - '73 (found by JustINaVW), '03 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), (2) unspecified date (2 found by spacemanX)
6 Bermuda 1c - (2) '71 (2 found by Bigsarge), '78 (found by cwgii), '80 (found by spacemanX), '99 (found by cwgii), (2) unspecified date (2 found by spacemanX)
9 Euro 2c - '08 (found by JustINaVW), (8) unspecified date (3 found by spacemanX, 5 found by Romalae)
4 France 2c Euro - (2) '99 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by spacemanX), '01 (found by cwgii), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Germany 1 Pfennig - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
4 Germany 2 Pfennig - '67 (found by cwgii), '76( found by cwgii), '84 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
2 Germany 5 Pfennig - '17 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), unspecified date (found by Romalae)
8 Germany 2c Euro -(2) '02 (2 found by cwgii), '04 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '07 (found by cwgii), '08 (found by cwgii), '11 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '12 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
9 Great Britain New Penny -'71 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '73 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '86 (found by spacemanX), '88 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '01 (found by cwgii), (4) unspecified date (2 found by Romalae, 2 found by spacemanX)
1 Hong Kong 10c - '90 (found by cwgii)
1 Hong Kong 20c - unspecified date (found by Romalae)
1 Ireland 2c Euro - '02 (found by Bigsarge)
2 Italy 2c Euro - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Mexico 1c - '46 (found by cwgii)
5 Mexico 5c - '56 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), (2) '70 (2 found by cwgii), '72 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '73 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents),'74 (found by cwgii)
1 Mexico 5 peso - '85 (found by cwgii)
1 Netherlands 1c - '42 (found by jmaii)
1 Netherlands 5c - '98 (found by plus1hdcp)
1 Netherlands 25c - '80 (found by spacemanX)
1 Norway 50 ore - '98 (found by spacemanX)
26 Panama 1c -'74 (found by cwgii), '78 (found by spacemanX), '80(Bigsarge), '83 (found by plus1hdcp), '93 (found by plus1hdcp), (4) '96 (1 found by spacemanX, 2 found by Country, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), (5) '01 (1 found by spacemanX, 2 found by cwgii, 2 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '08 (found by sparechange), (11) unspecified date (8 found by spacemanX, 3 found by Romalae)
1 Philippines 10 sentimos - '06 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Philippines 25 sentimos - '04 (found by uthminsta)
1 Portugal 2c Euro - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
1 Romania 1 leu - '93 (found by cwgii)
1 Russia 5 kopek - '01 (found by spacemanX)
1 South Africa 20c - '43 (found by cwgii)
3 Spain 2c Euro - '99 (found by cwgii), (2) '07 (2 found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '83 (found by BigSarge)
4 Taiwan 1 Yuan - (3) '81 (3 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '96 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 1
Bahamas - 23
Barbados - 4
Bermuda - 7
Euro - 9
France - 4
Germany - 15
Great Britain - 9
Hong Kong - 2
Ireland - 1
Italy - 2
Mexico - 9
Netherlands - 3
Norway - 1
Panama - 26
Philippines - 2
Portugal - 1
Romania - 1
Russia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 3
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 4

[cwgii]

1 -100.00
11-4--17--13

1959 == 17 with 5 "p"
60-67 == 198
68-74 == 388
75-81d== 591
75-81p== 262
82 == 199 with 56 , being zinc

wheat == 35 with 5 , pre 40 == 35, 34, 36, 37, 36d

cdn == 10 with 7, pre 1997

odds == dimes x 3, 1943s x 2, 1970 mexican 5 centavos

[cwgii]

1 -100.00
11-18-26--13


1959 == 13 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 207
68-74 == 450
75-81d== 637
75-81p== 252
82 == 174 with 53 ,being zinc

wheat == 29 with 5, pre 40 == 37, 37, 19, 18s, 20d

cdn == 13 with 10 , pre 1997

odds == 5 dimes in one 10.00 lot., 2001 balboa

[Whinstone]

$25 CWR..601 cu memorials

7 cu Can.....oldest "57"

15 wheats...oldest "30"

1982's....93...10 zinc& 83 cu

also found a 1943 steel wheat, a 1975 looks like its' zinc coated, and a stamped state of OR penny....cool

[Whinstone]

$25 bank box.....576 cu memorials

9 wheats ..oldest"39"

3 cu Canadian..oldest "79"

1982's...10 zinc....71 cu...weighed

[plus1hdcp]

$25.00 Box 30

461 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+6 Wheats (46D, 53D, 55D, 56D, 57D, 58D) ** plus 1 other date worn and can barely make out the ONE CENT on the reverse
+71 Copper 1982
+6 Copper Canadian (64, 67x2, 69, 75, 78)

544 Keepers 21.76%

[Rosco]

Small town Arizona
$5.00 rolls of pennies

58 coppers 11.6%
1 wheat cent 1944
2 Canadian cents
3 1982's counted above

If the next test has a low percentage I will delay sorting until return to cold an wet Oregon

[cwgii]

Small town Arizona
$5.00 rolls of pennies

58 coppers 11.6%
1 wheat cent 1944
2 Canadian cents
3 1982's counted above

If the next test has a low percentage I will delay sorting until return to cold an wet Oregon

welcome back snowbird lolol

[Rosco]

Not sure if Tucson is in the budget this year, If we get their I'll meet you for Coffee or some other beverage

[Whinstone]

$25 brink box from the bank

542 cu memorial pennies

7 wheat ...oldest "35 S"

9 Canadian...oldest "64"

1982's...22 zinc....62 cu

[plus1hdcp]

$25.00 Box 31

460 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+6 Wheats (44, 46, 46S, 55, 56D, 57D)
+59 Copper 1982
+9 Copper Canadian (64x2, 75, 78x2, 82, 88, 89, 94) A lot of CDN for me

534 Keepers 21.36%

[coppernickel]

$12
125 coppers
3 wheats
3 Canada steels
Rest zinc

Sorry for the low numbers. Recently cents are getting hard to find, get. The local banks are just not keeping much coins available. I can only get a few rolls at a time, and coinstar is the available place to turn them back, 11% counting fee is a bit expensive.

[plus1hdcp]

$25.00 Box 32

478 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+2 Wheats (49, 57D)
+66 Copper 1982
+2 Copper Canadian (62, 64)

548 Keepers 21.92%

[plus1hdcp]

Searched a 2nd box tonight

$25.00 Box 33

503 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+10 Wheats (18, 36D, 44, 46x3, 50D, 51D, 57D, 58D)
+56 Copper 1982
+2 Copper Canadian (63, 73)

571 Keepers 22.84%

[cwgii]

sorry if the format is off, my laptops screen died, I am using the gfs work computer ... shhhhhhh.

100.00 penny report

11-27-28-13

1959== 15 with zero ''p''
1960--67== 191
1968-74== 454
1975-81 d== 628
1975-81 p== 292
1982 == 170 with 45 being zinc
wheat == 30 with 2 being pre 40== 38, 37
odds== dimes x 4

[cwgii]

100.00 penny report
12-02--08-13

1959== 17 with zero ''p''
1960--67== 168
1968-74== 432
1975-81 d== 597
1975-81 p== 281
1982 == 161 with 46 being zinc
wheat == 38 with 4 being pre 40== 28s, 36, 36d, 36
odds== 1955s in au condition, new penny cull to the point of not being able to see the date, one lot had 4 wheats... all 1956d, yet another lot was chock full of culls.

[cwgii]

100.00 penny report
12-09-12-13

1959== 13 with 1 ''p''
1960--67== 198
1968-74== 426
1975-81 d== 556
1975-81 p== 268
1982 == 194 with 51 being zinc
wheat == 28 with 6 being pre 40== 38, 27, 39, 36, 13, 36
odds== 1999 bermuda, a first.... 1993 romania 1 leu, dimes x4 all in one lot of 10.00

[plus1hdcp]

$25.00 Box 34

477 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+7 Wheats (41, 48, 50D, 52D, 56D, 57Dx2)
+1 INDIAN (1904)
+72 Copper 1982
+2 Copper Canadian (64, 84)

559 Keepers 22.36%

First Indian found for me in a couple of years!

[J_Dodge]

Date Box # Copper # Wheat # Canadian # Indian % Copper* # C82 # Z82 C82%

12/7 - 12/17/13 15 995 7 11 0.4052 87 23 0.790909091



* = Includes Wheat & all Canadian

Box 15 YTD (since I started back in May - none of the prior boxes reported). 2nd best box I've had - Box 5 came in at 41%.
This box, like most of the others I've gone thru, had more Canadian than wheats. Mostlu common date wheats, although one
of them (a '58) was as shiney as the day it was minted. Several '50's Canadians.

JD

[plus1hdcp]

$25.00 Box 35

429 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+7 Wheats (44, 45 47D, 53D, 56, 56Dx2)
+50 Copper 1982
+3 Copper Canadian (80, 85, 93)

489 Keepers 19.56%

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
8 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.00%):
359 - Memorial 1959-1981
16 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1981)

[dpwozney]

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

1020 (51%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

454 (22.7%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

537 (26.85%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

29 (1.45%) American (including 1 wheat) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

[plus1hdcp]

$25.00 Box 36

507 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+13 Wheats (42, 44, 45x2, 46, 47S, 49, 51Dx2, 55, 56D, 58, 58D)
+69 Copper 1982
+4 Copper Canadian (63, 85, 91, 94)

593 Keepers 23.72%

[cwgii]

100.00 penny report
12-18-19-13

1959 == 15 with 1''p''
1960--6 == 201
1968-74 == 440
1975-81 d== 643
1975-81 p== 284
1982 == 172 with 50 being zinc
wheat == 36 with 4 being pre 40 == 35, 29D, 39, 34
canadian == 19 with 14 being pre 97
odds == STATE stamp 1976p MT, dime

[cwgii]

100.00 penny report
12-22-26-13

1959 == 11 with 1''p''
1960--6 == 177
1968-74 == 385
1975-81 d== 564
1975-81 p== 282
1982 == 186 with 45 being zinc
wheat == 32 with 2being pre 40 == 18s, 36
canadian == 10 with 10 being pre 97
odds == dime x 4, INDIAN HEAD 1876 CULL. --mother in law gave me a cheapy 'coin counter bank' and 10.00 of

pennies.... and there it was, on the end.