June 2013 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[Country]

Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In June 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 June 30, 2013 12:48 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
June 2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



spacemanX - 5955
Bigsarge - 5327
cwgii - 4694
Country - 2265
TwoAndAHalfCents - 467
sparechange - 435
plus1hdcp - 430
dpwozney - 99



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
June 2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



NONE REPORTED



WHEAT PENNIES
June 2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



spacemanX - 128
Bigsarge - 108
cwgii - 83
Country - 48
sparechange - 11
plus1hdcp - 6
dpwozney - 6
TwoAndAHalfCents - 3



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
June 2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



dpwozney - 2980
Bigsarge - 44
spacemanX - 39
sparechange - 35
cwgii - 26
Country - 8
plus1hdcp - 1
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
June 2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



Country - 200
plus1hdcp - 47
sparechange - 35
TwoAndAHalfCents - 20



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
June 2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



Bigsarge - 26.64%
Country - 22.65%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18.68%
sparechange - 17.40%
plus1hdcp - 17.20%
cwgii - 15.65%
spacemanX - 15.08%
dpwozney - 0.99%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
June 2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



dpwozney - 29.80%
sparechange - 1.40%
Bigsarge - 0.22%
spacemanX - 0.10%
cwgii - 0.09%
Country - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.04%
plus1hdcp - 0.04%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
June 2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



spacemanX - 967.28
cwgii - 576.36
Bigsarge - 438.32
dpwozney - 123.40
Country - 92.84
sparechange - 4.81
TwoAndAHalfCents - 4.71
plus1hdcp - 4.37


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



cwgii - 66809
spacemanX - 54780
Bigsarge - 45565
Romalae - 18453
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16276
Country - 11674
rexmerdinus - 8571
everything - 7265
plus1hdcp - 6548
sparechange - 3747
Whinstone - 2288
BenG76 - 2180
agmoose - 1184
chris819 - 1180
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
jmaii - 587
dpwozney - 434
4 bit - 388
rosco - 360
xippi - 146



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



spacemanX - 5
sparechange - 1
Whinstone - 1
Bigsarge - 1
cwgii - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



spacemanX - 1778
TwoAndAHalfCents - 536
Bigsarge - 525
cwgii - 523
Romalae - 349
Country - 225
everything - 118
plus1hdcp - 88
sparechange - 74
rexmerdinus - 56
dpwozney - 45
Whinstone - 36
agmoose - 35
BenG76 - 29
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
jmaii - 14
rosco - 11
xippi - 6
4 bit - 5
chris819 - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



dpwozney - 12015
spacemanX - 414
Bigsarge - 308
rexmerdinus - 171
cwgii - 151
Country - 54
sparechange - 53
Romalae - 52
TwoAndAHalfCents - 49
everything - 48
plus1hdcp - 29
Whinstone - 11
jmaii - 7
BenG76 - 6
agmoose - 5
4 bit - 5
rosco - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



Country - 988
plus1hdcp - 733
TwoAndAHalfCents - 720
sparechange - 257
Whinstone - 246
agmoose - 123
rexmerdinus - 56
jmaii - 41



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 62.56%
chris819 - 59.00%
cwgii - 35.16%
Bigsarge - 30.89%
jmaii - 29.35%
xippi - 29.20%
everything - 29.06%
agmoose - 23.68%
4 bit - 23.52%
Country - 23.35%
Whinstone - 22.88%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 20.35%
rosco - 20.00%
plus1hdcp - 18.19%
sparechange - 17.84%
Romalae - 15.06%
spacemanX - 15.05%
dpwozney - 1.21%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



dpwozney - 33.38%
rexmerdinus - 1.25%
jmaii - 0.35%
4 bit - 0.30%
sparechange - 0.25%
BenG76 - 0.24%
Bigsarge - 0.21%
everything - 0.19%
rosco - 0.17%
spacemanX - 0.11%
Whinstone - 0.11%
Country - 0.11%
agmoose - 0.10%
plus1hdcp - 0.08%
cwgii - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
Romalae - 0.04%
chris819 - 0.00%
xippi - 0.00%
MetalMonkey1980 - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2013 FULL LIST (as of 7/3/13 16:17 ET)



spacemanX - 82928.44
cwgii - 51287.08
Bigsarge - 27374.82
Romalae - 9238.46
TwoAndAHalfCents - 5395.52
Country - 2390.60
dpwozney - 1799.14
plus1hdcp - 959.76
everything - 743.10
rexmerdinus - 482.13
sparechange - 325.42
Whinstone - 93.40
agmoose - 24.48
BenG76 - 22.15
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
chris819 - 9.45
jmaii - 4.86
rosco - 2.69
4 bit - 2.63
xippi - 0.30



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2013 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 50 Groschen - '84 (found by spacemanX)
21 Bahamas 1c - '85 (found by uthminsta), '92 (found by spacemanX), (2) '98 (1 found by spacemanX, 1 found by Country), '04 (found by Country), '06 (found by Country), (15) unspecified date (13 found by spacemanX, 2 found by Romalae)
1 Barbados 1c - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
5 Bermuda 1c - (2) '71 (2 found by Bigsarge), '78 (found by cwgii), (2) unspecified date (2 found by spacemanX)
7 Euro 2c - (7) unspecified date (2 found by spacemanX, 5 found by Romalae)
3 France 2c Euro - '99 (found by cwgii), '01 (found by cwgii), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Germany 1 Pfennig - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
3 Germany 2 Pfennig - '67 (found by cwgii), '84 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
1 Germany 5 Pfennig - unspecified date (found by Romalae)
4 Germany 2c Euro - '07 (found by cwgii), '08 (found by cwgii), '11 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
6 Great Britain New Penny - '86 (found by spacemanX), '01 (found by cwgii), (4) unspecified date (2 found by Romalae, 2 found by spacemanX)
1 Hong Kong 20c - unspecified date (found by Romalae)
1 Italy 2c Euro - '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Mexico 1c - '46 (found by cwgii)
1 Mexico 5c - '70 (found by cwgii), '74 (found by cwgii)
1 Netherlands 1c - '42 (found by jmaii)
1 Netherlands 5c - '98 (found by plus1hdcp)
1 Norway 50 ore - '98 (found by spacemanX)
17 Panama 1c - '83 (found by plus1hdcp), (3) '96 (1 found by spacemanX, 2 found by Country), (2) '01 (1 found by spacemanX, 1 found by cwgii), '08 (found by sparechange), (10) unspecified date (7 found by spacemanX, 3 found by Romalae)
1 Philippines 25 sentimos - '04 (found by uthminsta)
1 Portugal 2c Euro - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
1 South Africa 20c - '43 (found by cwgii)
2 Spain 2c Euro - '99 (found by cwgii), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '83 (found by BigSarge)
1 Taiwan 1 Yuan - '96 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 1
Bahamas - 21
Barbados - 1
Bermuda - 5
Euro - 7
France - 3
Germany - 9
Great Britain - 6
Hong Kong - 1
Italy - 1
Mexico - 3
Netherlands - 2
Norway - 1
Panama - 17
Philippines - 1
Portugal - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 1

[plus1hdcp]

$25.00 Box 12

383 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+6 Wheats (24, 46, 47D, 52D, 53D, 56D)
+47 Copper 1982
+1 Copper Canadian (63)

[Bigsarge]

Bag # 23
Pennies: 5000

copper 1410 28.20%
zinc 3590


Wheats: Total: 26
40's: 9
50'S: 15
1918, 1919s

Canadian Total: 15
40's:
50'S: 1
60'S: 4 (3 rock doves)
70's: 3
80-96: 7

[dpwozney]

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

589 (29.45%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

120 (6%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

446 (22.3%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

23 (1.15%) American (including 1 wheat) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box
620 Copper non-wheats (24.8%)
- 448 Nice coppers
- 108 Ugly Abes
- 64 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - 1937-D and 9 others
3 Canadian copper - '84(2),'91

1 dime - '94P

[cwgii]

1 -100.00
05-30--06-04-13



1959 == 11 with 3 "p"
60-67 == 191
68-74 == 509
75-81d== 721
75-81p== 266
82 == 210

wheat == 23 with 4 , pre 40== 30s, 19s, 15, 37

cdn == 14 with 11 , pre 1997

odds == s africa 20c, failed to get the date before giving it away, 1943d

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box
538 Copper non-wheats (21.5%)
- 392 Nice coppers
- 110 Ugly Abes
- 36 1982's (ACE checked)
14 Wheats - 1932-D (VF), a BU-brand new 1955, and 12 others
3 Canadian copper - '50(George!),'74,'80

[spacemanX]

$25 - Brink's Box
538 Copper non-wheats (21.5%)
- 392 Nice coppers
- 110 Ugly Abes
- 36 1982's (ACE checked)
14 Wheats - 1932-D (VF), a BU-brand new 1955, and 12 others
3 Canadian copper - '50(George!),'74,'80

congrats on the 32D!!!!!

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box
600 Copper non-wheats (24.0%)
- 443 Nice coppers
- 97 Ugly Abes
- 60 1982's (ACE checked)
7 Wheats - Oldest 1942
2 Canadian copper - '92,'94

1 Bahamas 1c - '98
1 Panama 1c - '96

This is the last of my hoard of 2011 boxes. We'll see what the 2013 boxes look like soon...

[dpwozney]

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

560 (28%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

126 (6.3%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

413 (20.65%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

21 (1.05%) American dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
3 - 1940s

Copper non-wheat (18.68%):
447 - Memorial 1959-1981
20 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1979)

1 - U.S. clad dime

[spacemanX]

first week and half
BWRs $200
LMC 3045
Wheat 63
canada 27
bermuda 1

Bags (2) $100
LMC 1436
Wheat 36
canada 4
dimes 3

CWR $20
LMC 257
Wheat 5
Dimes 3
extra pennies 19

[spacemanX]

first week and half
BWRs $200
LMC 3045
Wheat 63
canada 27
bermuda 1

Bags (2) $100
LMC 1436
Wheat 36
canada 4
dimes 3

CWR $20
LMC 257
Wheat 5
Dimes 3
extra pennies 19

[dpwozney]

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

738 (36.9%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

171 (8.55%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

554 (27.7%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

13 (0.65%) American dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

[cwgii]

1 -100.00
06-4-20--13


1959 == 21 with 5 "p"
60-67 == 187
68-74 == 431
75-81d== 654
75-81p== 269
82 == 186

wheat == 35 with 7 , pre 40 == 20,26,26,27,36,19,19

cdn == 10 with 10 , pre 1997

odds == 55s-au, dime

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box
507 Copper non-wheats (20.3%)
- 382 Nice coppers
- 85 Ugly Abes
- 40 1982's (ACE checked)
17 Wheats - 1924, 1925, 1934, and 14 others
0 Canadian copper

Finished off my hoard of 2011 boxes, now getting 2013 boxes. It appears that the copper percentage is down 3-5% from where it was in 2011 in my area.

[Bigsarge]

Bag # 22
Pennies: 5000

copper 1371 27.42%
zinc 3629


Wheats:
Total: 38
40's: 19
50'S: 18
1937

Canadian Total: 10
40's: 1
50'S:
60'S: 1
70's: 1
80-96: 7

[Bigsarge]

Bag # 23
Pennies: 5000

copper 1410 28.20%
zinc 3590


Wheats: Total: 26
40's: 9
50'S: 15
1918, 1919s

Canadian Total: 15
40's:
50'S: 1
60'S: 4 (3 rock doves)
70's: 3
80-96: 7

[Bigsarge]

Bag # 24
Pennies: 5000

copper 1344 26.88%
zinc 3656


Wheats: Total: 18
40's: 5
50'S: 13


Canadian Total: 11
40's:
50'S:
60'S: 4
70's: 2
80-96: 5

[Bigsarge]

Bag # 25
Pennies: 5000

copper 1354 27.08%
zinc 3646


Wheats: Total: 26
40's: 16
50'S: 10


Canadian Total: 8
40's:
50'S:
60'S: 1
70's: 5
80-96: 2

[dpwozney]

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

650 (32.5%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

132 (6.6%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

493 (24.65%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

25 (1.25%) American (including 3 wheats) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

[cwgii]

1 -100.00
06-20-27-13

1959 == 16 with 2 "p"
60-67 == 178
68-74 == 422
75-81d== 581
75-81p== 237
82 == 192

wheat == 25 with 2 , pre 40 == 31,37

cdn == 7 with 5, pre 1997

odds == none

[sparechange]

$25 Box

435---Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(17.4%)
263--Nice coppers
137--Ugly coppers
35--'82's

11--Wheats, '18,'27,'35
2--Canadians--'80,'81

[Country]

Please post your July 2013 COPPER finds in the new thread: July 2013 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking.

If you post before mid-night forum time on June 30, 2013, your find counts for June. If you post July 1, 2013 mid-night or later forum time, your post will count for July.

[dpwozney]

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

548 (27.4%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

105 (5.25%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

420 (21%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

23 (1.15%) American (including 2 wheats) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).