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$25 Brink's Box
601 Copper non-wheats (24.0%)
- 491 Nice coppers
- 50 Ugly Abes
- 60 1982's (ACE checked)
16 Wheats - 1930, 1938, 1939(2) and 12 others
4 Canadian copper - '46 (nice to see George again),'65,'72,'75

TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:

Country wrote:$25 Brink's Box
685 Copper non-wheats (27.4%)
- 574 Nice coppers
- 54 Ugly Abes
- 57 1982's (ACE checked)
19 Wheats - 1937 and 18 others
7 Canadian copper - '77,'80,'81,'82,'83(2),'88

AND MY FIRST INDIAN HEAD OF THE YEAR: 1908

Does it have an "S" on the reverse?

I looked real hard, but there was NO "S". If I lived on the West Coast, then I might have got real lucky....

This must be the ULTRA-rare 1908-S "no-S" error/variety.

$25 Brink's Box
641 Copper non-wheats (25.6%)
- 519 Nice coppers
- 49 Ugly Abes
- 73 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - 1920 and 12 others
2 Canadian copper - '85,'87

$25 Brink's Box
628 Copper non-wheats (25.1%)
- 507 Nice coppers
- 67 Ugly Abes
- 54 1982's (ACE checked)
14 Wheats - Oldest 1942
3 Canadian copper - '62,'63,'89
1 Bermuda Hoggie Penny - '88

$25 string box...
495 CU
7 wheats
1900 indian head, first of the year
4 canadians
1987 bahama cent w/ starfish

Updated with pics of the IH.

Sorted thru 4 $25 Brink's boxes

Box #1
482 Cu Memorials (19.3%)
8 Wheats '29, rest 40-50s
2 Cu Canadian

Box #2
469 Cu Memorials (18.4%)
11 Wheats '25, rest 40-50s
1 Cu Canadian

Box #3
447 Cu Memorials (17.9%)
10 Wheats '39, rest 40-50s
3 Cu Canadian
1 1979 "JFK" profile counterstamp

Box #4
413 Cu Memorials (15.9%)
5 Wheats '28, rest 40-50s
2 Cu Canadian
1 1977 South Africa cent

$25 Brink's Box
601 Copper non-wheats (24.0%)
- 495 Nice coppers
- 47 Ugly Abes
- 59 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - Oldest 1944
4 Canadian copper - '67,'84,'86,'95

$25 Brink's Box
665 Copper non-wheats (26.6%)
- 534 Nice coppers
- 57 Ugly Abes
- 74 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - Oldest 1940
4 Canadian copper - '76,'80,'81,'93

$25 String Box

627 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-copper canadian cents
+13 wheats (1927,193,1939, 4-1940's,6-1950's)
+61 copper 82's (scale checked) (19 zincers)
+7 canadian coppers (1970,1971,1972,1974,1980,1981x2)


other finds:

3 s-mints (1968-1974)

$25 Brink's Box
643 Copper non-wheats (25.7%)
- 533 Nice coppers
- 64 Ugly Abes
- 46 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - Oldest 1941
4 Canadian copper - '67,'73,'78,'92
1 1988-D dime - Love them dimes...

$25 Brink's Box
701 Copper non-wheats (28.0%)
- 558 Nice coppers
- 64 Ugly Abes
- 79 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - 1936 and 11 others
3 Canadian copper - '76,'89,'95

$12.50 Strings Box

199 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (15.9%)
+3 wheats (1956, 1956D, 1957D)
+0 copper 1982's - (Haven't sorted them yet)
+0 Canadian Copper () - 0 non-copper (-)
Additional Finds - 1 s mints (1972)

Month to date numbers for February:

Total searched 56,940

CU 14,677
CU Can 145
Wheats 187
Total CU 15,009

Also for the foreign legion - 1986 Mexico 10 pesos Si Senor!

Four bags were searched this month.

Bag 1: 1055 Cu memorials
14 Canada Cu
20 Wheat

Bag 2: 1133 Cu memorials
8 Canada Cu
18 Wheat
1 2011 shield

Bag 3: 1263 Cu memorials
7 Canada Cu
16 wheat
1 coin from Israel
6 2011 shields

Bag 4: 1139 Cu memorials
10 Canada Cu
29 wheat
1 Bermuda hog cent
27 2011 shields

$25 Brinks Box (February #14)
776 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (31%)
15 Wheat - including a 1930 and two 1939s
5 Canadian copper - from 1964 to 1991

odds the last 2---100.00
1966 2 pfennig, dimes 2

dimes 8, my first 2011's, a 71 and 75 cinco -mex

gravybro wrote:Four bags were searched this month.

Bag 1: 1055 Cu memorials
14 Canada Cu
20 Wheat

Bag 2: 1133 Cu memorials
8 Canada Cu
18 Wheat
1 2011 shield

Bag 3: 1263 Cu memorials
7 Canada Cu
16 wheat
1 coin from Israel
6 2011 shields

Bag 4: 1139 Cu memorials
10 Canada Cu
29 wheat
1 Bermuda hog cent
27 2011 shields

I'm assuming these are $50 bags of pennies.

cwgii wrote:odds the last 2---100.00
1966 2 pfennig, dimes 2

dimes 8, my first 2011's, a 71 and 75 cinco -mex

Cinco peso or Cinco centavo ?

gravybro wrote:Four bags were searched this month.

Bag 3: 1263 Cu memorials
7 Canada Cu
16 wheat
1 coin from Israel
6 2011 shields

I need more info before I can post the Israel coin in the foreign legion section. Sorry.

Country wrote:

cwgii wrote:odds the last 2---100.00
1966 2 pfennig, dimes 2

dimes 8, my first 2011's, a 71 and 75 cinco -mex

Cinco peso or Cinco centavo ?

dang wi fi.... i had put centavo , on the first attempt. when i was booted and lost the post, i shortened it.

$25 Brink's Box
666 Copper non-wheats (26.6%)
- 562 Nice coppers
- 55 Ugly Abes
- 49 1982's (ACE checked)
6 Wheats - 1939 and 5 others
6 Canadian copper - '60,'68,'77,'82,'90,'96

$15.00 (SHORTED ONE CENT TOTAL) - 22 CWRs & 8 BWRs


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 283

Cu "S" Mint Mark - 3 (1970S x 2, 1973S)

1982 Cu - 43
1982 Zinc - 3
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 11 (Two Pre-40 Wheats--1/1926, 1/1936)

Canadian Cu - 4 (1968, 1977, 1981, 1989)

2009 - LP1 - 0
2009 - LP2 - 1
2009 - LP3 - 1
2009 - LP4 - 0
(2009 is the year our son married so I keep the 2009 coins for anniversary coin jars for future anniversary gifts.)

Other -- 9/2010 Shield Pennies (8 P mint mark, 1 D mint mark)

*Please Note: I do not keep track of the kids' birth years (both are zinc years) any longer, although I save them, unless it is some spectacular amount in a roll.


Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.