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An additional box of 2500 finished tonite:

662 - CU
30 - Canadian CU
12 - wheats

Of note are a '44 Canadian Rex & a rather worn '16 Lincoln.

It's still a Jungle out there,

Sundays $25 Brinks box:

601 Coppers
13 Wheats (4 of them pre-40 - listed in pre-40 thread)
4 Canadian coppers
1 Bahamas Star cent 2005
2 dimes (87 and 91)


(Kept six BU 1960 and 1963 cents - all a beautiful coppery red color with no blemishes, etc.)

$10 two 5 buys

373 cu 37.3%

8 bu in above

2 wheats 1944

3 cnd 1963

First 5 rolls 154 copper an the bu had hopes for the buy but still personal best

finally got $50 dollar bag one hand still slowing me down but avoid roll opening

$25 box tonight.

477 - CU cents
5 - wheats including a very nice high end AU 1947
6 - Canadian
1 - zinc blank planchet error - first one of these I have ever found.

100 CWRs

1157 copper (23.14%)
10 wheat
10 Can Cu
3 dimes

$25 Brink's Box
552 Copper non-wheats (22.1%)
- 452 Nice coppers
- 54 Ugly Abes
- 46 1982's (ACE checked)
6 Wheats - Oldest 1944
1 Canadian copper - '80
1 Bahamas 1c - '85

$25 string box

651 - copper (26.04%)
511 - clean copper
77 - ugly abe's
59 - 82 copper (scale checked)
14 - 82 zinc
3 - S mint
7 - Wheats
3 - Canada 1957, 1976 X2
1 - other a 1976 with a U.S.A. map punched in above the date and a liberty bell behind abes head.

I hope this is the way you want them listed.

appjoe wrote:$25 string box

651 - copper (26.04%)
511 - clean copper
77 - ugly abe's
59 - 82 copper (scale checked)
14 - 82 zinc
3 - S mint
7 - Wheats
3 - Canada 1957, 1976 X2
1 - other a 1976 with a U.S.A. map punched in above the date and a liberty bell behind abes head.

I hope this is the way you want them listed.

I couldn't have done it better myself.... Thanks...

I own a ryedale now.....so country....I can't be part of of the thread anymore.

good and bad at the same time.

bitter sweet as they say.

Keep up the good work...I love following the #'s on this thread

Picked up two $50 bags from my local bank, sorted one so far.

of 5000 pennies:

1690 Clean Copper (33.8%)
18 Wheat
14 Canadian Cu
1 Bahamas one cent coin
1 Connecticut Counter stamped penny

My copper percentages from my local bank are shooting up, but my number of wheats per bag is falling considerably, especially pre-1940. I also throw out "ugly abes", It is easier for me just to throw them back in the wild and use the money for more chances at clean coppers. Even if they only have a tiny bit of green stuff on them they go to the dump pile.

I'm almost to my original goal of filling a 5-gallon bucket!

styropyro wrote:Picked up two $50 bags from my local bank, sorted one so far.

of 5000 pennies:

1690 Clean Copper (33.8%)
18 Wheat
14 Canadian Cu
1 Bahamas one cent coin
1 Connecticut Counter stamped penny

My copper percentages from my local bank are shooting up, but my number of wheats per bag is falling considerably, especially pre-1940. I also throw out "ugly abes", It is easier for me just to throw them back in the wild and use the money for more chances at clean coppers. Even if they only have a tiny bit of green stuff on them they go to the dump pile.

I'm almost to my original goal of filling a 5-gallon bucket!

Congrats!!! Time for a new goal.

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.

$15.00 (OVER 2 PENNIES TOTAL) - 22 CWRs & 6 BWRs & $1.00 loose coin


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 326 (Best was 78% Cu X 1 roll; Worst was 8% Cu X 1 roll)


Cu "S" Mint Mark - 4

1982 Cu - 25
1982 Zinc - 4
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 7 (One Pre-40 Wheat -- 1/1939)

Canadian Cu - 5

2009 - LP1 - 0
2009 - LP2 - 2
2009 - LP3 - 1 -- This was a D mint mark which have been rare here in Central Florida for the 2009 series.
2009 - LP4 - 1
(2009 is the year our son married so I keep the 2009 coins for anniversary coin jars for future anniversary gifts.)

Other - 8 -- 2010 Shield Pennies (all P 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.

$50 bank bag

1591 non-wheat/non-canadian/non-82 copper cents
+17 wheats (all 40's/50's)
+10 canadian
+97 copper 82's

other finds:

1-dime
1998 Wide AM
2000 Wide AM
19 s-mints (1968-1974)

2 $25 Brinks boxes - one mine, the other my Grandson's 1st box.

Mine
416 1/10 toz .950 fine US coined Copper Bullion (16.6%)
1 Wheat ('58D)


$25 Brinks box - My Grandson's 1st solo box.
481 1/10 toz .950 fine US coined Copper Bullion (19.2%)
9 Wheats (all 40-50s)
2 Cu Canadian

$ 50.00 Bag
1116 Copper 22.3 %
17 Wheats 1920, 1939, 1943s steel. First in wild for me
8 Canadian

Looks like I need to open another Bank account. Used one for half's an got Skunk Would have been a bank i could use done South for cash.

$25 loomis box

522 - CU cents
4 - wheats
6 - Canadian

$50 Bank bag (over 1/2 of the bag was 'cleaned'. The cents were probably from metal detectionist. Go figure!)

1374 non-wheat/non-canadian/non-82 copper cents

+24 wheat (all 40's/50's)
+15 canadian copper (AU 1962)
+71 copper 82's

other finds:

2-clad dimes
17 s-mints (1968-1974)

$25 string box

831 - copper (non wheat) 33.24%
624 - clean copper
123 - ugly abe's
81 - 82 copper (scale checked)
17 - 82 zinc
3 - S mint 68s, 72 x 2.
17 - Wheats ( oldest 1937 )
5 - Canada 70, 81, 86,87,2007

Anything I find with the smallest spot of green or scratched,dents, pitted they all go in the ugly abes. Is that what the rest of you do???

$25 Brinks Box

793 Coppers
14 Wheats - (1934D and 1937 for pre-40)
18 Canadian coppers - all pre-1978, oldest was 1951.
1 1998 Bahamas
1 1995 Dime
Lots and lots of 2010's....in excess of 50, stopped counting after 30 or so.

Another 2000 WAM.

These were some of the dirtiest cents I've sorted - it was like someone soaked them in grime. Hands were filthy when done.

appjoe wrote:Anything I find with the smallest spot of green or scratched,dents, pitted they all go in the ugly abes. Is that what the rest of you do???

That's what I do. I also throw the coppers with a dark ugly patina in too. I'll rub the slightly green ones to see if it comes clean, otherwise it goes into the Ugly Abe box.

The 2007 Canadian is not copper; so it will not count in your Canadian stats in this thread.

agmoose wrote:$25 Brinks Box

793 Coppers
14 Wheats - (1934D and 1937 for pre-40)
18 Canadian coppers - all pre-1978, oldest was 1951.
1 1998 Bahamas
1 1995 Dime
Lots and lots of 2010's....in excess of 50, stopped counting after 30 or so.

Another 2000 WAM.

These were some of the dirtiest cents I've sorted - it was like someone soaked them in grime. Hands were filthy when done.

Please be sure to post your Pre-1940 finds in the Pre-1940 thread to get credit for your finds. Thanks...

$25 String box

609 total copper (24.36%)
8 wheat
4 Can Cu

$25 Brinks box today:

537 Copper (I don't count the wheats in this number.....)
18 Wheats (1920, 1939 for pre-40, I'll list them in other thread too)
15 Canadians (oldest was 1944, 9 of them copper)

Nothing else of note....

$50 bag from local bank:

1509 clean copper (30.18%)
20 wheat
6 Canadian Cu
3 dimes

$25 Brink's Box
663 Copper non-wheats (26.5%)
- 538 Nice coppers
- 58 Ugly Abes
- 67 1982's (ACE checked)
5 Wheats - 1936 and 4 others
4 Canadian copper - '41 (always nice to see George VI),'66,'85,'89