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$25 String box
802 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (32.08%)
-639 Nice coppers
-93 Ugly copper Abes
-4 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-66 1982's copper (Scale checked)
18 1982 Zinc
14 Wheats Oldest 1925, 40, 42x(2), 45x(2), 51d, 55d, 56, 56d, 57dx(2), 58, 58d.
8 Canadian copper 1963, 64, 73, 77, 86, 89, 93x(2).
1 other 1940 Lamination error (counted above with the wheats)

$25 Brinks Box (February #6)
769 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.8%)
21 Wheat - from 1942 to 1958
5 Canadian copper - from 1974 to 1996

$25 Brinks box
453 Cu Memorials (18.1%)
8 Wheats 40-50s
5 Cu Canadian

$25 Brink's Box
573 Copper non-wheats (22.9%)
- 473 Nice coppers
- 43 Ugly Abes
- 57 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - 1920 and 12 others
3 Canadian copper - '78,'84,'89

This is my first post in this thread. Been lurking for a while.

$25 Brinks Box
538 Copper (21.5%)
13 Wheats - 1920-S, 1925, 1937, rest were 40's & 50's
6 Canadian - Oldest '63

418 cents searched out of circulation:

333 zincs (1983-2010)
85 coppers (1961-1982) (20.3%)

1982 breakdown: all ten were copper

$25 String box
783 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (31.32%)
- 611Nice coppers
-101 Ugly copper Abes
-2 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-69 1982's copper (Scale checked)
15 1982 Zinc
12 Wheats Oldest 1934, 44d, 45x(2), 46x(2), 48, 52, 55, 55d,56d, 57.
9 Canadian copper 1968, 70, 76, 79, 80, 81x(2), 85, 94.
1 other 1998 Wide AM

$25 Brinks box
427 Cu Memorials (17%)
20 Wheats '20, (2) '37D, '39S, rest were 40-50s ...one of the '37Ds was a nice BU
1 Cu Canadian

3 boxes of cents(7500 coins) searched---
--1959 copper cents(including weighed '82's) 26.12%
--17 wheats--oldest was a 1937
--22 copper canadian cents

Hand sorted a $25 Box last night just for old times sake.

$25 Brink's Box
703 Copper 81 and before. non-wheats
72 1982's (rydale checked)
7 Wheats - all post 40's
5 Canadian copper

Not a bad box %. Wish there would have been a few more wheats.

Month of February to date:

Total searched 16980
CU 5084
CU Canada 41
Wheats 53

Still looking for my first Indian! Oldest wheat for February 1929 . Copper percentage is still above average.

$25 Brink's Box
533 Copper non-wheats (21.3%)
- 418 Nice coppers
- 60 Ugly Abes
- 55 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - Oldest 1940
7 Canadian copper - '64,'69,'71,'72,'80,'91,'92

1 Nice Cud error below Lincoln's bust - '81

$11.00 (OVER TEN CENTS TOTAL) - 18 CWRs & $2.00 loose coins


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 329

Cu "S" Mint Mark - 1 (1970S)

1982 Cu - 26
1982 Zinc - 3
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 5 (Two Pre-40 Wheats--1/1937, 1/1938)

Canadian Cu - 1 (1987)

2009 - LP1 - 1
2009 - LP2 - 2
2009 - LP3 - 0
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 -- 1/2000 Wide AM
1/1974D "Counter Stamped Kennedy" (facing Lincoln above date)
3/2010 Shield Pennies (all P mintmark)

Interesting Note: One roll contained 58 pennies!

*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.

$25 Brink's Box
551 Copper non-wheats (22.0%)
- 443 Nice coppers
- 59 Ugly Abes
- 49 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1919 and 7 others
2 Canadian copper - '66,'82

PreservingThePast wrote:$11.00 (OVER TEN CENTS TOTAL) - 18 CWRs & $2.00 loose coins


Other -- 1/2000 Wide AM
1/1974D "Counter Stamped Kennedy" (facing Lincoln above date)
3/2010 Shield Pennies (all P mintmark)



Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.

Have you found any 1999 Wide AM's or the 1992 and 1992d close AM's ?
I also check for the AM's along with the 1984 and 97 double ear and the 1995 double LIBERTY.
Should I be saving the 2010 Shields ? I find about 100 to 200 ( P mint mark) in every box and send them back to the wild. I keep the D mintmarks because I only find 1 in about every 2 boxes. On one of my box pickups they gave me 2 full $25 String boxs of Shields ( P mintmark) I kept 1 box and sent the other back to the wild. I do keep all the LP1, LP2, LP3, and LP4's

$25 Brinks box
632 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (25.28%)
- 501Nice coppers
-74 Ugly copper Abes
-3 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-54 1982's copper (Scale checked)
12 1982 Zinc
16 Wheats Oldest 1927, 28, 39s, 40, 41, 44x(3), 51dx(2), 55x(2), 56, 56d, 57d, 58d.
3 Canadian copper 1974, 80, 86.

$25 Brink's Box
547 Copper non-wheats (21.9%)
- 426 Nice coppers
- 62 Ugly Abes
- 59 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1934 and 7 others
NO Canadian copper

$25 Brink's Box
604 Copper non-wheats (24.1%)
- 496 Nice coppers
- 37 Ugly Abes
- 71 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - 1921-S, 1934 and 10 others
Canadian copper - '64,'72,'75

2 $25 Brinks boxes

Box #1
466 Cu Memorials (18.6%)
14 Wheats '39, rest 40-50s
4 Cu Canadian

Box #2
360 Cu Memorials (14.4%) ...I believe my lowest % ever in a Brink's box
7 Wheats all in the 50s
2 Cu Canadian

$25 of a Strings Box - HORRIBLE

249 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (10%)
+3 wheats (1910, 1950, 1951D)
+36 copper 1982's out of 44
2 Canadian Copper (1959, 1988) - 0 non-copper (-)

Additional Finds - 3 s mints (1969, 1971, 1973)

$25 Brinks box
809 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (32.36%)
- 656Nice coppers
-74 Ugly copper Abes
-4 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-75 1982's copper (Scale checked)
21 1982 Zinc
18 Wheats Oldest 1930d, 39x(2),40x(2),41, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 54d, 55, 55d,56x(3), 56d.
9 Canadian copper 1953, 63, 69x(2), 73, 74x(2), 75, 96.
1 Other 1996 Panama UN CENTESIMO DE BALBOA

$25 of a Strings Box

408 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (16.3%)
+10 wheats (1944X3, 1947, 1948D, 1950, 1951D, 1955D, 1956, 1957D)
+56 copper 1982's
0 Canadian Copper () - 0 non-copper (-)

Additional Finds - 2 s mints (1970, 1974)

$20 customer wrapped.

493 total copper, good for 24.65%. That consists of:
431 "average coppers" (1961-81)
4 wheats (no pre-40)
1959D x4
1960D x6
S memorials x5
1 Canadian copper
1982 large date x12 (+5 zinc)
1982 small date x1 (+1 zinc)
1982D large date x29 (+1 zinc)
1982D small date x0 (+3 zinc)
(so the 52 1982's were almost 81% copper overall)

2009P/D x50 including all 8 types except type 3 Denver
2010P/D x107
no 2011 yet
(so nearly 8% from the last 2 years)

Not included in percentages: one DIME.

$ 25 Brink's box
467 Cu Memorials (18.7%)
7 Wheats 40-50s
1 Cu Canadian
1 Dime

$25 String Box (February #7)
694 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (27.8%)
20 Wheat - from 1940 to 1958
7 Canadian copper - from 1964 to 1996
1 Bermuda copper - 1985