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$25 Brink's Box
648 Copper non-wheats (25.9%)
- 508 Nice coppers
- 68 Ugly Abes
- 72 1982's (ACE checked)
6 Wheats - 1909 and 5 others
3 Canadian copper - '70,'75,'86

I found a small cache of cents socked away sometime in mid-2009.

239 zincs (1983-2009)
82 coppers (1959-1982) (25.5%)
no wheats or Canadians

1982 BREAKDOWN: 7 copper / 0 zinc (100% Cu)

2 boxes of cents--

1433 coppers--28.66%

12 wheats--oldest was a 1942

9 Canadian cents

$25 Brink's Box
532 Copper non-wheats (21.3%)
- 404 Nice coppers
- 65 Ugly Abes
- 63 1982's (ACE checked)
15 Wheats - 1938 and 14 others
3 Canadian copper - '82,'87,'95

Country wrote:...63 1982's (ACE checked)...

What is ACE checked?

$25 Brinks box
826 Copper non-wheats (33.04%)
-646 Nice coppers
-103 Ugly copper Abes
-3 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-74 1982's copper (Scale checked)
10 1982 Zinc
19 Wheats - Oldest 1929, 39, and 17 others
5 Canadian copper 68, 80, 86, 87, 96.
other (0)

CardsNCoins wrote:What is ACE checked?

An ACE is a Ryedale automatic coin sorter... it compares the zincs and coppers and spits them out one side or the other.

uthminsta wrote:

CardsNCoins wrote:What is ACE checked?

An ACE is a Ryedale automatic coin sorter... it compares the zincs and coppers and spits them out one side or the other.

That's what I thought, but I thought this was a hand-sorting thread.

Right, it is. But hand sorters eventually get to where they have to figure out the 1982's. Gotta weigh 'em individually, drop test 'em, etc... or run 'em through an ACE. I think there are a few ACE owners who still hand sort, but use their Ryedale for checking just the 82's.

Going to do my last sorting for the year on the last day of the year. I just got in my hands 2 bags from my auntie who came to visit. Looks like $30 to $40 total in there to search. At first glance I saw a wheat...I snatched it up...a decent 1918...so I got a possible neat-o sort for tomorrow! Going to do better record keeping in the new year. So I wish all of my fellow handsorters best wishes on the last day of this year....and best of luck in 2011! HAPPY SORTING!

And a big THANKS again to Country for the work on this and the other threads! BRAVO!

uthminsta wrote:

CardsNCoins wrote:What is ACE checked?

An ACE is a Ryedale automatic coin sorter... it compares the zincs and coppers and spits them out one side or the other.

I might add that the ACE is a "manual" Ryedale sorter tool. No electric parts, just feed the coins into the chute manually and a magnet apparatus separates your zincs and coppers. It lets you handsort coins twice as fast when you get good at it. The ACE costs a little over a $100 shipped. Contact Andy if interested.

$16.00 CWR's
523 Copper non-wheats (32.68%)
-420 Nice coppers
-62 Ugly copper Abes
-1 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-40 1982's copper (Scale checked)
9 1982 Zinc
1 Wheats - Oldest 1949
7 Canadian copper 58, 62, 76, 80, 86X(2), 89.
other- 1- 2000 Wide AM

My Last post for 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

$15.00 (SHORTED SIX CENTS TOTAL) - 14 CWRs & 16 BWRs


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 305 (Best was 36% Cu X 1 roll; Worst was 4% Cu X 1 roll--I do NOT count the wheat,"S" Cu or 1982 Cu when making these statements)


Cu "S" Mint Mark - 0

1982 Cu - 28
1982 Zinc - 3
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 9 (No Pre-40 Wheat)

Canadian Cu - 5

2009 - LP1 - 1
2009 - LP2 - 3
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 - 3 -- 2010 Shield Pennies--1/D, 2/P

*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.

Country wrote:I might add that the ACE is a "manual" Ryedale sorter tool. No electric parts, just feed the coins into the chute manually and a magnet apparatus separates your zincs and coppers. It lets you handsort coins twice as fast when you get good at it. The ACE costs a little over a $100 shipped. Contact Andy if interested.

That's what I bought from Andy, but I thought it was called the AxCent. So this means I can keep participating in this thread? That's great news as I really like being a part of it. I saved my total from my last 6 December boxes in case that was going to be the case. Here they are:

$25 Brinks Box (December #10)
738 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.5%)
22 Wheat from 1941 to 1958
7 Canadian copper - from 1971 to 1982

$25 String Box (December #11)
801 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (32%)
5 Wheat - from 1937 to 1957
3 Canadian copper - from 1986 to 1992

$25 Brinks Box (December #12)
782 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (31.3%)
14 Wheat - from 1944 to 1958
14 Canadian copper - from 1963 to 1991

$25 Brinks Box (December #13)
729 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.2%)
24 Wheat - from 1941 to 1958
11 Canadian copper - from 1977 to 1994

$25 String Box (December #14)
756 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.2%)
20 Wheat - including a 1928 and 1930
7 Canadian copper - from 1972 to 1988

$25 String Box (December #15)
734 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.4%)
16 Wheat - from 1935 to 1957
16 Canadian copper - from 1953 to 1996

Thanks for the good news Country, and thanks for all your hard work in this thread. Happy New Year to everyone.

Nick