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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In December 2011, 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 2011 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 2011 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 Dec 31, 2011 3:54 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
December 2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 32471
Country - 6662
tractorman - 4487
Whinstone - 4100
sparechange - 4077
TwoAndAHalfCents - 3661
agmoose - 2876
Hirbonzig - 1922
crazypennyguy - 1645
PennysaverCP - 1456
plus1hdcp - 1268
Rejinx - 945
thunter - 382
dpwozney - 169



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
December 2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



crazypennyguy - 2
tractorman - 1
Country - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
December 2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 549
Whinstone - 148
crazypennyguy - 109
Country - 87
tractorman - 83
sparechange - 78
agmoose - 66
TwoAndAHalfCents - 56
Hirbonzig - 29
PennysaverCP - 22
plus1hdcp - 16
Rejinx - 15
thunter - 4
dpwozney - 2



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
December 2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



crazypennyguy - 24693
dpwozney - 3161
TheJonasCollegeFund - 252
Whinstone - 47
agmoose - 34
Country - 31
Hirbonzig - 23
tractorman - 21
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16
plus1hdcp - 9
sparechange - 7
Rejinx - 3
thunter - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
December 2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 2320
Country - 590
Whinstone - 418
tractorman - 341
sparechange - 311
agmoose - 226
TwoAndAHalfCents - 222
plus1hdcp - 139



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
December 2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 30.69%
PennysaverCP - 29.12%
Hirbonzig - 25.63%
Whinstone - 24.55%
thunter - 23.88%
Country - 23.50%
agmoose - 23.01%
sparechange - 22.04%
tractorman - 20.62%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.86%
plus1hdcp - 16.91%
Rejinx - 14.65%
crazypennyguy - 2.74%
dpwozney - 1.69%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
December 2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



crazypennyguy - 41.16%
dpwozney - 31.61%
Hirbonzig - 0.31%
Whinstone - 0.28%
agmoose - 0.27%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.24%
thunter - 0.19%
plus1hdcp - 0.12%
Country - 0.11%
tractorman - 0.10%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.08%
Rejinx - 0.05%
sparechange - 0.04%
PennysaverCP 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
December 2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 14080.44
crazypennyguy - 6347.28
Country - 768.85
tractorman - 399.67
sparechange - 307.99
TwoAndAHalfCents - 306.11
Whinstone - 286.91
agmoose - 148.80
dpwozney - 133.28
Hirbonzig - 59.22
plus1hdcp - 38.79
PennysaverCP - 29.56
Rejinx - 24.85
thunter 2.49


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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



Morsecode - 188680
cwgii - 136580
Country - 132550
CardsNCoins - 102711
TheJonasCollegeFund - 91700
appjoe - 62250
thunter - 55947
RichardPenny43 - 48350
ZigMeister - 38792
Hirbonzig - 38354
plus1hdcp - 27011
TwoAndAHalfCents - 25172
styropyro - 18790
Gamecock - 16546
Bartender - 16490
Whinstone - 16202
rosco - 13800
silverhedgehog - 13329
aev - 11893
gravybro - 10134
crazypennyguy - 7900
timmus0382 - 7867
AGCoinHunter - 7629
agmoose - 7548
tractorman - 6166
jtlee321 - 5931
justj2k78 - 4938
gothboi30 - 4711
sparechange - 4077
Gipper1985 - 3484
ed_vantage17 - 3244
uthminsta - 3207
scrapper2010 - 3197
PreservingThePast - 2334
brandon - 1981
morris14ccm - 1767
PennysaverCP - 1456
Rejinx - 1337
Mercuryman - 1152
ozarkbilly - 1142
Rodebaugh - 775
Johnny99 - 667
baggerman - 550
dpwozney - 311
Cerulean - 219



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



cwgii - 8
Morsecode - 6
CardsNCoins - 4
Hirbonzig - 4
TheJonasCollegeFund - 2
crazypennyguy - 2
Country - 2
tractorman - 1
ZigMeister - 1
RichardPenny43 - 1
plus1hdcp - 1
rosco - 1
Whinstone - 1
AGCoinHunter - 1
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1
gothboi30 - 1
agmoose - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



Morsecode - 4222
cwgii - 3354
CardsNCoins - 2504
Country - 2258
TheJonasCollegeFund - 2022
appjoe - 1492
ZigMeister - 810
thunter - 802
RichardPenny43 - 781
Hirbonzig - 626
TwoAndAHalfCents - 491
crazypennyguy - 470
Whinstone - 324
agmoose - 263
Bartender - 256
plus1hdcp - 254
rosco - 228
aev - 212
silverhedgehog - 211
Gamecock - 203
styropyro - 199
AGCoinHunter - 193
justj2k78 - 178
gravybro - 135
timmus0382 - 114
jtlee321 - 108
tractorman - 107
scrapper2010 - 97
gothboi30 - 95
sparechange - 78
brandon - 62
Gipper1985 - 60
uthminsta - 44
PreservingThePast - 38
ed_vantage17 - 36
morris14ccm - 24
PennysaverCP - 22
Rejinx - 21
Johnny99 - 16
ozarkbilly - 14
Mercuryman - 13
baggerman - 13
Rodebaugh - 7
dpwozney - 6
Cerulean - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



crazypennyguy - 118647
dpwozney - 6059
Morsecode - 3269
ZigMeister - 1292
cwgii - 915
Bartender - 808
CardsNCoins - 794
silverhedgehog - 765
TheJonasCollegeFund - 676
Country - 624
appjoe - 536
Hirbonzig - 515
thunter - 498
justj2k78 - 387
RichardPenny43 - 339
Gipper1985 - 212
timmus0382 - 181
rosco - 145
Whinstone - 134
agmoose - 122
TwoAndAHalfCents - 99
styropyro - 95
plus1hdcp - 85
gravybro - 76
Gamecock - 61
AGCoinHunter - 53
jtlee321 - 51
aev - 46
gothboi30 - 44
ed_vantage17 - 32
tractorman - 27
brandon - 26
morris14ccm - 17
PreservingThePast - 15
scrapper2010 - 14
uthminsta - 9
sparechange - 7
Rejinx - 5
Rodebaugh - 5
baggerman - 4
Johnny99 - 3
ozarkbilly - 3
Cerulean - 1

[color=red][b]1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)

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Country - 13008
Morsecode - 10219
TheJonasCollegeFund - 7489
appjoe - 5670
RichardPenny43 - 3879
plus1hdcp - 1576
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1355
Bartender - 1206
Whinstone - 1161
silverhedgehog - 713
tractorman - 505
agmoose - 480
gothboi30 - 431
uthminsta - 360
rosco - 329
sparechange - 311
PreservingThePast - 259
ed_vantage17 - 217
brandon - 148
Rodebaugh - 72
morris14ccm - 67
jtlee321 - 31
Rejinx - 28
Cerulean - 25



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



morris14ccm - 51.22%
Mercuryman - 46.08%
ozarkbilly - 38.07%
timmus0382 - 34.96%
styropyro - 34.16%
jtlee321 - 33.89%
ed_vantage17 - 31.80%
Rodebaugh - 31.00%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 30.37%
Bartender - 30.26%
justj2k78 - 29.57%
CardsNCoins - 29.47%
PennysaverCP - 29.12%
RichardPenny43 - 28.71%
appjoe - 28.60%
Hirbonzig - 28.20%
Gipper1985 - 27.87%
Morsecode - 27.11%
gothboi30 - 26.92%
silverhedgehog - 26.82%
Johnny99 - 26.68%
brandon - 26.07%
scrapper2010 - 25.58%
Gamecock - 25.49%
plus1hdcp - 25.26%
thunter - 25.22%
Country - 24.82%
Whinstone - 24.33%
Cerulean - 24.31%
uthminsta - 23.81%
aev - 23.79%
rosco - 23.27%
agmoose - 23.22%
PreservingThePast - 23.11%
gravybro - 22.52%
sparechange - 22.04%
baggerman - 22.00%
tractorman - 21.78%
AGCoinHunter - 19.07%
ZigMeister - 18.87%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.98%
cwgii - 16.40%
Rejinx - 15.92%
crazypennyguy - 2.68%
dpwozney - 1.56%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



crazypennyguy - 40.22%
dpwozney - 30.30%
justj2k78 - 2.32%
Gipper1985 - 1.70%
silverhedgehog - 1.54%
Bartender - 1.48%
timmus0382 - 0.80%
ZigMeister - 0.63%
morris14ccm - 0.49%
Morsecode - 0.47%
Hirbonzig - 0.38%
agmoose - 0.38%
brandon - 0.34%
ed_vantage17 - 0.31%
jtlee321 - 0.29%
gothboi30 - 0.25%
appjoe - 0.25%
rosco - 0.24%
CardsNCoins - 0.23%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.22%
thunter - 0.22%
RichardPenny43 - 0.20%
Whinstone - 0.20%
Rodebaugh - 0.20%
styropyro - 0.17%
gravybro - 0.17%
baggerman - 0.16%
PreservingThePast - 0.15%
AGCoinHunter - 0.13%
JJM - 0.12%
Country - 0.12%
scrapper2010 - 0.11%
Cerulean - 0.11%
cwgii - 0.11%
ozarkbilly - 0.10%
tractorman - 0.10%
Gamecock - 0.09%
aev - 0.09%
plus1hdcp - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%
uthminsta - 0.07%
Rejinx - 0.06%
sparechange - 0.04%
Mercuryman - 0.00%
PennysaverCP - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/11 16:06 ET)



Morsecode - 546165.17
cwgii - 469308.87
Country - 289277.33
crazypennyguy - 149880.06
CardsNCoins - 147801.14
TheJonasCollegeFund - 114017.30
appjoe - 55960.43
thunter - 50793.43
ZigMeister - 33625.50
RichardPenny43 - 33322.99
Hirbonzig - 21485.28
TwoAndAHalfCents - 14426.72
plus1hdcp - 11700.33
Whinstone - 4437.89
Gamecock - 4363.88
styropyro - 4198.48
Bartender - 3826.77
rosco - 3361.84
silverhedgehog - 2843.83
aev - 2430.20
gravybro - 1862.10
AGCoinHunter - 1260.00
agmoose - 1031.29
timmus0382 - 734.58
tractorman - 713.51
dpwozney - 510.08
jtlee321 - 426.30
justj2k78 - 367.60
gothboi30 - 339.50
sparechange - 307.99
Gipper1985 - 187.80
uthminsta - 175.61
scrapper2010 - 165.40
ed_vantage17 - 135.13
PreservingThePast - 96.43
brandon - 62.90
Rejinx - 45.80
PennysaverCP - 29.56
morris14ccm - 24.95
ozarkbilly - 13.91
Mercuryman - 11.65
Rodebaugh - 7.87
Johnny99 - 6.86
baggerman - 5.67
Cerulean - 0.80



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2011 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Australia Sterling SILVER 3 pence - '43D (found by Country)
3 Australia 5c - '75 (found by thunter), '00 (found by thunter), '05 (found by rosco)
1 Austria 5c - '05 (found by Rosco)
36 Bahamas 1c -'80 (found by RichardPenny43), '85 (found by appjoe), '87 (found by AGCoinHunter), '88 (found by agmoose), '89 (found by appjoe), '90 (found by RichardPenny43), (6) '92 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country, 2 found by hirbonzig, 1 found by tractorman), '93 (found by ZigMeister), (2) '95 (1 found by ZigMeister, 1 found by Country), (2) '96 (1 found by agmoose, 1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (4) '97 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by silverhedgehog, 1 found by tractorman, 1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (5) '98 (1 found by hirbonzig, 1 found by Country, 2 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Bartender), '00 (found by cwgii), (3) '01 (1 found by Country, 1 found by ZigMeister, 1 found by RichardPenny43), (6) '06 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by Whinstone, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by the JonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Rejinx)
7 Barbados 1c - '73 (found by cwgii), '80 (found by justj2k78), '90 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '92 (found by appjoe), '98 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '00 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country)
1 Belgium 50c - '81 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
19 Bermuda 1c - '70 (found by Whinstone), '71 (found by ZigMeister), '73 (found by ZigMeister), (2) '77 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '78 (found by CardsNCoins), '81 (found by appjoe), '82 (found by Country), '84 (found by appjoe), '85 (found by CardsNCoins), '87 (found by Country), '88 (found by Country), '91 (found by agmoose), '95 (found by silverhedgehog), '96 (found by gravybro), '00 (found by appjoe), '01 (found by cwgii), '04 (found by appjoe), unspecified date (found by gravybro)
2 Bolivia 10c - '87 (found by gravybro), '08 (found by RichardPenny43)
2 Cayman Islands 1c - '99 (found by cwgii), '05 (found by cwgii)
1 Cayman Islands 5c - '02 (found by appjoe)
1 Czech Republic 50H - '03 (found by thunter), '05 (found by Country)
1 Dominican Republic 1c - '44 (found by Country), '69 (found by CardsNCoins)
16 Euro 2c - '01 (found by RichardPenny43), (5) '02 (3 found by cwgii, 1 found by silverhedgehog, 1 found by plus1hdcp), '03 (found by thunter), '04 (found by thunter), (2) '05 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Rosco), (2) '06 (2 found by cwgii), (4) unknown date (1 found by cwgii, 2 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by sparechange)
2 France Euro 1c - '06 (found by cwgii), '08 (found br RichardPenny43)
3 Germany 1 pfennig - '77 (found by cwgii), '79 (found by cwgii), '83 (found by cwgii)
1 Germany 2 pfennig - '66 (found by cwgii)
7 Germany 5 pfennig - '40 (found by cwgii), '65 (found by thunter), (2) '80 (2 found by cwgii), '87 (found by ZigMeister), '92 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
2 Great Britain 6p - '60 (found by Morsecode), '67 (found by uthminsta)
1 Great Britain New 1/2 c - '71 (found by cwgii)
15 Great Britain New 1c - '81 (found by cwgii), '84 (found by tractorman), '85 (found by cwgii), '87 (found by cwgii), '93 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), (2) '94 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '95 (found by cwgii), '98 (found by appjoe), '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '03 (found by cwgii), '06 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), (2) '07 (2 found by cwgii), '08 (found by Country)
2 Guatemala 1c - '69 (found by crazypennyguy), '76 (found by crazypennyguy)
2 Hong Kong 20c - '95 (found by thunter), '98 (found by fasteddy)
1 India 25 paise - '86 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Ireland 3 pence - '50 (found by cwgii)
5 Ireland 2c Euro - '02 (found by justj2k78), '04 (found by appjoe), '05 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Israel 1/2 Sheqel - '80 (found by gravybro)
1 Italy 1 Euro 1c - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Italy 1 Euro 2c - '06 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Japan 10 yen - unspecified date (found by cwgii)
1 Latvia 50 Santimu - '92 (found by RichardPenny43)
2 Libya 10 piastres - (2) (2 found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Lithuania 1c - '91 (found by RichardPenny43)
1 Luxembourg 2c Euro - '08 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Malaysia 1c - '05 (found by cwgii)
1 Malta 1c - '91 (found by Country)
1 Mexico 1c - '41 (found by cwgii)
5 Mexico 5c - '71 (found by cwgii), '73 (found by cwgii), (2) '75 (2 found by cwgii), '97 (found by cwgii)
3 Mexico 20c - '95 (found by Whinstone), '98 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '06 (found by cwgii)
1 Mexico 10 Pesos - '86 (found by thunter)
1 Netherlands 1c - '58 (found by cwgii)
2 Newfoundland 1c - '41 (found by timmus0382), '42 (found by crazypennyguy)
1 New Zealand 10c - '06 (found by silverhedgehog)
1 Norway 5o ore - '96 (found by sparechange), '98 (found by Country)
32 Panama 1c - '67 (found by AGCoinHunter), (3) '68 (1 found by CardsNCoins, 1 found by Country, 1 found by cwgii), '74 (found by cwgii), (2) '75 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '77 (found by cwgii), (3) '78 (3 found by cwgii), '79 (found by RichardPenny43), '80 (found by appjoe), (2) '82 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Gamecock), '86 (found by cwgii), '90 (found by agmoose), '91 (found by timmus0382), '92 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (5) '96 (1 found by appjoe, 1 found by cwgii, 2 found by Country, 1 found by richardPenny43), (7) '01 (3 found by cwgii, 2 found by appjoe, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '08 (found by Country)
2 Philippines 25 sentimos - '95 (found by cwgii), '04 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
3 Poland 5 Grozny - '90 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '04 (found by the thunter), '06 (found by RichardPenny43)
3 Poland 20 Grozny - '91 (found by RichardPenny43), '92 (found by the JonasCollegeFund), '96 (found by RichardPenny43)
1 Russia 50 Kopeks - '98 (found by CardsNCoins)
1 Singapore 10c - '93 (found by RichardPenny43)
3 South Africa 1c - '77 (found by ZigMeister), '79 (found by cwgii), '88 (found by Country)
2 Spain 2c Euro - '00 (found by RichardPenny43), '01 (found by CardsNCoins)
2 Sweden 50 ore - '02 (found by cwgii), '05 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '65 (found by thunter)
1 Taiwan 1 Yuan - '86 (found by Gamecock)
1 Trinidad 1c - '83 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Venezuela 1 Bolivar - '90 (found by uthminsta)
3 Zambia 1 ngwee - (3) '83 (1 found by appjoe, 2 found by TwoAndHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Australia - 4
Austria - 1
Bahamas - 36
Barbados - 7
Belgium - 1
Bermuda - 19
Bolivia - 2
Cayman Islands - 3
Czech Republic - 2
Dominican Republic - 2
Euro - 16
France - 2
Germany - 11
Great Britain - 18
Guatemala - 2
Hong Kong - 2
India - 1
Ireland - 6
Israel - 1
Italy - 2
Japan - 1
Latvia - 1
Libya - 2
Lithuania - 1
Luxembourg - 1
Malaysia - 1
Malta - 1
Mexico - 10
Netherlands - 1
New Zealand - 1
Newfoundland - 2
Norway - 2
Panama - 32
Philippines - 2
Poland - 6
Russia - 1
Singapore - 1
South Africa - 3
Spain - 2
Sweden - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 1
Trinidad - 1
Venezuela - 1
Zambia - 3

$10.00 searched

256 Copper non-wheats (25.6%)
- 241 coppers
- 15 1982 Cu
1 Wheat - 1957D
1 Indian Head - 1906

December's here and I'm almost half-way done. I'm now up to 4,900 rolls, or ninety-eight boxes, in my 10,000 roll journey. The pennies are Canadian unless otherwise identified. Here are the stats for rolls 4,801-4,900:

* 1942 - 1977: 439, or 8.78%.
* 1978 - 1979: 140, or 2.80%.
* 1980 - 1981: 183, or 3.66%.
* 1982 - 1996: 1277, or 25.54%
* U.S. pre-'82: 132, or 2.64%. These are all non-wheat, non-'82 coppers.
* "Keepers," or semi-numismatic coppers that a naive or sentimental collector would keep: 20, or 0.40%. Eleven (11) of them are wheaties.
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Total coppers: 2191, or 43.82%.

A good start to a new month, with a result that slightly pushed up the mean percentage. Not that it's not going to sink later, but the boost is certainly welcome.

Another tracking category of interest:
* U.S. pennies, '82 and after: 260, or 5.20%. (I dump away all '82s, so I have zero '82 coppers.)

Co-workers penny piggy-bank!
$7.98 searched

191 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-canadian copper cents
+5 wheats
+18 copper 1982's(scale checked)
+1 canadian copper cent

other find:

1-2 cent euro.

Finally reached the half-way point. I'm now up to 5,000 rolls, or an even hundred boxes, in my 10,000 roll journey. The pennies are Canadian unless otherwise identified. Here are the stats for rolls 4,901-5,000:

* 1942 - 1977: 415, or 8.30%.
* 1978 - 1979: 136, or 2.72%.
* 1980 - 1981: 153, or 3.06%.
* 1982 - 1996: 1285, or 25.70%
* U.S. pre-'82: 98, or 1.96%. These are all non-wheat, non-'82 coppers.
* "Keepers," or semi-numismatic coppers that a naive or sentimental collector would keep: 13, or 0.26%. Ten (10) of them are wheaties.
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Total coppers: 2100, or 42.00%.

A bit of a slump, but still well above 40%.

Another tracking category of interest:
* U.S. pennies, '82 and after: 266, or 5.32%. (I dump away all '82s, so I have zero '82 coppers.)

Good God, I've found an Indian Head penny. 1903, and it looks like a Fine

In with the latest batch just before Nightline. I'm now up to 5,100 rolls, or a hundred and two boxes, in my 10,000 roll journey. The pennies are Canadian unless otherwise identified. Here are the stats for rolls 5,001-5,100:

* 1942 - 1977: 372, or 7.44%.
* 1978 - 1979: 119, or 2.38%.
* 1980 - 1981: 175, or 3.50%.
* 1982 - 1996: 1250, or 25.00%
* U.S. pre-'82: 100, or 2.00%. These are all non-wheat, non-'82 coppers.
* "Keepers," or semi-numismatic coppers that a naive or sentimental collector would keep: 12, or 0.24%. Five (5) of them are wheaties. One, bless my lucky box, was an '03 Indian head. (The same one as I mentioned in the post just above.)
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Total coppers: 2028, or 40.56%.

Overall I wasn't that lucky, but I had incredible luck with one. Mightily incredible for a Canuck like me. Anyways, time for Nightline...

Another tracking category of interest:
* U.S. pennies, '82 and after: 311, or 6.22%. (I dump away all '82s, so I have zero '82 coppers.)

$25 Brink's Box
621 Copper non-wheats (24.8%)
- 469 Nice coppers
- 111 Ugly Abes
- 41 1982's (ACE checked)
5 Wheats - 1934 and 4 others
3 Canadian copper - '55,'62,'84

My recent luck just doubled. I found another Indian head penny, this one dated 1887.

Now up to 5,200 rolls, or a hundred and four boxes, in my 10,000 roll journey. The pennies are Canadian unless otherwise identified. Here are the stats for rolls 5,101-5,200:

* 1942 - 1977: 386, or 7.72%.
* 1978 - 1979: 113, or 2.26%.
* 1980 - 1981: 181, or 3.62%.
* 1982 - 1996: 1208, or 24.16%
* U.S. pre-'82: 141, or 2.82%. These are all non-wheat, non-'82 coppers.
* "Keepers," or semi-numismatic coppers that a naive or sentimental collector would keep: 17, or 0.34%. Seven (7) of them are wheaties.
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Total coppers: 2046, or 40.92%.

Not much better with the overall percentage for this batch, but I found another goodie in these hundred rolls. (See the post above this one.)

Another tracking category of interest:
* U.S. pennies, '82 and after: 372, or 7.44%. (I dump away all '82s, so I have zero '82 coppers.)

Last 5 bags sorted!

$250 searched! (Now I really miss the Ryedale!)

7009 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-canadian copper cents

+126 wheats(best 1912x2,1918x2,1919x2,1920,1924,1927,1928,1934,1935,1936x2,1937x2,1938x2,1939x3)
+661 copper 1982's(scale checked)
+57 copper canadian cents(best George VI 1951)(20 non-copper also)

Other finds:
5-dimes
1-2 cent euro.......1-1998 bahamas cent
1-cool Abe grease-filled die......Abe's entire neck is gone.....very neat!
1 very nice 1998 WAM!

$25 Brinks Box

546 - Copper non-wheats (44 of them 1959 or 1959d) (21.7%)
23 - Copper 82's
18 - Wheats (all 40's/50's)
5 - Canadian (64, 77, 79, 92, 04)
2 - S Mint (70, 72)


Others.......
1 dime (67)
1 counterstamp Lincoln, stamped "10" on the obverse

1 BU 2000 WAM!

$25 Brink's Box
631 Copper non-wheats (25.2%)
- 492 Nice coppers
- 83 Ugly Abes
- 56 1982's (ACE checked)
4 Wheats - Oldest 1941
2 Canadian copper - '90,'94

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

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

91 (4.55%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

419 (20.95%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

50 (2.5%) American (including 1 wheat) dated 1909-1981 (95% copper, 5% zinc).

$25 Brink's Box
597 Copper non-wheats (23.9%)
- 453 Nice coppers
- 64 Ugly Abes
- 80 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - 1939 and 9 others
3 Canadian copper - '64,'76,'94

1 COPPER with clip - '81

$25 Strings Box

386 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+8 wheats (41, 44, 45, 51D, 56D, 57Dx2, 58)
+46 copper 1982's
+ 5 copper canadian (66, 70, 80, 82, 83)

1998 WAM

$45 Bank wrapped rolls (plain brown wrapper)

Wheats:
12 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.52%):
788 - Memorial 1959-1981
45 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
47 - Memorial 1982
3161 - Memorial 1983-2008
71 - Anniversary 2009
367 - Shield 2010-2011

6 - Canada (1978, 1980, 1981, 1992, 2001, 2006)

$25 Brink's Box
630 Copper non-wheats (25.2%)
- 495 Nice coppers
- 86 Ugly Abes
- 49 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1936 and 7 others
2 Canadian copper - '85,'87

DUPLICATE POST

1 $25 Brink Box

571 non-wheats copper pennies

13 wheats "oldest 1937"

5 copper Canadian " oldest1970"

1982's 71 copper,14 zinc...all weighed

Made it to to 5,300 rolls, or a hundred and six boxes, in my 10,000 roll journey. The pennies are Canadian unless otherwise identified. Here are the stats for rolls 5,201-5,300:

* 1942 - 1977: 426, or 8.52%.
* 1978 - 1979: 113, or 2.50%.
* 1980 - 1981: 185, or 3.70%.
* 1982 - 1996: 1222, or 24.44%
* U.S. pre-'82: 145, or 2.90%. These are all non-wheat, non-'82 coppers.
* "Keepers," or semi-numismatic coppers that a naive or sentimental collector would keep: 14, or 0.28%. Ten (10) of them are wheaties.
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Total coppers: 2105, or 42.10%.

Pretty much normal this time 'round, all told.

Another tracking category of interest:
* U.S. pennies, '82 and after: 291, or 5.82%. (I dump away all '82s, so I have zero '82 coppers.)

$25 Brinks box

425 - Copper 59-81 (17%)
+29 - Copper 82
+13 - Wheat - (all 40's/50's)
5 - Canadian (77, 79, 94, 00, 02)

Lowest % in quite a while......

11 rolls ($5.50)

74 Copper (59' - 81') (13.45%)
0 wheat
0 Canadian

I know I have just started looking but % seem to be tough down here in La.

$50 sack

1520--Coppers non-wheat(30.4%)
968--Nice coppers
423--Ugly's
129--82's
15--Wheats, oldest 1947
4--Canadians
1--2Euro

I'm now up to 5,400 rolls, or one hundred and eight boxes, in my 10,000 roll journey. The pennies are Canadian unless otherwise identified. Here are the stats for rolls 5,301-5,400:

* 1942 - 1977: 405, or 8.10%.
* 1978 - 1979: 122, or 2.44%.
* 1980 - 1981: 154, or 3.08%.
* 1982 - 1996: 1178, or 23.56%
* U.S. pre-'82: 160, or 3.20%. These are all non-wheat, non-'82 coppers.
* "Keepers," or semi-numismatic coppers that a naive or sentimental collector would keep: 30, or 0.60%. Twenty-three (23) of them are wheaties.
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Total coppers: 2049, or 40.98%.

I did well on the wheatie front, but my overall percentage is slipping. Maybe my dumps are making it back to me...

Another tracking category of interest:
* U.S. pennies, '82 and after: 307, or 6.14%. (I dump away all '82s, so I have zero '82 coppers.)