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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In January 2012, 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 2012 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 2012 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 Jan 31, 2012 10:13 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
January 2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 18590
cwgii - 15410
RichardPenny43 - 8179
TwoAndAHalfCents - 7871
Country - 6121
agmoose - 6041
plus1hdcp - 4818
tractorman - 4284
coinwolf - 4199
sparechange - 3298
Whinstone - 2979
thunter - 2423
Hirbonzig - 2127
cecropia_moth - 1474
Rejinx - 1204
Shifty51 - 943
4 bit - 85
CrazyTom - 26



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
January 2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



cwgii - 2
coinwolf - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
January 2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



cwgii - 988
TheJonasCollegeFund - 348
CrazyTom - 274
tractorman - 165
agmoose - 149
TwoAndAHalfCents - 115
Country - 114
RichardPenny43 - 109
coinwolf - 81
plus1hdcp - 50
Whinstone - 49
sparechange - 44
thunter - 35
Shifty51 - 26
cecropia_moth - 25
Hirbonzig - 23
Rejinx - 7
4 bit - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
January 2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 170
cwgii - 149
agmoose - 66
RichardPenny43 - 62
Country - 30
TwoAndAHalfCents - 29
Whinstone - 26
tractorman - 24
plus1hdcp - 22
coinwolf - 21
thunter - 18
sparechange - 16
Hirbonzig - 14
cecropia_moth - 8
Rejinx - 4
Shifty51 - 3
4 bit - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
January 2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 1176
RichardPenny43 - 719
Country - 512
plus1hdcp - 467
agmoose - 365
Whinstone - 347
TwoAndAHalfCents - 343
tractorman - 337
sparechange - 249
cecropia_moth - 121
Shifty51 - 105



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
January 2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.74%
cecropia_moth - 29.48%
tractorman - 28.56%
Hirbonzig - 28.36%
RichardPenny43 - 27.26%
agmoose - 24.16%
thunter - 23.86%
Whinstone - 23.83%
Country - 22.67%
4 bit - 21.25%
coinwolf - 21.00%
Rejinx - 19.74%
sparechange - 19.40%
plus1hdcp - 19.27%
Shifty51 - 18.86%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18.52%
cwgii - 15.41%
CrazyTom - 8.67%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
January 2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



4 bit - 0.50%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.27%
agmoose - 0.26%
Whinstone - 0.21%
RichardPenny43 - 0.21%
Hirbonzig - 0.19%
thunter - 0.18%
cecropia_moth - 0.16%
tractorman - 0.16%
cwgii - 0.15%
Country - 0.11%
coinwolf - 0.11%
sparechange - 0.09%
plus1hdcp - 0.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%
Rejinx - 0.07%
Shifty51 - 0.06%
CrazyTom - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
January 2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



cwgii - 6618.80
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4777.00
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1362.55
RichardPenny43 - 1002.00
Country - 676.62
agmoose - 625.60
plus1hdcp - 489.00
coinwolf - 344.08
tractorman - 268.38
sparechange - 228.34
Whinstone - 152.70
thunter - 100.56
Hirbonzig - 64.92
cecropia_moth - 30.14
Rejinx - 29.65
Shifty51 - 19.44
CrazyTom - 0.36
4 bit - 0.15


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2012 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 18590
cwgii - 15410
RichardPenny43 - 8179
TwoAndAHalfCents - 7871
Country - 6121
agmoose - 6041
plus1hdcp - 4818
tractorman - 4284
coinwolf - 4199
sparechange - 3298
Whinstone - 2979
thunter - 2423
Hirbonzig - 2127
cecropia_moth - 1474
Rejinx - 1204
Shifty51 - 943
4 bit - 85
CrazyTom - 26



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



cwgii - 2
coinwolf - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



cwgii - 988
TheJonasCollegeFund - 348
CrazyTom - 274
tractorman - 165
agmoose - 149
TwoAndAHalfCents - 115
Country - 114
RichardPenny43 - 109
coinwolf - 81
plus1hdcp - 50
Whinstone - 49
sparechange - 44
thunter - 35
Shifty51 - 26
cecropia_moth - 25
Hirbonzig - 23
Rejinx - 7
4 bit - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 170
cwgii - 149
agmoose - 66
RichardPenny43 - 62
Country - 30
TwoAndAHalfCents - 29
Whinstone - 26
tractorman - 24
plus1hdcp - 22
coinwolf - 21
thunter - 18
sparechange - 16
Hirbonzig - 14
cecropia_moth - 8
Rejinx - 4
Shifty51 - 3
4 bit - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 1176
RichardPenny43 - 719
Country - 512
plus1hdcp - 467
agmoose - 365
Whinstone - 347
TwoAndAHalfCents - 343
tractorman - 337
sparechange - 249
cecropia_moth - 121
Shifty51 - 105



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.74%
cecropia_moth - 29.48%
tractorman - 28.56%
Hirbonzig - 28.36%
RichardPenny43 - 27.26%
agmoose - 24.16%
thunter - 23.86%
Whinstone - 23.83%
Country - 22.67%
4 bit - 21.25%
coinwolf - 21.00%
Rejinx - 19.74%
sparechange - 19.40%
plus1hdcp - 19.27%
Shifty51 - 18.86%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18.52%
cwgii - 15.41%
CrazyTom - 8.67%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



4 bit - 0.50%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.27%
agmoose - 0.26%
Whinstone - 0.21%
RichardPenny43 - 0.21%
Hirbonzig - 0.19%
thunter - 0.18%
cecropia_moth - 0.16%
tractorman - 0.16%
cwgii - 0.15%
Country - 0.11%
coinwolf - 0.11%
sparechange - 0.09%
plus1hdcp - 0.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%
Rejinx - 0.07%
Shifty51 - 0.06%
CrazyTom - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2012 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/12 14:28 ET)



cwgii - 6618.80
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4777.00
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1362.55
RichardPenny43 - 1002.00
Country - 676.62
agmoose - 625.60
plus1hdcp - 489.00
coinwolf - 344.08
tractorman - 268.38
sparechange - 228.34
Whinstone - 152.70
thunter - 100.56
Hirbonzig - 64.92
cecropia_moth - 30.14
Rejinx - 29.65
Shifty51 - 19.44
CrazyTom - 0.36
4 bit - 0.15



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2012 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 2 groschen - '26 (found by Rejinx)
16 Bahamas 1c - (2) '90 (1 found by Whinstone, 1 found by cwgii), '92 (found by coinwolf), '96 (found by agmoose), (5) '98 (3 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by cwgii), (3) '01 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country, 1 found by agmoose), '04 (found by cwgii), (3) '06 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by coinwolf)
4 Bermuda 1c - '73 (found by cwgii), '75 (found by cwgii), '77 (found by cwgii), '78 (found by coinwolf)
1 China 1 jiao - '06 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Euro 2c - '02 (found by cwgii), '06 (found by cwgii)
1 France 2c Euro - '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Germany 2c Euro - '03 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Greece 10c Euro - '02 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Hong Kong 20c - '80 (found by tractorman)
2 Mexico 5c - '67 (found by coinwolf), '73 (found by cwgii)
3 Mexico 20c - '83 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '95 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '07 (found by cwgii)
1 Netherlands 1c - '50 (found by thunter)
1 Netherlands 2c Euro - '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Netherlands Antilles 1c - '61 (found by plus1hdcp)
3 Panama 1c - '79 (found by agmoose), '86 (found by coinwolf), '01 (found by sparechange)
1 Serbia 1 dinar - '06 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
2 Spain 2c Euro - '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '09 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Sweden 50 ore - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 1
Bahamas - 16
Bermuda - 4
China - 1
Euro - 2
France - 1
Germany - 1
Greece - 1
Hong Kong - 1
Mexico - 5
Netherlands - 2
Netherlands Antilles - 1
Panama - 3
Serbia - 1
Spain - 2
Sweden - 1

$25 Brinks box

For 2012 I will start setting aside and rolling all 1959 Memorials separately. Just something more to do.....

522 - CU 1960-1981
4 - S Mint (71, 72x2, 74)
14 Wheats (oldest 1940)
5 - 1959 Mems
52 - 1982 CUs (13 zinc 82s)

597 total coppers (23.8%)

7 Canadian - (oldest 1965)

agmoose wrote:$25 Brinks box

For 2012 I will start setting aside and rolling all 1959 Memorials separately. Just something more to do..

Out of curiosity.....what's the deal with the 1959's?

24 rolls ($12)

247 -copper(1959-1981)(20.58%)
2 -wheat (0.167%)
0 -Canada
1 -US dimes (0.083%)

TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:

agmoose wrote:$25 Brinks box

For 2012 I will start setting aside and rolling all 1959 Memorials separately. Just something more to do..

Out of curiosity.....what's the deal with the 1959's?

Just the first year of Memorial Reverse's. Who knows, maybe one day they'll hold some numismatic value or collector interest.

$25 Brink's Box
614 Copper non-wheats (24.6%)
- 455 Nice coppers
- 103 Ugly Abes
- 56 1982's (ACE checked)
16 Wheats - 1918 and 15 others, including a bright and shiny 1951-D
2 Canadian copper - '75,'?? (too scratched to read the date)

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.48%):
435 - Memorial 1959-1981
27 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
27 - Memorial 1982
1684 - Memorial 1983-2008
55 - Anniversary 2009
262 - Shield 2010-2011

3 - Canada (1967, 1969, 1999)

2127 copper memorials---28.36%
23 wheats---all '40's and 50's
14 Canadian coppers
$75 in cents searched

$25 brink box

596 cu memorials

4 cu canadians oldest "64"

15 wheat pennies oldest "(2) 37's

1 1990 Bahamas penny

73 "1982's 19 zinc & 54 cu

$25 Brinks box #2 for 2012

618 - CU 1960-1981
+ 7 - 1959/59d
+ 19 - Wheats (oldest 25, 39)
+ 44 - 1982 CU (10 zinc 82s)
+ 9 - S mint (68x2, 70x2, 72x3, 73, 74)
= 697 total coppers (27.8%) - well above my average.

22 Canadians (oldest 1964)
1 Panama Un Centisimo (1979)
1 2000 Wide AM

I just ran 4 $25.00 boxes = $100.00 face value

2851 coppers (I don't seperate the Canadians)
71 wheats

Total % 29.22 keepers

PennysaverCP wrote:I just ran 4 $25.00 boxes = $100.00 face value

2851 coppers (I don't seperate the Canadians)
71 wheats

Total % 29.22 keepers

What do you mean by "I just ran 4 $25 boxes" ???
Are you handsorting or running the pennies through a Ryedale?
Handsorters separate the Canadians from the Lincolns, why not you?

Ran em through Ryeale. Not sure if it's ok to post here but wated to share %'s.

PennysaverCP wrote:Ran em through Ryeale. Not sure if it's ok to post here but wated to share %'s.

Thanks for input. Since there isn't a Ryedale Tracking thread, I don't know where you would post your Ryedale finds. Perhaps someone (not me because I've got too many tracking threads right now) would step up and run a Ryedale sorting thread. Best Wishes...and good COPPER sorting....

$25 String box

Wheats:
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.32%):
403 - Memorial 1959-1981
30 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
36 - Memorial 1982
1698 - Memorial 1983-2008
36 - Anniversary 2009
287 - Shield 2010-2011

3 - Canada (1971, 1982, 2005)

1/3/12 - 1/4/12

2 $25 Boxes - $50 Total

838 - Copper Memorial 1959 - 1981
105 - Copper 1982
3 - Canadian Copper
26 - Wheat Cents

16.76% - Copper Memorial 1959 - 1981
2.1% - Copper 1982
.06% - Canadian Copper
.52% - Wheat Cents

$25.00 Brinks Box

570 Copper non-wheats (22.8%)
- 521 Cu 1959-81
- 49 Cu 1982

5 Wheat - 1919 and 4 - 40/50
3 Canadian - 1977, 1987, 1993

$25 Brinks box #3 for 2012

479 - CU 1960-1981
+ 5 - 1959/59d
+ 7 - Wheats (oldest 41)
+ 38 - 1982 CU (7 zinc 82s)
+ 2 - S mint (68, 73)
= 531 total coppers (21.2%)

5 Canadian CUs (oldest 1966)

and another 2000 Wide AM (#2 this year already).

$200 searched....almost done with the holiday donation bags.

6003 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian cents

+127 wheats(best 1913,1926,1929x2,1930x2,1932D,1935,1936,1938D,1939x3)
+401 copper 1982's(scale checked)
+47 canadian copper cents(best 1943 George VI)

Other stuff:
1-1983 Mexican 20 cent
4-bahamas cents(3-1998/1-2001)
1-1975 Panama cent
1-1981S proof cent
1-2006 Serbian 1-Dinar

2-counterstamped cents with Kennedy
3-1998 WAMS
2-2000 WAMS
17-dimes
2-nickels

$25 String box

Wheats:
1 - older (1916)
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.60%):
431 - Memorial 1959-1981
26 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
22 - Memorial 1982
1679 - Memorial 1983-2008
48 - Anniversary 2009
282 - Shield 2010-2011

4 - Canada (1976 x2, 1977, 1992)

$25.00 Brinks Box

626 Copper non-wheats (25.0%)
- 563 Cu 1959-81
- 63 Cu 1982

10 Wheat - 1938 and 9 - 40/50
1 Canadian - 1981
1 clad dime - 1991d

1980 Hong Kong twenty cent coin <---- the scalloped edge makes this coin really cool.