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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In February 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 Feb 29, 2012 11:11 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
February 2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 16962
tractorman - 13218
Hirbonzig - 6321
cwgii - 4808
TwoAndAHalfCents - 4078
RichardPenny43 - 3757
Country - 3369
sparechange - 3218
coinwolf - 3033
Night Hawk - 2988
plus1hdcp - 2297
thunter - 2124
Whinstone - 1306
agmoose - 1289
rosco - 283
mitsuki3 - 246
Rejinx - 216



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
February 2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



cwgii - 2
CrazyTom - 2
coinwolf - 1
sparechange - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
February 2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 279
tractorman - 155
cwgii - 137
Night Hawk - 81
TwoAndAHalfCents - 75
Hirbonzig - 72
sparechange - 62
RichardPenny43 - 53
Country - 50
plus1hdcp - 38
coinwolf - 34
agmoose - 29
thunter - 27
Whinstone - 17
rosco - 6
Rejinx - 5
mitsuki3 - 4
CrazyTom - 3



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
February 2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 155
Hirbonzig - 43
tractorman - 39
cwgii - 35
RichardPenny43 - 35
sparechange - 27
Night Hawk - 24
TwoAndAHalfCents - 21
Country - 17
agmoose - 14
thunter - 14
plus1hdcp - 12
Whinstone - 10
coinwolf - 9
mitsuki3 - 5
rosco - 2
Rejinx - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
February 2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 1330
tractorman - 1090
RichardPenny43 - 297
Country - 280
plus1hdcp - 245
sparechange - 207
TwoAndAHalfCents - 179
Whinstone - 170
agmoose - 103
rosco - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
February 2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



tractorman - 31.74%
RichardPenny43 - 30.06%
mitsuki3 - 27.33%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 26.10%
thunter - 26.06%
agmoose - 25.78%
Hirbonzig - 25.28%
Night Hawk - 24.39%
Whinstone - 24.19%
Country - 23.89%
coinwolf - 20.22%
plus1hdcp - 18.38%
sparechange - 17.03%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.31%
cwgii - 16.03%
rosco - 15.72%
Rejinx - 14.40%
CrazyTom - 0.00%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
February 2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



mitsuki3 - 0.56%
RichardPenny43 - 0.28%
agmoose - 0.28%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.24%
Night Hawk - 0.20%
Whinstone - 0.19%
Hirbonzig - 0.17%
thunter - 0.17%
sparechange - 0.14%
Country - 0.12%
cwgii - 0.12%
rosco - 0.11%
plus1hdcp - 0.10%
tractorman - 0.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.08%
Rejinx - 0.07%
coinwolf - 0.06%
CrazyTom - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
February 2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 4522.96
tractorman - 2234.44
Hirbonzig - 643.60
cwgii - 597.60
TwoAndAHalfCents - 417.40
sparechange - 250.01
Country - 193.79
RichardPenny43 - 192.25
coinwolf - 184.56
Night Hawk - 151.56
plus1hdcp - 117.35
thunter - 70.58
Whinstone - 28.79
agmoose - 26.64
rosco - 2.10
Rejinx - 1.33
mitsuki3 - 0.92
CrazyTom - 0.00


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2012 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 35552
cwgii - 20218
tractorman - 17502
TwoAndAHalfCents - 11949
RichardPenny43 - 11936
Country - 9490
Hirbonzig - 8448
agmoose - 7330
coinwolf - 7232
plus1hdcp - 7115
sparechange - 6516
thunter - 4547
Whinstone - 4285
Night Hawk - 2988
cecropia_moth - 1474
Rejinx - 1420
Shifty51 - 943
rosco - 283
mitsuki3 - 246
4 bit - 85
CrazyTom - 26



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



cwgii - 2
CrazyTom - 2
coinwolf - 1
sparechange - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



cwgii - 1125
TheJonasCollegeFund - 627
tractorman - 320
CrazyTom - 277
TwoAndAHalfCents - 190
agmoose - 178
Country - 164
RichardPenny43 - 162
coinwolf - 115
sparechange - 106
Hirbonzig - 95
plus1hdcp - 88
Night Hawk - 81
Whinstone - 66
thunter - 62
Shifty51 - 26
cecropia_moth - 25
Rejinx - 12
rosco - 6
mitsuki3 - 4
4 bit - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 325
cwgii - 184
RichardPenny43 - 97
agmoose - 80
tractorman - 63
Hirbonzig - 57
TwoAndAHalfCents - 50
Country - 47
sparechange - 43
Whinstone - 36
plus1hdcp - 34
thunter - 32
coinwolf - 30
Night Hawk - 24
cecropia_moth - 8
Rejinx - 5
mitsuki3 - 5
Shifty51 - 3
rosco - 2
4 bit - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 2506
tractorman - 1427
RichardPenny43 - 1016
Country - 792
plus1hdcp - 712
TwoAndAHalfCents - 522
Whinstone - 517
agmoose - 468
sparechange - 456
cecropia_moth - 121
Shifty51 - 105
rosco - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



tractorman - 30.89%
cecropia_moth - 29.48%
RichardPenny43 - 28.08%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 27.88%
mitsuki3 - 27.33%
Hirbonzig - 25.99%
thunter - 24.84%
agmoose - 24.43%
Night Hawk - 24.39%
Whinstone - 23.94%
Country - 23.09%
4 bit - 21.25%
coinwolf - 20.66%
plus1hdcp - 18.97%
Shifty51 - 18.86%
Rejinx - 18.68%
sparechange - 18.15%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.70%
rosco - 15.72%
cwgii - 15.55%
CrazyTom - 7.43%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



mitsuki3 - 0.56%
4 bit - 0.50%
agmoose - 0.27%
thunter - 0.25%
RichardPenny43 - 0.23%
Whinstone - 0.20%
Night Hawk - 0.20%
Hirbonzig - 0.18%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.17%
cecropia_moth - 0.16%
cwgii - 0.14%
sparechange - 0.12%
Country - 0.11%
tractorman - 0.11%
rosco - 0.11%
plus1hdcp - 0.09%
coinwolf - 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 3/1/12 14:57 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 18617.04
cwgii - 11194.04
tractorman - 4052.74
TwoAndAHalfCents - 3291.03
RichardPenny43 - 2073.15
Country - 1594.84
Hirbonzig - 1118.00
plus1hdcp - 1085.55
coinwolf - 1032.78
sparechange - 957.09
agmoose - 910.56
thunter - 339.78
Whinstone - 314.11
Night Hawk - 151.56
Rejinx - 43.68
cecropia_moth - 30.14
Shifty51 - 19.44
rosco - 2.10
mitsuki3 - 0.92
CrazyTom - 0.42
4 bit - 0.15



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2012 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 2 groschen - '26 (found by Rejinx)
19 Bahamas 1c - '85 (found by Country), (2) '90 (1 found by Whinstone, 1 found by cwgii), (2) '92 (1 found by coinwolf, 1 found by agmoose), '96 (found by agmoose), (5) '98 (3 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by cwgii), '00 (found by agmoose), (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)
5 Bermuda 1c - '73 (found by cwgii), '75 (found by cwgii), '77 (found by cwgii), '78 (found by coinwolf), '97 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
3 China 1 jiao - '01 (found by Night Hawk), '02 (found by Country), '06 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Euro 2c - '02 (found by cwgii), '06 (found by cwgii)
2 France 2c Euro - '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), unspecified date (found by cwgii)
3 Germany 2c Euro - '03 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '08 (2 found by cwgii)
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)
7 Panama 1c - '79 (found by agmoose), '86 (found by coinwolf), '91 (found by agmoose), '96 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), (2) '01 (1 found by sparechange, 1 found by Country), '07 (found by cwgii)
1 Serbia 1 dinar - '06 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 South Africa 1c - '78 (found by sparechange)
2 Spain 2c Euro - '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '09 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
2 Sweden 50 ore - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '03 (found by RichardPenny43)
1 UAE 1 fils - unspecified date (found by sparechange)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 1
Bahamas - 19
Bermuda - 5
China - 3
Euro - 2
France - 2
Germany - 3
Greece - 1
Hong Kong - 1
Mexico - 5
Netherlands - 2
Netherlands Antilles - 1
Panama - 7
Serbia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 2
Sweden - 2
UAE - 1

$5.00 CWR

109 Copper non-wheats (21.8%)
- 96 Cu 1959-81
- 13 Cu 1982

5 Wheat - all 40/50
2 Canadian - 1962,1994

Not hand sorted but wanted to share %'s

4 boxes = $100.00 FV

2456 '59-82 coppers
151 Canadian coppers
47 wheats 2-'18's,36,37,39, rest 40's and 50's

Total keepers 26.54%

$100 searched....2 bags....!

2215 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-canadian copper cents
+63 wheats(best 1920,1926D,1927,1930x2,1934,1935,1936x4,1937x3,1938,1939x4)
+201 copper 1982's
+21 canadian coppers

Other finds:
1-acid ate nickel
1-counterstamped lincoln "Four score and....."
1-dime

$10.00 Cents
3 Wheat 42s
1 Cdn 1976
148 Copper 13.8%
10 were 82 coppers

$25.00 BWR

602 Copper non-wheats (24.1%)
- 535 Cu 1959-81
- 67 Cu 1982

11 Wheat - all 40/50
2 Canadian - 1993,1995

$25 Brinks Box

514 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+7 wheats (19, 49D, 51D, 53D, 55D, 56D, 57D)
+71 copper 1982's
+4 copper canadian (61, 66, 71, 91)

- 1st Brinks box I have received from my pick up bank and my best percentage of the year

$25.00 BWR

534 Copper non-wheats (21.4%)
- 479 Cu 1959-81
- 55 Cu 1982

9 Wheat - 1928 and 8 - 40/50
3 Canadian - 1972,1993,2007

$25 Brink's Box
597 Copper non-wheats (23.9%)
- 459 Nice coppers
- 89 Ugly Abes
- 49 1982's (ACE checked)
6 Wheats - 1935 and 5 others
1 Canadian copper - '83

$25 Brinks Box #11

639 - CU 1960-1981
+ 18 - Wheat (oldest 1927 and 1935)
+ 6 - 1959 Memorials
+ 62 - 1982 CU (23 zinc)
= 725 total CU - 29% - well above my average.

ALSO
8 Canadian CU (oldest 1960)
1 Bahamas 1992

$25 Box

486 Coppers--Non wheat(19.4%)
292 Nice coppers
165 Ugly Abes
-29 '82's

15 Wheats 40/50's
-2 Canadians(69, 76)

$25.00 Brinks box

650 Copper non-wheats (26.0%)
- 595 Cu 1959-81
- 55 Cu 1982

12 Wheat - 1936 and 11 - 40/50
3 Canadian - 1962,1966,1998

4 boxes = $100.00 FV

2524 59-82 coppers
133 Canadian coppers
48 Wheats 23,25s,34d,37,38, rest 40's and 50's

Total keepers 27.05%

$25 Strings Box

410 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+11 wheats (24, 42, 44 x 3, 45, 48D, 50D, 52D, 56D x 2)
+47 copper 1982's
+1 copper canadian (91)

30 rolls ($15)

216 -copper(1959-1981)(14.40%)
5 -wheat (0.333%)
1 -Canada (0.067%)
2 -US dimes (0.133%)

Box #1
$25 Brinks box
532 1959-1981 cents
3 wheat cents (1939,1945,1948)
Poor wheat harvest this time

Feb 16 - Not hand sorted but wanted to share %'s
4 boxes = $100.00fv

3005 59-82 coppers
160 Canadian coppers
48 wheats 29,37,39, rest 40's and 50's

Total keepers 32.13%

$5.50 CWRs
114 Copper non-wheats (20.7%)
- 92 Nice coppers
- 16 Ugly Abes
- 6 1982's (ACE checked)
1 Wheats - 1947
3 Canadian copper - '45 (George is back!),'68,'80
4 Clad Dimes - '72,'86D,'01P,'06P (Nice... )
1 Bahamas 1c - '85

Another 2 $50 bags! $100 searched!

2301 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-canadian copper cents
+47 wheats(best 1910,1920,1930,1935,1935,1937s,1938)
+199 copper 1982's(scale checked)
+17 canadian coppers(best 1-George VI 1940)

other finds:

1 clad quarter
2 clad dimes
1 blank planchant
NOTHING ELSE

$25 String box

Wheats:
13 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.12%):
387 - Memorial 1959-1981
16 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
23 - Memorial 1982
1727 - Memorial 1983-2008
49 - Anniversary 2009
285 - Shield 2010-2011

$175 sort (7 boxes)
4462 coppers--25.49%
51 wheats--oldest was a 1919
31 Canadian coppers

$25.00 BWR

593 Copper non-wheats (23.7%)
- 546 Cu 1959-81
- 47 Cu 1982

3 Wheat - all 40/50
5 Canadian - 1965,1971,1972,1992,1996

$25.00 BWR

2241 Copper non-wheats (89.6%)
- 2127 Cu 1959-81
- 114 Cu 1982

3 Wheat - 1935,1945d,1946

Rich vein in this one!

$25 Brink's Box
640 Copper non-wheats (25.6%)
- 502 Nice coppers
- 83 Ugly Abes
- 55 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - Oldest 1944
4 Canadian copper - '64(2),'71,'83

tractorman wrote:$25.00 BWR

2241 Copper non-wheats (89.6%)
- 2127 Cu 1959-81
- 114 Cu 1982

3 Wheat - 1935,1945d,1946

Rich vein in this one!

Nice one!!!