March 2012 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In March 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 Mar 31, 2012 10:07 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
March 2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 31528
TheJonasCollegeFund - 25186
plus1hdcp - 11351
Night Hawk - 5688
Country - 5173
TwoAndAHalfCents - 5092
cwgii - 4568
sparechange - 2934
Hirbonzig - 2657
Franco American - 2465
Whinstone - 2292
coinwolf - 2103
rosco - 2085
appjoe - 1532
agmoose - 1486
Dave - 1455
RichardPenny43 - 1372
tulaneoutlaw - 168
CrazyTom - 125



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
March 2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 3
Dave - 1
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1
CrazyTom - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
March 2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 1340
TheJonasCollegeFund - 392
plus1hdcp - 168
CrazyTom - 125
Night Hawk - 118
TwoAndAHalfCents - 97
Country - 88
cwgii - 73
Dave - 72
Franco American - 52
coinwolf - 52
appjoe - 41
sparechange - 40
agmoose - 36
Hirbonzig - 28
rosco - 28
Whinstone - 19
RichardPenny43 - 19
tulaneoutlaw - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
March 2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 881
TheJonasCollegeFund - 198
Franco American - 130
Night Hawk - 48
plus1hdcp - 42
cwgii - 34
TwoAndAHalfCents - 29
Hirbonzig - 26
Country - 23
Dave - 20
agmoose - 18
sparechange - 15
Whinstone - 15
RichardPenny43 - 12
coinwolf - 8
rosco - 8
appjoe - 4
CrazyTom - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
March 2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 1769
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1537
plus1hdcp - 1298
Country - 371
Whinstone - 299
TwoAndAHalfCents - 265
sparechange - 247
rosco - 173
Night Hawk - 157
appjoe - 148
RichardPenny43 - 118
agmoose - 116
Hirbonzig - 12



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
March 2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



CrazyTom - 99.21%
Dave - 58.20%
appjoe - 30.64%
agmoose - 29.72%
RichardPenny43 - 27.44%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 26.51%
Morsecode - 26.18%
Country - 26.13%
Hirbonzig - 25.30%
Franco American - 24.65%
Night Hawk - 23.65%
Whinstone - 22.92%
coinwolf - 21.03%
sparechange - 18.34%
rosco - 18.13%
plus1hdcp - 17.85%
tulaneoutlaw - 16.80%
cwgii - 15.23%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 12.73%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
March 2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



CrazyTom - 1.59%
Franco American - 1.30%
Dave - 0.80%
Morsecode - 0.73%
agmoose - 0.36%
Hirbonzig - 0.25%
RichardPenny43 - 0.24%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.21%
Night Hawk - 0.20%
Whinstone - 0.15%
Country - 0.12%
cwgii - 0.11%
sparechange - 0.09%
appjoe - 0.08%
coinwolf - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%
rosco - 0.07%
plus1hdcp - 0.07%
tulaneoutlaw - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
March 2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 16260.27
TheJonasCollegeFund - 9794.88
plus1hdcp - 2941.12
TwoAndAHalfCents - 834.88
Night Hawk - 563.15
cwgii - 561.00
Country - 418.49
sparechange - 191.30
Hirbonzig - 113.86
Franco American - 105.88
rosco - 97.57
Whinstone - 93.04
coinwolf - 86.52
appjoe - 31.54
agmoose - 30.80
RichardPenny43 - 28.06
Dave - 15.47
tulaneoutlaw - 0.68
CrazyTom - 0.13


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2012 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 60738
Morsecode - 31528
cwgii - 24786
plus1hdcp - 18466
tractorman - 17502
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17041
Country - 14663
RichardPenny43 - 13308
Hirbonzig - 11105
sparechange - 9450
coinwolf - 9335
agmoose - 8816
Night Hawk - 8676
Whinstone - 6577
thunter - 4547
Franco American - 2465
rosco - 2368
appjoe - 1532
cecropia_moth - 1474
Dave - 1455
Rejinx - 1420
Shifty51 - 943
mitsuki3 - 246
tulaneoutlaw - 168
CrazyTom - 151
4 bit - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 3
cwgii - 2
CrazyTom - 2
coinwolf - 1
sparechange - 1
Dave - 1
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1
CrazyTom - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 1340
cwgii - 1198
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1019
CrazyTom - 402
tractorman - 320
TwoAndAHalfCents - 287
plus1hdcp - 256
Country - 252
agmoose - 214
Night Hawk - 199
RichardPenny43 - 181
coinwolf - 167
sparechange - 146
Hirbonzig - 123
Whinstone - 85
Dave - 72
thunter - 62
Franco American - 52
appjoe - 41
rosco - 34
Shifty51 - 26
cecropia_moth - 25
Rejinx - 12
mitsuki3 - 4
4 bit - 4
tulaneoutlaw - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Morsecode - 881
TheJonasCollegeFund - 523
cwgii - 218
Franco American - 130
RichardPenny43 - 109
agmoose - 98
Hirbonzig - 83
TwoAndAHalfCents - 79
plus1hdcp - 76
Night Hawk - 72
Country - 70
tractorman - 63
sparechange - 58
Whinstone - 51
coinwolf - 38
thunter - 32
Dave - 20
rosco - 10
cecropia_moth - 8
Rejinx - 5
mitsuki3 - 5
appjoe - 4
Shifty51 - 3
CrazyTom - 2
4 bit - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 4043
plus1hdcp - 2010
Morsecode - 1769
tractorman - 1427
Country - 1163
RichardPenny43 - 1134
Whinstone - 816
TwoAndAHalfCents - 787
sparechange - 703
agmoose - 584
rosco - 183
Night Hawk - 157
appjoe - 148
cecropia_moth - 121
Shifty51 - 105
Hirbonzig - 12



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Dave - 58.20%
CrazyTom - 31.72%
tractorman - 30.89%
appjoe - 30.64%
cecropia_moth - 29.48%
RichardPenny43 - 28.02%
mitsuki3 - 27.33%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 27.30%
Morsecode - 26.18%
Hirbonzig - 25.83%
agmoose - 25.19%
thunter - 24.84%
Franco American - 24.65%
Country - 24.08%
Night Hawk - 23.90%
Whinstone - 23.57%
4 bit - 21.25%
coinwolf - 20.74%
Shifty51 - 18.86%
Rejinx - 18.68%
plus1hdcp - 18.27%
sparechange - 18.21%
rosco - 17.80%
tulaneoutlaw - 16.80%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 15.85%
cwgii - 15.49%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



Franco American - 1.30%
Dave - 0.80%
Morsecode - 0.73%
mitsuki3 - 0.56%
4 bit - 0.50%
CrazyTom - 0.42%
agmoose - 0.28%
thunter - 0.24%
RichardPenny43 - 0.23%
Night Hawk - 0.20%
Hirbonzig - 0.19%
Whinstone - 0.18%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.17%
cecropia_moth - 0.16%
cwgii - 0.14%
Country - 0.11%
sparechange - 0.11%
tractorman - 0.11%
coinwolf - 0.08%
appjoe - 0.08%
rosco - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%
Rejinx - 0.07%
Shifty51 - 0.06%
tulaneoutlaw - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2012 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/12 15:12 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 55429.20
cwgii - 16769.28
Morsecode - 16260.27
plus1hdcp - 7601.91
TwoAndAHalfCents - 7485.01
tractorman - 4052.74
Country - 3650.35
RichardPenny43 - 2583.62
sparechange - 2004.17
Hirbonzig - 1945.49
coinwolf - 1717.20
Night Hawk - 1299.10
agmoose - 1277.92
Whinstone - 749.17
thunter - 339.78
rosco - 128.32
Franco American - 105.88
Rejinx - 43.68
appjoe - 31.54
cecropia_moth - 30.14
Shifty51 - 19.44
Dave - 15.47
CrazyTom - 1.06
mitsuki3 - 0.92
tulaneoutlaw - 0.68
4 bit - 0.15



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2012 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

2 Austria 2 groschen - 1885 (found by agmoose), '26 (found by Rejinx)
1 Australia 5c - '05 (found by RichardPenny43)
24 Bahamas 1c - '77 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '85 (found by Country), '87 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), (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), (4) '01 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country, 1 found by agmoose, 1 found by Whinstone), '04 (found by cwgii), (5) '06 (3 found by cwgii, 1 found by coinwolf, 1 found by RichardPenny43)
5 Bermuda 1c - '73 (found by cwgii), '75 (found by cwgii), '77 (found by cwgii), '78 (found by coinwolf), '97 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Canada Large 1c - '16 (found by CrazyTom)
3 China 1 jiao - '01 (found by Night Hawk), '02 (found by Country), '06 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
3 Euro 2c -'99 (found by plus1hdcp), '02 (found by cwgii), '06 (found by cwgii)
1 France 50c - '31 (found by CrazyTom)
2 France 2c Euro - '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), unspecified date (found by cwgii)
1 Germany 10 Pfennig - '18 (found by CrazyTom)
3 Germany 2c Euro - '03 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '08 (2 found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain Large 1/2 c - 1831 (found by CrazyTom)
1 Great Britain 1 penny - '89 (found by cwgii)
1 Greece 10c Euro - '02 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Honduras 2c - '56 (found by cwgii)
1 Hong Kong 20c - '80 (found by tractorman)
1 Mexico 1c - '37 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
3 Mexico 5c - '67 (found by coinwolf), (2) '73 (2 found by cwgii)
4 Mexico 20c - '83 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '95 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents),(2) '07 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Netherlands 1c - '50 (found by thunter)
1 Netherlands 2c Euro - '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Netherlands Antilles 1c - '61 (found by plus1hdcp)
1 Norway 50 ore - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
8 Panama 1c - '79 (found by agmoose), '86 (found by coinwolf), '91 (found by agmoose), '96 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '98 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '01 (1 found by sparechange, 1 found by Country), '07 (found by cwgii)
1 Russia 15 kopek - '90 (found by Night Hawk)
1 Serbia 1 dinar - '06 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 South Africa 1c - '78 (found by sparechange)
3 Spain 2c Euro - '01 (found by agmoose), '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 - 2
Australia - 1
Bahamas - 24
Bermuda - 5
Canada - 1
China - 3
Euro - 3
France - 3
Germany - 4
Great Britain - 2
Greece - 1
Honduras - 1
Hong Kong - 1
Mexico - 8
Netherlands - 2
Netherlands Antilles - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 8
Russia - 1
Serbia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 3
Sweden - 2
UAE - 1

[Night Hawk]

This mornings batch from the store (10 rolls) netted me just 96 coppers, 3 wheats ( 50D,52D,55D) and 3 Canadians (59,61,84)

[Whinstone]

$25 CWR

842 Cu memorials

1982....72 CU & 15 Zinc

0 wheats & 0 Canadians

[Rosco]

$25 of teller rolls
412 coppers 16.5%
38 were 82 coppers
9 wheat's 1940s
5 Canadian 1975
1 1965 Dime it was dirty

[Dave]

$25 of CWR
1455 coppers-58.2%
72 Wheats(41of them from the 30's)
1-IH a 1907
20- Cu Canadians(a 1932, 1943, 1945, 1947)
2-dimes

[Night Hawk]

11 rolls

113 copper
1 wheat - 1955S
1 Canadain - 1964

[Whinstone]

Somebody has been going though my pennies

2nd box of CWR $25 box

134 Cu memorials

one 1958d wheat penny

104 1982's 95 Cu and 9 zinc

[plus1hdcp]

$25 Strings Box

428 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+4 wheats (31, 41, 50D, 58D)
+51 copper 1982's
+5 copper canadian (66, 72, 81, 82, 92)

[plus1hdcp]

$25 Strings Box

428 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+4 wheats (31, 41, 50D, 58D)
+51 copper 1982's
+5 copper canadian (66, 72, 81, 82, 92)

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Box of bank wrapped rolls (plain brown paper)

Almost entirely uncirculated 2011-D cents

Copper non-wheat (0.04%):
1 - Memorial 1959-1981

Zinc:
10 - Memorial 1983-2008
1 - Anniversary 2009
2488 - Shield 2010-2011

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Box of bank wrapped rolls (plain brown paper)

Almost entirely uncirculated 2011-D cents again

Copper non-wheat (0.00%):

Zinc:
2 - Memorial 1983-2008
2498 - Shield 2010-2011

[PennysaverCP]

$100.00 sorted - 4 boxes

2569 '59-'82 coppers
179 Canadian coppers
52 wheats

Total keepers 28.00%

[tulaneoutlaw]

20 rolls CWR sorted

168 '59-'82 coppers
1 wheat - 1950 S

Total keeper percentage - 16.9%

[hirbonzig]

$50 (2boxes)
1273 coppers--25.46%
16 wheats oldest was 1936
10 Canadian coppers

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Box of bank wrapped rolls (plain brown paper)

Almost entirely uncirculated 2011-D cents

Copper non-wheat (0.08%):
2 - Memorial 1959-1981

Zinc:
7 - Memorial 1983-2008
2491 - Shield 2010-2011

[RichardPenny43]

$25 String Box

677 Cu non-wheat (27.08%)

-56 82 Cu

7 wheat

8 Canadian Cu

1 2005 Australia 5c

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
646 Copper non-wheats (25.8%)
- 470 Nice coppers
- 117 Ugly Abes
- 59 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - 1934 and 8 others
6 Canadian copper - '56,'64,'73,'76,'93,'96

[Night Hawk]

$25 box

579 copper + 31 Wheat's. 1-1939 the rest 40's and 50's. 610 total coppers

57 were 1982's
32 copper
25 zinc

7 Canadian, 5 of them copper.

[sparechange]

$25 Box

456 Coppers--non wheat/canadian(18%)
285 Nice coppers
139 Uglies
-32 '82's

5 Wheats--1910 & 4 others
3 Canadians-81,88,95

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
580 Copper non-wheats (25.8%)
- 441 Nice coppers
- 93 Ugly Abes
- 46 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - 1939 and 9 others
2 Canadian copper - '64,'84

[hirbonzig]

$5 sorted during lunch break today
146 coppers 29.2%
No wheats
No Canadian
12 82's were scale checked

[plus1hdcp]

$25 Strings Box

397 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+6 wheats (25, 41, 44, 51 , 56D x 2)
+49 copper 1982's
+3 copper canadian (63, 65, 83)

[Whinstone]

$25 brink box

632 CU Memorials

8 Canadians 6 CU oldest "66"

10 wheats oldest "29"

1982's 15 Zinc & 59 CU weighed

[Franco American]

$25 Brinks Box

623 Total Cu coins

585 Cu Pre-1982 LM cents
76 1982 LM Cents (unsorted)
31 Cu Canadians (including 1943,1953,1956,1959)
7 Wheat cents (oldest 1936)

[plus1hdcp]

$25 Strings Box - 2nd of the day

418 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+8 wheats (44 x 2, 45D, 46 x 2, 53D, 55D x 2)
+71 copper 1982's
+0 copper canadian ()