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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In May 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 May 31, 2012 12:46 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
May 2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 32260
cwgii - 5523
Franco American - 4693
Country - 3721
Night Hawk - 3624
sparechange - 2751
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1787
everything - 1534
Hirbonzig - 1402
Whinstone - 1142
NYSorter - 1104
merchoarder - 623
Elwood - 601
CanadianCopper - 535
dpwozney - 97



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
May 2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Franco American - 1
Night Hawk - 1
Morsecode - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
May 2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 906
cwgii - 116
Night Hawk - 90
Franco American - 75
Country - 68
TwoAndAHalfCents - 53
sparechange - 43
NYSorter - 34
CanadianCopper - 33
Whinstone - 22
everything - 20
Hirbonzig - 18
merchoarder - 11
Elwood - 9
dpwozney - 6



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
May 2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



CanadianCopper - 9043
dpwozney - 2395
Morsecode - 561
Franco American - 331
Night Hawk - 62
merchoarder - 45
cwgii - 40
Country - 21
everything - 17
Hirbonzig - 16
NYSorter - 12
TwoAndAHalfCents - 10
sparechange - 7
Whinstone - 7
Elwood - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
May 2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 2010
Country - 318
sparechange - 193
Whinstone - 135
TwoAndAHalfCents - 106
merchoarder - 69
Elwood - 52



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
May 2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



everything - 30.68%
Hirbonzig - 28.04%
NYSorter - 27.60%
Franco American - 26.82%
Morsecode - 24.97%
merchoarder - 24.92%
Night Hawk - 24.08%
Country - 23.18%
Whinstone - 22.84%
sparechange - 19.65%
cwgii - 18.41%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.87%
Elwood - 4.81%
CanadianCopper - 2.38%
dpwozney - 1.21%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
May 2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



CanadianCopper - 40.19%
dpwozney - 29.94%
Franco American - 1.89%
merchoarder - 1.80%
Morsecode - 0.43%
Night Hawk - 0.41%
everything - 0.34%
Hirbonzig - 0.32%
NYSorter - 0.30%
Whinstone - 0.14%
cwgii - 0.13%
Country - 0.13%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.10%
sparechange - 0.05%
Elwood - 0.02%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
May 2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 17430.11
CanadianCopper - 864.99
cwgii - 681.48
Franco American - 356.93
Country - 244.60
Night Hawk - 227.32
sparechange - 156.86
dpwozney - 79.94
TwoAndAHalfCents - 74.00
everything - 31.42
Elwood - 30.60
Hirbonzig - 28.72
Whinstone - 23.42
NYSorter - 18.40
merchoarder - 6.79


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2012 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 95980
TheJonasCollegeFund - 62841
cwgii - 32174
Country - 22340
plus1hdcp - 18894
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18828
tractorman - 17502
Night Hawk - 16985
sparechange - 15361
Hirbonzig - 14027
RichardPenny43 - 13308
Franco American - 11594
Whinstone - 9852
coinwolf - 9335
agmoose - 9314
thunter - 4547
appjoe - 2835
rosco - 2368
NYSorter - 1803
everything - 1534
cecropia_moth - 1474
Dave - 1455
Rejinx - 1420
merchoarder - 1409
Shifty51 - 943
Elwood - 601
CanadianCopper - 535
philadelphiafan - 509
dpwozney - 321
mitsuki3 - 246
tulaneoutlaw - 168
CrazyTom - 151
4 bit - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 4
cwgii - 3
CrazyTom - 2
coinwolf - 1
sparechange - 1
Dave - 1
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1
CrazyTom - 1
Franco American - 1
Night Hawk - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 3021
cwgii - 1344
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1056
CrazyTom - 402
Country - 394
Night Hawk - 367
TwoAndAHalfCents - 340
tractorman - 320
plus1hdcp - 262
sparechange - 250
agmoose - 220
Franco American - 197
RichardPenny43 - 181
Hirbonzig - 177
coinwolf - 167
Whinstone - 131
appjoe - 74
Dave - 72
thunter - 62
NYSorter - 42
rosco - 34
CanadianCopper - 33
Shifty51 - 26
cecropia_moth - 25
dpwozney - 25
merchoarder - 21
everything - 20
Rejinx - 12
philadelphiafan - 12
Elwood - 9
mitsuki3 - 4
4 bit - 4
tulaneoutlaw - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



CanadianCopper - 9043
dpwozney - 5775
Morsecode - 2139
Franco American - 692
TheJonasCollegeFund - 540
cwgii - 262
Night Hawk - 181
RichardPenny43 - 109
agmoose - 106
Hirbonzig - 106
Country - 105
TwoAndAHalfCents - 89
merchoarder - 81
plus1hdcp - 77
sparechange - 71
Whinstone - 69
tractorman - 63
coinwolf - 38
thunter - 32
Dave - 20
NYSorter - 19
appjoe - 17
everything - 17
rosco - 10
cecropia_moth - 8
philadelphiafan - 6
Rejinx - 5
mitsuki3 - 5
Shifty51 - 3
CrazyTom - 2
Elwood - 2
4 bit - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 5568
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4145
plus1hdcp - 2060
Country - 1792
tractorman - 1427
sparechange - 1197
Whinstone - 1151
RichardPenny43 - 1134
TwoAndAHalfCents - 893
agmoose - 605
appjoe - 260
Night Hawk - 200
rosco - 183
merchoarder - 133
cecropia_moth - 121
Shifty51 - 105
Elwood - 52
Hirbonzig - 12



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Dave - 58.20%
CrazyTom - 31.72%
tractorman - 30.89%
everything - 30.68%
NYSorter - 30.05%
cecropia_moth - 29.48%
appjoe - 28.35%
RichardPenny43 - 28.02%
mitsuki3 - 27.33%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 27.03%
Hirbonzig - 26.47%
merchoarder - 26.09%
Franco American - 25.76%
Morsecode - 25.67%
thunter - 24.84%
agmoose - 24.84%
Whinstone - 24.39%
Night Hawk - 24.13%
Country - 23.78%
4 bit - 21.25%
coinwolf - 20.74%
philadelphiafan - 20.36%
sparechange - 18.93%
Shifty51 - 18.86%
Rejinx - 18.68%
plus1hdcp - 18.24%
rosco - 17.80%
tulaneoutlaw - 16.80%
cwgii - 16.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.02%
Elwood - 4.81%
CanadianCopper - 2.38%
dpwozney - 1.78%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



CanadianCopper - 40.19%
dpwozney - 32.08%
Franco American - 1.54%
merchoarder - 1.50%
Dave - 0.80%
Morsecode - 0.57%
mitsuki3 - 0.56%
4 bit - 0.50%
CrazyTom - 0.42%
everything - 0.34%
NYSorter - 0.32%
agmoose - 0.28%
Night Hawk - 0.26%
philadelphiafan - 0.24%
thunter - 0.23%
RichardPenny43 - 0.23%
Hirbonzig - 0.20%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.17%
Whinstone - 0.17%
appjoe - 0.17%
cecropia_moth - 0.16%
cwgii - 0.13%
tractorman - 0.11%
Country - 0.11%
sparechange - 0.09%
coinwolf - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.08%
rosco - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.07%
Rejinx - 0.07%
Shifty51 - 0.06%
Elwood - 0.02%
tulaneoutlaw - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2012 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/12 13:54 ET)



Morsecode - 151244.76
TheJonasCollegeFund - 59926.41
cwgii - 27024.00
TwoAndAHalfCents - 9050.79
Country - 8582.90
plus1hdcp - 7970.16
sparechange - 5090.38
Night Hawk - 4937.29
tractorman - 4052.74
Hirbonzig - 3033.72
RichardPenny43 - 2583.62
Franco American - 2246.94
coinwolf - 1717.20
Whinstone - 1624.40
agmoose - 1446.00
CanadianCopper - 864.99
dpwozney - 440.71
thunter - 339.78
rosco - 128.32
appjoe - 117.04
NYSorter - 44.74
Rejinx - 43.68
merchoarder - 32.64
everything - 31.42
Elwood - 30.60
cecropia_moth - 30.14
Shifty51 - 19.44
Dave - 15.47
philadelphiafan - 5.27
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)
27 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), (6) '98 (3 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by cwgii, 1 found by appjoe), '00 (found by agmoose), (4) '01 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country, 1 found by agmoose, 1 found by Whinstone), (2) '04 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by agmoose), (6) '06 (3 found by cwgii, 1 found by coinwolf, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
2 Barbados 1c - '95 (found by appjoe), '98 (found by Whinstone)
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)
10 Panama 1c - '66 (found by agmoose), '79 (found by agmoose), '86 (found by coinwolf), '91 (found by agmoose), '93 (found by cwgii), '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 Switzerland 10 rappen - '92 (found by sparechange)
1 UAE 1 fils - unspecified date (found by sparechange)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 2
Australia - 1
Bahamas - 26
Barbados - 2
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 - 10
Russia - 1
Serbia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 3
Sweden - 2
Switzerland - 1
UAE - 1

$10 BWR

235--Coppers--Non wheat/canadian(23.5%)
146--Nice coppers
78--Uglies
11--'82's

3 Wheats--commons

$25 Brink box

533 cu memorials

5 cu Canadians oldest "1964"

13 wheat oldest "1934" plus 1 "1943 P" steel penny

1982 69 cu...weighed

$40 in rolls

1104 copper
12 canadian (1951 oldest)
34 wheats - a 1917d - everything else 40's and 50's.

also 1 clad dime.

20 rolls

258 copper cents
4 wheats
5 copper Canadains

$25 CWR
623 copper memorials
52 Canadian, 45 were Cu
11 wheats including two 1918
12 uglies
69 1982, 33 were Cu (scale checked)
4 "s" mints
1 dime

Brinks Box 1
16 Wheat Cents
44 Cu Canadians
730 LM Cents 1959-1981

Brinks Box 2
6 Wheat Cents
1 IH dated 1897
5 Cu Canadians
630 LM Cents dated 59-81

Brinks Box 1
16 Wheat Cents
44 Cu Canadians
730 LM Cents 1959-1981

Brinks Box 2
6 Wheat Cents
1 IH dated 1897
5 Cu Canadians
630 LM Cents dated 59-81

$1 CWRs
27 Copper non-wheats (27.0%)
- 20 Nice coppers
- 3 Ugly Abes
- 4 1982's (ACE checked)
0 Wheats
0 Canadian copper

4/30 thru 5/6

$270 BWR
$90 CWR

8328 '59-'81
559 '82 cu
216 wheat
163 Canada pre-'97
179 mixed cu ugly (US & CAN)

Nothing noteworthy this week. A few decent mint-marked 1920's...that's about it.

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

548 (27.4%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

108 (5.4%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

414 (20.7%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

26 (1.3%) American dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

Brinks Box
10 Wheat Cents
73 Cu Canadian
674 LM Cent dated 59-81
757 Total Cu

$25 Brink's Box
544 Copper non-wheats (21.8%)
- 386 Nice coppers
- 107 Ugly Abes
- 51 1982's (ACE checked)
7 Wheats - Oldest 1941
2 Canadian copper - '73(2)

Just thought I'd add some Canadian flavour to the thread

$25 Penny Box #1
1141 copper pennies non-wheat/non-King George VI (45.6%)
-626 1982-1996
-93 1980-1981
-349 1953-1979
-73 American pre-1982
8 Wheats (oldest 1920 )
6 King George VI (oldest 1940 x2)

$25 Penny Box #2
1007 copper pennies non-wheat/non-King George VI (40.28%)
-580 1982-1996
-77 1980-1981
-293 1953-1979
-57 American pre-1982
6 Wheats (oldest 1944)
2 King George VI (oldest 1943)

If you feel like seeing a video of the results, feel free to check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4BMjTtSlM&feature=plcp

#1 $25 box

621 copper cents
14 wheats, all 40's and 50's
9 copper Canadians

#2 $25 box

638 coppers cents
11 wheats, 1 1934 the rest 40's and 50's
15 copper Canadians

$25 Box

571--Coppers--Non wheat/canadian(22.8%)
357--Nice coppers
172--Uglies
42--'82's

9 Wheat--1927, rest commons
2 Canadians--1974, 1998

$25 Brink's Box
584 Copper non-wheats (23.4%)
- 439 Nice coppers
- 98 Ugly Abes
- 47 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - Oldest 1944
2 Canadian copper - '68,'78

One nice and shiny 1951-D Wheat...

12 rolls gave me 141 copper cents, 4 wheats and 1 Canadian copper

$25 Brink's Box
551 Copper non-wheats (22.0%)
- 406 Nice coppers
- 98 Ugly Abes
- 47 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1919 and 7 others
1 Canadian copper - '93

$25 brink box

609 cu memorials

3 Canadians (2) cu oldest "66"

9 wheats oldest "44"

79 1982's 13 zinc 66 cu

Keep up the search guys but save some for me. I've been on the sidelines since the beginning of May in the hopes of selling my house and relocating to the east coast. I can't wait ot get back in the game. Might have to pick up $5 worth just to sort some over the weekend.

plus1hdcp wrote:Keep up the search guys but save some for me. I've been on the sidelines since the beginning of May in the hopes of selling my house and relocating to the east coast. I can't wait to get back in the game. Might have to pick up $5 worth just to sort some over the weekend.

I'm not sure I like the sound of that...

But, good luck with the house anyway

$25 Box

487--Coppers--Non wheat/Canadian(19.5%)
301--Nice coppers
150--Uglies
36--'82's

2 Wheat--both common
2 Canadian--1976, 1991

14 rolls gave me 166 copper cents and 3 wheats.

Brinks Box
10 Wheat
73 Cu Canadian
674 LM Cents dated 59-81