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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In August 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 August 31, 2012 6:48 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
August 2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Country - 15094
cwgii - 12973
everything - 4168
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2771
Whinstone - 2389
Pij17 - 1674
sparechange - 987
Elwood - 797



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
August 2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Country - 2



WHEAT PENNIES
August 2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Country - 294
cwgii - 257
everything - 67
TwoAndAHalfCents - 47
Whinstone - 42
Pij17 - 27
sparechange - 21
Elwood - 14



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
August 2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



cwgii - 75
Country - 68
everything - 27
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16
Whinstone - 15
Pij17 - 13
sparechange - 7
Elwood - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
August 2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Country - 1297
Whinstone - 264
TwoAndAHalfCents - 151
sparechange - 71
Elwood - 68



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
August 2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Pij17 - 32.82%
everything - 27.79%
Elwood - 24.91%
Country - 24.15%
Whinstone - 23.89%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18.47%
sparechange - 17.95%
cwgii - 16.22%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
August 2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Pij17 - 0.25%
everything - 0.18%
Whinstone - 0.15%
sparechange - 0.13%
Country - 0.11%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.11%
cwgii - 0.09%
Elwood - 0.06%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
August 2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



cwgii - 4257.60
Country - 3864.00
everything - 255.72
TwoAndAHalfCents - 170.04
Whinstone - 97.84
Pij17 - 34.97
sparechange - 22.33
Elwood - 10.41


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2012 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Morsecode - 98980
TheJonasCollegeFund - 62841
cwgii - 55111
Country - 39271
TwoAndAHalfCents - 28440
plus1hdcp - 18894
Night Hawk - 17602
tractorman - 17502
Hirbonzig - 16874
sparechange - 16348
Whinstone - 14910
RichardPenny43 - 13308
Franco American - 11594
everything - 11032
coinwolf - 9335
agmoose - 9314
thunter - 5588
appjoe - 2835
rosco - 2589
Elwood - 2455
NYSorter - 1803
Pij17 - 1674
cecropia_moth - 1474
Dave - 1455
Rejinx - 1420
merchoarder - 1409
slickeast - 998
Shifty51 - 943
duane1966 - 752
CanadianCopper - 617
dpwozney - 596
RTPMarine - 572
philadelphiafan - 509
mitsuki3 - 246
tulaneoutlaw - 168
CrazyTom - 151
4 bit - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



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



WHEAT PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Morsecode - 3107
cwgii - 1781
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1056
Country - 725
TwoAndAHalfCents - 535
CrazyTom - 402
Night Hawk - 381
tractorman - 320
sparechange - 271
plus1hdcp - 262
Whinstone - 249
agmoose - 220
Hirbonzig - 219
Franco American - 197
RichardPenny43 - 181
everything - 169
coinwolf - 167
dpwozney - 110
thunter - 74
appjoe - 74
Dave - 72
NYSorter - 42
CanadianCopper - 39
rosco - 37
Elwood - 31
Pij17 - 27
Shifty51 - 26
cecropia_moth - 25
merchoarder - 21
slickeast - 19
Rejinx - 12
philadelphiafan - 12
duane1966 - 11
mitsuki3 - 4
4 bit - 4
RTPMarine - 3
tulaneoutlaw - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



dpwozney - 16070
CanadianCopper - 11949
Morsecode - 2194
Franco American - 692
TheJonasCollegeFund - 540
cwgii - 392
Night Hawk - 190
Country - 176
TwoAndAHalfCents - 133
Hirbonzig - 127
RichardPenny43 - 109
agmoose - 106
Whinstone - 102
everything - 90
merchoarder - 81
sparechange - 78
plus1hdcp - 77
tractorman - 63
coinwolf - 38
thunter - 36
Dave - 20
NYSorter - 19
appjoe - 17
Pij17 - 13
duane1966 - 11
rosco - 10
Elwood - 9
cecropia_moth - 8
philadelphiafan - 6
Rejinx - 5
mitsuki3 - 5
slickeast - 4
Shifty51 - 3
CrazyTom - 2
4 bit - 2
RTPMarine - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Morsecode - 5767
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4145
Country - 3263
plus1hdcp - 2060
Whinstone - 1769
tractorman - 1427
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1419
sparechange - 1268
RichardPenny43 - 1134
agmoose - 605
appjoe - 260
Elwood - 226
Night Hawk - 200
rosco - 195
merchoarder - 133
cecropia_moth - 121
Shifty51 - 105
slickeast - 84
Hirbonzig - 12



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Dave - 58.20%
Pij17 - 32.82%
CrazyTom - 31.72%
tractorman - 30.89%
duane1966 - 30.08%
NYSorter - 30.05%
cecropia_moth - 29.48%
everything - 29.42%
appjoe - 28.35%
RichardPenny43 - 28.02%
mitsuki3 - 27.33%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 27.03%
Hirbonzig - 26.57%
merchoarder - 26.09%
Franco American - 25.76%
Morsecode - 25.65%
thunter - 25.34%
agmoose - 24.84%
Whinstone - 24.23%
Night Hawk - 24.15%
Country - 23.95%
RTPMarine - 22.88%
4 bit - 21.25%
coinwolf - 20.74%
philadelphiafan - 20.36%
sparechange - 18.87%
Shifty51 - 18.86%
Rejinx - 18.68%
plus1hdcp - 18.24%
rosco - 18.10%
tulaneoutlaw - 16.80%
slickeast - 16.63%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.49%
cwgii - 16.21%
Elwood - 12.28%
CanadianCopper - 2.24%
dpwozney - 1.66%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



dpwozney - 44.64%
CanadianCopper - 43.45%
Franco American - 1.54%
merchoarder - 1.50%
Dave - 0.80%
Morsecode - 0.57%
mitsuki3 - 0.56%
4 bit - 0.50%
duane1966 - 0.44%
CrazyTom - 0.42%
NYSorter - 0.32%
agmoose - 0.28%
Night Hawk - 0.26%
Pij17 - 0.25%
everything - 0.24%
philadelphiafan - 0.24%
thunter - 0.23%
RichardPenny43 - 0.23%
Hirbonzig - 0.20%
appjoe - 0.17%
Whinstone - 0.17%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.16%
cecropia_moth - 0.16%
cwgii - 0.12%
tractorman - 0.11%
Country - 0.11%
sparechange - 0.09%
coinwolf - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.07%
rosco - 0.07%
slickeast - 0.07%
Rejinx - 0.07%
Shifty51 - 0.06%
Elwood - 0.05%
RTPMarine - 0.04%
tulaneoutlaw - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2012 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/12 14:12 ET)



Morsecode - 160947.30
cwgii - 77906.24
TheJonasCollegeFund - 59926.41
Country - 26344.80
TwoAndAHalfCents - 20084.52
plus1hdcp - 7970.16
sparechange - 5787.18
Night Hawk - 5299.25
Hirbonzig - 4373.88
tractorman - 4052.74
Whinstone - 3756.04
RichardPenny43 - 2583.62
dpwozney - 2415.74
Franco American - 2246.94
coinwolf - 1717.20
everything - 1693.65
agmoose - 1446.00
CanadianCopper - 1386.55
thunter - 502.63
Elwood - 199.60
rosco - 150.78
appjoe - 117.04
NYSorter - 44.74
Rejinx - 43.68
Pij17 - 34.97
merchoarder - 32.64
cecropia_moth - 30.14
slickeast - 24.50
Shifty51 - 19.44
Dave - 15.47
duane1966 - 7.74
RTPMarine - 5.76
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 Austria 10 groschen - '83 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Australia 5c - '05 (found by RichardPenny43)
28 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), (7) '98 (3 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by cwgii, 1 found by appjoe, 1 found by Whinstone), '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)
3 Barbados 1c - '95 (found by appjoe), '98 (found by Whinstone), '99 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
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)
1 Denmark 2 ore - '90 (found by cwgii)
3 Euro 2c -'99 (found by plus1hdcp), '02 (found by cwgii), '06 (found by cwgii)
1 France 10c - '85 (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)
4 Germany 2c Euro - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '03 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '08 (2 found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain Large 1/2 c - 1831 (found by CrazyTom)
2 Great Britain 1 penny - '89 (found by cwgii), '00 (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)
2 Ireland 2c - '02 (found by cwgii), '06 (found by cwgii)
2 Mexico 1c - '26 (found by cwgii), '37 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
3 Mexico 5c - '67 (found by coinwolf), (2) '73 (2 found by cwgii)
6 Mexico 20c - '83 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '94 (found by cwgii), '95 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '06 (found by cwgii), (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 New Zealand 1 penny - '72 (found by cwgii)
1 Norway 50 ore - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
12 Panama 1c - '66 (found by agmoose), '79 (found by agmoose), '83 (found by cwgii), '86 (found by coinwolf), '91 (found by agmoose), (2) '93 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country), '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 Taiwan 1 Yuan - '93 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 UAE 1 fils - unspecified date (found by sparechange)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 3
Australia - 1
Bahamas - 27
Barbados - 3
Bermuda - 5
Canada - 1
China - 3
Denmark - 1
Euro - 3
France - 4
Germany - 5
Great Britain - 3
Greece - 1
Honduras - 1
Hong Kong - 1
Ireland - 2
Mexico - 11
Netherlands - 2
Netherlands Antilles - 1
New Zealand - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 12
Russia - 1
Serbia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 3
Sweden - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 1
UAE - 1

$10 BWR

172--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(17.2%)
103--Nice coppers
55--Uglies
14--'82's

4 Wheats
1 Canadian--1971

$25 - Brink's Box
632 Copper non-wheats (25.3%)
- 483 Nice coppers
- 93 Ugly Abes
- 56 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - 1918 and 11 others
3 Canadian copper - '85,'89,'93

$25 - Brink's Box
673 Copper non-wheats (26.9%)
- 508 Nice coppers
- 103 Ugly Abes
- 62 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - 1934 and 12 others
2 Canadian copper - '52(nice to see George again),'89

$25 - Brink's Box
599 Copper non-wheats (24.0%)
- 446 Nice coppers
- 98 Ugly Abes
- 55 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - Oldest 1942
4 Canadian copper - '83,'85,'87,'94

$25 - Brink's Box
728 Copper non-wheats (29.1%)
- 560 Nice coppers
- 105 Ugly Abes
- 63 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - 1938 and 12 others
4 Canadian copper - '63,'64,'69,'76

$25 - Brink's Box
617 Copper non-wheats (24.7%)
- 452 Nice coppers
- 103 Ugly Abes
- 62 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - 1924 and 11 others
4 Canadian copper - '73,'79,'85,'95
1 Panama 1c - '93

$10 BWR

155--Coppers--Non wheat/Canadian(15.5%)
100--Nice coppers
47--Uglies
8---'82's

4 Wheats--All commons
2 Canadians--'43,'59

1 clad dime

$25 - Brink's Box
614 Copper non-wheats (24.6%)
- 462 Nice coppers
- 87 Ugly Abes
- 65 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - 1934 and 8 others
3 Canadian copper - '56,'67,'78

$25 - Brink's Box
622 Copper non-wheats (24.9%)
- 452 Nice coppers
- 100 Ugly Abes
- 70 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - 1938 and 8 others, including a shiny 1946
3 Canadian copper - '63,'72,'82
1 Zincoln "Cici Pizza FREE BUFFET penny sticker on reverse - could it still be good?

$25 - Brink's Box
648 Copper non-wheats (25.9%)
- 489 Nice coppers
- 104 Ugly Abes
- 55 1982's (ACE checked)
1 Indian Head - 1883
14 Wheats - 1926 and 13 others
5 Canadian copper - '63,'67(2),'81,'82

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
6 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.64%):
416 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1997)

1 - Taiwan 1 Yuan (1993) http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces966.html

$25 - Brink's Box
600 Copper non-wheats (24.0%)
- 445 Nice coppers
- 105 Ugly Abes
- 50 1982's (ACE checked)
6 Wheats - 1927-S and 5 others
1 Canadian copper - '84

$10 BWR

170--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(17.0%)
106--Nice coppers
52--Uglies
12--'82's

6--Wheats--Commons
1--Canadians--1993

1 -100.00 lots
08-06--08-12

1959 == 22 with 2 p
60-67 == 198
68-74 == 494
75-81d== 790
75-81p== 321
82 == 249

wheat == 26 with zero pre 40


cdn == 8 with 5 pre 1997

odds == one dime

$50 bag from the bank

1240 Cu memorials

6 Canadians....oldest "47"

24 wheats...oldest "28"

1982's....130 Cu & 22 zinc

also a 1973 counter stamped JFK

$25 Brinks rolls

Wheats:
2 - older (1939, 1939-S)
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.80%):
424 - Memorial 1959-1981
21 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1960, 1976, 1987, 1990, 1996)

Box #1
696 LMC coppers
4 Canadian coppers
17 Wheats
.2868
Box #2
744 LMC coppers
4 Canadian coppers
8 Wheats
.3024

51 Dollars FV
1674 CU (~32%)
27 Wheats, 1917 and 1920 the 2 pre 40
13 canadian CU
1 Wide AM 2000
and about 20 or so S mints. One 45s : D. And a super clean 74S.

$25 - Brink's Box
581 Copper non-wheats (23.2%)
- 415 Nice coppers
- 113 Ugly Abes
- 53 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - Oldest 1941
2 Canadian copper - '70,'77

Box#3 June 30th nice box ---- Got behind, moved in July, did not do any sorting whole month, bank pickup dates noted
811 LMC coppers
7 copper Canadians
16 wheats
.3336

Box #4 August 16th dilluted with some 2012D
586 LMC coppers
4 copper Canadians
13 wheats
.2412

$25 - Brink's Box
603 Copper non-wheats (24.1%)
- 431 Nice coppers
- 119 Ugly Abes
- 53 1982's (ACE checked)
1 Indian Head - 1905
8 Wheats - 1929 and 7 others
2 Canadian copper - '77,'93

$25 - Brink's Box
623 Copper non-wheats (24.9%)
- 472 Nice coppers
- 101 Ugly Abes
- 50 1982's (ACE checked)
11 Wheats - Oldest 1940
3 Canadian copper - '46(George!),'73,'88

1 Zincoln with Cici's Pizza sticker - Buy 1 Get 1 Free!!

$25 - Brink's Box
607 Copper non-wheats (24.3%)
- 391 Nice coppers
- 175 Ugly Abes (This box was chuck full of greenies... )
- 41 1982's (ACE checked)
16 Wheats - 1937 and 15 others
2 Canadian copper - '86,'89

$25 Box

490--Coppers non-wheat/Canadian(19.6%)
305--Nice coppers
148--Uglies
37--'82's

7 Wheats, all common
3 Canadians--'76,'91.'93