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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In November 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 November 30, 2012 11:56 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
November 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



cwgii - 11509
Country - 6081
TwoAndAHalfCents - 3870
Whinstone - 2369
spacemanX - 2086
plus1hdcp - 2020
sparechange - 1055
Elwood - 889
agmoose - 767
everything - 708
DuckTales253 - 465
rosco - 116



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
November 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



Country - 1
spacemanX - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
November 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



Whinstone - 237
cwgii - 189
Country - 106
TwoAndAHalfCents - 84
spacemanX - 58
plus1hdcp - 40
agmoose - 23
DuckTales253 - 17
everything - 13
Elwood - 12
sparechange - 10
rosco - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
November 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



cwgii - 58
Country - 33
spacemanX - 25
TwoAndAHalfCents - 23
Whinstone - 18
plus1hdcp - 14
everything - 6
sparechange - 5
agmoose - 4
DuckTales253 - 3
Elwood - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
November 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



Country - 531
Whinstone - 319
plus1hdcp - 231
TwoAndAHalfCents - 213
sparechange - 96
Elwood - 85
agmoose - 41
rosco - 4



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
November 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



agmoose - 30.68%
everything - 28.32%
Elwood - 25.40%
Country - 24.32%
Whinstone - 23.69%
DuckTales253 - 23.25%
rosco - 23.20%
spacemanX - 18.14%
sparechange - 17.58%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.20%
cwgii - 16.44%
plus1hdcp - 13.47%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
November 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



everything - 0.24%
spacemanX - 0.22%
Whinstone - 0.18%
agmoose - 0.16%
DuckTales253 - 0.15%
Country - 0.13%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.10%
plus1hdcp - 0.09%
sparechange - 0.08%
cwgii - 0.08%
Elwood - 0.06%
rosco - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
November 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



cwgii - 3291.68
Country - 622.00
TwoAndAHalfCents - 357.93
plus1hdcp - 124.44
Whinstone - 104.96
spacemanX - 99.77
sparechange - 25.68
Elwood - 12.64
agmoose - 7.94
everything - 7.27
DuckTales253 - 3.88
rosco - 0.23


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2012 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



Morsecode - 98980
cwgii - 79138
TheJonasCollegeFund - 62841
Country - 50510
TwoAndAHalfCents - 37473
plus1hdcp - 21833
sparechange - 20221
Whinstone - 18718
Hirbonzig - 18235
Night Hawk - 17602
tractorman - 17502
everything - 16552
RichardPenny43 - 13308
Franco American - 11594
agmoose - 10610
coinwolf - 9335
thunter - 6381
Elwood - 3682
appjoe - 2835
rosco - 2801
spacemanX - 2086
NYSorter - 1803
Pij17 - 1674
cecropia_moth - 1474
Dave - 1455
Rejinx - 1420
merchoarder - 1409
slickeast - 998
Shifty51 - 943
duane1966 - 752
OtusLotus - 639
CanadianCopper - 617
dpwozney - 596
RTPMarine - 572
philadelphiafan - 509
DuckTales253 - 465
mitsuki3 - 246
tulaneoutlaw - 168
CrazyTom - 151
4 bit - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



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



WHEAT PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



Morsecode - 3107
cwgii - 2219
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1056
Country - 917
TwoAndAHalfCents - 693
Whinstone - 506
CrazyTom - 402
Night Hawk - 381
tractorman - 320
plus1hdcp - 319
sparechange - 310
everything - 280
agmoose - 259
Hirbonzig - 233
Franco American - 197
RichardPenny43 - 181
coinwolf - 167
dpwozney - 110
thunter - 86
appjoe - 74
Dave - 72
spacemanX - 58
Elwood - 45
NYSorter - 42
CanadianCopper - 39
rosco - 38
Pij17 - 27
Shifty51 - 26
cecropia_moth - 25
OtusLotus - 23
merchoarder - 21
slickeast - 19
DuckTales253 - 17
Rejinx - 12
philadelphiafan - 12
duane1966 - 11
mitsuki3 - 4
4 bit - 4
RTPMarine - 3
tulaneoutlaw - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



dpwozney - 16070
CanadianCopper - 11949
Morsecode - 2194
Franco American - 692
cwgii - 582
TheJonasCollegeFund - 540
Country - 241
Night Hawk - 190
TwoAndAHalfCents - 183
Hirbonzig - 136
everything - 134
Whinstone - 130
agmoose - 124
RichardPenny43 - 109
sparechange - 98
plus1hdcp - 93
merchoarder - 81
tractorman - 63
thunter - 42
coinwolf - 38
spacemanX - 25
Dave - 20
NYSorter - 19
appjoe - 17
Pij17 - 13
Elwood - 12
rosco - 12
duane1966 - 11
cecropia_moth - 8
philadelphiafan - 6
Rejinx - 5
mitsuki3 - 5
OtusLotus - 4
slickeast - 4
Shifty51 - 3
DuckTales253 - 3
CrazyTom - 2
4 bit - 2
RTPMarine - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



Morsecode - 5767
Country - 4218
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4145
plus1hdcp - 2384
Whinstone - 2254
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1946
sparechange - 1585
tractorman - 1427
RichardPenny43 - 1134
agmoose - 677
Elwood - 344
appjoe - 260
rosco - 211
Night Hawk - 200
merchoarder - 133
cecropia_moth - 121
Shifty51 - 105
slickeast - 84
Hirbonzig - 12



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



Dave - 58.20%
Pij17 - 32.82%
CrazyTom - 31.72%
tractorman - 30.89%
duane1966 - 30.08%
NYSorter - 30.05%
cecropia_moth - 29.48%
everything - 28.79%
appjoe - 28.35%
RichardPenny43 - 28.02%
mitsuki3 - 27.33%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 27.03%
Hirbonzig - 26.62%
merchoarder - 26.09%
thunter - 26.04%
Franco American - 25.76%
Morsecode - 25.65%
OtusLotus - 25.56%
agmoose - 24.96%
Whinstone - 24.46%
Country - 24.17%
Night Hawk - 24.15%
DuckTales253 - 23.25%
RTPMarine - 22.88%
4 bit - 21.25%
coinwolf - 20.74%
philadelphiafan - 20.36%
Shifty51 - 18.86%
sparechange - 18.70%
Rejinx - 18.68%
rosco - 18.31%
spacemanX - 18.14%
plus1hdcp - 17.66%
tulaneoutlaw - 16.80%
slickeast - 16.63%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.47%
cwgii - 16.15%
Elwood - 14.79%
CanadianCopper - 2.24%
dpwozney - 1.66%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/30/12 20:11 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 - 0.29%
Night Hawk - 0.26%
Pij17 - 0.25%
philadelphiafan - 0.24%
everything - 0.23%
thunter - 0.23%
RichardPenny43 - 0.23%
spacemanX - 0.22%
Hirbonzig - 0.20%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.17%
appjoe - 0.17%
Whinstone - 0.17%
cecropia_moth - 0.16%
OtusLotus - 0.16%
DuckTales253 - 0.15%
cwgii - 0.12%
Country - 0.12%
tractorman - 0.11%
sparechange - 0.09%
coinwolf - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.08%
rosco - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.08%
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 12/30/12 20:11 ET)



Morsecode - 160947.30
cwgii - 160600.44
TheJonasCollegeFund - 59926.41
Country - 43184.11
TwoAndAHalfCents - 34897.59
plus1hdcp - 10997.93
sparechange - 8924.11
Whinstone - 5924.65
Night Hawk - 5299.25
Hirbonzig - 5097.50
tractorman - 4052.74
everything - 3902.18
RichardPenny43 - 2583.62
dpwozney - 2415.74
Franco American - 2246.94
agmoose - 1868.81
coinwolf - 1717.20
CanadianCopper - 1386.55
thunter - 637.96
Elwood - 372.40
rosco - 174.48
appjoe - 117.04
spacemanX - 99.77
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
OtusLotus - 6.66
RTPMarine - 5.76
philadelphiafan - 5.27
DuckTales253 - 3.88
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)
32 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), (8) '98 (3 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by cwgii, 1 found by appjoe, 1 found by Whinstone, 1 found by Country), '00 (found by agmoose), (5) '01 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country, 1 found by agmoose, 1 found by Whinstone, 1 found by sparechange), (2) '04 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by agmoose), (7) '06 (3 found by cwgii, 1 found by coinwolf, 1 found by RichardPenny43, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents, 1 found by Country), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
4 Barbados 1c - (2) '95 (1 found by appjoe, 1 found by sparechange), '98 (found by Whinstone), '99 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Belgium Euro 2c - unspecified date (found by cwgii)
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)
4 France 2c Euro -'04 (found by cwgii), '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '09 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), unspecified date (found by cwgii)
1 Germany 10 Pfennig - '18 (found by CrazyTom)
5 Germany 2c Euro - (2) '02 (2 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '03 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '08 (2 found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain 6 pence - '38 (found by agmoose)
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)
1 Mexico 10c - '05 (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)
14 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), (2) '96 (1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents, 1 found by cwgii), '98 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '01 (1 found by sparechange, 1 found by Country), '07 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
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)
2 Taiwan 1 Yuan - '93 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), unspecified date (found by cwgii)
1 UAE 1 fils - unspecified date (found by sparechange)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 3
Australia - 1
Bahamas - 32
Barbados - 4
Belgium - 1
Bermuda - 5
Canada - 1
China - 3
Denmark - 1
Euro - 3
France - 6
Germany - 6
Great Britain - 4
Greece - 1
Honduras - 1
Hong Kong - 1
Ireland - 2
Mexico - 12
Netherlands - 2
Netherlands Antilles - 1
New Zealand - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 14
Russia - 1
Serbia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 3
Sweden - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 2
UAE - 1

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.92%):
423 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1997, 2002)

$25 Strings Box

383 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+8 wheats (46x2, 46D, 52D, 53D, 55D, 57D, 58D)
+46 copper 1982's
+0 copper canadian ()

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
2 - older (1926, 1929)
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.84%):
422 - Memorial 1959-1981
24 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1963, 1974,1982.1988, 1994)

$25 Strings Box

380 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+7 wheats (48, 51Dx2, 52, 56D, 58, 58D)
+52 copper 1982's
+3 copper canadian (66, 78, 81)

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1920)
4 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.00%):
348 - Memorial 1959-1981
27 - Memorial 1982

1 - Clad dime

14 - Canada (1989x3, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007x2, 2009, 2011x5)

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
6 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.52%):
362 - Memorial 1959-1981
26 - Memorial 1982

2 - Clad dimes

4 - Canada (1954, 1975, 1984, 1995)

1 - France 2 Euro Cent (2009)

1 - Germany 10 Euro Cent (2002)

Box #1 Loomis $25 picked up 10/19
708 LMC
6 Copper Canadian
13 Wheat
727 / .2908

$30 CWR
Wheats 15, no pre 1940
2 clad dimes
1 great britian 1 new pence (bigger than a nickel)
didn't keep track of the copper, but likely 15 pct which is the average for me.

$36 cwr
15 percent copper, don't sort 1982's
12 wheats, all 1940 and newer
4 canadian
1 bahamas cent
2 dimes clad

$20.00 CWR

1514 Zinc Lincoln Memorial (1982-2012)
465 Copper Lincoln Memorial (1959-1981) (I ignore 1982s)
17 Copper Lincoln Wheat (all 1940s and 50s)
4 Canadian Cents (1964, 1984, 1993, 2006)

24% Copper in these rolls

$25 Strings Box

348 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+10 wheats (42D, 44x2, 44D, 45, 49S, 50D, 52D, 53D, 56D)
+50 copper 1982's
+2 copper canadian (68, 84)

$50 bag
42 percent (highest for me)
7 wheats (1 1937d)
9 canadian
1 panama 1 cent

$25 Box

Wheats:
1 - older (1936)
8 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.36%):
392 - Memorial 1959-1981
17 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1978, 1989)

$25 Strings Box - a miserable 14%

318 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+4 wheats (40, 56, 57D, 58D)
+26 copper 1982's
+4 copper canadian (72, 74, 76, 82)

$30 25 loomis, 5 CWR
18 wheats 12 1940's 6 1950's
3 copper canadian
16 % copper

1 -100.00
11-1--8--12


1959 == 20 with 3"p"
60-67 == 180
68-74 == 416
75-81d== 633
75-81p== 279
82 == 170

wheat == 34 with 5 , pre 40== 23s, 39s, 29, 30d, 17

cdn == 8 with 7, pre 1997

odds == state stamped 1976p AL

1 -100.00
11-08--12--12


1959 == 10 with 3 "p"
60-67 == 199
68-74 == 461
75-81d== 637
75-81p== 275
82 == 180

wheat == 24 with 2, pre 40, == 34, 37

cdn == 11 with 9 , pre 1997

odds == dimes x2, stamped== dcm 6

$25 cwr

608 cu memorials

2 Canadian cu pennies both were 1976

56 wheat pennies...I found a whole roll of them..oldest was "34" ...the rest was common ones

1982's... 63 cu ...weighed

Another $25 cwr

465 cu memorials

5 cu Canadians ...oldest "71"

wheats... (160) ...3 rolls plus 10...oldest 1910 plus 10 other pre 40's

1982's....75 cu weighed

$25 brinks box

601 cu memorials

8 cu Canadians...oldest "54"

11 wheat pennies...oldest "25D"

86....1982's...weighed.

$5.00 CWR
1 wheat 1950d
4 1982
116 coppers 24%

$25 brink box

695 cu memorials

3 Canadians ...oldest "64"

10 wheats...oldest "40"

95 1982's.....weighed

1 -100.00
11-13--15--12


1959 == 14 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 178
68-74 == 450
75-81d== 553
75-81p== 283
82 == 180

wheat == 24 with 1, pre 40, == 37

cdn == 11 with 10 , pre 1997

odds == dimes x1,

$25 - Brink's Box
666 Copper non-wheats (26.6%)
- 455 Nice coppers
- 157 Ugly Abes
- 54 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1919 and 7 others
4 Canadian copper - '56,'64,'68,'85