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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In December 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 December 30, 2012 7:00 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
December 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



cwgii - 6629
spacemanX - 5764
TwoAndAHalfCents - 4143
plus1hdcp - 3047
ForTheHoard - 1747
sparechange - 1163
everything - 721
Country - 660
dpwozney - 54



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
December 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



spacemanX - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
December 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



cwgii - 161
spacemanX - 149
TwoAndAHalfCents - 75
plus1hdcp - 67
ForTheHoard - 29
sparechange - 18
Country - 15
everything - 7
dpwozney - 3



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
December 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



dpwozney - 1197
spacemanX - 80
cwgii - 38
TwoAndAHalfCents - 23
plus1hdcp - 7
sparechange - 5
ForTheHoard - 3
Country - 3
everything - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
December 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



plus1hdcp - 351
TwoAndAHalfCents - 211
sparechange - 70
Country - 48



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
December 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



everything - 28.84%
Country - 26.40%
plus1hdcp - 21.01%
sparechange - 19.38%
ForTheHoard - 16.64%
cwgii - 16.57%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.57%
spacemanX - 15.58%
dpwozney - 1.35%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
December 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



dpwozney - 29.93%
spacemanX - 0.22%
Country - 0.12%
cwgii - 0.10%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.09%
sparechange - 0.08%
everything - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.05%
ForTheHoard - 0.03%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
December 2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



cwgii - 1092.48
spacemanX - 886.96
TwoAndAHalfCents - 424.10
plus1hdcp - 181.02
ForTheHoard - 74.72
sparechange - 28.46
dpwozney - 20.06
everything - 7.30
Country - 6.78


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2012 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



Morsecode - 98980
cwgii - 85767
TheJonasCollegeFund - 62841
Country - 51170
TwoAndAHalfCents - 41616
plus1hdcp - 24880
sparechange - 21384
Whinstone - 18718
Hirbonzig - 18235
Night Hawk - 17602
tractorman - 17502
everything - 17273
RichardPenny43 - 13308
Franco American - 11594
agmoose - 10610
coinwolf - 9335
spacemanX - 7850
thunter - 6381
Elwood - 3682
appjoe - 2835
rosco - 2801
NYSorter - 1803
ForTheHoard - 1747
Pij17 - 1674
cecropia_moth - 1474
Dave - 1455
Rejinx - 1420
merchoarder - 1409
slickeast - 998
Shifty51 - 943
duane1966 - 752
dpwozney - 650
OtusLotus - 639
CanadianCopper - 617
RTPMarine - 572
philadelphiafan - 509
DuckTales253 - 465
mitsuki3 - 246
tulaneoutlaw - 168
CrazyTom - 151
4 bit - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



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



WHEAT PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



Morsecode - 3107
cwgii - 2380
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1056
Country - 932
TwoAndAHalfCents - 768
Whinstone - 506
CrazyTom - 402
plus1hdcp - 386
Night Hawk - 381
sparechange - 328
tractorman - 320
everything - 287
agmoose - 259
Hirbonzig - 233
spacemanX - 207
Franco American - 197
RichardPenny43 - 181
coinwolf - 167
dpwozney - 113
thunter - 86
appjoe - 74
Dave - 72
Elwood - 45
NYSorter - 42
CanadianCopper - 39
rosco - 38
ForTheHoard - 29
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 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



dpwozney - 17267
CanadianCopper - 11949
Morsecode - 2194
Franco American - 692
cwgii - 620
TheJonasCollegeFund - 540
Country - 244
TwoAndAHalfCents - 206
Night Hawk - 190
everything - 136
Hirbonzig - 136
Whinstone - 130
agmoose - 124
RichardPenny43 - 109
spacemanX - 105
sparechange - 103
plus1hdcp - 100
merchoarder - 81
tractorman - 63
thunter - 42
coinwolf - 38
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
ForTheHoard - 3
Shifty51 - 3
DuckTales253 - 3
CrazyTom - 2
4 bit - 2
RTPMarine - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



Morsecode - 5767
Country - 4266
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4145
plus1hdcp - 2735
Whinstone - 2254
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2157
sparechange - 1655
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 12/31/12 12:10 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 - 24.20%
Night Hawk - 24.15%
DuckTales253 - 23.25%
RTPMarine - 22.88%
4 bit - 21.25%
coinwolf - 20.74%
philadelphiafan - 20.36%
Shifty51 - 18.86%
sparechange - 18.73%
Rejinx - 18.68%
rosco - 18.31%
plus1hdcp - 18.02%
tulaneoutlaw - 16.80%
ForTheHoard - 16.64%
slickeast - 16.63%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.48%
spacemanX - 16.19%
cwgii - 16.18%
Elwood - 14.79%
CanadianCopper - 2.24%
dpwozney - 1.63%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



CanadianCopper - 43.45%
dpwozney - 43.17%
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%
thunter - 0.23%
RichardPenny43 - 0.23%
everything - 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 - 0.07%
slickeast - 0.07%
Rejinx - 0.07%
Shifty51 - 0.06%
Elwood - 0.05%
RTPMarine - 0.04%
ForTheHoard - 0.03%
tulaneoutlaw - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2012 FULL LIST (as of 12/31/12 12:10 ET)



cwgii - 188186.04
Morsecode - 160947.30
TheJonasCollegeFund - 59926.41
Country - 44274.25
TwoAndAHalfCents - 43015.90
plus1hdcp - 14012.18
sparechange - 9960.73
Whinstone - 5924.65
Night Hawk - 5299.25
Hirbonzig - 5097.50
everything - 4247.04
tractorman - 4052.74
dpwozney - 2884.80
RichardPenny43 - 2583.62
Franco American - 2246.94
agmoose - 1868.81
coinwolf - 1717.20
spacemanX - 1583.43
CanadianCopper - 1386.55
thunter - 637.96
Elwood - 372.40
rosco - 174.48
appjoe - 117.04
ForTheHoard - 74.72
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)
35 Bahamas 1c - '77 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '84 (found by Country), '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), (3) unspecified date (3 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)
2 Germany 1c Euro - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), unspecified date (found by cwgii)
8 Germany 2c Euro - (4) '02 (4 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '03 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '08 (2 found by cwgii), '12 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
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)
17 Panama 1c - '66 (found by agmoose), '68 (found by cwgii), '79 (found by agmoose), '83 (found by cwgii), (2) '86 (1 found by coinwolf, 1 found by ForTheHoard), '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), (2) unspecified date (2 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 Trinidad & Tobago 1c - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
1 UAE 1 fils - unspecified date (found by sparechange)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 3
Australia - 1
Bahamas - 34
Barbados - 4
Belgium - 1
Bermuda - 5
Canada - 1
China - 3
Denmark - 1
Euro - 3
France - 6
Germany - 11
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 - 17
Russia - 1
Serbia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 3
Sweden - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 2
Trinidad & Tobago - 1
UAE - 1

$22 CWR
361 LMC 16 %
5 wheats, 1 1920
1 trinidad & tobago
2 canada, 1965, 1970

$100 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1937-S)
1 - steel (1943-S)
21 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.46%):
1,466 - Memorial 1959-1981
80 - Memorial 1982

7 - Canada (1966, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1988, 1992, 1993)

3 - clad dimes

1 - Germany 1 Eurocent (2002)
3 - Germany 2 Eurocent (2002x2, 2012)

That's four from Germany to add to the 10 Eurocent I found back on Nov 3rd.

$25 Brinks Box

533 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+29 wheats (28, 41, 42Dx2, 44,x2 44Dx3, 48Dx2, 50D, 51, 51D, 52Dx3, 53Dx2, 54, 55Dx2, 56Dx3, 57D, 58x2, 58Dx2)
+77 copper 1982's
+1 copper canadian (68)

One of my best boxes. Supply bank had 1 Brinks box and 1 Strings box. Haven't sorted the Strings yet but this box with over 25% copper is my best box ever, by far.

$40 CWR
806 LMC
23 wheat including 1913,1919,1928,1936
11 canada
3 dimes

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
5 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.64%):
391 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1966)

$25 loomis
LMC 389
9 wheats 2 pre 40, 1934, 1936
9 canada

$20 CWR
LMC 264
5 wheat 1 - 1936
2 canada

$10 BWR

159--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(15.9%)
104--Nice coppers
43--Ugly coppers
12--'82's

1 wheat, common

$25 String box

Wheats:
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (14.84%):
356 - Memorial 1959-1981
15 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1993)

$30 BWR
457 LMC
17 wheats 1923,1924,1930,1936,1937 2 unreadable
7 canada


$20 CWR
256 LMC
5 wheats 1937
1 Indian 1867 worn
5 canada
2 dimes

Box #1 Loomis $25box picked up 11/2/12
721 Copper LMC
2 Canadian Coppers
7 Wheats oldest 1925D
.292

$25 Box

Wheats:
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.72%):
402 - Memorial 1959-1981
16 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1962, 1963, 1971, 1992, 2001)

$38 CWR
492 LMC
11 wheats
4 canada
1 bahamas
1 dime

1 -100.00
12-04-10-12


1959 == 18 with 7 "p"
60-67 == 209
68-74 == 509
75-81d== 770
75-81p== 246
82 == 273

wheat == 57 with 15, pre 40, == 36,36,39,39,37,37,34,39d,39d,27s,37,10, worn to the point

of guessing--14d???,,,,these were all in one roll, the rest of the lot,, 12s, 36, 36


cdn == 9 with 8, pre 1997

odds == dime x 7, 1 cent eruo germany

$25 String box

Wheats:
2 - older (1938, 1939)
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (20.84%):
494 - Memorial 1959-1981
27 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1979, 1981, 1986, 1993, 1994)

This was the highest copper percentage for me in almost six months.

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
1 - older (1939)
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.48%):
410 - Memorial 1959-1981
27 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1990, 2011)

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
8 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.36%):
413 - Memorial 1959-1981
21 - Memorial 1982

4 - Canada (1981, 1991, 1992, 1994)

$25 - Brink's Box
660 Copper non-wheats (26.4%)
- 482 Nice coppers
- 130 Ugly Abes
- 48 1982's (ACE checked)
15 Wheats - Oldest 1941
3 Canadian copper - '66(2),'72

Bahamas 1c - '84

$25 Box

480--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(19.2%)
307--Nice coppers
151--Uglies
22--'82's

8 Wheat--commons
2 Canadians--63,77

1 -100 lot
12-10--11-12


1959 == 20 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 211
68-74 == 473
75-81d== 819
75-81p== 289
82 == 221

wheat == 31 with 1, pre 40, == 34


cdn == 9 with 6, pre 1997

odds == 1975 utah stamp, cca plastic play money

1 -100.00
12-12-18-12

1959 == 17 with 2 "p"
60-67 == 156
68-74 == 463
75-81d== 631
75-81p== 244
82 == 191

wheat == 46 with 4 , pre 40==19,20,37.19

cdn == 15 with 13 , pre 1997

odds == cca plastic play money,

loomis $50
835 LMC
16 wheats 1918,28,37x2
13 canada
1 bahamas

CWRs $50
751 LMC
16 wheats
13 canada
5 dimes
1 china 10 yen

$25 brinks
LMC 394
10 wheat
4 canada

had plenty of time on staycation...

$25 Srings Box

449 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+6 wheats (53D, 55Dx2, 57D, 58, 58D)
+51 copper 1982's
+1 copper canadian (64)

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

553 (27.65%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

115 (5.75%) 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,

24 (1.2%) American (including 1 wheat) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

$25 Srings Box

430 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+3 wheats (53D, 55Dx2)
+55 copper 1982's
+2 copper canadian (65, 89)