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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In January 2013, 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 2013 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 2013 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 January 31, 2013 10:01 am forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
January 2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



cwgii - 15800
Bigsarge - 6928
Romalae - 4541
spacemanX - 4144
plus1hdcp - 3308
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2918
everything - 1475
rexmerdinus - 1051
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
sparechange - 603
Country - 568
Whinstone - 568
agmoose - 553
4 bit - 388
dpwozney - 99



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
January 2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



NONE REPORTED



WHEAT PENNIES
January 2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 312
cwgii - 191
spacemanX - 165
Bigsarge - 86
Romalae - 83
plus1hdcp - 39
everything - 36
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
sparechange - 13
agmoose - 11
Whinstone - 10
rexmerdinus - 9
Country - 8
4 bit - 5
dpwozney - 2



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
January 2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



dpwozney - 2875
Bigsarge - 59
cwgii - 50
spacemanX - 42
rexmerdinus - 36
Romalae - 14
everything - 12
plus1hdcp - 11
TwoAndAHalfCents - 8
4 bit - 5
agmoose - 3
Whinstone - 2
Country - 2
sparechange - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
January 2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



plus1hdcp - 356
TwoAndAHalfCents - 115
agmoose - 71
Whinstone - 61
rexmerdinus - 56
Country - 46
sparechange - 37



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
January 2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



cwgii - 31.60%
Bigsarge - 30.79%
everything - 29.50%
rexmerdinus - 28.41%
4 bit - 23.52%
Whinstone - 22.72%
Country - 22.72%
agmoose - 22.12%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 21.61%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
plus1hdcp - 18.90%
sparechange - 17.23%
Romalae - 15.14%
spacemanX - 12.75%
dpwozney - 1.24%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
January 2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



dpwozney - 35.94%
rexmerdinus - 0.97%
4 bit - 0.30%
Bigsarge - 0.26%
everything - 0.24%
spacemanX - 0.13%
agmoose - 0.12%
cwgii - 0.10%
Whinstone - 0.08%
Country - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.06%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
Romalae - 0.05%
sparechange - 0.03%
MetalMonkey1980 - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
January 2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



cwgii - 3208.20
Bigsarge - 636.57
spacemanX - 565.63
Romalae - 556.56
plus1hdcp - 235.06
TwoAndAHalfCents - 174.85
dpwozney - 95.23
everything - 30.46
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
rexmerdinus - 16.22
sparechange - 8.64
Whinstone - 5.80
Country - 5.78
agmoose - 5.67
4 bit - 2.63


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



cwgii - 15800
Bigsarge - 6928
Romalae - 4541
spacemanX - 4144
plus1hdcp - 3308
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2918
everything - 1475
rexmerdinus - 1051
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
sparechange - 603
Country - 568
Whinstone - 568
agmoose - 553
4 bit - 388
dpwozney - 99



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



NONE REPORTED



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 312
cwgii - 191
spacemanX - 165
Bigsarge - 86
Romalae - 83
plus1hdcp - 39
everything - 36
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
sparechange - 13
agmoose - 11
Whinstone - 10
rexmerdinus - 9
Country - 8
4 bit - 5
dpwozney - 2



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



dpwozney - 2875
Bigsarge - 59
cwgii - 50
spacemanX - 42
rexmerdinus - 36
Romalae - 14
everything - 12
plus1hdcp - 11
TwoAndAHalfCents - 8
4 bit - 5
agmoose - 3
Whinstone - 2
Country - 2
sparechange - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



plus1hdcp - 356
TwoAndAHalfCents - 115
agmoose - 71
Whinstone - 61
rexmerdinus - 56
Country - 46
sparechange - 37



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



cwgii - 31.60%
Bigsarge - 30.79%
everything - 29.50%
rexmerdinus - 28.41%
4 bit - 23.52%
Whinstone - 22.72%
Country - 22.72%
agmoose - 22.12%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 21.61%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
plus1hdcp - 18.90%
sparechange - 17.23%
Romalae - 15.14%
spacemanX - 12.75%
dpwozney - 1.24%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



dpwozney - 35.94%
rexmerdinus - 0.97%
4 bit - 0.30%
Bigsarge - 0.26%
everything - 0.24%
spacemanX - 0.13%
agmoose - 0.12%
cwgii - 0.10%
Whinstone - 0.08%
Country - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.06%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
Romalae - 0.05%
sparechange - 0.03%
MetalMonkey1980 - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2013 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/13 21:22 ET)



cwgii - 3208.20
Bigsarge - 636.57
spacemanX - 565.63
Romalae - 556.56
plus1hdcp - 235.06
TwoAndAHalfCents - 174.85
dpwozney - 95.23
everything - 30.46
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
rexmerdinus - 16.22
sparechange - 8.64
Whinstone - 5.80
Country - 5.78
agmoose - 5.67
4 bit - 2.63



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2013 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Bahamas 1c - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
1 Barbados 1c - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
2 Bermuda 1c - '71 (found by Bigsarge), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
2 France 2c Euro - '01 (found by cwgii), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Germany 2 Pfennig - '84 (found by cwgii)
2 Germany 2c Euro - '07 (found by cwgii), '08 (found by cwgii)
1 Italy 2c Euro - '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Mexico 1c - '46 (found by cwgii)
1 Mexico 5c - '70 (found by cwgii), '74 (found by cwgii)
1 Netherlands 5c - '98 (found by plus1hdcp)
3 Panama 1c - (3) unspecified date (1 found by spacemanX, 2 found by Romalae)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Bahamas - 1
Barbados - 1
Bermuda - 2
France - 2
Germany - 3
Italy - 1
Mexico - 3
Netherlands - 1
Panama - 3

BWR $75 3 boxes

LMC 795
wheats 35 1920,37x2,39x2
Canada 12 1943,48
Panama 1

$25 - Brink's Box
568 Copper non-wheats (22.7%)
- 408 Nice coppers
- 114 Ugly Abes
- 46 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1927, 1939, and 6 others
2 Canadian copper - '74,'76

$74 in CWR's

14.5% copper, 30 wheats, found a Cayman Islands 2005 1 c coin, tiny little thing, slightly smaller in diameter than a dime. Found a 1946 canadian cent.

GGerrands wrote:$74 in CWR's

14.5% copper, 30 wheats, found a Cayman Islands 2005 1 c coin, tiny little thing, slightly smaller in diameter than a dime. Found a 1946 canadian cent.

Gotta have exact counts of LMC coppers to put your find in the stats.

1 -100.00
12-30---1-2=13



1959 == 17 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 208
68-74 == 455
75-81d== 752
75-81p== 264
82 == 215

wheat == 36 with 3 , pre 40== 37, 12d, 20s

cdn == 12 with 10 , pre 1997

odds == 1970 mexico cenco centavos, 1984 deuschland 2 pfennig

$25 Brinks Box

308 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+4 wheats (37, 41, 46, 53)
+38 copper 1982's
+3 copper canadian (64, 82, 86)

Low percentage but its a start. Thanks to Country for doing all the tracking!

BWR 25
lmc 269
wheat 9 1912,20,35
dimes . 8
Canada 1
Barbados 1
almost the same # of dimes as wheats .

Bwr 25
LMC 369
wheats 12 1937
Canada 2
1 stamped penny love

$7 CWR
--2 wheat (1954D, 1958)
--144 copper memorial
--17 green copper
--1 holed copper
--2 Canadian 3.24g 98% copper
--1 Canadian 2.5g 98% copper
--23 unsorted 1982
--509 U.S. zinc
--1 Canadian steel

Not done sorting a $50.00 bag of loose cents yet, but so far found a 1892 Indian Head and a 1951 George VI.

Not bad! Also a worn 1914 and 1925. Throw in 2 young Queens and I have a a good bag so far! Will report more later when done.

Thanks!

$25 Brinks Box

430 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+8 wheats (44, 45, 47D, 52D, 53D, 54D, 56D, 58)
+48 copper 1982's
+1 copper canadian (65)

2 Loomis boxes 25 each
total
lmc 763
wheat 23
Canada 2
Bermuda 1
proof 1 1984s

brinks boxes 2
lmc 560
wheat 15
Canada 4
Bahamas 1

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

549 (27.45%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

112 (5.6%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

396 (19.8%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

41 (2.05%) American (including 1 wheat) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

2013: Box #1

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (15.5%)
- 385 Copper
- 2 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 6 Wheat
Foreign:
- 2 Canadian Copper
Other:
- 1 Dime


2013: Box #2

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (19.5%)
- 453 Copper
- 35 BU Copper (very unusual quantity)
Numismatic:
- 8 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canadian Copper
- 2 Canadian Non-Copper
Other
- I Dime

First try of the year.

$37.00, mix of CWR and Brinks clear BWR
1051 Copper (including 56 1982's, 2 BU, 2 counterstamps, and one clipped planchet) (28.4%)
9 Wheat
36 Canadian copper (incl. 2 1940's kings)

1/4/2013 Bag #1

$50.00 Bag of pennies

copper 1775 35.50%
zinc 3225

Wheats:
40's 11
50's 12


Canadian 10
60's 2
70's 1

1971 Bermuda Penny

1/5/2013 Bag - 2

$50.00 Bag of pennies

copper 1328 26.56%
zinc 3672

Wheats:
40's 10
50's 7


Canadian 11
50's 1
60's 3
70's 1

$10 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - steel (1943-S)
264 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (73.40%):
733 - Memorial 1959-1969 (nothing newer )

1 - Canada (1951)

Box dated 10/5/12 Loomis $25 box
728 copper LMC
6 Canadian copper
23 wheat a 1927, 1919, 1912d, 1936s,
.3028

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.32%):
383 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

1 - U.S. clad dime

2 - plastic cents

1 - France 2 Euro cent (2007)

1 -100.00
01-01--07-13

1959 == 19 with 3"p"
60-67 == 255
68-74 == 637
75-81d== 879
75-81p== 260
82 == 208

wheat == 35 with 4 , pre 40== 19, 31, 37s, 34

cdn == 13 with 10 , pre 1997

odds == dimes x 2, 1965 with a 'masonic' stamp, 2007 2c euro germany

1 -100.00
01-01--07-13

1959 == 19 with 3"p"
60-67 == 255
68-74 == 637
75-81d== 879
75-81p== 260
82 == 208

wheat == 35 with 4 , pre 40== 19, 31, 37s, 34

cdn == 13 with 10 , pre 1997

odds == dimes x 2, 1965 with a 'masonic' stamp, 2007 2c euro germany

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
1 - older (1935)
5 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.40%):
412 - Memorial 1959-1981
23 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1998, 2005)

2013: Box #3

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (13.8%)
- 342 Copper
- 3 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 5 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canadian Copper
Other:
- 1 Plastic Cent

1/12/2013 Bag #3
Pennies: $50.00

copper 1580 31.60%
zinc 3420
1976 Kennedy counter stamp

Wheats:
40's 6
50's 14
1910

Canadian 14

60's 3 1 Rock Dove
70's 3