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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In February 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 February 28, 2013 9:14 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
February 2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



cwgii - 20779
spacemanX - 7740
Bigsarge - 7551
rexmerdinus - 7520
Country - 4995
Romalae - 3243
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2429
BenG76 - 2180
plus1hdcp - 1921
Whinstone - 1720
everything - 1398
sparechange - 827
agmoose - 631
xippi - 146
dpwozney - 74



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
February 2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



spacemanX - 1
sparechange - 1
Whinstone - 1
Bigsarge - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
February 2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



spacemanX - 246
Country - 111
Bigsarge - 108
Romalae - 64
cwgii - 48
rexmerdinus - 47
TwoAndAHalfCents - 44
BenG76 - 29
Whinstone - 26
plus1hdcp - 24
agmoose - 24
everything - 17
sparechange - 10
dpwozney - 8
xippi - 6



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
February 2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



dpwozney - 2516
rexmerdinus - 135
spacemanX - 92
Bigsarge - 69
Country - 31
cwgii - 24
Romalae - 12
everything - 10
TwoAndAHalfCents - 9
Whinstone - 9
sparechange - 9
BenG76 - 6
plus1hdcp - 4
agmoose - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
February 2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



Country - 466
plus1hdcp - 225
Whinstone - 185
TwoAndAHalfCents - 128
sparechange - 57
agmoose - 52



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
February 2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 75.20%
cwgii - 51.95%
xippi - 29.20%
everything - 27.96%
Bigsarge - 27.46%
agmoose - 25.24%
Whinstone - 22.93%
Country - 22.20%
plus1hdcp - 17.46%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.35%
sparechange - 16.54%
Romalae - 14.41%
spacemanX - 11.55%
dpwozney - 0.93%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
February 2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



dpwozney - 31.45%
rexmerdinus - 1.35%
Bigsarge - 0.25%
BenG76 - 0.24%
everything - 0.20%
sparechange - 0.18%
Country - 0.14%
spacemanX - 0.14%
Whinstone - 0.12%
agmoose - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
cwgii - 0.06%
Romalae - 0.05%
plus1hdcp - 0.04%
xippi - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
February 2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



cwgii - 3336.16
spacemanX - 2164.90
Bigsarge - 850.08
Country - 462.33
rexmerdinus - 308.08
Romalae - 298.71
TwoAndAHalfCents - 138.99
plus1hdcp - 85.76
dpwozney - 83.14
Whinstone - 52.65
everything - 28.50
BenG76 - 22.15
sparechange - 16.92
agmoose - 6.57
xippi - 0.30


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



cwgii - 36579
Bigsarge - 14479
spacemanX - 11884
rexmerdinus - 8571
Romalae - 7784
Country - 5563
TwoAndAHalfCents - 5347
plus1hdcp - 5229
everything - 2873
Whinstone - 2288
BenG76 - 2180
sparechange - 1430
agmoose - 1184
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
4 bit - 388
dpwozney - 173
xippi - 146



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



spacemanX - 1
sparechange - 1
Whinstone - 1
Bigsarge - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



spacemanX - 411
TwoAndAHalfCents - 356
cwgii - 239
Bigsarge - 194
Romalae - 147
Country - 119
plus1hdcp - 63
rexmerdinus - 56
everything - 53
Whinstone - 36
agmoose - 35
BenG76 - 29
sparechange - 23
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
dpwozney - 10
xippi - 6
4 bit - 5



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



dpwozney - 5391
rexmerdinus - 171
spacemanX - 134
Bigsarge - 128
cwgii - 74
Country - 33
Romalae - 26
everything - 22
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17
plus1hdcp - 15
Whinstone - 11
sparechange - 10
BenG76 - 6
agmoose - 5
4 bit - 5



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



plus1hdcp - 581
Country - 512
Whinstone - 246
TwoAndAHalfCents - 243
agmoose - 123
sparechange - 94
rexmerdinus - 56



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 62.56%
cwgii - 40.64%
xippi - 29.20%
Bigsarge - 28.96%
everything - 28.73%
agmoose - 23.68%
4 bit - 23.52%
Whinstone - 22.88%
Country - 22.25%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 19.44%
plus1hdcp - 18.35%
sparechange - 16.82%
Romalae - 14.83%
spacemanX - 11.94%
dpwozney - 1.08%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



dpwozney - 33.69%
rexmerdinus - 1.25%
4 bit - 0.30%
Bigsarge - 0.26%
BenG76 - 0.24%
everything - 0.22%
spacemanX - 0.13%
Country - 0.13%
sparechange - 0.12%
Whinstone - 0.11%
agmoose - 0.10%
cwgii - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
plus1hdcp - 0.05%
Romalae - 0.05%
xippi - 0.00%
MetalMonkey1980 - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2013 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/13 19:08 ET)



cwgii - 13281.12
spacemanX - 4946.74
Bigsarge - 2960.20
Romalae - 1670.97
TwoAndAHalfCents - 629.20
plus1hdcp - 605.00
Country - 571.50
rexmerdinus - 482.13
dpwozney - 356.74
everything - 117.92
Whinstone - 93.40
sparechange - 49.74
agmoose - 24.48
BenG76 - 22.15
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
4 bit - 2.63
xippi - 0.30



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2013 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

5 Bahamas 1c - '04 (found by Country), (4) unspecified date (3 found by spacemanX, 1 found by Romalae)
1 Barbados 1c - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
3 Bermuda 1c - '71 (found by Bigsarge), '78 (found by cwgii), 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)
1 Germany 5 Pfennig - unspecified date (found by Romalae)
2 Germany 2c Euro - '07 (found by cwgii), '08 (found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain New Penny - '01 (found by cwgii)
1 Hong Kong 20c - unspecified date (found by Romalae)
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)
5 Panama 1c - '83 (found by plus1hdcp), (4) unspecified date (2 found by spacemanX, 2 found by Romalae)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Bahamas - 5
Barbados - 1
Bermuda - 3
France - 2
Germany - 4
Great Britain - 1
Hong Kong - 1
Italy - 1
Mexico - 3
Netherlands - 1
Panama - 5

$25 brinks box

572 - 1959-1981 coppers
24 - Wheaties (1923, 1935d)
2 - Canadian (59, 64)

1982's - 52 of 58 were copper

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
1 - older (1934)
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.08%):
380 - Memorial 1959-1981
22 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (2002)

$25 Brinks Box

422 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+5 wheats (44x2,44D, 50D, 58D)
+65 copper 1982's
+3 copper canadian (71, 80, 83)

1983 Republic De Panama Un Centisimo

January Percent Average: 15.125%

2013: Box #13

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (13.6%)
- 338 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 5 Wheat
Foreign:
- 2 Canada Copper
- 1 Hong Kong 20-Cent
Other:
- 2 Dime

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

636 (31.8%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

139 (6.95%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

475 (23.75%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

22 (1.1%) American (including 3 wheats) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

$25.00 (actually did this as part of $100 in Jan, but I'm only getting around to reporting now. I'll post the numbers for the remaining $75 once I tally them up...)

Some old rolls, based on the fading and condition of the paper...

Zn: 411 (16.45%)
Cu Memorial: 2025 (including 70+ BU or near BU shinies!) (81.06%)
Canada: 24 (0.96%)
Canadian King: (.08%)
Wheat: 36 (1.44%)

Jason

50$ brinks (2 boxes)
686 LMC
20 wheats, 1925, 1930
6 canada
1 dime

also bonus in January/february from one of my favorite tellers
$2 bill 1976 star note
$2 bill 1963 red seal. regretfully the 4 corners are nicked off where it was probably stored in an album, but still a great find.

Brinks. $50
Lmc. 490
Wheat 18. 1919
Canada 6
Bahamas. 1

Strings. $25
Lmc 350
Wheat. 15. 1928. 1938
Canada. 4
Indian. 1905

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
6 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.12%):
403 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

4 - Canada (1957, 1990, 1995x2)

$25 Box

376--Coppers--Non wheat/Canadian(15%)
215--Nice copper
134--Uglies
27--'82's

3--Wheat--1936,1938-D,common
4--Canadian-67,70,77,79

1906 Indian Head

$25 brink box

565 cu memorials

2 Canadian's "78" & "89"

5 wheat ...oldest "40d"

82 1982"s.... 14 Zinc....68 cu..weighed

plus a counter-stamped....Abe smoking a pipe

2/6/2013

Bank Bag # 6 Pennies: 5000

copper 1328 26.56%
zinc 3672

Wheats:
40's 7
50's 14


Canadian 11

50'S 0
60'S 3 (2 Rock dove)
70's 4

2013: Box #14

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (13.5%)
- 334 Copper
- 4 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 7 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper

Brinks $60) 2boxes and $10 loose in clear wrappers
LMC 815
Wheat 31 none pre 1940, but got one 54 and 55s.
Canada 5

$10.00 CWR

156 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+2 Wheats (55D, 57D)
+19 Copper 1982
+0 Copper Canadian ()

1 -100.00
1-30--2/7--13
.

1959 == 78 with 15 "p"
60-67 == 1056
68-74 == 2458
75-81d== 3684
75-81p== 1562
82 == 1101

wheat == 4


cdn == 0



odds == none

2013: Box #15

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (13.7%)
- 341 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 9 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper

Pulled a box off the stack of 100 unsorted boxes today for a quick sorting sesson. Right on 80% copper with a couple wheats and a George VI in the mix. If they were all like this I'd spend a lot less time hauling coins back to the bank.

2/9/2013 Bag # 7
Pennies: 5000

copper 1423 28.46%
zinc 3577

Wheats:
40's 6
50's 10
1904 IH ! 1

Canadian 13

50'S 0
60'S 2
70's 1
80's 2

2005 P nickel 1

$25 - Brink's Box
494 Copper non-wheats (19.8%) [LOW FOR ME! ]
- 365 Nice coppers
- 86 Ugly Abes
- 43 1982's (ACE checked)
23 Wheats - 1939-S and 22 others [HIGH FOR ME! ]
5 Canadian copper - '80,'81,'87,'89,'92

2013: Box #16

$25 Brinks Box -- Frost Bank
Copper: (14.0%)
- 348 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 6 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper
- 2 Canada Non-Copper

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

603 (30.15%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

102 (5.1%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

479 (23.95%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

22 (1.1%) American (including 2 wheats) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.84%):
372 - Memorial 1959-1981
24 - Memorial 1982

2 - U.S. clad dimes

2 - Canada (1978, 1983)

1 - Germany 1 Euro cent (2002)

2/11/2013 Bag # 8
Pennies: 5000

copper 1416 28.32%
zinc 3584

Wheats:
40's 4
50's 10
1919 1

1981-S 1

Canadian 10

50'S 0
60'S 1
70's 2
80's 2