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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In March 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 March 31, 2013 9:24 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
March 2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



spacemanX - 14466
cwgii - 13468
Bigsarge - 7723
Romalae - 6439
TwoAndAHalfCents - 6371
everything - 2246
Country - 1871
chris819 - 1180
sparechange - 487
plus1hdcp - 456
rosco - 213
dpwozney - 162



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
March 2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



spacemanX - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
March 2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



spacemanX - 439
Romalae - 117
cwgii - 104
Bigsarge - 79
TwoAndAHalfCents - 71
everything - 40
dpwozney - 29
Country - 25
plus1hdcp - 15
rosco - 6
sparechange - 3
chris819 - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
March 2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



dpwozney - 3644
spacemanX - 119
Bigsarge - 45
cwgii - 16
Romalae - 15
TwoAndAHalfCents - 15
everything - 14
plus1hdcp - 13
Country - 7
sparechange - 3
rosco - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
March 2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 233
Country - 145
plus1hdcp - 58
sparechange - 35



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
March 2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



chris819 - 59.00%
cwgii - 44.89%
everything - 29.95%
Bigsarge - 28.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 25.48%
Country - 24.95%
rosco - 21.30%
sparechange - 19.48%
plus1hdcp - 18.24%
spacemanX - 15.47%
Romalae - 15.15%
dpwozney - 1.62%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
March 2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



dpwozney - 36.44%
plus1hdcp - 0.52%
rosco - 0.20%
everything - 0.19%
Bigsarge - 0.16%
spacemanX - 0.13%
sparechange - 0.12%
Country - 0.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
cwgii - 0.05%
Romalae - 0.04%
chris819 - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
March 2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



spacemanX - 5618.98
cwgii - 1630.56
Romalae - 1117.07
Bigsarge - 863.17
TwoAndAHalfCents - 645.70
dpwozney - 153.40
everything - 69.00
Country - 57.09
chris819 - 9.45
sparechange - 4.93
plus1hdcp - 4.84
rosco - 0.88


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



cwgii - 50047
spacemanX - 26350
Bigsarge - 22202
Romalae - 14223
TwoAndAHalfCents - 11718
rexmerdinus - 8571
Country - 7434
plus1hdcp - 5685
everything - 5119
Whinstone - 2288
BenG76 - 2180
sparechange - 1917
agmoose - 1184
chris819 - 1180
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
4 bit - 388
dpwozney - 335
rosco - 213
xippi - 146



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



spacemanX - 2
sparechange - 1
Whinstone - 1
Bigsarge - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



spacemanX - 850
TwoAndAHalfCents - 427
cwgii - 343
Bigsarge - 273
Romalae - 264
Country - 144
everything - 93
plus1hdcp - 78
rexmerdinus - 56
dpwozney - 39
Whinstone - 36
agmoose - 35
BenG76 - 29
sparechange - 26
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
rosco - 6
xippi - 6
4 bit - 5
chris819 - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



dpwozney - 9035
spacemanX - 253
Bigsarge - 173
rexmerdinus - 171
cwgii - 90
Romalae - 41
Country - 40
everything - 36
TwoAndAHalfCents - 32
plus1hdcp - 28
sparechange - 13
Whinstone - 11
BenG76 - 6
agmoose - 5
4 bit - 5
rosco - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



Country - 657
plus1hdcp - 639
TwoAndAHalfCents - 476
Whinstone - 246
sparechange - 129
agmoose - 123
rexmerdinus - 56



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 62.56%
chris819 - 59.00%
cwgii - 41.71%
everything - 29.25%
xippi - 29.20%
Bigsarge - 28.65%
agmoose - 23.68%
4 bit - 23.52%
Whinstone - 22.88%
Country - 22.87%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 22.32%
rosco - 21.30%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
plus1hdcp - 18.34%
sparechange - 17.43%
Romalae - 14.97%
spacemanX - 13.65%
dpwozney - 1.29%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



dpwozney - 34.75%
rexmerdinus - 1.25%
4 bit - 0.30%
BenG76 - 0.24%
Bigsarge - 0.22%
everything - 0.21%
rosco - 0.20%
spacemanX - 0.13%
Country - 0.12%
sparechange - 0.12%
Whinstone - 0.11%
agmoose - 0.10%
plus1hdcp - 0.09%
cwgii - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
Romalae - 0.04%
chris819 - 0.00%
xippi - 0.00%
MetalMonkey1980 - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2013 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/13 21:08 ET)



cwgii - 24230.40
spacemanX - 21193.72
Bigsarge - 7020.88
Romalae - 5520.64
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2557.17
Country - 990.34
dpwozney - 978.54
plus1hdcp - 718.08
rexmerdinus - 482.13
everything - 367.36
Whinstone - 93.40
sparechange - 86.06
agmoose - 24.48
BenG76 - 22.15
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
chris819 - 9.45
4 bit - 2.63
rosco - 0.88
xippi - 0.30



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2013 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 50 Groschen - '84 (found by spacemanX)
11 Bahamas 1c - '04 (found by Country), '06 (found by Country), (9) unspecified date (7 found by spacemanX, 2 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 Euro 2c - (2) unspecified date (1 found by spacemanX, 1 found by Romalae)
2 France 2c Euro - '01 (found by cwgii), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
3 Germany 2 Pfennig - '67 (found by cwgii), '84 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
1 Germany 5 Pfennig - unspecified date (found by Romalae)
3 Germany 2c Euro - '07 (found by cwgii), '08 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
2 Great Britain New Penny - '86 (found by spacemanX), '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)
9 Panama 1c - '83 (found by plus1hdcp), '08 (found by sparechange), (7) unspecified date (4 found by spacemanX, 3 found by Romalae)
1 Spain 2c Euro - '99 (found by cwgii)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '83 (found by BigSarge)
1 Taiwan 1 Yuan - '96 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 1
Bahamas - 11
Barbados - 1
Bermuda - 3
Euro - 2
France - 2
Germany - 7
Great Britain - 2
Hong Kong - 1
Italy - 1
Mexico - 3
Netherlands - 1
Panama - 9
Spain - 1
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 1

$25 Box

Wheats:
2 - older (1935-S, 1937)
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.52%):
348 - Memorial 1959-1981
24 - Memorial 1982

3 - Canada (1980, 1982, 1984)

$25 Box

487--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(19.5%)
297--Nice coppers
155--Uglies
35--'82's

3--Wheat--all common
3--Canadians--1961,73,96
1--Centisimo--Panama--2008

$25 Box of CWRs

Wheats:
2 - both 1957-D

Copper non-wheat (99.08%):
2,463 - Memorial 1959-1981
13 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
16 - Memorial 1982
5 - Memorial 1983-2008

1 - token "United State Bicentennial"

Included in the copper total was a 1973-S proof

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

675 (33.75%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

142 (7.1%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

496 (24.8%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

37 (1.85%) American dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1934)
13 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (19.00%):
896 - Memorial 1959-1981
54 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1945, 1963, 1981, 1993, 2994)

1 - Taiwan 1 Yuan (1996)

CWR $45
LMC 508
Wheat 10
dimes 11
canada 2

BWR $50
LMC 746
Wheat 17 pre 40 - 1919
Canada 6
dimes 1
odd
stamped penny with valentine heart.

Bag $50
LMC 804
Wheat 7
Canada 9

$20 CWR

1959-1981 Copper=1180
Wheats=1 (1945)

BWR 35
LMC 486
Wheat 22 1915d, 1929
Canada 7

CWR 25
LMC 502
wheat 18 1927, 1936x2
Canada 6
nickel

BWR 50
LMC 605
Wheat 37 (32 in one box, my best )
Canada 8

3/5/2013 Bag # 10
Pennies: 5000

copper 1327 26.54%
zinc 3673

Wheats:
40's 6
50's 7


Canadian 7

50'S 0
60'S 1
70's 0
80 - 96 3

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
1 - older (1934)
3 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.04%):
413 - Memorial 1959-1981
13 - Memorial 1982

3 - Canada (2001x2, 2002)

February Percent Average: 14.4%

2013: Box #22

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (14.8%)
- 367 Copper
- 3 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 9 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper


2013: Box #23

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (14.9%)
- 372 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 6 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper


2013: Bag #1

$50 Bag -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (12.9%)
- 646 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 12 Wheat
Foreign:
- 2 Canada Copper
- 3 Canada Non-Copper
- 1 Bahamas Penny
- 1 10 Euro Cent
Other:
- 2 2013 Pennies (first ones I've found)

$25 - Brink's Box
592 Copper non-wheats (23.7%)
- 421 Nice coppers
- 127 Ugly Abes
- 44 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - 1937 and 9 others
2 Canadian copper - '81,'89

1 Bahamas 1c - '06

3/10/2013 Box # 5 Loomis
Pennies: 2500

copper 727 29.08%
zinc 1773

Wheats - 11:
40's 3
50's 6

1919, 1926

Canadian - 4:

50'S
60'S
70's
80 - 96 4

1983 Switzerland Helvetica Dime

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

582 (29.1%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

127 (6.35%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

431 (21.55%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

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

Box #1 loomis box dated 9/14/12
749 copper LMC
6 copper Candians
6 wheats
.3032
Box #2 loomis box dated 8/31/12
735 copper LMC
7 copper Canadians
17 wheats
.304

2013: Box #24

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (13.6%)
- 338 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 3 Wheat
Foreign:
- 3 Canada Copper
- 2 Canada Non-Copper


2013: Box #25

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (15.4%)
- 384 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 6 Wheat
Foreign:
- 3 Canada Copper

several boxes this week
75 bwr
LMC 1130
Wheats 27 1917, 1919, 1925
canada 13 1945, 1949
other
dime 1
2 euro cent 1

75 BWR
LMC 1086
Wheat 45 1930,1939
Canada 10
bahamas 1
blank planchet 1

Box #3 Fresh loomis box dated 3/8/13
762 Copper LMC
1 Candian copper
17 wheat
.312

1 -100.00
3-4--15-13


1959 == 11 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 186
68-74 == 490
75-81d== 622
75-81p== 272
82 == 182

wheat == 38 with 7 , pre 40== 39, 18, 39, 19s, 39, 36, 29d

cdn == 11 with 10 , pre 1997

odds == 1999 2 cent euro-espain, 1967 2 pfennig

1 -100.00
2-19--3-14
last full set of the all copper


1959 == 80 with 11 "p"
60-67 == 1050
68-74 == 2453
75-81d== 3676
75-81p== 1533
82 == 1120

wheat == 40 with , pre 40==

cdn == 0 with , pre 1997

odds == 76p florida

$10.00 coin
213 coppers 21.3 %
6 wheat 44, 45 oldest
2 Cdn 68,

2013: Box #26

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (14.9%)
- 372 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 7 Wheat


2013: Box #27

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (15.6%)
- 363 Copper
- 28 BU Copper (very unusual quantity) (23 were 1969-D)
Numismatic:
- 7 Wheat

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

673 (33.65%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

137 (6.85%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

502 (25.1%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

34 (1.7%) American (including 4 wheats) dated 1909-1981 (mostly 95% copper, 5% zinc).

$25.00 Box 10

398 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+15 Wheats (34, 39, 40x2, 44x2, 45, 47D, 48D, 51D, 52S, 55D, 56, 58DX2)
+58 Copper 1982
+13 Copper Canadian (56, 63, 64x2, 66x2, 68x2, 71, 74, 75, 77, 81)

Not sure where all the CDN came from, just about doubled my YTD total.