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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In April 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 April 30, 2013 9:15 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
April 2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



spacemanX - 10102
cwgii - 7590
Bigsarge - 4954
Romalae - 4230
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2457
everything - 2146
Country - 1975
sparechange - 904
rosco - 147



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
April 2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



spacemanX - 3



WHEAT PENNIES
April 2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



spacemanX - 311
Romalae - 85
TwoAndAHalfCents - 69
Bigsarge - 66
cwgii - 39
Country - 33
everything - 25
sparechange - 19
rosco - 5



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
April 2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



spacemanX - 45
Bigsarge - 38
cwgii - 13
everything - 12
Romalae - 11
TwoAndAHalfCents - 10
Country - 6
sparechange - 1
rosco - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
April 2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 139
Country - 131
sparechange - 65



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
April 2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



cwgii - 37.95%
everything - 28.61%
Country - 26.33%
Bigsarge - 24.77%
spacemanX - 18.54%
rosco - 18.38%
sparechange - 18.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.38%
Romalae - 15.38%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
April 2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



Bigsarge - 0.19%
everything - 0.16%
rosco - 0.13%
spacemanX - 0.08%
Country - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%
cwgii - 0.07%
Romalae - 0.04%
sparechange - 0.02%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
April 2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



spacemanX - 2279.84
cwgii - 611.36
Romalae - 475.86
Bigsarge - 404.64
TwoAndAHalfCents - 152.16
everything - 65.49
Country - 60.42
sparechange - 18.48
rosco - 0.49


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



cwgii - 57637
spacemanX - 36452
Bigsarge - 27156
Romalae - 18453
TwoAndAHalfCents - 14175
Country - 9409
rexmerdinus - 8571
everything - 7265
plus1hdcp - 5685
sparechange - 2821
Whinstone - 2288
BenG76 - 2180
agmoose - 1184
chris819 - 1180
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
4 bit - 388
rosco - 360
dpwozney - 335
xippi - 146



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



spacemanX - 5
sparechange - 1
Whinstone - 1
Bigsarge - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



spacemanX - 1161
TwoAndAHalfCents - 496
cwgii - 382
Romalae - 349
Bigsarge - 339
Country - 177
everything - 118
plus1hdcp - 78
rexmerdinus - 56
sparechange - 45
dpwozney - 39
Whinstone - 36
agmoose - 35
BenG76 - 29
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
rosco - 11
xippi - 6
4 bit - 5
chris819 - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



dpwozney - 9035
spacemanX - 298
Bigsarge - 211
rexmerdinus - 171
cwgii - 103
Romalae - 52
everything - 48
Country - 46
TwoAndAHalfCents - 42
plus1hdcp - 28
sparechange - 14
Whinstone - 11
BenG76 - 6
agmoose - 5
4 bit - 5
rosco - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



Country - 788
plus1hdcp - 639
TwoAndAHalfCents - 615
Whinstone - 246
sparechange - 194
agmoose - 123
rexmerdinus - 56



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 62.56%
chris819 - 59.00%
cwgii - 41.17%
xippi - 29.20%
everything - 29.06%
Bigsarge - 27.85%
agmoose - 23.68%
Country - 23.52%
4 bit - 23.52%
Whinstone - 22.88%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 21.00%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
rosco - 20.00%
plus1hdcp - 18.34%
sparechange - 17.63%
Romalae - 15.06%
spacemanX - 14.73%
dpwozney - 1.29%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



dpwozney - 34.75%
rexmerdinus - 1.25%
4 bit - 0.30%
BenG76 - 0.24%
Bigsarge - 0.22%
everything - 0.19%
rosco - 0.17%
spacemanX - 0.12%
Country - 0.12%
Whinstone - 0.11%
agmoose - 0.10%
plus1hdcp - 0.09%
sparechange - 0.09%
cwgii - 0.07%
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 5/19/13 18:53 ET)



spacemanX - 37531.89
cwgii - 32548.32
Bigsarge - 10805.34
Romalae - 9238.46
TwoAndAHalfCents - 3972.51
Country - 1541.12
dpwozney - 978.54
everything - 743.10
plus1hdcp - 718.08
rexmerdinus - 482.13
sparechange - 184.32
Whinstone - 93.40
agmoose - 24.48
BenG76 - 22.15
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
chris819 - 9.45
rosco - 2.69
4 bit - 2.63
xippi - 0.30



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2013 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 50 Groschen - '84 (found by spacemanX)
14 Bahamas 1c - '92 (found by spacemanX), '98 (found by spacemanX), '04 (found by Country), '06 (found by Country), (10) unspecified date (8 found by spacemanX, 2 found by Romalae)
1 Barbados 1c - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
4 Bermuda 1c - (2) '71 (2 found by Bigsarge), '78 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
7 Euro 2c - (7) unspecified date (2 found by spacemanX, 5 found by Romalae)
3 France 2c Euro - '99 (found by cwgii), '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)
6 Great Britain New Penny - '86 (found by spacemanX), '01 (found by cwgii), (4) unspecified date (2 found by Romalae, 2 found by spacemanX)
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)
13 Panama 1c - '83 (found by plus1hdcp), (2) '96 (1 found by spacemanX, 1 found by Country), '01 (found by spacemanX), '08 (found by sparechange), (8) unspecified date (5 found by spacemanX, 3 found by Romalae)
2 Spain 2c Euro - '99 (found by cwgii), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
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 - 14
Barbados - 1
Bermuda - 4
Euro - 7
France - 3
Germany - 7
Great Britain - 6
Hong Kong - 1
Italy - 1
Mexico - 3
Netherlands - 1
Panama - 13
Spain - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 1

$25 Box

484--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(19%)
296--Nice coppers
157--Uglies
31--'82's

12--Wheats, all common

March Percent Average: 15.3%

2013: Box #37

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (16.8%)
- 391 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 8 Wheat
Other:
- 1 Dime


2013: Box #38

$25 Brinks Box -- Frost Bank
Copper: (14.0%)
- 350 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 3 Wheat
Foreign:
- 2 Canada Copper (1 was a 1934)
- 1 Canada Non-Copper


2013: Box #39

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (16.1%)
- 403 Copper
Numismatic:
- 9 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper
- 1 Canada Non-Copper

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
3 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (12.48%):
296 - Memorial 1959-1981
16 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1968, 1969, 1998 x2, 2011)

$50 bag
LMC 979
wheats 15 1937
canada 6
bahamas1 1992
Panama 2001

$25 brinks
LMC 376
wheats 10 1928
canada 3
Panama 1 1996

$30 CWR
LMC 370
Wheats 8 1937s
Dimes 2

$25 CWR awesome set two of the rolls were wheats
LMC 448
Wheats 118 (37 pre 40)
Canada 2
Dimes 2

$25 - Brink's Box
639 Copper non-wheats (25.6%)
- 475 Nice coppers
- 129 Ugly Abes
- 35 1982's (ACE checked)
7 Wheats - Oldest 1941
1 Canadian copper - '84

1 Panama 1c - '96

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1939)
6 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.40%):
394 - Memorial 1959-1981
16 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1945, 2000)

3 - U.S. clad dimes

2013: Box #40

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (15.2%)
- 377 Copper
- 4 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 5 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper


2013: Box #41

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (15.0%)
- 374 Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 14 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper


2013: Box #42

$25 Brinks Box -- American Bank of Texas
Copper: (14.7%)
- 366Copper
- 1 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 6 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper
- 1 Canada Non-Copper

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.40%):
387 - Memorial 1959-1981
23 - Memorial 1982

4 - Canada (1939, 1971, 2000, 2002)

50$ bag
LMC 820
Wheats 25
Canada 2

BWR 95
LMC 1419
Wheats 37 1912,1935
Canada 10
Odds
Indian 1 1898
Bahamas 1 1998

CWR $70
LMC 1074
Wheats 26 1934,1937,1912d
Canada 8
Odds
Indians 2 1893,1905
Dime 1
Great Britian 1 pence

4/10/2013 Bag # 15
Pennies: 5000

copper 1352 27.04%
zinc 3648

Wheats:
40's - 8
50's - 8

Canadian - 7

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

Spaceman is doing great
I'm not currently able to source boxes or bags

$5.00coin

104 coppers 20.8%
3 wheat's 44 oldest
1 Canadian

1 -100.00
04-10--14--13


1959 == 32 with 7 "p"
60-67 == 311
68-74 == 818
75-81d== 1309
75-81p== 500
82 == 412

wheat == 28 with 2 , pre 40== 14, 39

cdn == 12 with 8 , pre 1997

odds == 3 dimes, 99 2 cent euro, france.

1 -100.00
3-27--4-10-13


1959 == 35 with 4 "p"
60-67 == 499
68-74 == 1366
75-81d== 1990
75-81p== 730
82 == 513

wheat == 11 with , pre 40== 18d MAYBE, 37

cdn == 7 with ,5 pre 1997, 1940 GEORGE

odds == state- 79-or,, mint-set token denver .

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
2 - older (1937, 1939-S)
26 - 1940s/1950s
1 - date unreadable

Copper non-wheat (20.72%):
498 - Memorial 1959-1981
20 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1988, 1991)

2 - U.S. clad dimes

1 - Spain 2 Eurocent (2007)

4/15/2013 Bag # 16
Pennies: 5000

copper 1407 28.14%
zinc 3593

Wheats:
40's 8
50's 11

Canadian 26

50'S
60'S 5
70's 6
80-96 8

1995 P Nickel
1990 D Quarter

4/18/2013 Box # 6
Pennies: 2500

copper 469 18.76%
zinc 2031

Wheats:
40's 6
50's 4

1934 d

Canadian 4

50'S
60'S - 2
70's
80 - 96 - 1

4/19/2013 Box # 7
Pennies: 2500

copper 716 28.64%
zinc 1784

Wheats: - 9
40's - 1
50's - 7

1931

Canadian 6

60'S - 1
70's - - 1
80 - 96 - 1

$3.00 cust wraps

43 coppers 14%
2 wheat 42D

2013: Box #43

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (19.0%)
- 471 Copper
- 5 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 9 Wheat
Foreign:
- 2 Canada Copper


2013: Box #44

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (14.3%)
- 357 Copper
Numismatic:
- 12 Wheat
Foreign:
- 1 Canada Copper


2013: Box #45

$25 Brinks Box -- Wells Fargo
Copper: (13.5%)
- 336 Copper
- 2 BU Copper
Numismatic:
- 2 Wheat
Foreign:
- 2 Canada Copper
Other:
- 1 Plastic Penny

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1937-S)
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.16%):
372 - Memorial 1959-1981
32 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (2005)

1 - U.S. clad dimes

$25 Box

420--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(16.8%)
258--Nice coppers
133--Uglies
34--'82's

7--Wheats--all common
1--Canadian, 1993

4/21/2013 Box # 8
Pennies: 2500

copper 353 14.12%
zinc 2147

Wheats: Total: 2

40's - 0
50's - 2

Canadian: Total: 4

60'S - 2
70's - 0
80 - 96 - 1

Box 1 Loomis Box date: 3/15/13
759 Copper LMC
6 Copper Canadians
5 Wheat
.308

Box #2 Loomis box dated 7/27/12
718 Copper LMC
6 Copper Canadian
8 Wheat
.2928

Box #3 Loomis box dated 7/27/12
669 Copper LMC
0 Copper Candians
12 Wheats
.2724
$125 unknown date boxes (should be good ones) from last year left to sort then probably going to get out of sorting - maybe.

4/23/2013 Box # 9
Pennies: 2500

copper 768 30.72%
zinc 1732

Wheats: Total: 9

40's 1
50's 6
1913, 1925

Canadian: Total: 3

60'S 1
70's 0
80 - 96 2

1971 Bermuda penny