May 2013 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In May 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 May 28, 2013 8:58 am forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
May 2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



Bigsarge - 13082
spacemanX - 12373
cwgii - 4478
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1634
jmaii - 587
sparechange - 491
plus1hdcp - 433



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
May 2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



cwgii - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
May 2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



spacemanX - 489
Bigsarge - 78
cwgii - 58
TwoAndAHalfCents - 37
sparechange - 18
jmaii - 14
plus1hdcp - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
May 2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



spacemanX - 77
Bigsarge - 53
cwgii - 22
jmaii - 7
TwoAndAHalfCents - 6
sparechange - 4



1982 COPPER PENNIES
May 2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 85
plus1hdcp - 47
jmaii - 41
sparechange - 28



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
May 2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



Bigsarge - 43.61%
jmaii - 29.35%
cwgii - 22.39%
sparechange - 19.64%
plus1hdcp - 17.32%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.34%
spacemanX - 16.09%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
May 2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



jmaii - 0.35%
Bigsarge - 0.18%
sparechange - 0.16%
cwgii - 0.11%
spacemanX - 0.10%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
plus1hdcp - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
May 2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



spacemanX - 3980.04
Bigsarge - 1585.56
cwgii - 364.64
TwoAndAHalfCents - 67.08
sparechange - 5.13
jmaii - 4.86
plus1hdcp - 4.37


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



cwgii - 62115
spacemanX - 48825
Bigsarge - 40238
Romalae - 18453
TwoAndAHalfCents - 15809
Country - 9409
rexmerdinus - 8571
everything - 7265
plus1hdcp - 6118
sparechange - 3312
Whinstone - 2288
BenG76 - 2180
agmoose - 1184
chris819 - 1180
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
jmaii - 587
4 bit - 388
rosco - 360
dpwozney - 335
xippi - 146



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



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



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



spacemanX - 1650
TwoAndAHalfCents - 533
cwgii - 440
Bigsarge - 417
Romalae - 349
Country - 177
everything - 118
plus1hdcp - 82
sparechange - 63
rexmerdinus - 56
dpwozney - 39
Whinstone - 36
agmoose - 35
BenG76 - 29
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
jmaii - 14
rosco - 11
xippi - 6
4 bit - 5
chris819 - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



dpwozney - 9035
spacemanX - 375
Bigsarge - 264
rexmerdinus - 171
cwgii - 125
Romalae - 52
TwoAndAHalfCents - 48
everything - 48
Country - 46
plus1hdcp - 28
sparechange - 18
Whinstone - 11
jmaii - 7
BenG76 - 6
agmoose - 5
4 bit - 5
rosco - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



Country - 788
TwoAndAHalfCents - 700
plus1hdcp - 686
Whinstone - 246
sparechange - 222
agmoose - 123
rexmerdinus - 56
jmaii - 41



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 62.56%
chris819 - 59.00%
cwgii - 38.82%
Bigsarge - 31.56%
jmaii - 29.35%
xippi - 29.20%
everything - 29.06%
agmoose - 23.68%
Country - 23.52%
4 bit - 23.52%
Whinstone - 22.88%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 20.40%
rosco - 20.00%
plus1hdcp - 18.26%
sparechange - 17.90%
Romalae - 15.06%
spacemanX - 15.05%
dpwozney - 1.29%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



dpwozney - 34.75%
rexmerdinus - 1.25%
jmaii - 0.35%
4 bit - 0.30%
BenG76 - 0.24%
Bigsarge - 0.21%
everything - 0.19%
rosco - 0.17%
spacemanX - 0.12%
Country - 0.12%
Whinstone - 0.11%
agmoose - 0.10%
sparechange - 0.10%
plus1hdcp - 0.08%
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 6/1/13 16:02 ET)



spacemanX - 65982.96
cwgii - 40115.20
Bigsarge - 20868.69
Romalae - 9238.46
TwoAndAHalfCents - 5080.90
Country - 1541.12
dpwozney - 978.54
plus1hdcp - 834.55
everything - 743.10
rexmerdinus - 482.13
sparechange - 251.08
Whinstone - 93.40
agmoose - 24.48
BenG76 - 22.15
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
chris819 - 9.45
jmaii - 4.86
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)
20 Bahamas 1c - '85 (found by uthminsta), '92 (found by spacemanX), '98 (found by spacemanX), '04 (found by Country), '06 (found by Country), (15) unspecified date (13 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)
1 Germany 1 Pfennig - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
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)
4 Germany 2c Euro - '07 (found by cwgii), '08 (found by cwgii), '11 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), 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 1c - '42 (found by jmaii)
1 Netherlands 5c - '98 (found by plus1hdcp)
1 Norway 50 ore - '98 (found by spacemanX)
16 Panama 1c - '83 (found by plus1hdcp), (2) '96 (1 found by spacemanX, 1 found by Country), (2) '01 (1 found by spacemanX, 1 found by cwgii), '08 (found by sparechange), (10) unspecified date (7 found by spacemanX, 3 found by Romalae)
1 Philippines 25 sentimos - '04 (found by uthminsta)
1 Portugal 2c Euro - unspecified date (found by spacemanX)
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 - 20
Barbados - 1
Bermuda - 4
Euro - 7
France - 3
Germany - 9
Great Britain - 6
Hong Kong - 1
Italy - 1
Mexico - 3
Netherlands - 2
Norway - 1
Panama - 16
Philippines - 1
Portugal - 1
Spain - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 1

[spacemanX]

one more
$50 BWR
LMC 770
Wheat 59 (two great boxes) 1939x2,1936x2,1930d,1923
Canada 7
Bahamas 1
Panama 1

[jmaii]

$5 sorted
Percent Copper: 28.8%

pre1909: 0
Old Wheat (1909-1939): 0
Wheat (1940-1958): 5
Lincoln Memorial Cu (1959-1981): 130
Copper 1982: 9 (of 14)

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Box

Wheats:
4 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.96%):
421 - Memorial 1959-1981
28 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1988, 1999)

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1937)
3 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (12.56%):
298 - Memorial 1959-1981
16 - Memorial 1982

1 - Germany 2 Euro cent (2011)

[Bigsarge]

Times are tough. Think a sorter/hoarder around here needed some fast cash. This bag consisted mostly of 79-82s. I still have another bag to go through, that I bought at the same time as this one. At first glance it appears to be the same as this one. Took awhile to go through all the coppers, this is what I ended up with.

Bag # 18
Pennies: 5000

copper 3283 65.66%
zinc 1717


Wheats: Total: 8
40's 3
50's 5


Canadian 3

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

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
1 - older (1934)
15 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.92%):
418 - Memorial 1959-1981
30 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1996, 2002)

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
1 - older (1918)
12 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.92%):
412 - Memorial 1959-1981
11 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1970, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2002)

[jmaii]

$5 sorted
Percent Copper: 31.2%

pre1909: 0
Old Wheat (1909-1939): 0
Wheat (1940-1958): 2
Lincoln Memorial Cu (1959-1981): 135
Copper 1982: 15 (of 18)
Other Cu: 4

Others:
Netherlands penny: 1942P
Canada penny: 1965, 1967, 1990

[Bigsarge]

Bag # 17
Pennies: 5000

copper 1326 26.52%
zinc 3674


Wheats: Total: 9
40's 3
50's 6


Canadian 11

50'S
60'S 2
70's 1
80-96 6

[uthminsta]

Not usually a hand sorter any more, because of the Ryedale and a good stream of loose coin in $50 bags. But a few days ago I picked up $40 worth of rolls. Customer-wrapped.
1. thirty-four dimes. THIRTY-FOUR!!!
2. one 1943 steel cent with no rust.
3. one 2004 Philippines 25 sentimos.
4. one 1985 Bahamas cent.
5. two Canadian cents, including a 1956.
6. five common wheats.
7. still about 20% copper.

[Bigsarge]

This is the second bag that I bought a few weeks back, that seems to be someone's copper dump. Mostly 79-82's once again. Finally finished going through it.

Bag # 19
Pennies: 5000

copper 4133 82.66%
zinc 867


Wheats: Total: 3
40's
50's 2
1919


Canadian Total: 2
50'S
60'S
70's
80-96 1

[Bigsarge]

Bag # 20
Pennies: 5000

copper 1674 33.48%
zinc 3326


Wheats: Total: 17
40's 7
50's 9
1920

Canadian Total: 15
40's: 1
50'S:
60'S: 6
70's: 2
80-96: 6

[spacemanX]

busy two weeks
$50 bag
LMC 780
Wheat 24
Canada 5
Panamam1

BWRs $75
LMC 1097
Wheats 22
Canada 3
bahamas 1
State Penny Lousiana 2002

CWRs $154
LMC 2862
Wheats 109
Canada 12
Bahamas 1
Dimes 5
Germany 1 pfennig 1990
Portugal 2Cent euro
Norway 50 orre 1998

[plus1hdcp]

Picked up a box this week after a layoff

$25.00 Box 11

386 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper canadian copper cents
+4 Wheats (44D,55Dx2,56D)
+47 Copper 1982
+0 Copper Canadian ()

[cwgii]

1 -100.00
05-09--16-13


1959 == 27 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 300
68-74 == 704
75-81d== 859
75-81p== 358
82 == 252

wheat ==25 with 2 , pre 40== 10, 11d

cdn == 11 with 8 , pre 1997

odds == dimes x3, 1981 masonic,
indian head, 1906

[spacemanX]

$50 bag
lmc 767
wheat 26
canada 4
bahamas 1


CWR $40
LMC 662
wheat 14 1916
canada 2
bahamas 1
extra pennies +23

BWR $150
LMC 2337
Wheat 64
Canada 11 1946,1947
bahamas 1

[sparechange]

$25 Box

491--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(19.6%)
318--Nice coppers
145--Uglies
28--'82's

18--Wheat, all common
4--Canadian '64,'65,'72,'89

[Bigsarge]

Box # 10
Pennies: 2500

copper 752 30.08%
zinc 1748

Wheats: Total: 6

40's 1
50's 4
1927

Canadian: Total: 6

60'S 1 (rock dove)
70's 2
80 - 96 1
1943

[Bigsarge]

Box # 11
Pennies: 2500

copper 689 27.56%
zinc 1811

Wheats: Total: 13

40's: 6
50's: 6
1936

Canadian: Total: 8
50's: 2
60's:
70's: 2
80 - 96: 2

[Bigsarge]

Bag # 21
Pennies: 5000

copper 1355 27.10%
zinc 3645


Wheats: Total: 21
40's: 4
50'S: 17


Canadian Total: 16
40's:
50'S:
60'S: 6 (1 rock dove)
70's: 3
80-96: 5

[cwgii]

1 -100.00
04-29--5-23-13


1959 == 16 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 270
68-74 == 656
75-81d== 915
75-81p== 373
82 == 260

wheat == 33 with 2 , pre 40== 39, 11

cdn == 16 with 14 , pre 1997

odds == 72 s proof,, dime , 2001 balboba

[cwgii]

1 -100.00
04-29--5-23-13


1959 == 16 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 270
68-74 == 656
75-81d== 915
75-81p== 373
82 == 260

wheat == 33 with 2 , pre 40== 39, 11

cdn == 16 with 14 , pre 1997

odds == 72 s proof,, dime , 2001 balboba

[spacemanX]

$50 bag
LMC 652
Wheat 16
Canada 5
Dimes 6

BWR $125
LMC 1964
Wheat 47
Canada 26 incl 1929
Dimes 2

BWR 25 (best box ever for me)
LMC 482
Wheat 108 (1928,1934,1937,1935d,1939)
Canada 2

[jmaii]

Face Value Searched: $10.00
Percent Copper: 30.9%

pre1909: 0
Old Wheat (1909-1939): 0
Wheat (1940-1958): 7
Lincoln Memorial Cu (1959-1981): 281
Copper 1982: 17 (of 20)
Other Cu: 4
Other Non-Cu: 1

Others:
1966, 1981, 1986, 1992, 2011 Canadian Pennies