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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In January 2011, 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 2011 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 2011 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 Jan 31, 2011 11:54 pm ET and earlier.
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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
January 2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



CardsNCoins - 19054
thunter - 17978
cwgii - 15635
TheJonasCollegeFund - 13988
Country - 12850
appjoe - 11211
ZigMeister - 9242
styropyro - 8329
plus1hdcp - 7526
Hirbonzig - 5836
gothboi30 - 3320
AGCoinHunter - 1420
uthminsta - 1394
ozarkbilly - 1142
rosco - 956
agmoose - 558
jtlee321 - 548
PreservingThePast - 129



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
January 2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



Hirbonzig - 1
agmoose - 1
gothboi30 - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
January 2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



CardsNCoins - 476
cwgii - 330
Country - 278
appjoe - 248
thunter - 248
ZigMeister - 228
TheJonasCollegeFund - 227
styropyro - 102
plus1hdcp - 102
Hirbonzig - 89
gothboi30 - 67
agmoose - 66
AGCoinHunter - 19
uthminsta - 15
ozarkbilly - 14
rosco - 11
jtlee321 - 7
PreservingThePast - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
January 2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



CardsNCoins - 158
thunter - 153
cwgii - 142
TheJonasCollegeFund - 126
appjoe - 89
ZigMeister - 62
Country - 59
styropyro - 44
Hirbonzig - 38
gothboi30 - 34
plus1hdcp - 26
agmoose - 8
AGCoinHunter - 8
jtlee321 - 7
uthminsta - 3
ozarkbilly - 3
rosco - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
January 2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 1437
Country - 1403
appjoe - 1072
plus1hdcp - 596
gothboi30 - 316
uthminsta - 174
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
PreservingThePast - 17



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
January 2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



ozarkbilly - 38.07%
styropyro - 33.32%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 30.43%
CardsNCoins - 29.54%
Hirbonzig - 27.79%
appjoe - 27.65%
gothboi30 - 26.56%
uthminsta - 25.35%
thunter - 24.49%
Country - 24.48%
agmoose - 22.32%
jtlee321 - 21.92%
PreservingThePast - 21.50%
ZigMeister - 20.77%
plus1hdcp - 19.42%
AGCoinHunter - 18.93%
rosco - 18.04%
cwgii - 15.64%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
January 2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



cwgii - 6442.80
thunter - 5396.07
CardsNCoins - 5079.50
Country - 2769.27
TheJonasCollegeFund - 2636.56
appjoe - 1873.09
ZigMeister - 1696.70
plus1hdcp - 1186.37
styropyro - 847.50
Hirbonzig - 500.89
gothboi30 - 171.05
AGCoinHunter - 43.41
uthminsta - 31.06
rosco - 20.56
ozarkbilly - 13.91
agmoose - 6.32
jtlee321 - 5.62
PreservingThePast - 0.31


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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



CardsNCoins - 19054
thunter - 17978
cwgii - 15635
TheJonasCollegeFund - 13988
Country - 12850
appjoe - 11211
ZigMeister - 9242
styropyro - 8329
plus1hdcp - 7526
Hirbonzig - 5836
gothboi30 - 3320
AGCoinHunter - 1420
uthminsta - 1394
ozarkbilly - 1142
rosco - 956
agmoose - 558
jtlee321 - 548
PreservingThePast - 129



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



Hirbonzig - 1
agmoose - 1
gothboi30 - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



CardsNCoins - 476
cwgii - 330
Country - 278
appjoe - 248
thunter - 248
ZigMeister - 228
TheJonasCollegeFund - 227
styropyro - 102
plus1hdcp - 102
Hirbonzig - 89
gothboi30 - 67
agmoose - 66
AGCoinHunter - 19
uthminsta - 15
ozarkbilly - 14
rosco - 11
jtlee321 - 7
PreservingThePast - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



CardsNCoins - 158
thunter - 153
cwgii - 142
TheJonasCollegeFund - 126
appjoe - 89
ZigMeister - 62
Country - 59
styropyro - 44
Hirbonzig - 38
gothboi30 - 34
plus1hdcp - 26
agmoose - 8
AGCoinHunter - 8
jtlee321 - 7
uthminsta - 3
ozarkbilly - 3
rosco - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 1437
Country - 1403
appjoe - 1072
plus1hdcp - 596
gothboi30 - 316
uthminsta - 174
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
PreservingThePast - 17



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



ozarkbilly - 38.07%
styropyro - 33.32%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 30.43%
CardsNCoins - 29.54%
Hirbonzig - 27.79%
appjoe - 27.65%
gothboi30 - 26.56%
uthminsta - 25.35%
thunter - 24.49%
Country - 24.48%
agmoose - 22.32%
jtlee321 - 21.92%
PreservingThePast - 21.50%
ZigMeister - 20.77%
plus1hdcp - 19.42%
AGCoinHunter - 18.93%
rosco - 18.04%
cwgii - 15.64%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 2/1/11 9:25 ET)



cwgii - 6442.80
thunter - 5396.07
CardsNCoins - 5079.50
Country - 2769.27
TheJonasCollegeFund - 2636.56
appjoe - 1873.09
ZigMeister - 1696.70
plus1hdcp - 1186.37
styropyro - 847.50
Hirbonzig - 500.89
gothboi30 - 171.05
AGCoinHunter - 43.41
uthminsta - 31.06
rosco - 20.56
ozarkbilly - 13.91
agmoose - 6.32
jtlee321 - 5.62
PreservingThePast - 0.31



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2011 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Australia 5c - '05 (found by rosco)
1 Bahamas 1c - '98 (found by hirbonzig)
1 Barbados 1c - '00 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
3 Bermuda 1c - '71 (found by ZigMeister), '81 (found by appjoe), '84 (found by appjoe)
1 Dominican Republic 1c - '69 (found by CardsNCoins)
1 Euro 2c - unknown date (found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain New 1/2 c - '71 (found by cwgii)
1 Luxembourg 2c Euro - '08 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Norway 5o ore - '98 (found by Country)
1 Panama 1c - '68 (found by CardsNCoins)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Australia - 1
Bahamas - 1
Barbados - 1
Bermuda - 3
Dominican Republic - 1
Great Britain - 1
Luxembourg - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 1

$25 Brinks box
436 1/10 toz .950 fine US coined Copper Bullion (17.4%)
3 Wheats (all 50s)
3 Cu Canadian

Well - I picked up a box yesterday and saved it til today. GREAT start to 2011:

$25 Brinks Box -

558 Coppers
52 - 1982's......of which 45 were Cu.
66 Wheats - yes 66 Wheats in one box! 5 rolls had 4 or more....(4 pre 1940 - 1918, 1927, 1930 and 1935)
1 IHP - 1904
8 Canadians - (1940, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1968, 1970, 1977, 1978)
1 Bahamas - 1998

What a fun box - I'm stopping at that same bank Monday to see if I can get two more boxes from them.

Happy 2011!!!!!

Dug into my "rainy day" pile of cent boxes and pulled out one with a date stamp of APR. 22, 2009 on it. This turned out to be a special box for me-I found my very first Indian Head cent!! . It was a well worn 1882 and slightly bent. I only wish I had opened this box up sooner! Now only if the Wisconsin Badgers would have won the Rose Bowl the day would be complete. Here's what I found in this $25 box of cents.

676 coppers--27.04%
12 wheats-oldest was a 1935
1 Indian Head-1882
1 1998 Bahama cent
6 copper Canadian cents

$25 Brinks box
714 Copper non-wheats (28.56%)
-551 Nice coppers
-91 Ugly copper Abes
-6 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-66 1982's copper (Scale checked)
12 1982 Zinc
22 Wheats - Oldest 1909VDB, 20, 26, 39, 41x(3), 42, 44, 46X(2), 50D, 50S, 51, 52DX(2), 53X(2), 53D, 55, 56X(2).
6 Canadian copper 61, 64, 75, 78, 86, 89.
1 other 1984 Bermuda 1cent

I think a good start for the new year.

$25 Brinks Box (January #1)
795 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (31.8%)
14 Wheat from 1942 to 1958
6 Canadian copper - from 1965 to 1996

$25 Brink's Box
485 Copper non-wheats (19.4%)
- 403 Nice coppers
- 43 Ugly Abes
- 39 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - Oldest 1941
2 Canadian copper - '82,'85

$25 Brinks box
432 1/10 toz .950 fine US coined Copper Bullion (17.3%)
9 Wheats ('38, '39S, '42, rest in the 50s)
No Cu Canadian

$25 Brinks box of cents

4 Canadian ('64, '78, '80, '85) 0.16%
14 wheats ('19, '37, '40S, '44, '45, '50D, '52S, 53D(x2), '53S, '55, '55D, '56D, '58D) 0.56%
88 1982 (63 cu/25 zn) 3.52%
656 cu 26.24%
1,738 zn 69.52%

Average box for my area, although 2 pre '40s wheats (one a teens) was a nice surprise.

Silver found in a penny roll

$25 Brinks box
503 1/10 toz 950 fine US coined Copper Bullion (20.1%)
5 Wheats (40-50s)
1 Cu Canadian
1 SILVER Rosie ('60) Boy did I have to do a triple check.
1 clad Rosie

$100 - Two bags from local bank:

3160 Clean Copper (31.6%)
31 Wheat
18 Canada (16 Cu)
1 1998 Wide AM (I love finding Wide AM cents)

Pretty average set for my bank, gotta like the wide AM cent though.

$10 customer wrapped:

306 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.6%)
6 Wheat - from 1946 to 1956
1 Canadian copper - 1983
1 clad dime

$25 Brinks box
660 Copper non-wheats (26.64%)
-532 Nice coppers
-67 Ugly copper Abes
-3 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-58 1982's copper (Scale checked)
16 1982 Zinc
15 Wheats - Oldest 1934,40,41X(2),42X(2),44S,45,48X(2),51D,55,55D,58X(2).
4 Canadian copper 1954,62,1867-1967 Dove, 1867-1992
other The 1955 wheat listed above is a overlay you can see the outline of Abe on the back pushing through. Picture attached. I took the picture upside down because it's easier to see. The picture doesn't do it justice.

1st search of the year. Christmas gift of a bag of pennies part 1. Bag contained 810 pennies. Had fun watching bowl games on Jan. 1st!
$8.10 searched.

196 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents
+4 wheat (1918)(2-1940's 1 1950's)
+15 copper 82's (8 zinc)
+4 canadian coppers (64, 70, 78, 83)

other finds:

2-s mints (1968-1974)

Christmas present #2 bag of pennies. Has fun watching bowl games on Jan.1st!
$12.26 searched

404 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents
+2 wheat (2-1940's)
+42 copper 82's (17 zinc)
+4 canadian copper (1942 King,68,80,89)

other finds:

3-s mint (1968-1974)

$25.00 Brinks box
548 Copper (21.9%)
31 1982 Copper (digital scale checked)
7 Wheats (oldest 1944)
7 Canadian Copper (oldest 1952)

Others 13 2009's, 41 "S" cents (1968 - 1974), 1 clad dime

$25 Brinks Box (January #2)
733 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.3%)
16 Wheat which included 1936 and 1937.
3 Canadian copper - 1975, 1982, and 1989.

$25 Brinks box
380 1/10 toz .950 fine US coined Copper Bullion (15.2%)
6 Wheats (all 40-50s)
3 Cu Canadian

ZigMeister wrote:Silver found in a penny roll

$25 Brinks box
503 1/10 toz 950 fine US coined Copper Bullion (20.1%)
5 Wheats (40-50s)
1 Cu Canadian
1 SILVER Rosie ('60) Boy did I have to do a triple check.
1 clad Rosie

Very Nice!!!

Just a reminder. Copper penny totals include all LMC COPPERs, including 1982s. It does not include Canadian coppers, Wheats, or Indian Heads.

$16.50 customer wrapped:

479 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29%)
12 Wheat - including a 1919 and a 1929
2 Canadian copper - 1984 and 1985

Box #1 for 2011. String

660 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian cents
+11 wheat (1927...4-1940's,6-1950's)
+65 copper 82's (scale checked) (15 zinc)
+5 canadian coppers (64,77,83x2,86)

other finds:

10 s-mints (1968-1974)
1-2000 barbados cent

$50 bag #1 for 2011!

1265 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents
+28 wheat (1930,1939,8-1940's,18-1950's)
+101 copper 82's (scale checked)(25 zinc)
+8 canadian coppers (62,75,80x2,81x2,87, 95)

other finds:

15 s-mints (1968-1974)

1-nickel.....usually find dimes....not sure what happened.

$20 customer wrapped:

565 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28.3%).
12 Wheat - including a 1919-S and a 1909
4 Canadian copper - from 1961 to 1994

CardsNCoins wrote:$20 customer wrapped:

565 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28.3%).
12 Wheat - including a 1919-S and a 1909
4 Canadian copper - from 1961 to 1994

Great job on the 1909...you know....we got a tracking thread for pre-1940 wheats. And since you search alot, it's a cool way for other members to see what can be found out in the WILD! My searching perks up a little when I see what someone else has found.