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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In July 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 July 31, 2013 9:03 am forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
July 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



spacemanX - 8773
cwgii - 6315
Bigsarge - 5337
TwoAndAHalfCents - 2162
everything - 2064
silverflake - 995
JustINaVW - 638
Country - 534
sparechange - 465



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
July 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



cwgii - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
July 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



spacemanX - 207
cwgii - 110
Bigsarge - 65
TwoAndAHalfCents - 32
silverflake - 29
everything - 28
Country - 14
JustINaVW - 8
sparechange - 8



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
July 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



spacemanX - 48
cwgii - 36
Bigsarge - 35
everything - 14
TwoAndAHalfCents - 12
silverflake - 6
Country - 5
JustINaVW - 4
sparechange - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
July 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



cwgii - 379
TwoAndAHalfCents - 118
Country - 52
sparechange - 28



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
July 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



everything - 27.52%
Bigsarge - 26.69%
JustINaVW - 25.52%
Country - 21.36%
silverflake - 19.90%
sparechange - 18.60%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.30%
spacemanX - 16.16%
cwgii - 15.79%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
July 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



Country - 0.20%
everything - 0.19%
Bigsarge - 0.18%
JustINaVW - 0.16%
silverflake - 0.12%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.10%
cwgii - 0.09%
spacemanX - 0.09%
sparechange - 0.08%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
July 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



spacemanX - 1960.88
cwgii - 1033.76
Bigsarge - 434.96
TwoAndAHalfCents - 110.30
everything - 63.18
silverflake - 20.60
JustINaVW - 6.50
Country - 5.53
sparechange - 4.75


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



cwgii - 73124
spacemanX - 63553
Bigsarge - 50902
Romalae - 18453
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18438
Country - 12208
everything - 9329
rexmerdinus - 8571
plus1hdcp - 6548
sparechange - 4212
Whinstone - 2288
BenG76 - 2180
agmoose - 1184
chris819 - 1180
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
silverflake - 995
JustINaVW - 638
jmaii - 587
dpwozney - 434
4 bit - 388
rosco - 360
xippi - 146



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



spacemanX - 5
cwgii - 2
sparechange - 1
Whinstone - 1
Bigsarge - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



spacemanX - 1985
cwgii - 633
Bigsarge - 590
TwoAndAHalfCents - 568
Romalae - 349
Country - 239
everything - 146
plus1hdcp - 88
sparechange - 82
rexmerdinus - 56
dpwozney - 45
Whinstone - 36
agmoose - 35
BenG76 - 29
silverflake - 29
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
jmaii - 14
rosco - 11
JustINaVW - 8
xippi - 6
4 bit - 5
chris819 - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



dpwozney - 12015
spacemanX - 462
Bigsarge - 343
cwgii - 187
rexmerdinus - 171
everything - 62
TwoAndAHalfCents - 61
Country - 59
sparechange - 55
Romalae - 52
plus1hdcp - 29
Whinstone - 11
jmaii - 7
BenG76 - 6
silverflake - 6
agmoose - 5
4 bit - 5
JustINaVW - 4
rosco - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



Country - 1040
TwoAndAHalfCents - 838
plus1hdcp - 733
cwgii - 379
sparechange - 285
Whinstone - 246
agmoose - 123
rexmerdinus - 56
jmaii - 41



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 62.56%
chris819 - 59.00%
cwgii - 31.79%
Bigsarge - 30.39%
jmaii - 29.35%
xippi - 29.20%
everything - 28.70%
JustINaVW - 25.52%
agmoose - 23.68%
4 bit - 23.52%
Country - 23.25%
Whinstone - 22.88%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
rosco - 20.00%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 19.93%
silverflake - 19.90%
plus1hdcp - 18.19%
sparechange - 17.92%
spacemanX - 15.20%
Romalae - 15.06%
dpwozney - 1.21%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



dpwozney - 33.38%
rexmerdinus - 1.25%
jmaii - 0.35%
4 bit - 0.30%
BenG76 - 0.24%
sparechange - 0.23%
Bigsarge - 0.20%
everything - 0.19%
rosco - 0.17%
JustINaVW - 0.16%
silverflake - 0.12%
Country - 0.11%
spacemanX - 0.11%
Whinstone - 0.11%
agmoose - 0.10%
cwgii - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%
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 9/9/13 21:17 ET)



spacemanX - 110404.80
cwgii - 68028.48
Bigsarge - 34729.45
Romalae - 9238.46
TwoAndAHalfCents - 7054.79
Country - 2626.26
dpwozney - 1799.14
everything - 1239.81
plus1hdcp - 959.76
rexmerdinus - 482.13
sparechange - 408.81
Whinstone - 93.40
agmoose - 24.48
BenG76 - 22.15
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
silverflake - 20.60
chris819 - 9.45
JustINaVW - 6.50
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)
22 Bahamas 1c - '85 (found by uthminsta), '92 (found by spacemanX), (2) '98 (1 found by spacemanX, 1 found by Country), '04 (found by Country), '06 (found by Country), (16) unspecified date (14 found by spacemanX, 2 found by Romalae)
3 Barbados 1c - '73 (found by JustINaVW), (2) unspecified date (2 found by spacemanX)
5 Bermuda 1c - (2) '71 (2 found by Bigsarge), '78 (found by cwgii), '80 (found by spacemanX), (2) unspecified date (2 found by spacemanX)
8 Euro 2c - (8) unspecified date (3 found by spacemanX, 5 found by Romalae)
4 France 2c Euro - (2) '99 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by spacemanX), '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)
7 Great Britain New Penny -'73 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '86 (found by spacemanX), '01 (found by cwgii), (4) unspecified date (2 found by Romalae, 2 found by spacemanX)
1 Hong Kong 10c - '90 (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 1c - '42 (found by jmaii)
1 Netherlands 5c - '98 (found by plus1hdcp)
1 Netherlands 25c - '80 (found by spacemanX)
1 Norway 50 ore - '98 (found by spacemanX)
18 Panama 1c - '78 (found by spacemanX), '83 (found by plus1hdcp), (3) '96 (1 found by spacemanX, 2 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)
1 Russian 5 kopek - '01 (found by spacemanX)
1 South Africa 20c - '43 (found by cwgii)
2 Spain 2c Euro - '99 (found by cwgii), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '83 (found by BigSarge)
2 Taiwan 1 Yuan - '81 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '96 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 1
Bahamas - 22
Barbados - 3
Bermuda - 6
Euro - 8
France - 4
Germany - 9
Great Britain - 7
Hong Kong - 2
Italy - 1
Mexico - 3
Netherlands - 3
Norway - 1
Panama - 18
Philippines - 1
Portugal - 1
Russia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 2

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.76%):
399 - Memorial 1959-1981
20 - Memorial 1982

3 - Canada (1987, 1991, 2002)

$25 Box

Wheats:
12 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.80%):
445 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1978, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998)

Bag # 26
Pennies: 5000

copper 1340 26.80%
zinc 3660


Wheats: Total: 14
40's: 7
50'S: 7


Canadian Total: 7
40's:
50'S:
60'S: 1
70's: 1
80-96: 5

Bag # 27
Pennies: 5000

copper 1418 28.36%
zinc 3582


Wheats: Total: 17
40's: 5
50'S: 12


Canadian Total: 9
40's:
50'S:
60'S: 1
70's: 3
80-96: 5

Bags: $100
LMC 1572
Wheats 28
Canada 9 (1920)
Dimes 1
Barbados 1
2 euro - 1

CWR $16
LMC 286
Wheats 9
Dimes 1
2Euro france 1999
5 Kopek Russia 2001

CWR $15
LMC 672
Wheat 2
Canada 1

BWR's $100
LMC 1548
Wheat 37
Canada 5
Netherlands 25 cent 1980

Box #1 2012 loomis box
712 Copper LMC
4 Canadian coppers
9 wheats
.29

Box #2 2012 Loomis box
695 Copper LMC
4 Canadian coppers
7 wheats
.2824

this week$100 boxes
LMC 1581
Wheats 75
canada 13
bahamas 1

Bag $50
LMC 779
wheat 14
Canada 5
dimes 2
bermuda 1 1980

1 -100.00
07-01--08-13


1959 == 17 with 3 "p"
60-67 == 167
68-74 == 392
75-81d== 568
75-81p== 255
82 == 167

wheat == 35 with 4 , pre 40 ==30s, 15, 36, 30

cdn == 12 with 8, pre 1997

odds == dimes x 5, 1990 10c hong kong, 1943d, 43p x 2

kind of late to the game, but i bought a harbor freight scale, and will start a stat on 82s.

$25 - Brink's Box
534 Copper non-wheats (21.4%)
- 382 Nice coppers
- 100 Ugly Abes
- 52 1982's (ACE checked)
14 Wheats - 1912 and 13 others
5 Canadian copper - '54,'65,'67(2),'80

Box #3 July 2013 Loomis Box
657 copper LMC
6 copper Canadians
12 wheats

.27

Bag # 28
Pennies: 5000

copper 1330 26.60%
zinc 3670


Wheats: Total: 10
40's: 6
50'S: 4


Canadian Total: 11
40's: 1 1943
50'S:
60'S: 2
70's: 3
80-96: 5

7/18/13

$25 BWR - 6 wheats, 8 Canadians, usual copper.

$25 box

Wheat
1937
1952
1942 x2
1946
1951
1945
1950

Canadian
1984
1974
1999
1964
1978
2004

Barbados
1973

$6.38 in copper

Bag # 29
Pennies: 5000

copper 1347 26.94%
zinc 3653


Wheats: Total: 22
40's: 6
50'S: 18


Canadian Total: 8
40's:
50'S: 1 1951
60'S: 2
70's: 2
80-96: 3

BWR $100
LMC 1403
Wheat 15 (1917d)
Canada 11 (1932)
Panama 1 1978

CWR $12
LMc 187
Wheat 5
Canada 2
dimes 3

BWR $50
LMC 745
Wheat 22
Canada 2
Dime 1

After 6 month or so hiatus, got back to some handsorting this week.

bought $50 in $10 increments from various banks. About 50-50 BWR vs CWR

995 copper
29 wheat
6 Canadian

best finds:
1909 Wheat
1915-D wheat x2 (!)

The fun is back (but have to admit my copper percentage is falling over the years)
Keep stacking.

1 -100.00
07-08--14-13


1959 == 16 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 178
68-74 == 413
75-81d== 573
75-81p== 252
82 == 184 with 52 being zinc

wheat == 30 with 10 , pre 40 == 18,34,28,30,36,36,38,34,39,35, 7 were in one 10$batch

cdn == 18 with 11 , pre 1997

odds == dime, 1971 p stamped with the number 77, 1897 IH

1 -100.00
07-15-21-13


1959 == 13 with 2 "p"
60-67 == 215
68-74 == 409
75-81d== 630
75-81p== 265
82 == 163 with 40 being zinc

wheat == 30 with 3, pre 40 == 36, 37d, 17d

cdn == 12 with 7 , pre 1997

odds == none

1 -100.00
07-22--25-13


1959 == 18 with 1 "p"
60-67 == 176
68-74 == 453
75-81d== 677
75-81p== 249
82 == 169 with 45 being zinc

wheat == 15 with no, pre 40 ==

cdn == 10 with 10 , pre 1997

odds == dimes x 2, PGA partners club charter member token. i believe this is number 5 of these.

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
4 - 1940s/1950s
2 - older (1926-D, 1929-S)

Copper non-wheat (20.80%):
483 - Memorial 1959-1981
27 - Memorial 1982

No Canada

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
2 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.08%):
354 - Memorial 1959-1981
23 - Memorial 1982

4 - Canada (1984, 1989, 1991, 1998)

1 - Great Britain 1 new penny (1973)

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
5 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.44%):
363 - Memorial 1959-1981
23 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1963, 1977)

1 - Taiwan 1 Yuan (1981)

$25 Box

465--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(16.6%)
306--Nice coppers
131--Uglies
28--'82's

8--Wheats 1934 earliest
2--Canadians--'71,'79