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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In August 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 August 31, 2013 2:46 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
August 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



Bigsarge - 13498
TwoAndAHalfCents - 7243
spacemanX - 3940
everything - 775
sparechange - 442
JustINaVW - 307
Sullysullinburg - 291
rosco - 81



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
August 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



Bigsarge - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
August 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



Bigsarge - 173
TwoAndAHalfCents - 130
spacemanX - 82
JustINaVW - 9
sparechange - 8
everything - 7
Sullysullinburg - 6
rosco - 2



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
August 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



Bigsarge - 94
TwoAndAHalfCents - 36
spacemanX - 22
everything - 6
JustINaVW - 1
sparechange - 1
Sullysullinburg - 1
rosco - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
August 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 305
sparechange - 35
rosco - 7



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
August 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



everything - 31.00%
Sullysullinburg - 29.10%
Bigsarge - 27.00%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 20.69%
sparechange - 17.68%
JustINaVW - 17.06%
rosco - 16.20%
spacemanX - 15.76%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
August 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



everything - 0.24%
rosco - 0.20%
Bigsarge - 0.19%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.10%
Sullysullinburg - 0.10%
spacemanX - 0.09%
JustINaVW - 0.06%
sparechange - 0.04%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
August 2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



Bigsarge - 2753.00
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1037.26
spacemanX - 404.40
everything - 7.88
sparechange - 4.51
JustINaVW - 2.28
Sullysullinburg - 1.19
rosco - 0.17


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2013 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



cwgii - 73124
spacemanX - 67493
Bigsarge - 64400
TwoAndAHalfCents - 25681
Romalae - 18453
Country - 12208
everything - 10104
rexmerdinus - 8571
plus1hdcp - 6548
sparechange - 4654
Whinstone - 2288
BenG76 - 2180
agmoose - 1184
chris819 - 1180
MetalMonkey1980 - 1046
silverflake - 995
JustINaVW - 945
jmaii - 587
rosco - 441
dpwozney - 434
4 bit - 388
Sullysullinburg - 291
xippi - 146



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



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



WHEAT PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



spacemanX - 2067
Bigsarge - 763
TwoAndAHalfCents - 698
cwgii - 633
Romalae - 349
Country - 239
everything - 153
sparechange - 90
plus1hdcp - 88
rexmerdinus - 56
dpwozney - 45
Whinstone - 36
agmoose - 35
BenG76 - 29
silverflake - 29
MetalMonkey1980 - 18
JustINaVW - 17
jmaii - 14
rosco - 13
Sullysullinburg - 6
xippi - 6
4 bit - 5
chris819 - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



dpwozney - 12015
spacemanX - 484
Bigsarge - 437
cwgii - 187
rexmerdinus - 171
TwoAndAHalfCents - 97
everything - 68
Country - 59
sparechange - 56
Romalae - 52
plus1hdcp - 29
Whinstone - 11
jmaii - 7
BenG76 - 6
silverflake - 6
agmoose - 5
JustINaVW - 5
4 bit - 5
rosco - 4
Sullysullinburg - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 1143
Country - 1040
plus1hdcp - 733
cwgii - 379
sparechange - 320
Whinstone - 246
agmoose - 123
rexmerdinus - 56
jmaii - 41
rosco - 7



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



BenG76 - 87.20%
rexmerdinus - 62.56%
chris819 - 59.00%
cwgii - 31.79%
Bigsarge - 29.61%
jmaii - 29.35%
xippi - 29.20%
Sullysullinburg - 29.10%
everything - 28.87%
agmoose - 23.68%
4 bit - 23.52%
Country - 23.25%
Whinstone - 22.88%
JustINaVW - 21.98%
MetalMonkey1980 - 20.92%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 20.14%
silverflake - 19.90%
rosco - 19.17%
plus1hdcp - 18.19%
sparechange - 17.90%
spacemanX - 15.23%
Romalae - 15.06%
dpwozney - 1.21%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2013 FULL LIST (as of 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



dpwozney - 33.38%
rexmerdinus - 1.25%
jmaii - 0.35%
4 bit - 0.30%
BenG76 - 0.24%
sparechange - 0.22%
Bigsarge - 0.20%
everything - 0.19%
rosco - 0.17%
silverflake - 0.12%
JustINaVW - 0.12%
Country - 0.11%
Whinstone - 0.11%
spacemanX - 0.11%
Sullysullinburg - 0.10%
agmoose - 0.10%
cwgii - 0.08%
plus1hdcp - 0.08%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.08%
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 9/10/13 10:10 ET)



spacemanX - 124174.00
cwgii - 68028.48
Bigsarge - 57072.00
TwoAndAHalfCents - 13502.76
Romalae - 9238.46
Country - 2626.26
dpwozney - 1799.14
everything - 1445.50
plus1hdcp - 959.76
sparechange - 499.20
rexmerdinus - 482.13
Whinstone - 93.40
agmoose - 24.48
BenG76 - 22.15
MetalMonkey1980 - 21.28
silverflake - 20.60
JustINaVW - 16.63
chris819 - 9.45
jmaii - 4.86
rosco - 4.21
4 bit - 2.63
Sullysullinburg - 1.19
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)
9 Euro 2c - '08 (found by JustINaVW), (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)
8 Great Britain New Penny -'73 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '86 (found by spacemanX), '88 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '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)
19 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), (11) unspecified date (8 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 - 9
France - 4
Germany - 9
Great Britain - 8
Hong Kong - 2
Italy - 1
Mexico - 3
Netherlands - 3
Norway - 1
Panama - 19
Philippines - 1
Portugal - 1
Russia - 1
South Africa - 1
Spain - 2
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 2

Summertime slows my sorting down. To hard to sort with a beer in one hand and BBQ tongs in the other. Going to try to pick it up a bit though, got a HUGE back log

Anyways:

Bag # 30
Pennies: 5000

copper 1366 27.32%
zinc 3634


Wheats: Total: 8
40's: 4
50'S: 4


Canadian Total: 8
40's:
50'S:
60'S: 1
70's: 3
80-96: 4

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1935)
2 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.76%):
377 - Memorial 1959-1981
17 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1987, 1990)

$25 Box

Wheats:
1 - older (1935)
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.64%):
416 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

3 - Canada (1980, 1989, 2002)

$11.50 CWR Pennies

5 wheats. One was in rough shape and added to the copper.

$1.97 in copper.

Bag # 31
Pennies: 5000

copper 1280 25.60%
zinc 3720


Wheats: Total: 10
40's: 7
50'S: 3


Canadian Total: 7
40's: 1 1944
50'S:
60'S: 1
70's: 3
80-96: 2

1974D TX state stamp

Old Loomis $25 box from early last year?

775 LMC coppers
6 copper Canadians
7 wheats
.3152

Box # 12
Pennies: 2500

copper 695 27.80%
zinc 1805

Wheats: Total: 11

40's: 3
50's: 8


Canadian: Total: 5
50's:
60's: 1
70's: 2
80 - 96: 2

$25 Box

Wheats:
1 - older (1939)
8 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.48%):
441 - Memorial 1959-1981
21 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1964, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1996)

Bag # 32
Pennies: 5000

copper 1356 27.12%
zinc 3644


Wheats: Total: 21
40's: 6
50'S: 15


Canadian Total: 11
40's:
50'S:
60'S: 4
70's: 3
80-96: 3

Bag # 33
Pennies: 5000

copper 1398 27.96%
zinc 3602


Wheats: Total: 11
40's: 4
50'S: 7


Canadian Total: 13
40's: 1 1942
50'S:
60'S: 1
70's: 5
80-96: 6



Bag # 34
Pennies: 5000

copper 1372 27.44%
zinc 3628


Wheats: Total: 19
40's: 7
50'S: 12


Canadian Total: 7
40's:
50'S:
60'S:
70's: 2
80-96: 5

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
2 - older (1937-D, 1939)
2 - 1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.28%):
390 - Memorial 1959-1981
17 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1970, 1979)

1 - U.S. clad dime

1 - Great Britain 1 Penny (1988)

Bag # 35
Pennies: 5000

copper 1463 29.26%
zinc 3537


Wheats: Total: 14
40's: 4
50'S: 10


Canadian Total: 12
40's:
50'S: 1
60'S: 2
70's: 3
80-96: 6

$25 Box

Wheats:
5 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (14.84%):
350 - Memorial 1959-1981
21 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
27 - Memorial 1982
1448 - Memorial 1983-2008
38 - Lincoln Anniversary 2009
606 - Shield 2010-2013

5 - Canada (1973, 1983, 1988, 2005, 2011)

$100 Bags
LMC 1625
Wheat 33
Canada11
1 panama
1 dime
1 cool stamped Mason Penny 1999

$150 in BWR boxes
LMC 2315
Wheat 49
Canada 11 (1947 ML)

$25 Box

Wheats:
2 - older (1925-D, 1937)
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.72%):
383 - Memorial 1959-1981
10 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1980, 2000)

$25 CWRs

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

Copper non-wheat (21.24%): three of the rolls where solid copper
516 - Memorial 1959-1981
15 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1969, 1980)

2 - U.S. clad dimes

Box # 13
Pennies: 2500

copper 787 31.48%
zinc 1713

Wheats: Total: 10

40's: 4
50's: 6


Canadian: Total: 4

50's: 1
60's: 0
70's: 1
80 - 96: 0

$5.00 cust wrap

2 Wheat's 50, 51
1 Canadian 1987

7 82's
2 Au 63' 81
72 copper

81 tot 16%

$25 Box

442--Coppers, non wheat/Canadian(17.6%)
267--Nice coppers
140--Uglies
35---'82's

8--Wheats--1928, 1937
1--Canadians--1965

Bag # 36
Pennies: 5000

copper 1314 26.28%
zinc 3686


Wheats: Total: 16
40's: 7
50'S: 9

1906 Indian Head

Canadian Total: 6
40's: 1 1942
50'S:
60'S: 3
70's: 1
80-96: 1

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
4 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (65.68%):
1,609 - Memorial 1959-1981
33 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1944, 1969)

2 - U.S. clad dimes

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
2 - older (1937-D x2)
10 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.28%):
358 - Memorial 1959-1981
24 - Memorial 1982

4 - Canada (1940, 1967, 1972, 1998)

2 - U.S. clad dimes

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1920)
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.16%):
409 - Memorial 1959-1981
20 - Memorial 1982

6 - Canada (1951, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1979)

$25 Brinks box

Wheats:
6 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.48%):
365 - Memorial 1959-1981
22 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1967)

1 - U.S. clad dime