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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In May 2015, 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 2015 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 2015 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 31, 2015 12:00 am forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
May 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 5100
mrlaufer - 1636
Hirbonzig - 627
Whinstone - 499
PennysaverCP - 267



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
May 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
May 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 278
mrlaufer - 21
Whinstone - 14
Hirbonzig - 9
PennysaverCP - 7



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
May 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 19
PennysaverCP - 17
mrlaufer - 16
Hirbonzig - 12
Whinstone - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
May 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 267
Whinstone - 64



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
May 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



Hirbonzig - 25.08%
PennysaverCP - 24.27%
Whinstone - 19.96%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.69%
mrlaufer - 16.36%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
May 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1.55%
Hirbonzig - 0.48%
mrlaufer - 0.16%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%
Whinstone - 0.04%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
May 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 659.51
mrlaufer - 66.92
Hirbonzig - 6.48
Whinstone - 5.14
PennysaverCP - 1.28


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2015 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 18837
Sullysullinburg - 5037
mrlaufer - 2633
Whinstone - 2296
J_Dodge - 2009
PennysaverCP - 1807
Hirbonzig - 1311
plus1hdcp - 545



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 763
Sullysullinburg - 103
Whinstone - 44
mrlaufer - 43
J_Dodge - 34
PennysaverCP - 29
Hirbonzig - 17
plus1hdcp - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 68
PennysaverCP - 65
J_Dodge - 41
mrlaufer - 33
Sullysullinburg - 30
Hirbonzig - 26
Whinstone - 15
plus1hdcp - 5



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 1025
Sullysullinburg - 421
Whinstone - 289
J_Dodge - 164
plus1hdcp - 59



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



Hirbonzig - 26.22%
PennysaverCP - 26.19%
Sullysullinburg - 25.19%
plus1hdcp - 20.96%
Whinstone - 20.87%
J_Dodge - 20.09%
mrlaufer - 17.55%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.07%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



PennysaverCP - 0.94%
Hirbonzig - 0.52%
J_Dodge - 0.41%
mrlaufer - 0.22%
plus1hdcp - 0.19%
Sullysullinburg - 0.15%
Whinstone - 0.14%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/2/15 19:06 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 9224.29
Sullysullinburg - 413.60
mrlaufer - 162.54
Whinstone - 103.62
J_Dodge - 83.36
PennysaverCP - 52.47
Hirbonzig - 27.08
plus1hdcp - 5.76



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2015 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 2c Euro - '04 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
4 Bahamas 1c - '84 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '87 (found by Whinstone).(2) '04 (1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents, 1 found by Sullysullinburg)
1 Domincan Republic 1c - '78 (found by Sullysullinburg)
2 Euro 2c - '00 (found by Sullysullinburg), unspecified date (found by J_Dodge)
1 France 2c Euro - '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Germany 1 pfennig - '91 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Germany 2c Euro - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Malta 1c - '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
2 Mexico 5c - '71 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '76 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 New Zealand 6 pence - '43 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Norway 50 ore - unspecified date (found by Sullysullinburg)
4 Panama 1c - (4) '01 (3 found by TwoAndAHalfCents, 1 found by Sullysullinburg)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '65 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 1
Bahamas - 4
Domincan Republic - 1
Euro - 2
France - 1
Germany - 2
Malta - 1
Mexico -2
New Zealand - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 4
Switzerland - 1

$25 BWRs and CWRs

Wheats:
10 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (14.68%):
342 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1999)

1 - New Zealand 6 pence (1943) - My first silver from a penny roll

I've missed posting for a while:

BOX 1

PRE-82 US CU - 432
WHEATIES - 4 (19, 46, 51-D, 53)
CANADIAN - 6 (55, 90, 96, 98, 2006, 2010)
2009 ZINCOLN - 1

BOX 2

PRE-82 US CU - 322
WHEATIES - 2 (46, 51-D)
CANADIAN - 7 (64X2, 66, 72, 74, 82, 2001)
2009 ZINCOLN - 5

BOX 3

PRE-82 US CU - 480
WHEATIES - 7 (17, 49-D, 52, 52-D, 56, 57-D, 58-D)
CANADIAN - 7 (66, 78, 79, 82X2, 96, 2000)
2009 ZINCOLN - 5

BOX 4

PRE-82 US CU - 402
WHEATIES - 8 (44-D, 45, 45-D, 46, 48-S, 53-S, 56-D, 58-D)
CANADIAN - 4 (43, 2000, 2004, 2006)
2009 ZINCOLN - 3

$20 CWRs

Wheats: - 194 total
2 - older (1929-S, 1936)
25 - steel (1943 x5, 1943-D x8, 1943-S x12)
89 - 1940s
78 - 1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.00%):
343 - Memorial 1959-1981
17 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1973, 1975)

1 - U.S. clad dime

TwoAndAHalfCents wrote:$20 CWRs

Wheats: - 194 total
2 - older (1929-S, 1936)
25 - steel (1943 x5, 1943-D x8, 1943-S x12)
89 - 1940s
78 - 1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.00%):
343 - Memorial 1959-1981
17 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1973, 1975)

1 - U.S. clad dime

Harvesting some early wheat this spring? Great haul and finds!

From a $25 box from bank........499 cu memorial pennies......64 cu 1982"s weighed...13 zinc......1 Canadian "1964".....14 wheat pennies.. oldest "1925" and a "37 S"

$20 BWRs and CWRs

Wheats:
10 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.30%):
290 - Memorial 1959-1981
16 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1989)

1 - Germany 1 pfennig (1991)
1 - Germany 2 cent (2002)

5 - U.S. clad dimes

$25 Box

Wheats:
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.96%):
382 - Memorial 1959-1981
17 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1982)

Box 1 of 2
Wheats:
1 - older (1928)
8 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.24%):
383 - Memorial 1959-1981
23 - Memorial 1982

4 - Canada (1966 x2, 1973, 1996)

Box 2 of 2
Wheats:
5 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.12%):
359 - Memorial 1959-1981
19 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1998, 2002)

The tape on the second box had been loosened and reapplied. I should have checked when I picked it up at the bank. It only had 49 rolls inside.

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1925)
13 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (21.60%):
524 - Memorial 1959-1981
16 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1998, 2000)

4 - U.S. clad dimes

11.00 face

267 US coppers
17 Canadian coppers
7 wheats
1 dime
1 1903 Indian head (only the 3rd I've found sorting)

26.64% keepers

$25 Box
627 coppers--25.08%
9 wheats--oldest 1937
12 Canadian coppers

2 25.00 boxes 16.8 % 18.4 % copper
Many wheats a lot of pre 40 stuff in tracking thread
15 Canadian cents between them
Did not track 82's they go in a gallon jar for when I am bored

$25 box

Wheats:
7 - 1950s

Copper non-wheat (14.08%):
333 - Memorial 1959-1981
19 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1999, 2000)

2 - U.S. clad dimes

$65.50 BWRs and CWRs

Wheats:
10 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (12.11%):
743 - Memorial 1959-1981
50 - Memorial 1982

7 - Canada (1962, 1964, 1973, 1976, 1985, 1992, 1996)

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
8 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (23.98%):
1,134 - Memorial 1959-1981
65 - Memorial 1982

6 - Canada (1946, 1965, 1981, 1990, 2001, 2007)

1 - Mexico 5 centavos (1976)

1 - U.S. clad dime

woodyh wrote:2 25.00 boxes 16.8 % 18.4 % copper
Many wheats a lot of pre 40 stuff in tracking thread
15 Canadian cents between them
Did not track 82's they go in a gallon jar for when I am bored

Need to have exact counts to be included in the stats.

TwoAndAHalfCents wrote:$25 BWRs and CWRs

Wheats:
10 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (14.68%):
342 - Memorial 1959-1981
25 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1999)

1 - New Zealand 6 pence (1943) - My first silver from a penny roll

The only SILVER I ever got in a penny roll was a New Zealand 1943 3 pence. Neat!