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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In June 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 June 30, 2015 10:48 am forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
June 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



cwgii - 13154
TwoAndAHalfCents - 4175
Hirbonzig - 1303
J_Dodge - 676
PennysaverCP - 502



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
June 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



cwgii - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
June 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



cwgii - 321
TwoAndAHalfCents - 55
Hirbonzig - 26
PennysaverCP - 10
J_Dodge - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
June 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



cwgii - 75
PennysaverCP - 29
TwoAndAHalfCents - 19
Hirbonzig - 15
J_Dodge - 7



1982 COPPER PENNIES
June 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



cwgii - 1010
TwoAndAHalfCents - 215
J_Dodge - 60



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
June 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



J_Dodge - 27.04%
Hirbonzig - 23.69%
PennysaverCP - 21.83%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.70%
cwgii - 16.44%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
June 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1.26%
J_Dodge - 0.28%
Hirbonzig - 0.27%
cwgii - 0.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.08%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
June 2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



cwgii - 4336.00
TwoAndAHalfCents - 424.90
Hirbonzig - 29.57
J_Dodge - 6.87
PennysaverCP - 4.98


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2015 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 23012
cwgii - 13154
Sullysullinburg - 5037
J_Dodge - 2685
mrlaufer - 2633
Hirbonzig - 2614
PennysaverCP - 2309
Whinstone - 2296
plus1hdcp - 545



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1
cwgii - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 818
cwgii - 321
Sullysullinburg - 103
Whinstone - 44
mrlaufer - 43
Hirbonzig - 43
PennysaverCP - 39
J_Dodge - 38
plus1hdcp - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



PennysaverCP - 94
TwoAndAHalfCents - 87
cwgii - 75
J_Dodge - 48
Hirbonzig - 41
mrlaufer - 33
Sullysullinburg - 30
Whinstone - 15
plus1hdcp - 5



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 1240
cwgii - 1010
Sullysullinburg - 421
Whinstone - 289
J_Dodge - 224
plus1hdcp - 59



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



Sullysullinburg - 25.19%
PennysaverCP - 25.10%
Hirbonzig - 24.90%
J_Dodge - 21.48%
plus1hdcp - 20.96%
Whinstone - 20.87%
mrlaufer - 17.55%
cwgii - 16.44%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.18%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1.02%
Hirbonzig - 0.39%
J_Dodge - 0.38%
mrlaufer - 0.22%
plus1hdcp - 0.19%
Sullysullinburg - 0.15%
Whinstone - 0.14%
cwgii - 0.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.06%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2015 FULL LIST (as of 8/3/15 15:39 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 13608.77
cwgii - 4336.00
Sullysullinburg - 413.60
mrlaufer - 162.54
J_Dodge - 138.55
Hirbonzig - 113.32
Whinstone - 103.62
PennysaverCP - 89.87
plus1hdcp - 5.76



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2015 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 2c Euro - '04 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
6 Bahamas 1c - '84 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '87 (found by Whinstone), '90 (found by cwgii), (2) '04 (1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents, 1 found by Sullysullinburg), '06 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Cayman Islands - '82 (found by cwgii)
1 Croatia 10 lipa - '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
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)
2 Germany 2c Euro - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '12 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Great Britain New Penny - '75 (found by cwgii)
1 Ireland 2c Euro - '06 (found by cwgii)
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)
5 Panama 1c - '86 (found by cwgii), (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 - 6
Cayman Islands - 1
Croatia - 1
Domincan Republic - 1
Euro - 2
France - 1
Germany - 3
Great Britain - 1
Ireland - 1
Malta - 1
Mexico -2
New Zealand - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 5
Switzerland - 1

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
1 = older (1928-S)
2 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.52%):
436 - Memorial 1959-1981
27 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1962)

1 - Croatia 10 Lipa (2001)

$25 box

Wheats:
1 - older (1909)
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.56%):
367 - Memorial 1959-1981
22 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1975)

$50 BWRs

Wheats:
2 - older (1936 x2)
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.00%):
707 - Memorial 1959-1981
43 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1968 x2, 1982, 1984, 2004)

$225.00 Boxed
Copper % - 28%
1917- 1
1919-1
1940's and 50's Wheat: 76 (Three 40's S, and One 50's S, One BU 1958 and one AU 1951D)
1968-74 S : 29
Canadian Copper: 42 (including one 1942 George VI)

One Box Sorted
615 coppers---24.60%
5 wheats--all '50's
9 Canadian coppers---3 were rock dove cents

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
8 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.74%):
838 - Memorial 1959-1981
49 - Memorial 1982

6 - Canada (1982, 1986, 1988, 1999 x2, 2008)

$150.00 Boxed
Copper % - 26%
1911-1
1917D- 1
1924- 1
1937 D- 1
1939- 1
1940's and 50's Wheat: 54
1968-74 S : 15
2009 Lincoln Boyhood- 70
Canadian Copper: 33

$25 box

Wheats:
1 - older (1937)
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.24%):
432 - Memorial 1959-1981
24 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1989)

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
5 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.92%):
389 - Memorial 1959-1981
9 - Memorial 1982

5 - Canada (1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2000)
1 - Bahamas 1 cent (2006)
1 - Germany 2 cent (2012)

6/3 - 6/18/15 Box 37

# Copper 676

# Wheat 4

# Canadian 7

# Indian 0

% Copper 27.48%

# C82 60

# Z82 16

%C82 78.94%

Wheat 1937, 1944D, 1951D, 1958D

Best roll 21, Worst roll 6

JD

$25 box

Wheats:
3 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.16%):
358 - Memorial 1959-1981
21 - Memorial 1982

4 - Canada (1979, 1982, 1989, 1998)

23.00 face

502 copper memorial
10 wheats (1911,1929)
29 Canadian copper

23.52% keepers

$30 Bank Rolls
688 Copper--22.93%
21 wheats
6 Canadian

$25 box

Wheats:
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.12%):
433 - Memorial 1959-1981
20 - Memorial 1982

3 - Canada (1966, 1981, 1997)

wow , I knew I had slacked off, but,,, I failed to even report the last two from last year

100.00 penny report
10-24--12-3

1959 == 015 with 01 being ''p''
1960--6 == 180
1968-74 == 428
1975-81 d== 629
1975-81 p== 261
1982 == 185 with 59 being zinc
wheat == 027 with 03 being pre 40 == 36, 39, 26d
canadian == 014 with 11 being pre 97
odds == bell stamped

100.00 penny report
12-13--1-16-15

1959 == 012 with 01 being ''p''
1960--6 == 214
1968-74 == 432
1975-81 d== 622
1975-81 p== 277
1982 == 172 with 43 being zinc
wheat == 045 with 02 being pre 40 == 19, 35
canadian == 011 with 11 being pre 97
odds == 1908 ih, dimes x 5, 1975 new penny

100.00 penny report
01-29-15--02-04

1959 == 009 with 01 being ''p''
1960--6 == 199
1968-74 == 414
1975-81 d== 615
1975-81 p== 269
1982 == 172 with 54 being zinc
wheat == 054 with 07 being pre 40 == 38, 09, 38, 38, 37, 39, 20d
canadian == 014 with 12 being pre 97
odds == 1986 panama, 82 camain is, 06 2c erie, stamped heart love u

100.00 penny report
02-06--03-04

1959 == 011 with 02 being ''p''
1960--6 == 199
1968-74 == 495
1975-81 d== 761
1975-81 p== 275
1982 == 201 with 46 being zinc
wheat == 030 with 05 being pre 40 == 25s, 16, 37s, 29, 38
canadian == 013 with 08 being pre 97
odds == dimes x2

100.00 penny report
03-08--04-09

1959 == 012 with 03 being ''p''
1960--6 == 169
1968-74 == 440
1975-81 d== 572
1975-81 p== 286
1982 == 157 with 43 being zinc
wheat == 061 with 10 being pre 40 == 37d, 29, 29s, 35d, 34 x5, 29
canadian == 014 with 09 being pre 97
odds == dimes x 3, plastic dime

100.00 penny report
04-23--05-14

1959 == 009 with 00 being ''p''
1960--6 == 191
1968-74 == 385
1975-81 d== 583
1975-81 p== 218
1982 == 156 with 41 being zinc
wheat == 041 with 03 being pre 40 == 29s, 39, 39
canadian == 008 with 05 being pre 97
odds == stamped MS, dimes x 3

100.00 penny report
05-19--27

1959 == 013 with 02 being ''p''
1960--6 == 171
1968-74 == 383
1975-81 d== 617
1975-81 p== 261
1982 == 165 with 52 being zinc
wheat == 030 with 05 being pre 40 == 19. 35s. 36d, 30d, 39,
canadian == 011 with 09 being pre 97
odds == dimes x2, 1990 bahama

100.00 penny report
05-27--6-30

1959 == 013 with 03 being ''p''
1960--6 == 177
1968-74 == 407
1975-81 d== 645
1975-81 p== 275
1982 == 159 with 29 being zinc
wheat == 033 with 05 being pre 40 == 11, 26, 28, 27, 30
canadian == 014 with 10 being pre 97
odds == dimes x 8, cu slug

whew, too many numbers loll ,

what with the value dropping, I guess most folks have stopped sorting. I know I have slowed down a lot, back in the day when I did 100$ in a day instead of a month.

aristobolus wrote:$225.00 Boxed
Copper % - 28%
1917- 1
1919-1
1940's and 50's Wheat: 76 (Three 40's S, and One 50's S, One BU 1958 and one AU 1951D)
1968-74 S : 29
Canadian Copper: 42 (including one 1942 George VI)

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