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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In August 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 August 30, 2015 9:14 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
August 2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



Country - 5970
TwoAndAHalfCents - 5723
J_Dodge - 722



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
August 2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



NONE FOUND



WHEAT PENNIES
August 2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



Country - 164
TwoAndAHalfCents - 122
J_Dodge - 7



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
August 2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



Country - 40
TwoAndAHalfCents - 29
J_Dodge - 14



1982 COPPER PENNIES
August 2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



Country - 483
TwoAndAHalfCents - 243
J_Dodge - 72



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
August 2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



J_Dodge - 28.88%
Country - 23.88%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 20.81%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
August 2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



J_Dodge - 0.56%
Country - 0.16%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.11%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
August 2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 646.14
Country - 617.40
J_Dodge - 7.43


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2015 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 30447
cwgii - 13154
Country - 5970
Sullysullinburg - 5037
Hirbonzig - 4513
J_Dodge - 3407
mrlaufer - 2633
PennysaverCP - 2309
Whinstone - 2296
plus1hdcp - 545



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1
cwgii - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 975
cwgii - 321
Country - 164
Sullysullinburg - 103
Hirbonzig - 75
J_Dodge - 45
Whinstone - 44
mrlaufer - 43
PennysaverCP - 39
plus1hdcp - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 123
PennysaverCP - 94
cwgii - 75
Hirbonzig - 63
J_Dodge - 62
Country - 40
mrlaufer - 33
Sullysullinburg - 30
Whinstone - 15
plus1hdcp - 5



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 1577
cwgii - 1010
Country - 483
Sullysullinburg - 421
J_Dodge - 296
Whinstone - 289
plus1hdcp - 59



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



Sullysullinburg - 25.19%
PennysaverCP - 25.10%
Hirbonzig - 25.07%
Country - 23.88%
J_Dodge - 22.71%
plus1hdcp - 20.96%
Whinstone - 20.87%
mrlaufer - 17.55%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.91%
cwgii - 16.44%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1.02%
J_Dodge - 0.41%
Hirbonzig - 0.35%
mrlaufer - 0.22%
plus1hdcp - 0.19%
Country - 0.16%
Sullysullinburg - 0.15%
Whinstone - 0.14%
cwgii - 0.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2015 FULL LIST (as of 9/2/15 17:24 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 22718.71
cwgii - 4336.00
Country - 617.40
Sullysullinburg - 413.60
Hirbonzig - 334.87
J_Dodge - 210.84
mrlaufer - 162.54
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)
2 Great Britain New Penny - '75 (found by cwgii), 94 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
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 Spain 5c Euro - '03 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
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 - 2
Ireland - 1
Malta - 1
Mexico -2
New Zealand - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 5
Spain - 1
Switzerland - 1

$25 - Brink's Box
517 Copper non-wheats (20.7%)
- 352 Nice coppers
- 124 Ugly Abes
- 41 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - 1935 and 9 others
4 Canadian copper - '62,'78,'85,'88

First box in quite a while...

Country wrote:First box in quite a while...

Look for Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking updates for the entire year very soon.

$25 - Brink's Box
543 Copper non-wheats (21.7%)
- 380 Nice coppers
- 118 Ugly Abes
- 45 1982's (ACE checked)
16 Wheats - 1936 and 9 others
3 Canadian copper - '71,'93,'96

$25 - Brink's Box
483 Copper non-wheats (19.3%)
- 344 Nice coppers
- 97 Ugly Abes
- 42 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - Oldest 1941
6 Canadian copper - '72,'76,'80,'84(2),'89

Country wrote:Look for Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking updates for the entire year very soon.

tytyty it was very interesting to see these stats , I missed them . now if I could only sell some copper I might get back into it. been doing more nickels as I only keep 2% of them.

$25 Box

Wheats:
1 - older (1937-D)
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.80%):
392 - Memorial 1959-1981
28 - Memorial 1982

3 - Canada (1983 x2, 1989)

$25 - Brink's Box
671 Copper non-wheats (26.8%)
- 480 Nice coppers
- 128 Ugly Abes
- 63 1982's (ACE checked)
19 Wheats - Oldest 1942
1 Canadian copper - '87

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
4 - older (1927, 1935, 1936, and 191?-D ) - can't make out the complete date on that last one
46 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (23.20%):
1,114 - Memorial 1959-1981
46 - Memorial 1982

18 - Canada (1963, 1964 x2, 1965, 1966, 1967 x2, 1968 x4, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1988, 2006 x2)

$25 BWRs

Wheats:
2 - older (1936, 1937-S)
5 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (13.36%):
307 - Memorial 1959-1981
27 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1993)

Date 8-5 - 8-13-2015

Box # 38


# Copper 722

# Wheat 7

# Canadian 14

# Indian 0

% Copper 29.72

# C82 54

# Z82 21

%C82 72

Wheat 1940S, 1944x2, 1945, 1951D, 1952D, 1953D

Best roll 23, Worst roll 7

JD

$25 - Brink's Box
642 Copper non-wheats (25.7%)
- 463 Nice coppers
- 133 Ugly Abes
- 46 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - Oldest 1941 (nice shiny '55-S)
6 Canadian copper - '62,'65,'83,'84,'94,'96
1 dime - '97D

Going through 8 boxes I put away in 2013. I didn't do anything in 2014. Recently acquired some new Brinks boxes. I will see soon what the 2015 boxes look like in my area.

$25 CWRs

Wheats:
3 - 1950s

Copper non-wheat (14.88%):
341 - Memorial 1959-1981
31 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1988, 2005)

$25 - Brink's Box
612 Copper non-wheats (24.5%)
- 462 Nice coppers
- 109 Ugly Abes
- 41 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - 1911, 1924, and 11 others
2 Canadian copper - '66,'79

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1915)
21 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (14.66%):
686 - Memorial 1959-1981
47 - Memorial 1982

4 - Canada (1975, 1979, 1980, 2000)

1 - Widow's Mite token

$25 boxes

Box 1 of 2
Wheats:
1 - older (1937)
15 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.92%):
380 - Memorial 1959-1981
18 - Memorial 1982

3 - Canada (1965, 1976, 1991)

Box 2 of 2
Box of shiny new 2015-D pennies

$25 BWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1939)
1 - 1940s

Copper non-wheat (8.64%):
207 - Memorial 1959-1981
9 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1986)

$25 - Brink's Box
660 Copper non-wheats (26.4%)
- 486 Nice coppers
- 119 Ugly Abes
- 55 1982's (ACE checked)
17 Wheats - Oldest 1942
5 Canadian copper - '68,'82,'85,'86,'87

$25 - Brink's Box
574 Copper non-wheats (23.0%)
- 407 Nice coppers
- 127 Ugly Abes
- 40 1982's (ACE checked)
21 Wheats - 1935 and 20 others
5 Canadian copper - '62,'68,'70,'82,'89

$25 - Brink's Box
617 Copper non-wheats (24.7%)
- 452 Nice coppers
- 113 Ugly Abes
- 52 1982's (ACE checked)
29 Wheats - Oldest 1942
6 Canadian copper - '67,'79,'82(2),'84(2)

Took a look at the first 2015 boxes. I'd guess my COPPER percentage is going to be way down from 2013.

$25 - Brink's Box
651 Copper non-wheats (26.7%)
- 484 Nice coppers
- 109 Ugly Abes
- 58 1982's (ACE checked)
18 Wheats - Oldest 1941
2 Canadian copper - '83,'85

This and the next box are the last of my 2013 boxes.

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1928)
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (41.80%):
2,053 - Memorial 1959-1981
37 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1960)
1 - U.S. Nickel
4 - U.S. clad dimes

Overall long by 107 coins too!!