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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In March 2011, 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 2011 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 2011 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 Mar 31, 2011 9:03 pm ET and earlier.
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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Morsecode - 54711
cwgii - 32513
CardsNCoins - 15627
appjoe - 11275
Country - 10949
thunter - 8870
timmus0382 - 7867
gravybro - 5544
ZigMeister - 5526
justj2k78 - 4650
ed_vantage17 - 3244
styropyro - 3203
scrapper2010 - 2659
Gamecock - 1853
AGCoinHunter - 1399
plus1hdcp - 582
PreservingThePast - 559
TheJonasCollegeFund - 21



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



cwgii - 5
Morsecode - 2
CardsNCoins - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Morsecode - 1276
cwgii - 1118
CardsNCoins - 356
appjoe - 241
thunter - 181
justj2k78 - 174
Country - 167
timmus0382 - 114
ZigMeister - 91
scrapper2010 - 84
gravybro - 52
styropyro - 38
ed_vantage17 - 36
AGCoinHunter - 16
Gamecock - 12
PreservingThePast - 8
plus1hdcp - 7
TheJonasCollegeFund - 2



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Morsecode - 707
justj2k78 - 379
cwgii - 249
timmus0382 - 181
CardsNCoins - 129
appjoe - 118
thunter - 67
ZigMeister - 66
Country - 53
gravybro - 37
ed_vantage17 - 32
styropyro - 20
AGCoinHunter - 12
plus1hdcp - 10
scrapper2010 - 8
Gamecock - 5
PreservingThePast - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Morsecode - 2077
appjoe - 1076
Country - 1071
ed_vantage17 - 217
plus1hdcp - 60
PreservingThePast - 58



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Gamecock - 46.33%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 42.00%
timmus0382 - 34.96%
styropyro - 32.03%
ed_vantage17 - 31.80%
appjoe - 30.07%
justj2k78 - 29.62%
CardsNCoins - 29.29%
Morsecode - 26.96%
scrapper2010 - 26.59%
thunter - 25.45%
Country - 24.33%
gravybro - 22.18%
AGCoinHunter - 18.65%
PreservingThePast - 18.63%
ZigMeister - 16.88%
cwgii - 16.26%
plus1hdcp - 15.52%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Morsecode - 46024.19
cwgii - 27104.00
CardsNCoins - 3438.82
Country - 2010.42
appjoe - 1745.10
thunter - 1271.05
ZigMeister - 744.29
timmus0382 - 734.58
gravybro - 563.30
justj2k78 - 326.75
ed_vantage17 - 135.13
styropyro - 130.44
scrapper2010 - 110.04
AGCoinHunter - 42.81
Gamecock - 29.92
plus1hdcp - 8.99
PreservingThePast - 6.83
TheJonasCollegeFund - 0.0046


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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



cwgii - 63924
Morsecode - 54711
CardsNCoins - 45099
thunter - 41857
Country - 38343
appjoe - 32228
ZigMeister - 22904
TheJonasCollegeFund - 19099
plus1hdcp - 12244
styropyro - 11532
gravybro - 10134
timmus0382 - 7867
Hirbonzig - 7795
AGCoinHunter - 4754
gothboi30 - 4711
justj2k78 - 4650
ed_vantage17 - 3244
scrapper2010 - 3197
uthminsta - 1882
Gamecock - 1853
PreservingThePast - 1615
ozarkbilly - 1142
rosco - 956
Rodebaugh - 775
agmoose - 558
jtlee321 - 548
Cerulean - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



cwgii - 6
Morsecode - 2
CardsNCoins - 2
plus1hdcp - 1
Hirbonzig - 1
gothboi30 - 1
agmoose - 1
Country - 1
AGCoinHunter - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



cwgii - 1883
Morsecode - 1276
CardsNCoins - 1076
Country - 694
appjoe - 670
thunter - 616
ZigMeister - 495
TheJonasCollegeFund - 317
plus1hdcp - 180
justj2k78 - 174
styropyro - 140
gravybro - 135
timmus0382 - 114
Hirbonzig - 106
scrapper2010 - 97
gothboi30 - 95
agmoose - 66
AGCoinHunter - 60
ed_vantage17 - 36
PreservingThePast - 29
uthminsta - 19
ozarkbilly - 14
Gamecock - 12
rosco - 11
Rodebaugh - 7
jtlee321 - 7



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Morsecode - 707
cwgii - 516
justj2k78 - 379
thunter - 365
CardsNCoins - 364
appjoe - 316
Country - 189
ZigMeister - 186
timmus0382 - 181
TheJonasCollegeFund - 161
gravybro - 76
styropyro - 64
Hirbonzig - 60
plus1hdcp - 52
gothboi30 - 44
ed_vantage17 - 32
AGCoinHunter - 29
scrapper2010 - 14
agmoose - 8
PreservingThePast - 7
jtlee321 - 7
Gamecock - 5
Rodebaugh - 5
uthminsta - 4
ozarkbilly - 3
rosco - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Country - 3937
appjoe - 3047
Morsecode - 2077
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1932
plus1hdcp - 1055
gothboi30 - 431
ed_vantage17 - 217
uthminsta - 216
PreservingThePast - 160
Rodebaugh - 72
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
Cerulean - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



Gamecock - 46.33%
ozarkbilly - 38.07%
timmus0382 - 34.96%
styropyro - 32.95%
ed_vantage17 - 31.80%
Rodebaugh - 31.00%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.93%
justj2k78 - 29.62%
CardsNCoins - 29.50%
appjoe - 29.15%
Hirbonzig - 27.35%
Morsecode - 26.96%
gothboi30 - 26.92%
scrapper2010 - 25.58%
thunter - 25.34%
uthminsta - 25.09%
Country - 24.34%
PreservingThePast - 22.75%
gravybro - 22.52%
agmoose - 22.32%
jtlee321 - 21.92%
Cerulean - 20.33%
AGCoinHunter - 19.02%
ZigMeister - 18.43%
plus1hdcp - 18.14%
rosco - 18.04%
cwgii - 15.98%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 4/1/11 15:07 ET)



cwgii - 106116.80
Morsecode - 46024.19
CardsNCoins - 28455.43
thunter - 28305.64
Country - 24712.38
appjoe - 14687.23
ZigMeister - 11720.99
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4996.99
plus1hdcp - 3368.52
gravybro - 1862.10
styropyro - 1643.04
Hirbonzig - 907.55
timmus0382 - 734.58
AGCoinHunter - 484.30
gothboi30 - 339.50
justj2k78 - 326.75
scrapper2010 - 165.40
ed_vantage17 - 135.13
uthminsta - 57.15
PreservingThePast - 46.89
Gamecock - 29.92
rosco - 20.56
ozarkbilly - 13.91
Rodebaugh - 7.87
agmoose - 6.32
jtlee321 - 5.62
Cerulean - 0.14



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2011 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

3 Australia 5c - '75 (found by thunter), '00 (found by thunter), '05 (found by rosco)
5 Bahamas 1c - '87 (found by AGCoinHunter), (2) '92 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country), '98 (found by hirbonzig), '01 (found by Country)
3 Barbados 1c - '80 (found by justj2k78), (2) '00 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country)
9 Bermuda 1c - '71 (found by ZigMeister), '78 (found by CardsNCoins), '81 (found by appjoe), '84 (found by appjoe), '85 (found by CardsNCoins), '88 (found by Country), '96 (found by gravybro), '01 (found by cwgii), unspecified date (found by gravybro)
1 Bolivia 10c - '87 (found by gravybro)
2 Cayman Islands 1c - '99 (found by cwgii), '05 (found by cwgii)
1 Czech Republic 50H - '03 (found by thunter)
1 Dominican Republic 1c - '69 (found by CardsNCoins)
5 Euro 2c - '03 (found by thunter), '04 (found by thunter), '05 (found by cwgii), '06 (found by cwgii), unknown date (found by cwgii)
1 France Euro 1c - '06 (found by cwgii)
3 Germany 1 pfennig - '77 (found by cwgii), '79 (found by cwgii), '83 (found by cwgii)
1 Germany 2 pfennig - '66 (found by cwgii)
3 Germany 5 pfennig - '40 (found by cwgii), '80 (found by cwgii), '92 (found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain New 1/2 c - '71 (found by cwgii)
5 Great Britain New 1c - '81 (found by cwgii), '85 (found by cwgii), '94 (found by cwgii), '95 (found by cwgii), '03 (found by cwgii)
1 Hong Kong 20c - '95 (found by thunter)
Ireland 2c Euro - '02 (found by justj2k78)
1 Israel 1/2 Sheqel - '80 (found by gravybro)
1 Luxembourg 2c Euro - '08 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
4 Mexico 5c - '71 (found by cwgii), '73 (found by cwgii), (2) '75 (2 found by cwgii)
2 Mexico 20c - '98 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '06 (found by cwgii)
1 Mexico 10 Pesos - '86 (found by thunter)
1 Newfoundland 1c - '41 (found by timmus0382)
1 Norway 5o ore - '98 (found by Country)
14 Panama 1c - (2) '68 (1 found by CardsNCoins, 1 found by Country), '75 (found by cwgii), '77 (found by cwgii), (3) '78 (3 found by cwgii), '82 (found by cwgii), '86 (found by cwgii), '91 (found by timmus0382), '96 (found by appjoe), (2) '01 (2 found by cwgii), '08 (found by Country)
1 Poland 5 Grozny - '04 (found by the thunter)
1 Poland 20 Grozny - '92 (found by the JonasCollegeFund)
1 Russia 50 Kopeks - '98 (found by CardsNCoins)
3 South Africa 1c - '77 (found by ZigMeister), '79 (found by cwgii), '88 (found by Country)
1 Spain 2c Euro - '01 (found by CardsNCoins)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Australia - 3
Bahamas - 5
Barbados - 3
Bermuda - 9
Bolivia - 1
Cayman Islands - 2
Czech Republic - 1
Dominican Republic - 1
Euro - 5
France - 1
Germany - 7
Great Britain - 6
Hong Kong - 1
Ireland - 1
Israel - 1
Luxembourg - 1
Mexico - 7
Newfoundland - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 14
Poland - 2
Russia - 1
South Africa - 3
Spain - 1

$25 Brinks Box (March #1)
772 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.9%)
13 Wheat - including a 1938
5 Canadian copper - from 1949 to 1995

$25 Brinks Box (March #2)
767 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.7%)
13 Wheat - including a 1919, 1930, and a 1934
5 Canadian copper - from 1974 to 1994
Other - 1 clad dime

$25 String box
782 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (31.28%)
-605 Nice coppers
-90 Ugly copper Abes
-5 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-82 1982's copper (Scale checked)
25 1982 Zinc
7 Wheats Oldest 1928, 42s, 44, 48, 49s, 51d, 52.
7 Canadian copper 1945, 55, 74, 78x(2), 87, 91.
3 Other 2- 1998 WAM, 1- Capped Die

$25 string box
485 cu cents
6 wheats
4 canadian cu
A BU/MS 1968 that look awesome, best circulated cent I have ever seen.

odds report

1966 2 pfenning, dimes2

dimes x8., my first 20011's of the year, a 1943p, 1975 mex cinco centavos and a 71 cinco

dimes 2, 2006 1 cent euro, with a mask with streamers and stars ???, 1973 with a jfk bust, 2001 panama cent

$25 Brinks Box (March #3)
804 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (32.2%)
12 Wheat - from 1941 to 1957
4 Canadian copper - from 1968 to 1989

Hit up the good looking gal (gas station attendant) for a roll!

$0.50 searched!

21 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents
+2 wheats (1936, 1957)
+0 copper 82's
+0 canadian coppers

other finds:

still trying to get her number

cwgii wrote:odds report

1966 2 pfenning, dimes2

dimes x8., my first 20011's of the year, a 1943p, 1975 mex cinco centavos and a 71 cinco

dimes 2, 2006 1 cent euro, with a mask with streamers and stars ???, 1973 with a jfk bust, 2001 panama cent

Your post from 2/28/11:

odds the last 2---100.00
1966 2 pfennig, dimes 2

dimes 8, my first 2011's, a 71 and 75 cinco -mex


I'm assuming the current post is a partial duplicate of the Feb 28th post.

Picked up an opened $25 box that had a split between Brink's and CWRs - results were very consistent:

$16.50 CWRs
297 Cu Memorials (18%)
6 Wheat 40-50s
2 Cu Canadian

$8.50 Brink's rolls
154 Cu Memorials (18.1%)
5 Wheats '28, rest 40-50s

Country wrote:

cwgii wrote:odds report

1966 2 pfenning, dimes2

dimes x8., my first 20011's of the year, a 1943p, 1975 mex cinco centavos and a 71 cinco

dimes 2, 2006 1 cent euro, with a mask with streamers and stars ???, 1973 with a jfk bust, 2001 panama cent

Your post from 2/28/11:

odds the last 2---100.00
1966 2 pfennig, dimes 2

dimes 8, my first 2011's, a 71 and 75 cinco -mex


I'm assuming the current post is a partial duplicate of the Feb 28th post.

SORRY, i forgot to mark that i had reported it.

$1,000 report 2-8 to 3-4
1959==133
60-67==2008
68-74==4441
75-81 d==6297
75-81 p== 3090
82==2080
w==306 of which 25 were pre 40
cdn==120 of which 102 were pre 97

in the last 100, i had back to back 10.00 that gave up a 1908 cull ih and a nice 1903

$12.50 of a Strings Box

174 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (13.9%)
+3 wheats (1938, 1948S, 1957D)
+24 copper 1982's
0 Canadian Copper () - 1 non-copper (1998)

Additional Finds - 2 s mints (1972 X 2)

The 1948S was a hole filler for me and the overall percentage here is still lower than everyone else

$25 string box.
505 cu cents
5 wheats (oldest 1945)
5 canadians (oldest 1952)

$100 (2 bags)
3203 Copper
38 Wheats
20 Copper Canada
1 1998 Wide AM

$25 Brinks box
741 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (29.64%)
-589 Nice coppers
-66 Ugly copper Abes
-4 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-82 1982's copper (Scale checked)
9 1982 Zinc
15 Wheats Oldest 1924, 31, 35, 41x(2), 44s, 45, 46, 49, 52, 52dx(2), 53, 56dx(2).
7 Canadian copper 1962, 66, Dove, 74, 79, 80, 83.
1 Other 1998 Wide AM

Picked up two boxes on Friday. Done one so far.
'59-'81: 682
'82 CU: 58
Wheat: 11
Can. CU: 10
TOTAL: 761 (30.44%)

$25.00 Strings Box

348 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (13.9% - again)
+4 wheats (1953, 1956, 1956D X 2)
+36 copper 1982's
0 Canadian Copper () - 0 non-copper ()

Additional Finds - 2 s mints (1968, 1970)

Might have to give it a break for a while and see if the percentages from the String Boxes improve. I will be looking for CRW for a while.

$25 Brinks Box #1
638 non-wheat coppers
35 Wheats including a 1910

$25 Brinks Box #2
664 non-wheat coppers
27 Wheats including a 1919

included in those totals were 24 BU 1964's

scrapper2010 wrote:$25 Brinks Box #1
638 non-wheat coppers
35 Wheats including a 1910

$25 Brinks Box #2
664 non-wheat coppers
27 Wheats including a 1919

included in those totals were 24 BU 1964's

Did you find any Canadian COPPERS? Are they included in your totals?

$25 Brinks Box (March #4)
761 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.4%)
13 Wheat - including a 1927, 1937, and 1939.
4 Canadian copper - from 1945 to 1987

$25 Brink's Box
707 Copper non-wheats (28.3%)
- 562 Nice coppers
- 70 Ugly Abes
- 75 1982's (ACE checked)
2 Wheats - 1941 and 1957
5 Canadian copper - '73,'77,'78,'80,'96

1 BU 1959
1 1971-D Copper with a JFK impression

$25 String Box (March #5)
701 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28%)
25 Wheat - including a 1911 (no mint mark) and 1936
8 Canadian copper - from 1961 to 1985

Month to date #'s for March:

10,100 Searched

2,535 CU (excl wheats & canada)
28 CU Canada
52 Wheaties

2,615 Total CU

$25 Brink's Box
731 Copper non-wheats (29.2%)
- 605 Nice coppers
- 59 Ugly Abes
- 67 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - Oldest 1940
4 Canadian copper - '62,'72,'73,'79

Much better than average COPPER for my area.

1 BU 1961
1 1972-D Copper with a JFK impression