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January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 9:40 pm
by Country
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Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 4:28 am
by Recyclersteve
First $25 box of BWR's searched in the new year (received 6/30/14, but gone through on January 1st):

378 Pre-82 coppers (not including wheaties)
8 Wheat cents
17 Copper 1982's (also got 19 zinc 1982's)
3 Canadian cents
1 Panama 1 centavo coin
403 TOTAL COPPERS (16.12%)

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:38 pm
by agmoose
Got to the bank late, and they didn't have a full box available. So - I bought $18 worth.


60-81 CU - 282
82 CU - 14
1959 - 1
Wheats - 1 (1949)
Indians - 1 (1901)
Canadians - 8 (all pre-1970)

Odd I'd get the same # of wheats and Indians!

16.6% CU

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Mon Jan 08, 2018 4:32 pm
by sparechange
$25 box

Nice coppers--235
Ugly coppers--111
'82's-------------46
Wheats----------8

Total 400=(16%)

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Sat Jan 13, 2018 2:03 pm
by agmoose
$25 Brinks box

60-81 CU - 313
1959 - 4
1959D - 1
Wheats - 9 (oldest 1909)
Canadians - 3

TONS of zinc...rotten, grungy zinc.

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Mon Jan 15, 2018 1:33 am
by Recyclersteve
A box of $25 of BWR's received from a bank on 9/8/14 (just gone through now):

Pre 1982 coppers 356
'82s (copper) 16
'82s (zinc) 26 (normally there would be more coppers than zincs- not this time)
Wheats 7
Canada 4
Pre '40 0
TOTAL COPPERS 379 (15.16%)

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:30 pm
by everything
$25 box. fresh box, a little different but sigh .. pretty much the same otherwise.
LMC copper 639
1982 zinc 8
1982 copper 53
1959 5
1960 7
2009 10
Canadian Copper 10 lowest 1954
Canadian Steel 0
Wheat 3 (only 3?) lowest 1920
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Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:14 pm
by Recyclersteve
Box of $25 recd. 10/29/14, but just gone through now...

Pre-'82 coppers 354
82 coppers 34
82 zincs 13
Wheaties 9
Pre-'40 wheats 0
Canada 3
Guatemala 1

TOTAL COPPERS 397 (15.88%)

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 1:17 pm
by Recyclersteve
Box of $25 received 10/28/14, but just gone through now...

Pre '82 coppers 338
'82 coppers 21
'82 zincs 12
Wheats 20 (including 38-S + one w/ mm that where the date is hard to read)
Canada 2
TOTAL COPPERS 379 (15.16%)

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2018 8:41 am
by agmoose
$25 Brinks box:

Pre 82 copper - 301
82 copper - 28
82 zinc - 9
Wheats - 9
1959 - 2 ( one D and one P)
Canada - 4

Dimes - 1, (2011D)

Just a little better than 13% copper

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 3:56 pm
by everything
$25 box. fresh box straight from the bankster
LMC copper 627
1982 zinc 8
1982 copper 54
1959 4
1960 8
2009 7
Canadian Copper 4
Canadian Steel 0
Wheat 12 (that's more like it, about a dozen is average)
.2852

Re: January 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

PostPosted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 9:50 am
by sparechange
$25 Box

Nice coppers--214
Ugly coppers--108
82's---37
Wheats--6
Canadian--3

Around 14%