April 2011 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[Country]

Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In April 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 Apr 30, 2011 11:05 pm forum time and earlier.
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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



Morsecode - 15077
Country - 11610
cwgii - 10571
CardsNCoins - 7259
thunter - 6853
ZigMeister - 6531
rosco - 5836
styropyro - 5673
appjoe - 5673
Gamecock - 1595
agmoose - 1195
AGCoinHunter - 931
PreservingThePast - 719
Johnny99 - 667
justj2k78 - 288



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



Morsecode - 2
CardsNCoins - 1
ZigMeister - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



Morsecode - 303
Country - 223
cwgii - 213
CardsNCoins - 190
appjoe - 181
ZigMeister - 156
rosco - 124
AGCoinHunter - 96
thunter - 79
styropyro - 46
agmoose - 33
Johnny99 - 16
Gamecock - 14
PreservingThePast - 9
justj2k78 - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



ZigMeister - 1052
Morsecode - 254
rosco - 89
cwgii - 86
thunter - 68
CardsNCoins - 57
appjoe - 43
Country - 37
agmoose - 28
styropyro - 19
AGCoinHunter - 8
PreservingThePast - 8
justj2k78 - 8
Gamecock - 4
Johnny99 - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



Country - 1229
appjoe - 527
Morsecode - 415
PreservingThePast - 99
rosco - 70



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



styropyro - 37.82%
CardsNCoins - 29.63%
justj2k78 - 28.80%
appjoe - 27.27%
Johnny99 - 26.68%
Morsecode - 26.22%
Country - 25.80%
thunter - 25.76%
PreservingThePast - 23.97%
agmoose - 23.90%
Gamecock - 22.79%
rosco - 22.45%
ZigMeister - 20.62%
AGCoinHunter - 18.62%
cwgii - 17.62%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



Morsecode - 3595.82
cwgii - 2608.80
Country - 2136.42
ZigMeister - 980.47
thunter - 744.80
CardsNCoins - 735.59
rosco - 629.10
appjoe - 490.63
styropyro - 344.28
Gamecock - 45.16
agmoose - 25.12
AGCoinHunter - 20.70
PreservingThePast - 8.83
Johnny99 - 6.86
justj2k78 - 1.20


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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



cwgii - 74495
Morsecode - 69788
CardsNCoins - 52358
Country - 49953
thunter - 48710
appjoe - 37901
ZigMeister - 29435
TheJonasCollegeFund - 19099
styropyro - 17205
plus1hdcp - 12244
gravybro - 10134
timmus0382 - 7867
Hirbonzig - 7795
rosco - 6792
AGCoinHunter - 5685
justj2k78 - 4938
gothboi30 - 4711
Gamecock - 3448
ed_vantage17 - 3244
scrapper2010 - 3197
PreservingThePast - 2334
uthminsta - 1882
agmoose - 1753
ozarkbilly - 1142
Rodebaugh - 775
Johnny99 - 667
jtlee321 - 548
Cerulean - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



cwgii - 6
Morsecode - 4
CardsNCoins - 3
plus1hdcp - 1
Hirbonzig - 1
gothboi30 - 1
agmoose - 1
Country - 1
AGCoinHunter - 1
ZigMeister - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



cwgii - 2096
Morsecode - 1579
CardsNCoins - 1266
Country - 917
appjoe - 851
thunter - 695
ZigMeister - 651
TheJonasCollegeFund - 317
styropyro - 186
plus1hdcp - 180
justj2k78 - 178
AGCoinHunter - 156
gravybro - 135
rosco - 135
timmus0382 - 114
Hirbonzig - 106
agmoose - 99
scrapper2010 - 97
gothboi30 - 95
PreservingThePast - 38
ed_vantage17 - 36
Gamecock - 26
uthminsta - 19
Johnny99 - 16
ozarkbilly - 14
Rodebaugh - 7
jtlee321 - 7



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



ZigMeister - 1238
Morsecode - 961
cwgii - 602
thunter - 433
CardsNCoins - 421
justj2k78 - 387
appjoe - 359
Country - 226
timmus0382 - 181
TheJonasCollegeFund - 161
rosco - 92
styropyro - 83
gravybro - 76
Hirbonzig - 60
plus1hdcp - 52
gothboi30 - 44
AGCoinHunter - 37
agmoose - 36
ed_vantage17 - 32
PreservingThePast - 15
scrapper2010 - 14
Gamecock - 9
jtlee321 - 7
Rodebaugh - 5
uthminsta - 4
Johnny99 - 3
ozarkbilly - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



Country - 5166
appjoe - 3574
Morsecode - 2492
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1932
plus1hdcp - 1055
gothboi30 - 431
PreservingThePast - 259
ed_vantage17 - 217
uthminsta - 216
Rodebaugh - 72
rosco - 70
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
Cerulean - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



ozarkbilly - 38.07%
timmus0382 - 34.96%
styropyro - 34.41%
ed_vantage17 - 31.80%
Gamecock - 31.35%
Rodebaugh - 31.00%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.93%
justj2k78 - 29.57%
CardsNCoins - 29.52%
appjoe - 28.85%
Hirbonzig - 27.35%
gothboi30 - 26.92%
Morsecode - 26.80%
Johnny99 - 26.68%
scrapper2010 - 25.58%
thunter - 25.40%
uthminsta - 25.09%
Country - 24.67%
agmoose - 23.37%
PreservingThePast - 23.11%
gravybro - 22.52%
jtlee321 - 21.92%
rosco - 21.70%
Cerulean - 20.33%
AGCoinHunter - 18.95%
ZigMeister - 18.88%
plus1hdcp - 18.14%
cwgii - 16.19%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 5/1/11 9:03 ET)



cwgii - 142035.12
Morsecode - 75351.31
Country - 41386.95
CardsNCoins - 38341.25
thunter - 38233.72
appjoe - 20548.92
ZigMeister - 19535.53
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4996.99
styropyro - 3494.80
plus1hdcp - 3368.52
gravybro - 1862.10
Hirbonzig - 907.55
rosco - 878.78
timmus0382 - 734.58
AGCoinHunter - 705.36
justj2k78 - 367.60
gothboi30 - 339.50
scrapper2010 - 165.40
Gamecock - 153.25
ed_vantage17 - 135.13
PreservingThePast - 96.43
uthminsta - 57.15
agmoose - 56.64
ozarkbilly - 13.91
Rodebaugh - 7.87
Johnny99 - 6.86
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)
1 Austria 5c - '05 (found by Rosco)
10 Bahamas 1c - '87 (found by AGCoinHunter), '89 (found by appjoe), (2) '92 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country), '96 (found by agmoose), (2) '98 (1 found by hirbonzig, 1 found by Country), '01 (found by Country), (2) '06 (2 found by cwgii)
3 Barbados 1c - '80 (found by justj2k78), (2) '00 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country)
11 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), '91 (found by agmoose), '96 (found by gravybro), '01 (found by cwgii), '04 (found by appjoe), 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)
6 Euro 2c - '03 (found by thunter), '04 (found by thunter), '05 (found by cwgii), (2) '06 (2 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)
4 Germany 5 pfennig - '40 (found by cwgii), '80 (found by cwgii), '87 (found by ZigMeister), '92 (found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain New 1/2 c - '71 (found by cwgii)
7 Great Britain New 1c - '81 (found by cwgii), '85 (found by cwgii), '94 (found by cwgii), '95 (found by cwgii), '03 (found by cwgii), (2) '07 (2 found by cwgii)
1 Hong Kong 20c - '95 (found by thunter)
1 Ireland 3 pence - '50 (found by cwgii)
1 Ireland 2c Euro - '02 (found by justj2k78)
1 Israel 1/2 Sheqel - '80 (found by gravybro)
1 Luxembourg 2c Euro - '08 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Malta 1c - '91 (found by Country)
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)
17 Panama 1c - (3) '68 (1 found by CardsNCoins, 1 found by Country, 1 found by cwgii), '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), (2) '96 (1 found by appjoe, 1 found by cwgii), (3) '01 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by appjoe), '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)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '65 (found by thunter)
1 Zambia 1 ngwee - '83 (found by appjoe)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Australia - 3
Austria - 1
Bahamas - 10
Barbados - 3
Bermuda - 11
Bolivia - 1
Cayman Islands - 2
Czech Republic - 1
Dominican Republic - 1
Euro - 6
France - 1
Germany - 8
Great Britain - 8
Hong Kong - 1
Ireland - 2
Israel - 1
Luxembourg - 1
Malta - 1
Mexico - 7
Newfoundland - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 17
Poland - 2
Russia - 1
South Africa - 3
Spain - 1
Switzerland - 1
Zambia - 1

[CardsNCoins]

$25 String Box (April #1)
778 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (31.1%)
23 Wheat - including a 1929 and a 1937
10 Canadian copper - from 1946 to 1983

Other - 1900 Indian Head

[Gamecock]

$25 CWRs

1 Canadian Cu
7 wheats (1919, 1936, the rest > 1940)
520 Cu
1972 Zinc

[justj2k78]

$10 String Rolls

288 Copper Memorial (28.8%)
8 Canadian Copper
4 Wheat (all > '40)

[thunter]

April MTD #"s:

4300 Total searched

985 CU
8 Can CU
12 Wheats

1005 Total CU

[cwgii]

am going to change up my reporting a little. it takes too long to wait for $1,000 . and i started work today.

so , 200.00 at a time from now on.

1959== 33
60-67==417
68-74==933
75-81d==1346
75-81p==599
82==331
wheat==81 with 4 being pre 40
cdn==29 with 22 being pre 97

odds == 1950 eire 3d , has a harp /hare ... first one of these i have ever gotten
dimesx13
one 10.00 lot was 55% 2011

2007--english penny
83-- stamped CT
2006 bahama cent
2 euro--2006, with the oak leaf
dimes x2

[appjoe]

$25 Brinks box
680 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (27.2%)
-560 Nice coppers
-55 Ugly copper Abes
-1 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-64 1982's copper (Scale checked)
12 1982 Zinc
28 Wheats Oldest 1918, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 42d, 44x(2), 45x(3), 46, 48d, 49s, 51, 52, 52s, 53d x(2), 53s, 54d, 56, 56d x(2), 57x (2), 57d.
3 Canadian copper 1979, 80, 81.
4 Other 1998 Wide AM x(2), 2000 Wide AM x(2).

[PreservingThePast]

$15.00 (SHORTED ONE CENT TOTAL) - 22 CWRs & 8 BWRs


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 263

Cu "S" Mint Mark - 3 (1968, 1971, 1972)

1982 Cu - 38
1982 Zinc - 6
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 5 (One Pre-40 Wheat -- 1936)

Canadian Cu - 8 -- (1960 - 1992)

2009 - LP1 - 1
2009 - LP2 - 2
2009 - LP3 - 0
2009 - LP4 - 0
(2009 is the year our son married so I keep the 2009 coins for anniversary coin jars for future anniversary gifts.)

Other - None

*Please Note: I do not keep track of the kids' birth years (both are zinc years) any longer, although I save them, unless it is some spectacular amount in a roll.


Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
579 Copper non-wheats (23.2%)
- 423 Nice coppers
- 74 Ugly Abes
- 82 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - Oldest 1940
4 Canadian copper - '55,'62,'67,'69

[CardsNCoins]

$20.00 String/Brinks wrapped
567 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28.4%)
10 Wheat - including a 1936 and a 1937
5 Canadian copper - from 1975 to 1994

[Gamecock]

$20 CWRs

2 Canadian Cu
1 Canadia non-Cu
1 wheat - 195? can't remember
1 carved with Kenndy's face
494 Cu
1501 Zinc

[appjoe]

$25 Brinks box
651 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (26.04%)
-511 Nice coppers
-65 Ugly copper Abes
-2 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-73 1982's copper (Scale checked)
12 1982 Zinc
36 Wheats Oldest 1929, 30, 34, 36x(2), 41x(4), 44x(5), 45x(2), 46x(3), 47, 47d, 49, 50, 52d, 53x(2), 55x(3), 56, 56d, 57, 57d x(2), 58d x(2).
3 Canadian copper 1964, 65, 69.
Other (0)

My last 4 Brinks boxes have had over 25 wheats each but the Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian copper percentage is dropping. Also not many Canadian cents compared to the String boxes. All 4 Brinks boxes had the same machine number and date on them.

[CardsNCoins]

$25 String Box (April #2)
730 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.2%)
16 Wheat - including a 1936 and a 1939
13 Canadian copper - from 1956 to 1993

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
673 Copper non-wheats (26.9%)
- 523 Nice coppers
- 80 Ugly Abes
- 70 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - 1919-D, 1923, and 11 others
2 Canadian copper - '60,'76

[AGCoinHunter]

$25 string box.

495 CU cents
21 wheats
4 canadian

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
673 Copper non-wheats (26.9%)
- 525 Nice coppers
- 76 Ugly Abes
- 72 1982's (ACE checked)
5 Wheats - Oldest 1940
1 Canadian copper - '69

[appjoe]

$25 Brinks box
731 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (29.24%)
-602 Nice coppers
-68 Ugly copper Abes
-2 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-59 1982's copper (Scale checked)
12 1982 Zinc
17 Wheats Oldest 1914, 25, 30, 34, 40, 42, 44, 47, 50, 50s, 52d, 53d, 56x(2), 56d, 58x(2).
2 Canadian copper 1982, 84.
1 Other 2004 Bermuda one cent

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
648 Copper non-wheats (25.9%)
- 494 Nice coppers
- 87 Ugly Abes
- 67 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - 1936 and 8 others
3 Canadian copper - '57,'68,'94

[Gamecock]

$25 CWRs

4 dimes
1 canadian cu
6 wheats all > 1940
581 cu
1908 zinc

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
640 Copper non-wheats (25.6%)
- 497 Nice coppers
- 72 Ugly Abes
- 71 1982's (ACE checked)
17 Wheats - Oldest 1940
1 Canadian copper - '89

[appjoe]

$25 Brinks box
706 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (28.24%)
-590 Nice coppers
-53 Ugly copper Abes
-4 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-59 1982's copper (Scale checked)
21 1982 Zinc
22 Wheats Oldest 1917, 40, 41x(2), 44x(3), 45x(2), 46, 46d, 47x(2), 48, 50, 51, 51d, 53, 56, 57d x(3).
6 Canadian copper 1949, 71x(2), 74, 87, 89.
2 Others- 2001 Panama UN CENTESIMO DE BALBOA, and a 1989 Bahamas one cent

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (April #3)
699 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28%)
12 Wheat - including a 1917 S
4 Canadian copper - from 1962 to 1983

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (April #4)
728 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.1%)
14 Wheat - including a 1928 and a 1937
2 Canadian copper - 1972 and 1986

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
666 Copper non-wheats (26.6%)
- 523 Nice coppers
- 85 Ugly Abes
- 58 1982's (ACE checked)
23 Wheats - Oldest 1941
3 Canadian copper - '72,'85,'87
1 Massachusetts imprinted cent - '75

[agmoose]

$25 Brink's Box
612 Coppers
15 Wheats - Oldest 1918
11 Canadian copper = oldest 1947
1 Bahamas - 1996
1 Bermuda - 1991

1998 WAM

$25 Brink's Box
583 Coppers
18 Wheats - Oldest 1920
17 Canadian Coppers - oldest 1951