May 2011 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In May 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 May 31, 2011 7:18 pm forum time and earlier.
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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Morsecode - 21369
Country - 20263
CardsNCoins - 14215
cwgii - 12619
ZigMeister - 7734
appjoe - 2957
Gamecock - 2904
Whinstone - 2096
rosco - 1830
thunter - 1766
Hirbonzig - 762
AGCoinHunter - 467



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



rosco - 1
Whinstone - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Morsecode - 540
Country - 338
CardsNCoins - 312
cwgii - 258
ZigMeister - 128
appjoe - 68
Gamecock - 40
thunter - 39
Whinstone - 28
rosco - 19
Hirbonzig - 12
AGCoinHunter - 7



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Morsecode - 380
Country - 100
CardsNCoins - 96
cwgii - 77
ZigMeister - 45
appjoe - 23
thunter - 18
Gamecock - 13
Whinstone - 12
rosco - 11
Hirbonzig - 4
AGCoinHunter - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Country - 2055
Morsecode - 1552
appjoe - 269
rosco - 76



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Hirbonzig - 30.48%
Morsecode - 29.93%
CardsNCoins - 29.93%
appjoe - 29.57%
rosco - 26.14%
Country - 24.56%
Gamecock - 24.20%
thunter - 23.86%
Whinstone - 20.86%
ZigMeister - 19.34%
AGCoinHunter 18.68%
cwgii 15.77%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
March 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Country - 6831.33
Morsecode - 6365.74
cwgii - 4145.28
CardsNCoins - 2778.37
ZigMeister - 1265.12
Gamecock - 141.94
appjoe - 121.92
Whinstone - 85.87
thunter - 53.96
rosco - 52.08
Hirbonzig 7.78
AGCoinHunter 4.76


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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Morsecode - 91157
cwgii - 87114
Country - 70216
CardsNCoins - 66573
thunter - 50476
appjoe - 40858
ZigMeister - 37169
TheJonasCollegeFund - 19099
styropyro - 17205
plus1hdcp - 12244
gravybro - 10134
rosco - 8622
Hirbonzig - 8557
timmus0382 - 7867
Gamecock - 6352
AGCoinHunter - 6152
justj2k78 - 4938
gothboi30 - 4711
ed_vantage17 - 3244
scrapper2010 - 3197
PreservingThePast - 2334
Whinstone - 2096
uthminsta - 1882
agmoose - 1753
ozarkbilly - 1142
Rodebaugh - 775
Johnny99 - 667
jtlee321 - 548
Cerulean - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



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



WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



cwgii - 2354
Morsecode - 2119
CardsNCoins - 1578
Country - 1255
appjoe - 919
ZigMeister - 779
thunter - 734
TheJonasCollegeFund - 317
styropyro - 186
plus1hdcp - 180
justj2k78 - 178
AGCoinHunter - 163
rosco - 154
gravybro - 135
Hirbonzig - 118
timmus0382 - 114
agmoose - 99
scrapper2010 - 97
gothboi30 - 95
Gamecock - 66
PreservingThePast - 38
ed_vantage17 - 36
Whinstone - 28
uthminsta - 19
Johnny99 - 16
ozarkbilly - 14
Rodebaugh - 7
jtlee321 - 7



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Morsecode - 1341
ZigMeister - 1283
cwgii - 679
CardsNCoins - 517
thunter - 451
justj2k78 - 387
appjoe - 382
Country - 326
timmus0382 - 181
TheJonasCollegeFund - 161
rosco - 103
styropyro - 83
gravybro - 76
Hirbonzig - 64
plus1hdcp - 52
gothboi30 - 44
AGCoinHunter - 39
agmoose - 36
ed_vantage17 - 32
Gamecock - 22
PreservingThePast - 15
scrapper2010 - 14
Whinstone - 12
jtlee321 - 7
Rodebaugh - 5
uthminsta - 4
Johnny99 - 3
ozarkbilly - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



Country - 7221
Morsecode - 4044
appjoe - 3843
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1932
plus1hdcp - 1055
gothboi30 - 431
PreservingThePast - 259
ed_vantage17 - 217
uthminsta - 216
rosco - 146
Rodebaugh - 72
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
Cerulean - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



ozarkbilly - 38.07%
timmus0382 - 34.96%
styropyro - 34.41%
ed_vantage17 - 31.80%
Rodebaugh - 31.00%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.93%
CardsNCoins - 29.61%
justj2k78 - 29.57%
appjoe - 28.91%
Gamecock - 27.62%
Hirbonzig - 27.60%
Morsecode - 27.47%
gothboi30 - 26.92%
Johnny99 - 26.68%
scrapper2010 - 25.58%
thunter - 25.34%
uthminsta - 25.09%
Country - 24.64%
agmoose - 23.37%
PreservingThePast - 23.11%
gravybro - 22.52%
rosco - 22.51%
jtlee321 - 21.92%
Whinstone - 20.86%
Cerulean - 20.33%
ZigMeister - 18.97%
AGCoinHunter - 18.93%
plus1hdcp - 18.14%
cwgii - 16.13%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/1/11 9:58 ET)



cwgii - 194717.52
Morsecode - 125594.61
Country - 81848.58
CardsNCoins - 61762.20
thunter - 41161.42
ZigMeister - 30743.77
appjoe - 23836.70
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4996.99
styropyro - 3494.80
plus1hdcp - 3368.52
gravybro - 1862.10
rosco - 1360.26
Hirbonzig - 1083.64
AGCoinHunter - 826.02
timmus0382 - 734.58
Gamecock - 592.48
justj2k78 - 367.60
gothboi30 - 339.50
scrapper2010 - 165.40
ed_vantage17 - 135.13
PreservingThePast - 96.43
Whinstone - 85.87
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)
16 Bahamas 1c - '87 (found by AGCoinHunter), '89 (found by appjoe), (3) '92 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country), '93 (found by ZigMeister), (2) '95 (1 found by ZigMeister, 1 found by Country), '96 (found by agmoose), (3) '98 (1 found by hirbonzig, 1 found by Country, 1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (2) '01 (1 found by Country, 1 found by ZigMeister), (2) '06 (2 found by cwgii)
3 Barbados 1c - '80 (found by justj2k78), (2) '00 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country)
13 Bermuda 1c - '71 (found by ZigMeister), '73 (found by ZigMeister), '77 (found by cwgii), '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 Cayman Islands 5c - '02 (found by appjoe)
1 Czech Republic 50H - '03 (found by thunter)
1 Dominican Republic 1c - '69 (found by CardsNCoins)
7 Euro 2c - '02 (found by cwgii), '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)
19 Panama 1c - (3) '68 (1 found by CardsNCoins, 1 found by Country, 1 found by cwgii), '74 (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), (3) '96 (1 found by appjoe, 1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country), (3) '01 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by appjoe), '08 (found by Country)
1 Philippines 25 sentimos - '95 (found by cwgii)
2 Poland 5 Grozny - '90 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '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 - 16
Barbados - 3
Bermuda - 13
Bolivia - 1
Cayman Islands - 3
Czech Republic - 1
Dominican Republic - 1
Euro - 7
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 - 19
Philippines - 1
Poland - 3
Russia - 1
South Africa - 3
Spain - 1
Switzerland - 1
Zambia - 1

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
645 Copper non-wheats (25.8%)
- 495 Nice coppers
- 91 Ugly Abes
- 59 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1910 and 7 others
1 Canadian copper - '66
1 Bahamas Starfish penny - '89

1 beatup 1976 dime - Love them dimes in penny rolls

[Rosco]

$25.00 Box

641 Coppers 25.6%
584 nice copper
4 AU
16 Ugly s
37 82s Popsicle stick check

1892 Indian
2 Canadian 1964
8 Wheat 1945s

The Indian was on the end of a roll now i have to find the Indian Tracker

[ZigMeister]

$ 50 coin counter bag
831 Cu Memorials (16.6%)
17 Wheats all 40-50s
4 Cu Canadian
2 Bahamas 1 cent - 1995 and 2001

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
568 Copper non-wheats (22.7%)
- 433 Nice coppers
- 80 Ugly Abes
- 55 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1930-D, 1934 and 6 others
3 Canadian copper - '72(2),'88

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
606 Copper non-wheats (24.2%)
- 486 Nice coppers
- 60 Ugly Abes
- 60 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - Oldest 1942
3 Canadian copper - '74',75,'88

[appjoe]

$25 Brinks box
757 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (30.28%)
-633 Nice coppers
-59 Ugly copper Abes
-4 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-61 1982's copper (Scale checked)
15 1982 Zinc
15 Wheats Oldest 1934, 40, 44, 45x(2), 45d, 46, 53, 53s, 55, 55d, 56, 56d, 57d, 58d.
6 Canadian copper 1956, 59, 79, 82, 94x(2).
1 Other - 2002 Caymen Island 5 cents. A little smaller than our cent (18mm) and made from nickel clad steel.

[Rosco]

$10 cust wrap

three rolls BU 1960d,1969d, 1975d

172 from other rolls
6 ugly
1 AU
16 82 Popsicle stick check 34.5%

three wheat 1935d 1936, 1954d

2 Canada 1962

[ZigMeister]

$ 25 Brink's box
384 Cu Memorials (15.4%)
8 Wheats 40-50s
7 Cu Canadian
1 1998 North Dakota state counterstamp

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

1990 Polish 5 grozny

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (May #1)
756 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.2%)
13 Wheat - including a 1927, 1929, 1934, and a 1936
7 Canadian copper - from 1961 to 1985

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (May #2)
682 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (27.3%)
25 Wheat - including a 1934, 1937, and a 1939
7 Canadian copper - from 1953 to 1994

[cwgii]

200.00 sorted 4--24, 5-4 the two 100.00 icrements are reported below

1959===17/15
1960-67== 203/189
1968-1974==464/489
1975-81d== 671/719
75-81p==323/272
82==212/214
wheat==34/31
cdn==22 with 17 being pre 97 , 9 with 4 being pre 97

odds. a 1955s, 4 dimes

// a single dime. and a 2007 that had two 14k stamped into it. --someone testing their gold stamp????

[Whinstone]

$25 Brink Box Thursday May 5th 529copperpennies .. 6wheat oldest1934 5 Canadian oldest 1960........................so so box

[ZigMeister]

$ 25 Brink's box
426 Cu Memorials (17%)
11 Wheats '20, rest 40-50s
3 Cu Canadian

[Rosco]

$10.00 from CU
190 copper
10 ugly
19 1982 stick ck 21.9%


4 wheat's 44d
3 Canadian

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (May #3)
685 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (27.4%)
13 Wheat - from 1945 to 1957
4 Canadian copper - from 1965 to 1976

[thunter]

May Month to date:

1800 Total searched
404 CU
3 Canada CU
9 Wheats

416 Total CU

It's nice outside and staying light until almost 8:30. Hard to keep up with the winter pace!

[Gamecock]

$25 brinks box

585 Cu including one with a batman signal carved into it
3 Canadians - only 1 of them Cu
12 wheats - 1 1936
1899 Zincs

either missing a penny somewhere or I was shorted one

[Rosco]

$25.00 box

3 Au
2 die errors ?
23 82 Stick check
677 copper 27.1%

4 Wheat 41s
4 Canada


That's it for three Weeks, RC get together an Graduation in Ohio Driving can be Fun

Unless I win big at the RC Denver Fun time Fat chance

[Gamecock]

$25 brinks box

3 canadian Cu
9 wheats - only pre '40 was a '36
601 Cu
1887 Zn

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
656 Copper non-wheats (26.2%)
- 508 Nice coppers
- 75 Ugly Abes
- 73 1982's (ACE checked)
7 Wheats - 1924 and 6 others
4 Canadian copper - '30(George V),'82,'93,'94

[Morsecode]

May 1 thru May 8

10 boxes $25, 2 bags $50, $34 loose cwr

10,674 cu '59 - '81
817 cu '82
272 wheat
251 Canada pre-'97
0 indian head

Still pulling a solid 27%+ on the 59-81

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (May #4)
832 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (33.3%)
10 Wheat - from 1944 to 1958
2 Canadian copper - 1981 and 1995

[thunter]

May MTD:

3900 total searched

894 CU
12 Canada CU
16 Wheats

922 Total CU