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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In June 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 Jun 30, 2011 5:29 pm forum time and earlier.
(cwgii's post of June 28, 1:06pm is not included)
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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
June 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



Morsecode - 22056
CardsNCoins - 18230
Country - 15995
cwgii - 9927
Hirbonzig - 5043
Gamecock - 4162
appjoe - 3405
Whinstone - 1918
styropyro - 1585
thunter - 1300
ZigMeister - 1151
AGCoinHunter - 985
rosco - 787
plus1hdcp - 165
dpwozney - 69



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
June 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



Hirbonzig - 2
Morsecode - 1
CardsNCoins - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
June 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



CardsNCoins - 486
Morsecode - 439
Country - 246
cwgii - 123
appjoe - 87
Hirbonzig - 82
Gamecock - 54
Whinstone - 38
thunter - 23
ZigMeister - 23
AGCoinHunter - 22
rosco - 17
styropyro - 13
plus1hdcp - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
June 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



dpwozney - 1388
Morsecode - 429
CardsNCoins - 131
Country - 74
Hirbonzig - 38
cwgii - 37
appjoe - 32
Gamecock - 15
Whinstone - 15
styropyro - 12
AGCoinHunter - 11
rosco - 10
thunter - 9
ZigMeister - 8
plus1hdcp - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
June 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



Country - 1454
Morsecode - 1437
appjoe - 247
rosco - 53
plus1hdcp - 22



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
June 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



styropyro - 31.70%
CardsNCoins - 29.69%
Hirbonzig - 28.82%
Morsecode - 26.96%
appjoe - 26.40%
Whinstone - 25.24%
Country - 25.21%
Gamecock - 24.48%
cwgii - 23.09%
thunter - 22.81%
rosco - 22.49%
AGCoinHunter - 19.70%
plus1hdcp - 18.33%
ZigMeister - 16.10%
dpwozney - 1.53%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
June 2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



Morsecode - 7500.73
CardsNCoins - 4628.82
Country - 4140.75
cwgii - 1734.96
Hirbonzig - 361.41
Gamecock - 287.71
appjoe - 181.84
Whinstone - 59.92
ZigMeister - 33.81
styropyro - 32.20
thunter - 30.37
dpwozney - 26.23
AGCoinHunter - 20.36
rosco - 11.40
plus1hdcp - 0.60


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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



Morsecode - 113213
cwgii - 97041
Country - 86211
CardsNCoins - 84803
thunter - 51776
appjoe - 44263
ZigMeister - 38320
TheJonasCollegeFund - 19099
styropyro - 18790
Hirbonzig - 13600
plus1hdcp - 12409
Gamecock - 10514
gravybro - 10134
rosco - 9409
timmus0382 - 7867
AGCoinHunter - 7137
justj2k78 - 4938
gothboi30 - 4711
Whinstone - 4014
ed_vantage17 - 3244
scrapper2010 - 3197
PreservingThePast - 2334
uthminsta - 1882
agmoose - 1753
ozarkbilly - 1142
Rodebaugh - 775
Johnny99 - 667
jtlee321 - 548
Cerulean - 85
dpwozney - 69



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



cwgii - 6
Morsecode - 5
CardsNCoins - 4
Hirbonzig - 3
plus1hdcp - 1
gothboi30 - 1
agmoose - 1
Country - 1
AGCoinHunter - 1
ZigMeister - 1
rosco - 1
Whinstone - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



Morsecode - 2558
cwgii - 2477
CardsNCoins - 2064
Country - 1501
appjoe - 1006
ZigMeister - 802
thunter - 757
TheJonasCollegeFund - 317
Hirbonzig - 200
styropyro - 199
AGCoinHunter - 185
plus1hdcp - 181
justj2k78 - 178
rosco - 171
gravybro - 135
Gamecock - 120
timmus0382 - 114
agmoose - 99
scrapper2010 - 97
gothboi30 - 95
Whinstone - 66
PreservingThePast - 38
ed_vantage17 - 36
uthminsta - 19
Johnny99 - 16
ozarkbilly - 14
Rodebaugh - 7
jtlee321 - 7



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



Morsecode - 1770
dpwozney - 1388
ZigMeister - 1291
cwgii - 716
CardsNCoins - 648
thunter - 460
appjoe - 414
Country - 400
justj2k78 - 387
timmus0382 - 181
TheJonasCollegeFund - 161
rosco - 113
Hirbonzig - 102
styropyro - 95
gravybro - 76
plus1hdcp - 53
AGCoinHunter - 50
gothboi30 - 44
Gamecock - 37
agmoose - 36
ed_vantage17 - 32
Whinstone - 27
PreservingThePast - 15
scrapper2010 - 14
jtlee321 - 7
Rodebaugh - 5
uthminsta - 4
Johnny99 - 3
ozarkbilly - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



Country - 8675
Morsecode - 5481
appjoe - 4090
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1932
plus1hdcp - 1077
gothboi30 - 431
PreservingThePast - 259
ed_vantage17 - 217
uthminsta - 216
rosco - 199
Rodebaugh - 72
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
Cerulean - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



ozarkbilly - 38.07%
timmus0382 - 34.96%
styropyro - 34.16%
ed_vantage17 - 31.80%
Rodebaugh - 31.00%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.93%
CardsNCoins - 29.62%
justj2k78 - 29.57%
appjoe - 28.70%
Hirbonzig - 28.04%
Morsecode - 27.37%
gothboi30 - 26.92%
Johnny99 - 26.68%
Gamecock - 26.29%
scrapper2010 - 25.58%
thunter - 25.27%
uthminsta - 25.09%
Country - 24.74%
agmoose - 23.37%
PreservingThePast - 23.11%
Whinstone - 22.74%
gravybro - 22.52%
rosco - 22.51%
jtlee321 - 21.92%
Cerulean - 20.33%
AGCoinHunter - 19.03%
ZigMeister - 18.87%
plus1hdcp - 18.14%
cwgii - 16.65%
dpwozney - 1.53%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 6/30/11 18:42 ET)



cwgii - 233745.69
Morsecode - 194483.34
Country - 122810.51
CardsNCoins - 100207.48
thunter - 43430.94
ZigMeister - 32825.86
appjoe - 28186.41
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4996.99
styropyro - 4198.48
plus1hdcp - 3459.12
Hirbonzig - 2696.99
gravybro - 1862.10
Gamecock - 1707.36
rosco - 1620.67
AGCoinHunter - 1105.80
timmus0382 - 734.58
justj2k78 - 367.60
gothboi30 - 339.50
Whinstone - 289.95
scrapper2010 - 165.40
ed_vantage17 - 135.13
PreservingThePast - 96.43
uthminsta - 57.15
agmoose - 56.64
dpwozney - 26.23
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)
17 Bahamas 1c - '87 (found by AGCoinHunter), '89 (found by appjoe), (4) '92 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country, 1 found by hirbonzig), '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)
4 Barbados 1c - '80 (found by justj2k78), '92 (found by appjoe), (2) '00 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country)
14 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), '87 (found by Country), '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 Malaysia 1c - '05 (found by cwgii)
1 Malta 1c - '91 (found by Country)
1 Mexico 1c - '41 (found by cwgii)
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 Netherlands 1c - '58 (found by cwgii)
1 Newfoundland 1c - '41 (found by timmus0382)
1 Norway 5o ore - '98 (found by Country)
22 Panama 1c - '67 (found by AGCoinHunter), (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), (2) '82 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Gamecock), '86 (found by cwgii), '91 (found by timmus0382), (4) '96 (1 found by appjoe, 1 found by cwgii, 2 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 - 17
Barbados - 4
Bermuda - 14
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
Malaysia - 1
Malta - 1
Mexico - 8
Netherlands - 1
Newfoundland - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 22
Philippines - 1
Poland - 3
Russia - 1
South Africa - 3
Spain - 1
Switzerland - 1
Zambia - 1

$250 brink box plus 2 rolls.......758 coppers non wheat or Canadian......13 wheats 'oldest "35".......8 copper Canadians oldest "67"

$25 String Box (June #1)
765 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.6%)
13 Wheat - including a 1918 and a 1937
8 Canadian copper - from 1975 to 1993

$ 16 CWRs
273 Cu Memorial (17.1%)
2 Wheats 50s

$25 Brink's Box
583 Copper non-wheats (23.3%)
- 442 Nice coppers
- 78 Ugly Abes
- 63 1982's (ACE checked)
11 Wheats - Oldest 1942
2 Canadian copper - '80,'94

1 1977-D Dime - Love them dimes in penny rolls...

Whinstone wrote:$250 brink box plus 2 rolls.......758 coppers non wheat or Canadian......13 wheats 'oldest "35".......8 copper Canadians oldest "67"

I'm assuming your meant a $25 Brink's Box. A $250 box of pennies - Now that would be a big one!!

$25 Brink's Box
686 Copper non-wheats (27.4%)
- 543 Nice coppers
- 80 Ugly Abes
- 63 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - 1935-D and 9 others
2 Canadian copper - '75,'90

$10.00 customer wrapped
298 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.8%)
6 Wheat - including a 1936
3 Canadian copper - 1964, 1969, and 1989
1 clad dime

Country wrote:

Whinstone wrote:$250 brink box plus 2 rolls.......758 coppers non wheat or Canadian......13 wheats 'oldest "35".......8 copper Canadians oldest "67"

I'm assuming your meant a $25 Brink's Box. A $250 box of pennies - Now that would be a big one!!

oops...yes, I did

$25 box...
485 cu cents
16 wheats
8 canadian cu
2 - 98 wams

$25 Brinks Box (June #2)
744 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.6%)
38 Wheat - including a 1917, 1923, 1927, and a 1935
4 Canadian copper - including a 1934 KGV

$25 Brink's Box
670 Copper non-wheats (26.8%)
- 512 Nice coppers
- 95 Ugly Abes
- 63 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1919-S, 1937, and 6 others
2 Canadian copper - '64,'87

$25 Brinks Box (June #3)
721 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28.9%)
32 Wheat - including a 1920d, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1934, and a 1937
4 Canadian copper - from 1957 to 1979

$25 Brink's Box
608 Copper non-wheats (24.3%)
- 484 Nice coppers
- 71 Ugly Abes
- 53 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - 1920 and 12 others
3 Canadian copper - '46 (George returns.. ),'80,'86

$25 Brinks Box (June #4)
744 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.8%)
21 Wheat - including a 1939
7 Canadian copper - from 1979 to 1995

2--100.00 reports

5-29--30, this one is screwy, i got some that were damaged either by fire/water. so all were culls, 10.00 of someones dump. and 20.00 that were all paper machine rolled 1980d. so it begs the question.... statistics????
and 5-31--6-4


1959==13 and 18
60-67== 140 + 155
68-74==287, 395
75-81d== 2466, 615
75-81p==208, 275
82==130, 162
wheats== 23 with just a 34p,,,, 37 with a 38s -cull, 34p, 17p, 36p, 28d, 34p cull

cdn== 8 with 6 being cu,,,, 13 with 9 cu
odds== dimex3,,,, 55s close to au condition ,,,,,,,,,,,, dime, 1941 mexican cent... not your normal mex coin. , 1993 one penny, 1958 1 cent nederlanden.. kind of neat to find twooooo thta i have never seen.

cwgii wrote:2--100.00 reports

5-29--30, this one is screwy, i got some that were damaged either by fire/water. so all were culls, 10.00 of someones dump. and 20.00 that were all paper machine rolled 1980d. so it begs the question.... statistics????
and 5-31--6-4


1959==13 and 18
60-67== 140 + 155
68-74==287, 395
75-81d== 2466, 615
75-81p==208, 275
82==130, 162
wheats== 23 with just a 34p,,,, 37 with a 38s -cull, 34p, 17p, 36p, 28d, 34p cull

cdn== 8 with 6 being cu,,,, 13 with 9 cu
odds== dimex3,,,, 55s close to au condition ,,,,,,,,,,,, dime, 1941 mexican cent... not your normal mex coin. , 1993 one penny, 1958 1 cent nederlanden.. kind of neat to find twooooo thta i have never seen.

The way I see it: $30 searched, and $20 were COPPER.

$25 string box and $20 CWRs

5 Canadian Cu
1 Canadian non-Cu
1 Canadian '46 George VI
6 wheats including a 1930
1138 Cu
3362 Zn

$50 bag:
1585 Copper
13 Wheat
12 Canada Cu

June 1 thru 5 :

$100 box, $50 bag, $53 CWR

4873 cu '59 -'81
300 cu '82
69 wheat
112 canada pre-'97

Wheat mining way down...too many cwr's I guess. The percentage of cu '82 is also off. Sign of times to come?

Country wrote:

cwgii wrote:2--100.00 reports

5-29--30, this one is screwy, i got some that were damaged either by fire/water. so all were culls, 10.00 of someones dump. and 20.00 that were all paper machine rolled 1980d. so it begs the question.... statistics????
and 5-31--6-4


1959==13 and 18
60-67== 140 + 155
68-74==287, 395
75-81d== 2466, 615
75-81p==208, 275
82==130, 162
wheats== 23 with just a 34p,,,, 37 with a 38s -cull, 34p, 17p, 36p, 28d, 34p cull

cdn== 8 with 6 being cu,,,, 13 with 9 cu
odds== dimex3,,,, 55s close to au condition ,,,,,,,,,,,, dime, 1941 mexican cent... not your normal mex coin. , 1993 one penny, 1958 1 cent nederlanden.. kind of neat to find twooooo thta i have never seen.

The way I see it: $30 searched, and $20 were COPPER.[/quote

OH I LOVE IT WHEN I GET SOLID C U. , BUT IT DOES CRAZY THINGS TO THE STATISTICAL CURVE. TO GO FROM A 10.00 INCREMENT THAT WAS ALL REJECTS TO 100%CU.

$25 Brink's box
349 Cu Memorials (13.96%) lowest % yet in a Brink's box (excluding 2011s)
10 Wheats all 40-50s
1 Cu Canadian

$25 String Box (June #5)
769 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.8%)
12 Wheat - including a 1936 and a 1937
6 Canadian copper - from 1969 to 1985

$5 CWRs
125 Copper non-wheats (25.0%)
- 95 Nice coppers
- 17 Ugly Abes
- 13 1982's (ACE checked)
2 Wheats - 1940 and 1955-D
0 Canadian copper
1 Panama 1c - '96

Very normal percentages for my area. Virtually the same as those I get in Brink's boxes.

4 boxes of cents
--3069 coppers for a 30.69%
--54 wheats, oldest was a 1910
--23 Canadian coppers