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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In September 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 Sep 30, 2011 5:44 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
September 2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



Morsecode - 21658
RichardPenny43 - 15796
plus1hdcp - 11513
TheJonasCollegeFund - 10378
Bartender - 8827
CardsNCoins - 6591
Country - 6211
Hirbonzig - 5465
Whinstone - 3961
TwoAndAHalfCents - 3398
silverhedgehog - 3357
cwgii - 3233
rosco - 2320
morris14ccm - 1767
appjoe - 1365
uthminsta - 1325
Gamecock - 642
crazypennyguy - 409
thunter - 154



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
September 2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 2
RichardPenny43 - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
September 2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



TheJonasCollegeFund - 732
Morsecode - 452
RichardPenny43 - 287
CardsNCoins - 166
Bartender - 151
Hirbonzig - 96
Country - 92
TwoAndAHalfCents - 70
cwgii - 63
silverhedgehog - 47
appjoe - 47
Whinstone - 40
rosco - 32
uthminsta - 25
morris14ccm - 24
plus1hdcp - 20
Gamecock - 12
crazypennyguy - 3
thunter - 2



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
September 2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



crazypennyguy - 6373
Morsecode - 439
Bartender - 410
silverhedgehog - 203
RichardPenny43 - 115
Hirbonzig - 82
TheJonasCollegeFund - 49
CardsNCoins - 48
Country - 24
Whinstone - 21
rosco - 19
morris14ccm - 17
plus1hdcp - 15
TwoAndAHalfCents - 12
appjoe - 11
Gamecock - 7
uthminsta - 5
thunter - 2



1982 COPPER PENNIES
September 2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



RichardPenny43 - 1376
Morsecode - 1240
Bartender - 718
TheJonasCollegeFund - 693
Whinstone - 688
Country - 552
silverhedgehog - 250
TwoAndAHalfCents - 193
plus1hdcp - 164
uthminsta - 144
appjoe - 114
morris14ccm - 67
rosco - 64



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
September 2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



plus1hdcp - 54.69%
morris14ccm - 51.22%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 31.93%
Bartender - 29.92%
CardsNCoins - 29.29%
RichardPenny43 - 28.51%
Country - 28.23%
Hirbonzig - 27.33%
appjoe - 27.30%
Whinstone - 26.42%
Morsecode - 25.94%
rosco - 25.78%
Gamecock - 25.68%
thunter - 25.67%
silverhedgehog - 24.59%
uthminsta - 22.21%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17.88%
cwgii - 16.17%
crazypennyguy - 2.73%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
September 2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



Morsecode - 7531.37
RichardPenny43 - 3589.48
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1450.67
Bartender - 1107.78
plus1hdcp - 972.34
CardsNCoins - 612.45
Country - 556.78
Hirbonzig - 451.44
crazypennyguy - 407.10
TwoAndAHalfCents - 264.48
cwgii - 263.68
Whinstone - 241.24
silverhedgehog - 196.94
rosco - 85.36
uthminsta - 32.34
appjoe - 28.46
morris14ccm - 24.95
Gamecock - 6.61
thunter - 0.38


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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



Morsecode - 182075
cwgii - 125576
Country - 114767
CardsNCoins - 98399
thunter - 53843
appjoe - 53612
ZigMeister - 38792
RichardPenny43 - 36514
Hirbonzig - 30654
TheJonasCollegeFund - 30224
plus1hdcp - 23922
styropyro - 18790
Gamecock - 16546
rosco - 12343
aev - 11893
Whinstone - 11527
gravybro - 10134
TwoAndAHalfCents - 8937
Bartender - 8827
timmus0382 - 7867
AGCoinHunter - 7629
jtlee321 - 5931
justj2k78 - 4938
gothboi30 - 4711
Gipper1985 - 3484
silverhedgehog - 3357
ed_vantage17 - 3244
uthminsta - 3207
scrapper2010 - 3197
PreservingThePast - 2334
brandon - 1981
morris14ccm - 1767
agmoose - 1753
Mercuryman - 1152
ozarkbilly - 1142
Rodebaugh - 775
Johnny99 - 667
crazypennyguy - 409
Cerulean - 219
dpwozney - 142



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



Morsecode - 6
cwgii - 6
CardsNCoins - 4
Hirbonzig - 4
TheJonasCollegeFund - 2
Country - 1
ZigMeister - 1
RichardPenny43 - 1
plus1hdcp - 1
rosco - 1
Whinstone - 1
AGCoinHunter - 1
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1
gothboi30 - 1
agmoose - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



Morsecode - 4044
cwgii - 3121
CardsNCoins - 2405
Country - 1944
appjoe - 1239
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1064
ZigMeister - 810
thunter - 776
RichardPenny43 - 606
Hirbonzig - 500
aev - 212
rosco - 210
Gamecock - 203
plus1hdcp - 201
styropyro - 199
AGCoinHunter - 193
TwoAndAHalfCents - 191
justj2k78 - 178
Whinstone - 170
Bartender - 151
gravybro - 135
timmus0382 - 114
jtlee321 - 108
agmoose - 99
scrapper2010 - 97
gothboi30 - 95
brandon - 62
Gipper1985 - 60
silverhedgehog - 47
uthminsta - 44
PreservingThePast - 38
ed_vantage17 - 36
morris14ccm - 24
Johnny99 - 16
ozarkbilly - 14
Mercuryman - 13
Rodebaugh - 7
dpwozney - 4
crazypennyguy - 3
Cerulean - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



crazypennyguy - 6373
Morsecode - 3178
dpwozney - 2898
ZigMeister - 1292
cwgii - 876
CardsNCoins - 755
Country - 543
appjoe - 481
thunter - 477
Bartender - 410
justj2k78 - 387
Hirbonzig - 381
RichardPenny43 - 245
TheJonasCollegeFund - 215
Gipper1985 - 212
silverhedgehog - 203
timmus0382 - 181
rosco - 134
styropyro - 95
Whinstone - 83
gravybro - 76
plus1hdcp - 68
Gamecock - 61
AGCoinHunter - 53
jtlee321 - 51
aev - 46
gothboi30 - 44
agmoose - 36
TwoAndAHalfCents - 33
ed_vantage17 - 32
brandon - 26
morris14ccm - 17
PreservingThePast - 15
scrapper2010 - 14
uthminsta - 9
Rodebaugh - 5
Johnny99 - 3
ozarkbilly - 3
Cerulean - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



Country - 11460
Morsecode - 9730
appjoe - 4922
RichardPenny43 - 2910
TheJonasCollegeFund - 2625
plus1hdcp - 1241
Bartender - 718
Whinstone - 688
TwoAndAHalfCents - 467
gothboi30 - 431
uthminsta - 360
rosco - 263
PreservingThePast - 259
silverhedgehog - 250
ed_vantage17 - 217
brandon - 148
Rodebaugh - 72
morris14ccm - 67
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
Cerulean - 25



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



morris14ccm - 51.22%
Mercuryman - 46.08%
ozarkbilly - 38.07%
timmus0382 - 34.96%
styropyro - 34.16%
jtlee321 - 33.89%
ed_vantage17 - 31.80%
Rodebaugh - 31.00%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 30.59%
Bartender - 29.92%
justj2k78 - 29.57%
CardsNCoins - 29.48%
RichardPenny43 - 28.77%
appjoe - 28.57%
Hirbonzig - 28.25%
Gipper1985 - 27.87%
Morsecode - 27.13%
gothboi30 - 26.92%
plus1hdcp - 26.74%
Johnny99 - 26.68%
brandon - 26.07%
scrapper2010 - 25.58%
Gamecock - 25.49%
thunter - 25.22%
Country - 24.87%
silverhedgehog - 24.59%
Cerulean - 24.31%
Whinstone - 24.19%
uthminsta - 23.81%
aev - 23.79%
agmoose - 23.37%
rosco - 23.16%
PreservingThePast - 23.11%
gravybro - 22.52%
AGCoinHunter - 19.07%
ZigMeister - 18.87%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18.43%
cwgii - 16.46%
crazypennyguy - 2.73%
dpwozney - 1.42%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/11 11:36 ET)



Morsecode - 508097.38
cwgii - 395456.80
Country - 216399.29
CardsNCoins - 135584.51
thunter - 47042.51
appjoe - 41532.20
ZigMeister - 33625.50
RichardPenny43 - 18966.47
Hirbonzig - 13686.19
TheJonasCollegeFund - 12451.50
plus1hdcp - 8655.54
Gamecock - 4363.88
styropyro - 4198.48
rosco - 2704.87
aev - 2430.20
Whinstone - 2245.03
gravybro - 1862.10
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1777.23
AGCoinHunter - 1260.00
Bartender - 1107.78
timmus0382 - 734.58
jtlee321 - 426.30
crazypennyguy - 407.10
justj2k78 - 367.60
gothboi30 - 339.50
silverhedgehog - 196.94
Gipper1985 - 187.80
uthminsta - 175.61
scrapper2010 - 165.40
ed_vantage17 - 135.13
dpwozney - 121.76
PreservingThePast - 96.43
brandon - 62.90
agmoose - 56.64
morris14ccm - 24.95
ozarkbilly - 13.91
Mercuryman - 11.65
Rodebaugh - 7.87
Johnny99 - 6.86
Cerulean - 0.80



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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)
22 Bahamas 1c -'80 (found by RichardPenny43), '85 (found by appjoe), '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), '00 (found by cwgii), (3) '01 (1 found by Country, 1 found by ZigMeister, 1 found by RichardPenny43), (3) '06 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by Whinstone)
5 Barbados 1c - '73 (found by cwgii), '80 (found by justj2k78), '92 (found by appjoe), (2) '00 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country)
17 Bermuda 1c - '70 (found by Whinstone), '71 (found by ZigMeister), '73 (found by ZigMeister), '77 (found by cwgii), '78 (found by CardsNCoins), '81 (found by appjoe), '82 (found by Country), '84 (found by appjoe), '85 (found by CardsNCoins), '87 (found by Country), '88 (found by Country), '91 (found by agmoose), '95 (found by silverhedgehog), '96 (found by gravybro), '01 (found by cwgii), '04 (found by appjoe), unspecified date (found by gravybro)
2 Bolivia 10c - '87 (found by gravybro), '08 (found by RichardPenny43)
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), '05 (found by Country)
1 Dominican Republic 1c - '44 (found by Country), '69 (found by CardsNCoins)
11 Euro 2c - '01 (found by RichardPenny43), (3) '02 (3 found by cwgii), '03 (found by thunter), '04 (found by thunter), (2) '05 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Rosco), (2) '06 (2 found by cwgii), unknown date (found by cwgii)
2 France Euro 1c - '06 (found by cwgii), '08 (found br RichardPenny43)
3 Germany 1 pfennig - '77 (found by cwgii), '79 (found by cwgii), '83 (found by cwgii)
1 Germany 2 pfennig - '66 (found by cwgii)
5 Germany 5 pfennig - '40 (found by cwgii), (2) '80 (2 found by cwgii), '87 (found by ZigMeister), '92 (found by cwgii)
2 Great Britain 6p - '60 (found by Morsecode), '67 (found by uthminsta)
1 Great Britain New 1/2 c - '71 (found by cwgii)
10 Great Britain New 1c - '81 (found by cwgii), '85 (found by cwgii), '87 (found by cwgii), '94 (found by cwgii), '95 (found by cwgii), '98 (found by appjoe), '03 (found by cwgii), (2) '07 (2 found by cwgii), '08 (found by Country)
2 Hong Kong 20c - '95 (found by thunter), '98 (found by fasteddy)
1 Ireland 3 pence - '50 (found by cwgii)
3 Ireland 2c Euro - '02 (found by justj2k78), '04 (found by appjoe), '07 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Israel 1/2 Sheqel - '80 (found by gravybro)
1 Japan 10 yen - unspecified date (found by cwgii)
1 Latvia 50 Santimu - '92 (found by RichardPenny43)
2 Libya 10 piastres - (2) (2 found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
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)
5 Mexico 5c - '71 (found by cwgii), '73 (found by cwgii), (2) '75 (2 found by cwgii), '97 (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)
28 Panama 1c - '67 (found by AGCoinHunter), (3) '68 (1 found by CardsNCoins, 1 found by Country, 1 found by cwgii), '74 (found by cwgii), (2) '75 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '77 (found by cwgii), (3) '78 (3 found by cwgii), '80 (found by appjoe), (2) '82 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Gamecock), '86 (found by cwgii), '91 (found by timmus0382), '92 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), (5) '96 (1 found by appjoe, 1 found by cwgii, 2 found by Country, 1 found by richardPenny43), (5) '01 (2 found by cwgii, 2 found by appjoe, 1 found by RichardPenny43), '08 (found by Country)
2 Philippines 25 sentimos - '95 (found by cwgii), '04 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
2 Poland 5 Grozny - '90 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '04 (found by the thunter)
2 Poland 20 Grozny - '92 (found by the JonasCollegeFund), '96 (found by RichardPenny43)
1 Russia 50 Kopeks - '98 (found by CardsNCoins)
1 Singapore 10c - '93 (found by RichardPenny43)
3 South Africa 1c - '77 (found by ZigMeister), '79 (found by cwgii), '88 (found by Country)
2 Spain 2c Euro - '00 (found by RichardPenny43), '01 (found by CardsNCoins)
1 Sweden 50 ore - '02 (found by cwgii)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '65 (found by thunter)
1 Taiwan 1 Yuan - '86 (found by Gamecock)
1 Venezuela 1 Bolivar - '90 (found by uthminsta)
2 Zambia 1 ngwee - (2) '83 (1 found by appjoe, 1 found by TwoAndHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Australia - 3
Austria - 1
Bahamas - 22
Barbados - 5
Bermuda - 17
Bolivia - 2
Cayman Islands - 3
Czech Republic - 2
Dominican Republic - 2
Euro - 11
France - 2
Germany - 9
Great Britain - 13
Hong Kong - 2
Ireland - 4
Israel - 1
Japan - 1
Latvia - 1
Libya - 2
Luxembourg - 1
Malaysia - 1
Malta - 1
Mexico - 9
Netherlands - 1
Newfoundland - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 28
Philippines - 2
Poland - 4
Russia - 1
Singapore - 1
South Africa - 3
Spain - 2
Sweden - 1
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 1
Venezuela - 1
Zambia - 2

$25 String Box (September #1)
734 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.4%)
20 Wheat - including a 1925, 1936, and 1937
10 Canadian copper - from 1967 to 1986

I hit my copper mine: $25 CWR

954 CU Memorial pennies...oldest was one 1960 LD

There were no wheats,no S pennies and no Canadians

$10 CWR

Wheats:
none

Copper non-wheat (16.73%):
156 - Memorial 1959-1981
12 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
12 - Memorial 1982
730 - Memorial 1983-2008
15 - Anniversary 2009
78 - Shield 2010-2011

1 - Canadian (1980)

Sept 2:

$50 bag

1228 '59-'81
72 '82 cu
30 wheat
19 Canada pre-'97
61 mixed cu ugly

$25.00 cust wraps from Dayton Ohio area
606 copper 24.3%
1 Canadian
10 wheat's 1920
1 Dirty Dime I would take more

Sept 3

$50 bag

1187 '59-'81
87 '82 cu
18 wheat
14 Canada pre-'97
43 mixed cu ugly

Back to handsorting!

2 $50 bags...$100 searched

3117 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents

11 wheats(#*&@#% !)....best 1936

199 copper 1982's scale checked

18 canadian coppers...best 1941 and 2x1951 (3-George VI's)

other finds: 2-dimes 3-foreign....1-1987 Barbados cent.....researching the other 2 will update later.

$25 CWR

Wheats:
1 - date unreadable
9 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (16.58%):
391 - Memorial 1959-1981
23 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
33 - Memorial 1982
1736 - Memorial 1983-2008
60 - Anniversary 2009
242 - Shield 2010-2011

1 - U.S. clad dime

1 - 1983 Zambia 1 ngwee coin

$25 CWR

Wheats:
3 - older (1934, 1938, 1939-D)
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.36%):
432 - Memorial 1959-1981
28 - Memorial 1982

Zinc:
29 - Memorial 1982
1712 - Memorial 1983-2008
64 - Anniversary 2009
223 - Shield 2010-2011

Canada: 1956, 1984, 1994, 1999

Sept 4

$50 String box

1353 '59-'81
52 '82 cu
25 wheat
38 Canada pre-'97
76 mixed cu ugly

Interesting 1951D, filled D & a Fine 1910

$25 Brinks Box (September #2)
715 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28.6%)
21 Wheat - including a 1914, 1918, 1919, and 1927
4 Canadian copper - from 1970 to 1993

$25 Brinks Box (September #3)
756 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.2%)
17 Wheat - including a 1918
7 Canadian copper - from 1947 to 1993

$50 bank bag

1611 non-wheat/non-copper1982's/non-canadian copper cents

+1 wheat (1918S)

+112 copper 1982's (scale checked)

+1 canadian copper

Sept 6

$25 String box, $5 cwr

715 '59-'81
36 '82 cu
38 wheat
23 Canada pre-'97
44 mixed cu ugly

Sort of a bonus to my cent pickup... I was telling the ladies at the bank that I looked for wheat cents, and Canadian cents, and whatever else I could find that was out of the ordinary...
One of them said, "Canadian? Hey Ruby, where's all that stuff?"
HAha...
They gave me a handful of coins... every time they get anything out of the ordinary, apparently it goes in a "junk" drawer. My freebies today:
19 Canadian cents, including a 1945, and 15 of which were copper.
1 Canadian dime (1978).
1 Great Britain sixpence (1967)
and 1 Venezuelan bolivar (1990).
The best part is... now I might be their "junk coin guy." I like that.

$20 CWRs
1114 Copper non-wheats (55.7%)
- 876 Nice coppers
- 181 Ugly Abes
- 57 1982's (ACE checked)
2 Wheats - 1946 and 1958
1 Canadian copper - '79

An amazing old time accumulation. It appears that this lot was accumulated sometime in the late '80s as there was virtually nothing beyond 1990. Many of the Uglies were a result of light corrosion spotting due to long term storage. There were many bright and shinys from 1974 and 1975, but earlier COPPERs showed some circulation.