December 2011 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[hirbonzig]

3 boxes sorted--7500 cents

1922 coppers---25.62%
29 wheats---oldest was a 1920
23 Canadian coppers

[tractorman]

$25.00 Brinks Box

519 Copper non-wheats (20.8%)
- 473 Cu 1959-81
- 46 Cu 1982

7 Wheat - 1936 and 6 - 40/50
2 Canadian - 1987, 1989
1 - Bahamas One Cent, 1992

[Country]

Please post your January 2012 COPPER finds in the new thread: January 2012 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking.

If you post before mid-night forum time on December 31, 2011, your find counts for December. If you post January 1, 2012 mid-night or later forum time, your post will count for January.

[PennysaverCP]

2 boxes - 5000 pennies

1456 coppers
22 wheats

total 29.56%

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
573 Copper non-wheats (22.9%)
- 436 Nice coppers
- 84 Ugly Abes
- 53 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - Oldest 1942
0 Canadian copper

[sparechange]

$25 Box--last of the year

463 Coppers-non wheat(18.5%)
275 Nice coppers
162 Ugly abes
-26 '82's
-13 Wheats(1919 oldest)

[dpwozney]

40 rolls of pennies, 2000 pennies total sorted

649 (32.45%) brass pennies total, broken down as follows:

142 (7.1%) Canadian dated 1942-1977 (98% copper, 0.5% tin, 1.5% zinc);

479 (23.95%) Canadian dated 1978-1996 (98% copper, 1.75% tin, 0.25% zinc); and,

28 (1.4%) American dated 1909-1981 (95% copper, 5% zinc).

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
548 Copper non-wheats (21.9%)
- 433 Nice coppers
- 74 Ugly Abes
- 41 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - Oldest 1945
2 Canadian copper - '73,'87

[Country]

The final Copper Penny Handsorter stats for December 2011 have been posted. Look to the first post of this thread to get the details. Always look to the line just before the Kitco quotes to see the last post that was included in the latest update.

Please post your January 2012 finds in the new thread: January 2012 Copper Handsorter Tracking.


THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED.