Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

$25 String Box (kinda low copper)

601 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents
+10 wheat (oldest 1919s, 1919, 1926)
+49 copper 82's (scale checked)
+4 canadian copper (oldest 1961 + rock dove)(still working on that box!)


other finds:
10 s-mints(1968-1974) (still working on that box!)

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (December #9)
756 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.2%)
20 Wheat - with 1929, 1929, and 1939.
7 Canadian copper - from 1962 to 1996.

It is with a sad keyboard that I type that this is my final hand-sorted box since I received my Ryedale AxCent this week. I wont be going any faster since I plan to stop after each roll and check for wheats and keep a copper count, but that really isn't "hand-sorting." Basically I am just using the machine to ease the strain on my eyes.

Nick

[appjoe]

$7.00 CWR's
-192 Copper non-wheats (27.42%)
-144 Nice coppers
-23 Ugly Abes
-0 S-mint copper (68-74)
-25 1982's copper (Scale checked)
-4 1982 Zinc
3 Wheats - Oldest 1946, 1953 x2
3 Canadian copper 1945, 1985 x2
0 other

[COINJIM]

$25 String box

488- Copper
9- Wheat, oldest 1926
62- copper 82's
2- Canadian

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
575 Copper non-wheats (23.0%)
- 461 Nice coppers
- 52 Ugly Abes
- 62 1982's (ACE checked)
14 Wheats - 1935 and 1938 and 12 others
8 Canadian copper - '63,'68,'70,'81(2),'83,'85,'94

[cwgii]

year end stats for me.

i did $11,000

1959==1804
60-67==22,225
68-74== 51,027
75-81== 108,943
1982==21,501
wheats==3512
cdn ==1491

[PreservingThePast]

year end stats for me.

i did $11,000

1959==1804
60-67==22,225
68-74== 51,027
75-81== 108,943
1982==21,501
wheats==3512
cdn ==1491

WOW!!! Amazing! Wish my body would hold out so I could sort more coins.

In about 2 1/2 years of sorting I have found less than 1,000 wheats total. I just looked at my "S" mintmark jar and total I have 1 3/4 inches worth of pennies in a quart canning jar. Not very many. I think I read you had found a total of about 4 boxes of "S" mintmarks. That is great!!!

Continued success!!!

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.

[CardsNCoins]

year end stats for me.

i did $11,000

1959==1804
60-67==22,225
68-74== 51,027
75-81== 108,943
1982==21,501
wheats==3512
cdn ==1491

Wow, almost 3/4 of a ton.

[appjoe]

$25 String box
712 Copper non-wheats (28.48%)
-559 Nice coppers
-76 Ugly Abes
-7 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-70 1982's copper (Scale checked)
15 1982 Zinc
8 Wheats - Oldest 1929 and 1936 and 6 others
9 Canadian copper 69, 72, 76, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 96
other 2000 wide AM

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

$25 String box
712 Copper non-wheats (28.48%)
-559 Nice coppers
-76 Ugly Abes
-7 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-70 1982's copper (Scale checked)
15 1982 Zinc
8 Wheats - Oldest 1929 and 1936 and 6 others
9 Canadian copper 69, 72, 76, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 96
other 2000 wide AM

You gotta like them WAMs!

[appjoe]

$25 String box
712 Copper non-wheats (28.48%)
-559 Nice coppers
-76 Ugly Abes
-7 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-70 1982's copper (Scale checked)
15 1982 Zinc
8 Wheats - Oldest 1929 and 1936 and 6 others
9 Canadian copper 69, 72, 76, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 96
other 2000 wide AM

You gotta like them WAMs!

Yes I do, It really slows you down hand sorting but I like the thrill of finding them. Now I have a 1998 and 2000 I need a 1999 and a close 1992. I read somewhere that the 1996 has a WAM. That's all I check for is thw WAM's is there anything else I should check for???

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
536 Copper non-wheats (21.4%)
- 416 Nice coppers
- 66 Ugly Abes
- 54 1982's (ACE checked)
11 Wheats - Oldest 1941
4 Canadian copper - '44 (nice to see George again),'64,'67 (dove),'89

[PreservingThePast]

$25 String box
712 Copper non-wheats (28.48%)
-559 Nice coppers
-76 Ugly Abes
-7 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-70 1982's copper (Scale checked)
15 1982 Zinc
8 Wheats - Oldest 1929 and 1936 and 6 others
9 Canadian copper 69, 72, 76, 81, 83, 84, 85, 89, 96
other 2000 wide AM

You gotta like them WAMs!

Yes I do, It really slows you down hand sorting but I like the thrill of finding them. Now I have a 1998 and 2000 I need a 1999 and a close 1992. I read somewhere that the 1996 has a WAM. That's all I check for is thw WAM's is there anything else I should check for???

On the Close AM it can also be on the 1992D. It isn't quite as valuable, but I'd take finding one any day. According to the book I have: Strike It Rich With Pocket Change, 2nd Edition, there was a 1996 Wide AM found just before printing of that edition, but they had not personally seen it. I have seen some other years that people thought were Wide AMs but they turned out to be a polished die error as the FG wasn't in the proper position for it to have been an error.

According to the above mentioned book:
"There were early reports of a 1997 Wide AM cent discovered back in 2001 but to date neither the authors or any other hobby representatives have been able to verify. All cents from 1993 - 2008 from both mints should be checked for this variety."


I have found a 1999 Wide AM that I had graded. And, at the summer FUN Show in Orlando I was able to hold a graded 1992 or 1992D (can't remember which one now) that a gentleman had found searching rolls and had it graded. That was a huge thrill for me to be able to see that it truly is possible and to be able to talk with him in person about this hobby. It just takes looking at the coins. They are out there, just waiting to be found.

And, of course, there are many other types of errors to search for in the cent. Hope this information helps you.

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.

Edited to add the Term: Wide AM

[JWRay]

Wow this is the first time I have sorted since I moved to Texas. Guess I need to start making up for lost time!

$25 Box
508 copper non wheats (20.3%)
3 canadians
8 wheats (oldest is 1940)

Still dont sort the 82s maybe some day.

[appjoe]

PreservingThePast
Thank you for the advice
Joe

[appjoe]

$10.00 CWR's
330 Copper non-wheats (33.00%)
-261 Nice coppers
-39 Ugly Abes
-5 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-25 1982's copper (Scale checked)
5 1982 Zinc
Wheats - (0)
4 Canadian copper 44, 73, 87, 88
other (0)

A good percentage of copper but no Wheats

[ZigMeister]

$6 CWRs
116 1/10 toz .950 fine US coined Copper Bullion (19.3%)
3 Wheats (50s)
1 Cu Canadian

[Gipper1985]

$25 Brinks Box

723 US Memorial Copper
27 US Wheats (1936D, 40's & 50's)
62 Canadian pre-1997 Copper

This was a fun box to handsort as it had four wheats showing on the ends of rolls. Also, I seem to be finding so many canadians that it is hurting my US copper percentages.

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
555 Copper non-wheats (22.2%)
- 454 Nice coppers
- 52 Ugly Abes
- 49 1982's (ACE checked)
17 Wheats - 1938 and 1939 and 15 others
6 Canadian copper - '68,'72,'81,'82(2),'83

[Country]

year end stats for me.

i did $11,000

1959==1804
60-67==22,225
68-74== 51,027
75-81== 108,943
1982==21,501
wheats==3512
cdn ==1491

Absolutely Amazing!!! You gotta be the BIONIC COPPER MAN to sort that many pennies by date....

[AGCoinHunter]

$25 box of cents.

453 - CU
6 - Wheats
3 - Canadian
1 - 2000 Wide AM

[appjoe]

$25 String box
799 Copper non-wheats (31.96%)
-616 Nice coppers
-101 Ugly copper Abes
-6 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-76 1982's copper (Scale checked)
14 1982 Zinc
9 Wheats - Oldest 1936 and 8 others
7 Canadian copper 63, 70, 77, 78, 79, 88, 94.
other 1998 wide AM

[PreservingThePast]

$15.00 (OVER SEVENTEEN CENTS TOTAL) - 16 CWRs & 14 BWRs


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 370 (Best was 30% Cu X 1 roll; Worst was 10% Cu X 2 rolls--I do NOT count the wheat,"S" Cu or 1982 Cu when making these statements)


Cu "S" Mint Mark - 4

1982 Cu - 45
1982 Zinc - 3
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 10 (One Pre-40 Wheat--1/1930)

Canadian Cu - 3

2009 - LP1 - 0
2009 - LP2 - 1
2009 - LP3 - 3
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 - 13 -- 2010 Shield Pennies; 1/1997P Dime, 1/1998P Dime

*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.

[agmoose]

$25 Brinks box:

586 Coppers (58 of 71 1982s)
8 Wheat
2 Canadians

Another 1998 WAM - fairly crusty though....

[appjoe]

$13.00 CWR's
-388 Copper non-wheats (29.84%)
-320 Nice coppers
-33 Ugly Abes
-2 S-mint copper (68-74)
-33 1982's copper (Scale checked)
-13 1982 Zinc
0 Wheats
3 Canadian copper 1959, 69, 89
0 other

Nice copper percentage but no wheats also a high 82 zinc to 82 copper ratio