Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
648 Copper non-wheats (25.9%)
- 508 Nice coppers
- 68 Ugly Abes
- 72 1982's (ACE checked)
6 Wheats - 1909 and 5 others
3 Canadian copper - '70,'75,'86

[Cerulean]

I found a small cache of cents socked away sometime in mid-2009.

239 zincs (1983-2009)
82 coppers (1959-1982) (25.5%)
no wheats or Canadians

1982 BREAKDOWN: 7 copper / 0 zinc (100% Cu)

[hirbonzig]

2 boxes of cents--

1433 coppers--28.66%

12 wheats--oldest was a 1942

9 Canadian cents

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
532 Copper non-wheats (21.3%)
- 404 Nice coppers
- 65 Ugly Abes
- 63 1982's (ACE checked)
15 Wheats - 1938 and 14 others
3 Canadian copper - '82,'87,'95

[CardsNCoins]

...63 1982's (ACE checked)...

What is ACE checked?

[appjoe]

$25 Brinks box
826 Copper non-wheats (33.04%)
-646 Nice coppers
-103 Ugly copper Abes
-3 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-74 1982's copper (Scale checked)
10 1982 Zinc
19 Wheats - Oldest 1929, 39, and 17 others
5 Canadian copper 68, 80, 86, 87, 96.
other (0)

[uthminsta]

What is ACE checked?

An ACE is a Ryedale automatic coin sorter... it compares the zincs and coppers and spits them out one side or the other.

[CardsNCoins]

What is ACE checked?

An ACE is a Ryedale automatic coin sorter... it compares the zincs and coppers and spits them out one side or the other.

That's what I thought, but I thought this was a hand-sorting thread.

[uthminsta]

Right, it is. But hand sorters eventually get to where they have to figure out the 1982's. Gotta weigh 'em individually, drop test 'em, etc... or run 'em through an ACE. I think there are a few ACE owners who still hand sort, but use their Ryedale for checking just the 82's.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Going to do my last sorting for the year on the last day of the year. I just got in my hands 2 bags from my auntie who came to visit. Looks like $30 to $40 total in there to search. At first glance I saw a wheat...I snatched it up...a decent 1918...so I got a possible neat-o sort for tomorrow! Going to do better record keeping in the new year. So I wish all of my fellow handsorters best wishes on the last day of this year....and best of luck in 2011! HAPPY SORTING!

And a big THANKS again to Country for the work on this and the other threads! BRAVO!

[Country]

What is ACE checked?

An ACE is a Ryedale automatic coin sorter... it compares the zincs and coppers and spits them out one side or the other.

I might add that the ACE is a "manual" Ryedale sorter tool. No electric parts, just feed the coins into the chute manually and a magnet apparatus separates your zincs and coppers. It lets you handsort coins twice as fast when you get good at it. The ACE costs a little over a $100 shipped. Contact Andy if interested.

[Country]

Please post your January 2011 COPPER finds in the new thread: 2011 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking.

If you post before mid-night forum time on December 31, your post counts for 2010. If you post January 1 mid-night or later forum time, your post will count for 2011.

[appjoe]

$16.00 CWR's
523 Copper non-wheats (32.68%)
-420 Nice coppers
-62 Ugly copper Abes
-1 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-40 1982's copper (Scale checked)
9 1982 Zinc
1 Wheats - Oldest 1949
7 Canadian copper 58, 62, 76, 80, 86X(2), 89.
other- 1- 2000 Wide AM

My Last post for 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

[PreservingThePast]

$15.00 (SHORTED SIX CENTS TOTAL) - 14 CWRs & 16 BWRs


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 305 (Best was 36% Cu X 1 roll; Worst was 4% Cu X 1 roll--I do NOT count the wheat,"S" Cu or 1982 Cu when making these statements)


Cu "S" Mint Mark - 0

1982 Cu - 28
1982 Zinc - 3
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 9 (No Pre-40 Wheat)

Canadian Cu - 5

2009 - LP1 - 1
2009 - LP2 - 3
2009 - LP3 - 0
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 - 3 -- 2010 Shield Pennies--1/D, 2/P

*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.

[CardsNCoins]

I might add that the ACE is a "manual" Ryedale sorter tool. No electric parts, just feed the coins into the chute manually and a magnet apparatus separates your zincs and coppers. It lets you handsort coins twice as fast when you get good at it. The ACE costs a little over a $100 shipped. Contact Andy if interested.

That's what I bought from Andy, but I thought it was called the AxCent. So this means I can keep participating in this thread? That's great news as I really like being a part of it. I saved my total from my last 6 December boxes in case that was going to be the case. Here they are:

$25 Brinks Box (December #10)
738 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.5%)
22 Wheat from 1941 to 1958
7 Canadian copper - from 1971 to 1982

$25 String Box (December #11)
801 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (32%)
5 Wheat - from 1937 to 1957
3 Canadian copper - from 1986 to 1992

$25 Brinks Box (December #12)
782 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (31.3%)
14 Wheat - from 1944 to 1958
14 Canadian copper - from 1963 to 1991

$25 Brinks Box (December #13)
729 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.2%)
24 Wheat - from 1941 to 1958
11 Canadian copper - from 1977 to 1994

$25 String Box (December #14)
756 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (30.2%)
20 Wheat - including a 1928 and 1930
7 Canadian copper - from 1972 to 1988

$25 String Box (December #15)
734 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.4%)
16 Wheat - from 1935 to 1957
16 Canadian copper - from 1953 to 1996

Thanks for the good news Country, and thanks for all your hard work in this thread. Happy New Year to everyone.

Nick