September 2015 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

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Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In September 2015, 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 2015 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 2015 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 September 30, 2015 6:57 pm forum time and earlier.

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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
September 2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



Country - 5551
TwoAndAHalfCents - 4799
Hirbonzig - 1323
PennysaverCP - 661
plus1hdcp - 114



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
September 2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



NONE FOUND



WHEAT PENNIES
September 2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



Country - 178
TwoAndAHalfCents - 100
Hirbonzig - 25
PennysaverCP - 17
plus1hdcp - 1



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
September 2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



PennysaverCP - 37
Country - 30
TwoAndAHalfCents - 19
Hirbonzig - 13



1982 COPPER PENNIES
September 2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



Country - 492
TwoAndAHalfCents - 253
plus1hdcp - 16



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
September 2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



PennysaverCP - 26.44%
plus1hdcp - 22.80%
Hirbonzig - 22.05%
Country - 20.19%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 13.71%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
September 2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1.48%
Hirbonzig - 0.22%
Country - 0.11%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.05%
plus1hdcp - 0.00%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
September 2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 688.52
Country - 633.49
Hirbonzig - 32.66
PennysaverCP - 7.15
plus1hdcp - 0.23


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2015 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 35246
cwgii - 13154
Country - 11521
Hirbonzig - 5836
Sullysullinburg - 5037
J_Dodge - 3407
PennysaverCP - 2970
mrlaufer - 2633
Whinstone - 2296
plus1hdcp - 659



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1
cwgii - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 1075
Country - 342
cwgii - 321
Sullysullinburg - 103
Hirbonzig - 100
PennysaverCP - 56
J_Dodge - 45
Whinstone - 44
mrlaufer - 43
plus1hdcp - 5



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 142
PennysaverCP - 131
Hirbonzig - 76
cwgii - 75
Country - 70
J_Dodge - 62
mrlaufer - 33
Sullysullinburg - 30
Whinstone - 15
plus1hdcp - 5



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 1830
cwgii - 1010
Country - 975
Sullysullinburg - 421
J_Dodge - 296
Whinstone - 289
plus1hdcp - 75



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



PennysaverCP - 25.38%
Sullysullinburg - 25.19%
Hirbonzig - 24.32%
J_Dodge - 22.71%
Country - 21.94%
plus1hdcp - 21.26%
Whinstone - 20.87%
mrlaufer - 17.55%
cwgii - 16.44%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 16.39%



PERCENTAGE OF CANADIAN COPPERS
2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



PennysaverCP - 1.12%
J_Dodge - 0.41%
Hirbonzig - 0.32%
mrlaufer - 0.22%
plus1hdcp - 0.16%
Sullysullinburg - 0.15%
Whinstone - 0.14%
Country - 0.13%
cwgii - 0.09%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 0.07%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2015 FULL LIST (as of 10/1/15 16:58 ET)



TwoAndAHalfCents - 31365.47
cwgii - 4336.00
Country - 2505.93
Hirbonzig - 577.15
Sullysullinburg - 413.60
J_Dodge - 210.84
mrlaufer - 162.54
PennysaverCP - 147.75
Whinstone - 103.62
plus1hdcp - 8.30



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2015 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

1 Austria 2c Euro - '04 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
6 Bahamas 1c - '84 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '87 (found by Whinstone), '90 (found by cwgii), (2) '04 (1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents, 1 found by Sullysullinburg), '06 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Cayman Islands - '82 (found by cwgii)
1 Croatia 10 lipa - '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Domincan Republic 1c - '78 (found by Sullysullinburg)
2 Euro 2c - '00 (found by Sullysullinburg), unspecified date (found by J_Dodge)
1 France 2c Euro - '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Germany 1 pfennig - '91 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
2 Germany 2c Euro - '02 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '12 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
3 Great Britain New Penny - '75 (found by cwgii), '94 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '04 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Ireland 2c Euro - '06 (found by cwgii)
1 Malta 1c - '01 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
2 Mexico 5c - '71 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '76 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 New Zealand 6 pence - '43 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Norway 50 ore - unspecified date (found by Sullysullinburg)
8 Panama 1c - '86 (found by cwgii), '87 (found by Country), (2) '96 (2 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), (4) '01 (3 found by TwoAndAHalfCents, 1 found by Sullysullinburg), '08 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Spain 5c Euro - '03 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '65 (found by TwoAndAHalfCents)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Austria - 1
Bahamas - 6
Cayman Islands - 1
Croatia - 1
Domincan Republic - 1
Euro - 2
France - 1
Germany - 3
Great Britain - 3
Ireland - 1
Malta - 1
Mexico -2
New Zealand - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 9
Spain - 1
Switzerland - 1

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Box

Wheats:
14 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (13.44%):
321 - Memorial 1959-1981
15 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1968, 2010)
1 - Panama 1 centesimo (2008)

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$25 - Brink's Box
621 Copper non-wheats (24.8%)
- 471 Nice coppers
- 107 Ugly Abes
- 43 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - 1935 and 8 others
1 Canadian copper - '62

Last of my 2013 boxes. I look for lower percentages in my 2015 boxes.

[PennysaverCP]

$ 25.00 box

661 memorial coppers
37 Canadian coppers
17 wheats (all 40s/50s and a 1922)

28.6% keepers

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$25 - Brink's Box
543 Copper non-wheats (21.7%)
- 383 Nice coppers
- 113 Ugly Abes
- 47 1982's (ACE checked)
31 Wheats - 1913, 1930-D, 1934, 1935-D, 1937, 1939(2), and 24 others
1 Canadian copper - '92
1 Panama 1c - '87

First of my 2015 boxes. I look for lower percentages in my 2015 boxes.

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$25 - Brink's Box
519 Copper non-wheats (20.8%)
- 374 Nice coppers
- 92 Ugly Abes
- 53 1982's (ACE checked)
6 Wheats - Oldest 1941
0 Canadian copper

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$25 Box

Wheats:
1 - older (1939-D)
7 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (18.60%):
444 - Memorial 1959-1981
21 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1981, 1994)

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$50 BWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1925)
14 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (13.54%):
639 - Memorial 1959-1981
38 - Memorial 1982

8 - Canada (1968, 1981 x2, 1985, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2011)
1 - Panama 1 centesimo (1996)
1 - U.S. clad dime

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box
488 Copper non-wheats (19.5%)
- 357 Nice coppers
- 77 Ugly Abes
- 54 1982's (ACE checked)
22 Wheats - 1934 and 21 others
4 Canadian copper - '46,'57,'78,'87

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$25 - Brink's Box
524 Copper non-wheats (21.0%)
- 382 Nice coppers
- 92 Ugly Abes
- 50 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - 1926, 1934, and 10 others
3 Canadian copper - '68,'74,'78

1 holed '63 penny
1 dime - '07

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1917)
14 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (15.16%):
709 - Memorial 1959-1981
49 - Memorial 1982

6 - Canada (1966, 1970, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1992)
1 - U.S. clad dime
4 - plastic pennies

included in this batch was one state penny - 1976 stamped 'MN'

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box
467 Copper non-wheats (18.7%)
- 347 Nice coppers
- 83 Ugly Abes
- 37 1982's (ACE checked)
17 Wheats - 1929, 1934(2), and 14 others
2 Canadian copper - '94, '96

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$25 - Brink's Box
474 Copper non-wheats (19.0%)
- 358 Nice coppers
- 78 Ugly Abes
- 38 1982's (ACE checked)
16 Wheats - 1919, 1936-D, and 14 others
1 Canadian copper - '75
1 clad dime - '86

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$100 BWRs

Wheats:
23 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (6.27%):
604 - Memorial 1959-1981
23 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1982, 1999)

This batch had way too many rolls of shiny new 2015-D pennies in it.

[hirbonzig]

$25 Loomis Box
579 coppers--23.16%
9 Wheats--all 40's & 50's
5 Canadian Coppers

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
1 - older (1928)
10 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (17.26%):
812 - Memorial 1959-1981
51 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1971, 1989)
1 - Great Britain 1 penny (2004)
1 - Panama 1 centesimo (1996)
4 - U.S. clad dimes

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$25 - Brink's Box
434 Copper non-wheats (17.4%)
- 337 Nice coppers
- 58 Ugly Abes
- 39 1982's (ACE checked)
16 Wheats - 1915-D, 1925, and 14 others
7 Canadian copper - '64, '65, '68, '83(2), '92, '93

[hirbonzig]

$25 Loomis Box
553 Coppers--22.12%
12 wheats--1936, all others 40's/50's
7 Canadian coppers

[hirbonzig]

$10 CWR
191 coppers---19.10%
4 wheats--all 40's/50's
1 Canadian copper

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box
561 Copper non-wheats (22.4%)
- 452 Nice coppers
- 65 Ugly Abes
- 44 1982's (ACE checked)
17 Wheats - Oldest 1941
2 Canadian copper - '80,'83

[TwoAndAHalfCents]

$50 CWRs

Wheats:
2 - older (1920, 1928)
1 - steel (1943)
11 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (21.46%):
1,017 - Memorial 1959-1981
56 - Memorial 1982

2 - Canada (1981, 2006)

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box
433 Copper non-wheats (17.3%)
- 329 Nice coppers
- 57 Ugly Abes
- 47 1982's (ACE checked)
20 Wheats - Oldest 1940
3 Canadian copper - '73, '79, '84

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$25 - Brink's Box
487 Copper non-wheats (19.5%)
- 363 Nice coppers
- 84 Ugly Abes
- 40 1982's (ACE checked)
12 Wheats - Oldest 1941
6 Canadian copper - '61, '64(2), '69, '73, '75

[plus1hdcp]

It's getting cooler outside and time to start sorting again

$5.00 CWR

114 non-wheat/non-copper 1982's/non-copper Canadian copper cents
+1 Wheats (53D)
+16 Copper 1982
+0 Copper Canadian ()

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The final Copper Penny Handsorter stats for September 2015 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 October 2015 finds in the new thread: October 2015 Copper Handsorter Tracking.


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