February 2011 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[Country]

Hello Fellow Copper Penny Handsorters:

In February 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 Feb 28, 2011 10:05 pm ET and earlier.
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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
February 2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



cwgii - 15776
thunter - 15009
Country - 14544
CardsNCoins - 10418
appjoe - 9742
ZigMeister - 8136
TheJonasCollegeFund - 5090
gravybro - 4590
plus1hdcp - 4136
Hirbonzig - 1959
AGCoinHunter - 1935
gothboi30 - 1391
PreservingThePast - 927
Rodebaugh - 775
scrapper2010 - 538
uthminsta - 488
Cerulean - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
February 2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



CardsNCoins - 1
plus1hdcp - 1
cwgii - 1
Country - 1
AGCoinHunter - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
February 2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



cwgii - 435
Country - 249
CardsNCoins - 244
thunter - 187
appjoe - 181
ZigMeister - 176
TheJonasCollegeFund - 88
gravybro - 83
plus1hdcp - 71
gothboi30 - 28
AGCoinHunter - 25
PreservingThePast - 20
Hirbonzig - 17
scrapper2010 - 13
Rodebaugh - 7
uthminsta - 4



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
February 2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



thunter - 145
cwgii - 125
appjoe - 109
CardsNCoins - 77
Country - 77
ZigMeister - 58
gravybro - 39
TheJonasCollegeFund - 35
Hirbonzig - 22
plus1hdcp - 16
gothboi30 - 10
AGCoinHunter - 9
scrapper2010 - 6
Rodebaugh - 5
PreservingThePast - 5
uthminsta - 1



1982 COPPER PENNIES
February 2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



Country - 1463
appjoe - 899
TheJonasCollegeFund - 495
plus1hdcp - 399
gothboi30 - 115
PreservingThePast - 85
Rodebaugh - 72
uthminsta - 42
Cerulean - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
February 2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



Rodebaugh - 31.00%
appjoe - 29.98%
CardsNCoins - 22.77%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 28.60%
gothboi30 - 27.82%
PreservingThePast - 26.49%
thunter - 26.36%
Hirbonzig - 26.12%
uthminsta - 24.40%
Country - 24.24%
gravybro - 22.95%
scrapper2010 - 21.52%
Cerulean - 20.33%
AGCoinHunter - 19.35%
ZigMeister - 17.31%
plus1hdcp - 16.54%
cwgii - 15.78%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
February 2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



cwgii - 6534.40
Country - 3568.80
thunter - 3494.07
ZigMeister - 1573.56
CardsNCoins - 1503.46
appjoe - 1304.16
plus1hdcp - 422.30
gravybro - 376.96
TheJonasCollegeFund - 371.17
AGCoinHunter - 78.76
Hirbonzig - 59.94
gothboi30 - 28.58
PreservingThePast - 13.33
Rodebaugh - 7.87
scrapper2010 - 5.57
uthminsta 3.94
Cerulean 0.14


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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS

COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



thunter - 32987
cwgii - 31411
CardsNCoins - 29472
Country - 27394
appjoe - 20953
TheJonasCollegeFund - 19078
ZigMeister - 17378
plus1hdcp - 11662
styropyro - 8329
Hirbonzig - 7795
gothboi30 - 4711
gravybro - 4590
AGCoinHunter - 3355
uthminsta - 1882
ozarkbilly - 1142
PreservingThePast - 1056
rosco - 956
Rodebaugh - 775
agmoose - 558
jtlee321 - 548
scrapper2010 - 538
Cerulean - 85



INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



CardsNCoins - 1
cwgii - 1
plus1hdcp - 1
Hirbonzig - 1
gothboi30 - 1
agmoose - 1
Country - 1
AGCoinHunter - 1



WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



cwgii - 765
CardsNCoins - 720
Country - 527
thunter - 435
appjoe - 429
ZigMeister - 404
TheJonasCollegeFund - 315
plus1hdcp - 173
Hirbonzig - 106
styropyro - 102
gothboi30 - 95
gravybro - 83
agmoose - 66
AGCoinHunter - 44
PreservingThePast - 21
uthminsta - 19
ozarkbilly - 14
scrapper2010 - 13
rosco - 11
Rodebaugh - 7
jtlee321 - 7



CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



thunter - 298
cwgii - 267
CardsNCoins - 235
appjoe - 198
TheJonasCollegeFund - 161
Country - 136
ZigMeister - 120
Hirbonzig - 60
styropyro - 44
gothboi30 - 44
plus1hdcp - 42
gravybro - 39
AGCoinHunter - 17
agmoose - 8
jtlee321 - 7
scrapper2010 - 6
Rodebaugh - 5
PreservingThePast - 5
uthminsta - 4
ozarkbilly - 3
rosco - 3



1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



Country - 2866
appjoe - 1971
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1932
plus1hdcp - 995
gothboi30 - 431
uthminsta - 216
PreservingThePast - 102
Rodebaugh - 72
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
Cerulean - 10



PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



ozarkbilly - 38.07%
styropyro - 33.32%
Rodebaugh - 31.00%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.92%
CardsNCoins - 29.62%
appjoe - 28.68%
Hirbonzig - 27.35%
gothboi30 - 26.92%
PreservingThePast - 25.76%
thunter - 25.31%
uthminsta - 25.09%
Country - 24.35%
gravybro - 22.95%
agmoose - 22.32%
jtlee321 - 21.92%
scrapper2010 - 21.52%
Cerulean - 20.33%
AGCoinHunter - 19.17%
ZigMeister - 18.99%
plus1hdcp - 18.29%
rosco - 18.04%
cwgii - 15.71%



COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 3/1/11 7:40 ET)



cwgii - 25954.40
thunter - 17580.26
Country - 12625.65
CardsNCoins - 12109.95
ZigMeister - 6552.13
appjoe - 6305.68
TheJonasCollegeFund - 4987.21
plus1hdcp - 3028.64
Hirbonzig - 907.55
styropyro - 847.50
gravybro - 376.96
gothboi30 - 339.50
AGCoinHunter - 239.12
uthminsta - 57.15
rosco - 20.56
PreservingThePast - 17.74
ozarkbilly - 13.91
Rodebaugh - 7.87
agmoose - 6.32
jtlee321 - 5.62
scrapper2010 - 5.57
Cerulean - 0.14



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2011 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION

3 Australia 5c - '75 (found by thunter), '00 (found by thunter), '05 (found by rosco)
4 Bahamas 1c - '87 (found by AGCoinHunter), (2) '92 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country), '98 (found by hirbonzig)
2 Barbados 1c - (2) '00 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country)
6 Bermuda 1c - '71 (found by ZigMeister), '81 (found by appjoe), '84 (found by appjoe), '85 (found by CardsNCoins), '88 (found by Country), unspecified date (found by gravybro)
2 Cayman Islands 1c - '99 (found by cwgii), '05 (found by cwgii)
1 Dominican Republic 1c - '69 (found by CardsNCoins)
2 Euro 2c - '06 (found by cwgii), unknown date (found by cwgii)
3 Germany 1 pfennig - '77 (found by cwgii), '79 (found by cwgii), '83 (found by cwgii)
1 Germany 2 pfennig - '66 (found by cwgii)
3 Germany 5 pfennig - '40 (found by cwgii), '80 (found by cwgii), '92 (found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain New 1/2 c - '71 (found by cwgii)
2 Great Britain New 1c - '81 (found by cwgii), '94 (found by cwgii)
1 Hong Kong 20c - '95 (found by thunter)
1 Israel 1/2 Sheqel - '80 (found by gravybro)
1 Luxembourg 2c Euro - '08 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
2 Mexico 5c - '71 (found by cwgii), '75 (found by cwgii)
2 Mexico 20c - '98 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '06 (found by cwgii)
1 Mexico 10 Pesos - '86 (found by thunter)
1 Norway 5o ore - '98 (found by Country)
4 Panama 1c - '68 (found by CardsNCoins), '75 (found by cwgii), '86 (found by cwgii), '96 (found by appjoe)
1 Poland 5 Grozny - '04 (found by the thunter)
1 Poland 20 Grozny - '92 (found by the JonasCollegeFund)
1 South Africa 1c - '77 (found by ZigMeister)

NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY

Australia - 3
Bahamas - 4
Barbados - 2
Bermuda - 6
Cayman Islands - 2
Dominican Republic - 1
Euro - 2
Germany - 7
Great Britain - 3
Hong Kong - 1
Israel - 1
Luxembourg - 1
Mexico - 5
Norway - 1
Panama - 4
Poland - 2
South Africa - 1

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
686 Copper non-wheats (27.6%)
- 533 Nice coppers
- 81 Ugly Abes
- 72 1982's (ACE checked)
16 Wheats - 1919-S and 15 others
3 Canadian copper - '73,'75,'76

[plus1hdcp]

$12.50 of a Strings Box

197 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (15.8%)
+3 wheats (1945, 1950, 1957D)
+26 copper 1982's out of 44
1 Canadian Copper (1985) - 0 non-copper (-)

Additional Finds - 3 s mints (1969, 1973, 1974)

[appjoe]

$25 Bank wrapped rolls
715 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (28.60%)
-552 Nice coppers
-76 Ugly copper Abes
-4 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-83 1982's copper (Scale checked)
17 1982 Zinc
9 Wheats Oldest 1931, 35, 46, 47d, 52d, 54, 54d, 57, 58d.
7 Canadian copper 1969, 73x(2), 74, 82, 85, 87.
other (0)

[CardsNCoins]

A nice start to February with probably my best copper box so far.

$25 String Box (February #1)
853 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (34.1%)
25 Wheat - from 1941 to 1958
7 Canadian copper - from 1953 to 1996

[ZigMeister]

$5 CWRs
78 Cu Memorials (15.6%)
3 Wheats - 40-50s
Net .06 long

$25 Brinks box
465 Cu Memorial (18.6%)
9 Wheats - '11, '37, rest 40-50s
5 Cu Canadian

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

$50 bank bag #5 of the year.

1311 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents

+26 wheats (1935)(8-1940's,16-1950's,1-19xx)
+171 copper 82's (scale checked)(37 zinc 82's)
+9 canadian coppers (1957,1961,1964,1966,1968,1971,1981,1983,1990)


other finds:

17 s-mints (1968-1974)

[plus1hdcp]

$25 Strings Box

300 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (12%) <- Worst box of the year
+11 wheats (1944, 1945, 1946 X 2, 1950, 1953D, 1955, 1955D, 1956D X 2, 1957D)
+45 copper 1982's
4 Canadian Copper (1963, 1974, 1976, 1989)

Additional Finds - 2 s mints (1974 X 2)

Just have to keep at it - my luck is bound to change

[PreservingThePast]

$9.00 (OVER THREE CENTS TOTAL) - 12 CWRs & 6 BWRs


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 230

Cu "S" Mint Mark - 1 (1969S)

1982 Cu - 16
1982 Zinc - 6
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 4 (One Pre-40 Wheat--1/1939)

Canadian Cu - 0

2009 - LP1 - 0
2009 - LP2 - 1
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 - 13 -- Thirteen 2010 Shield Pennies including one D mint mark

*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]

$25 String Box (February #2)
716 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28.6%)
15 Wheat - from 1940 to 1957
8 Canadian copper - from 1964 to 1983

[plus1hdcp]

$25 Strings Box
420 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (16.8%)
+1 1885 Indian Head
+17 wheats (1927, 1935, 1947D, 1950D, 1952D, 1953D, 1954S, 1955, 1955D X 2, 1956D, 1957D, 1958D X 3)
+38 copper 1982's
2 Canadian Copper (1983, 1987)

Additional Finds - 1 s mints (1969)

Luck did change and a Indian found a home. Haven't been at this long and this the first Indian and oldest coin I have found.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

$25 string box (#10 this year)

672 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents
+10 wheats (1920)(4-1940's,5-1950's)
+71 copper 82's (scale checked) (22 zinc 82's)
+7 canadian coppers (1964x2,1968,1971,1973,1980,1981)

other finds:

1993 counterstamped with Kennedy (highly corroded-first fnd on a zincer)

11 s-mints (1968-1974)

1 1998 mexican 20 cent coin (doesn't say peso anywhere)

[appjoe]

$25 String box
631 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (25.24%)
-495 Nice coppers
-75 Ugly copper Abes
-2 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-59 1982's copper (Scale checked)
14 1982 Zinc
14 Wheats Oldest 1934, 42s, 44d, 50, 51, 51d, 52x(2), 53dx(2), 55, 57, 58, 58d.
2 Canadian copper 1974, 76.

[ZigMeister]

$25 Brinks box
456 Cu Memorials (18.2%)
8 Wheats all 40-50s
7 Cu Canadian '36 Geo V
1 roll short .04

$2 CWRs
41 Cu Memorials (20.5%)

$40 CWRs
616 Cu Memorials (15.4%)
8 Wheats all 40-50s
6 Cu Canadian
Net short .42 (one roll had only 39 cents...surprised the teller didn't catch that one...3/4" shorter than normal)

[CardsNCoins]

$25 String Box (February #3)
791 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (31.6%)
18 Wheat - from 1941 to 1958
5 Canadian copper - from 1962 to 1996

[plus1hdcp]

$25 Strings Box
406 non-wheat / non-82 / non-Canadian - (16.24%)
+7 wheats (1923, 1944 X 2, 1945D, 1946, 1951D, 1958D)
+47 copper 1982's
0 Canadian Copper ()

Additional Finds - 5 s mints (1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)

Wish I could find some of those 30%+ boxes - nice haul with the 31.6% box CardsNCoins. Guess they aren't in my neck of the woods.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

$25 String Box...#11 this year
$28 Partial Bank Bag...#6

$53 searched!

1384 non-wheat/non-copper 82's/non-canadian copper cents

+17 wheats (1920, 1936,8-1940's.7-1950's)
+141 copper 82's (scale checked)(30 zinc 82's)
+8 Canadian coppers(1945 GeorgeVI,1964,1970,1972,1976,1980,1982,1988)

other finds:

21 s-mints (1968-1974)

[thunter]

Had a really good $25 box with over 50% copper . Second box that I got at the same bank at the same time was less than 25% Go figure Not many wheats though. A lot of shiny 70's coins.

Feb 1 thru Feb 5:

Total searched 9450

CU US 3095
CU Can 25
Wheats 26

Total CU 3146

Different - 2000 Austrailia 5 cent

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Had a really good $25 box with over 50% copper . Second box that I got at the same bank at the same time was less than 25% Go figure Not many wheats though. A lot of shiny 70's coins.

Feb 1 thru Feb 5:

Total searched 9450

CU US 3095
CU Can 25
Wheats 26

Total CU 3146

Different - 2000 Austrailia 5 cent

Great numbers...what part of the country are you in? And Welcome!

[appjoe]

$25 Brinks box
684 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (27.36%)
-542 Nice coppers
-70 Ugly copper Abes
-4 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-68 1982's copper (Scale checked)
17 1982 Zinc
15 Wheats Oldest 1926d, 35, 38, 40x(2), 41, 44, 44d, 45s, 46, 46s, 50, 54, 58x(2).
2 Canadian copper 1953, 72.
other (0)

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
553 Copper non-wheats (22.3%) (more my normal take, last week was 5% higher)
- 434 Nice coppers
- 58 Ugly Abes
- 61 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - Oldest 1944
5 Canadian copper - '57,'78,'82,'89,'92
1 Barbados 1c - '00

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (February #4)
779 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (31.2%)
19 Wheat - including a 1914, 1929, 1930, and a 1939
6 Canadian copper - including a 1920

[cwgii]

odds in the last few 100.00

#1, dimes 2, a 'd' and 'p' marker from the mint packs., 83 -jfk stamp, 1980 and 92-- 5 pfenig, 1979 1 pfennig

#2 plastic- imperial, 1977, and 83 1 pfennig, dimes 2

#3
4 dimes, 1981 new penny

#4
4 dimes, 1999 and 2005 cayaman one cent
2006 -2cent euro with a ship on it.

1992 bahamas cent

[cwgii]

2-2 a cull indian head from 1889

[CardsNCoins]

$25 String Box (February #5)
693 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (27.7%)
16 Wheat - including a 1911 and a 1938
4 Canadian copper - 1963, 1968, 1973, and 1989.

Other - 1906 Indian Head