July 2018 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

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[TwoAndAHalfCents]

I haven't posted any results in over a year. I still sort but not as much as I used to. Here's my most recent batch from a few weeks ago:

$10 BWRs

Wheats:
2 - 1940s/1950s

Copper non-wheat (13.7%):
131 - Memorial 1959-1981
6 - Memorial 1982

1 - Canada (1986)

[everything]

$25 box. fresh box, not to bad compared to some as far as dirties.
LMC copper 652
1982 zinc 15
1982 copper 50
1959 10
1960 5
2009 8
Canadian Copper 1
Canadian zinc or steel = 1
Wheat 16 lowest 19XX couldn't read the date, maybe a 1918. Lowest mintage 1937S
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[coppernickel]

$750 --> $35.82 (4.8%) copper.
Yes, this was a big final push.

This run has reached both my original goal and the percentage stopping point.

Slow and steady wins the race; I may have crossed the finish line after the race concluded. The summation of eleven years, many hours, and countless trips to banks, leaves me with a few pounds of copper for that rainy day.

Copper is currently below $2.85 per pound and dropping, but copper will prove to be a better bet than the USD.

With all my talk of copper on the RealCent site, it may not be clear, I am firmly a silver monometalist. Copper is the best divider of silver, and has been an actionable plan. Gold is the best multiplier of silver, but I'll not get lost down that rabbit hole today.

[Recyclersteve]

I'm curious about only 4.8% being copper. Any idea why so few? Did a lot of the rolls get turned in by the same person? Did all the rolls come from the same bank? I've done really lousy over the years but I still get about 13-15% copper. So 4.8% sounds awfully low..

[coppernickel]

$750 --> $35.82 (4.8%) copper.

Multiple banks, about 1/2 from Wells Fargo from March through June. Lots of brand new 2016 and 2017.

[Recyclersteve]

:cry:

$750 --> $35.82 (4.8%) copper.

Multiple banks, about 1/2 from Wells Fargo from March through June. Lots of brand new 2016 and 2017.

I'm gonna guess that at least 2/3 (and possibly 3/4 or more) of the pennies were Uncirculated.

[Rosco]

Report on give & take sorts Filled a roll of cents plus 4 cents from Nov of 17 thru this last week.
High Roller was happy to buy My stash last summer as Our boys did not want to deal with Pennies.

I do miss the hunt for coins, but CTUs are now too heavy for 80++

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box (Old box from 2015)
510 Copper non-wheats (20.4%)
- 393 Nice coppers
- 80 Ugly Abes
- 37 1982's (ACE checked)
16 Wheats - 1926, 1934, 1936 and 13 others
3 Canadian copper - '73,'78,'80

[Recyclersteve]

37 1982's (ACE checked)

What is ACE?

[Country]

37 1982's (ACE checked)

What is ACE?

The ACE was an old prototype for hand sorting that Ryedale made (cost was about $100 I think). It is has a manual penny feed like the Ryedales, but no electric motors or discriminators. It works by using an appropriately placed magnet in the feeding mechanism, dropping out the COPPERs on the one side and zinc on the other. I use it to manually check the 1982s I get.

[Recyclersteve]

I have a Ryedale myself, but had never heard of the ACE. Thanks for the info.

[Country]

$25 - Brink's Box (Old box from 2015)
510 Copper non-wheats (20.4%)
- 388 Nice coppers
- 73 Ugly Abes
- 49 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - 1937 and 9 others
3 Canadian copper - '67,'70,'81
1 Panama 1c - '86