March 2011 Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[scrapper2010]

$25 Brinks Box #1
638 non-wheat coppers
35 Wheats including a 1910

$25 Brinks Box #2
664 non-wheat coppers
27 Wheats including a 1919

included in those totals were 24 BU 1964's

Did you find any Canadian COPPERS? Are they included in your totals?

I normally don't find very many so I didn't put them in my totals. I think the two boxes yielded 8 total.

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
639 Copper non-wheats (25.6%)
- 507 Nice coppers
- 82 Ugly Abes
- 50 1982's (ACE checked)
10 Wheats - 1921 and 9 others
7 Canadian copper - '53,'67,'70,'74,'81,'83(2)

1 BU 1960

[appjoe]

$25 Brinks box
692 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (27.68%)
-568 Nice coppers
-60 Ugly copper Abes
-4 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-60 1982's copper (Scale checked)
9 1982 Zinc
8 Wheats Oldest 1940, 42, 45x(2), 47s, 49, 56d, 57.
3 Canadian copper 1972, 81, 94.
Other (0)

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
665 Copper non-wheats (26.6%)
- 528 Nice coppers
- 64 Ugly Abes
- 73 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - Oldest 1945
2 Canadian copper - '83,'95

1 Bahamas 1c - 2001
1 Flaked Flan error - '73

[ed_vantage17]

Second box of the weekend. Best one ever for me.

789 non-wheat, non Can.
9 Can. copper
4 wheat (oldest 1937)
Copper 32.08%

Got this from a different bank. Stopped in just because I was in the are. I think I'll have to go back as I only get 28%-30% at my other bank.

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (March #6)
688 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (27.5%)
16 Wheat - including a 1920, 1929, and a 1938
3 Canadian copper - 1975, 1980, and 1985

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
608 Copper non-wheats (24.3%)
- 435 Nice coppers
- 111 Ugly Abes
- 62 1982's (ACE checked)
13 Wheats - Oldest 1945
0 Canadian copper

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
599 Copper non-wheats (24.0%)
- 474 Nice coppers
- 68 Ugly Abes
- 57 1982's (ACE checked)
14 Wheats - 1930 and 13 others
1 Canadian copper - 1972

1 Full Red, AU++, 1955 Wheat
1 Panama 1c - '08

[cwgii]

i would like input,

i just got 10.00 of pennies. all she would give me. 7 rolls are solid wheat. not going to look at them until i get home.

question is this....... do i include this 'lot' in my normal statistics?????or disreguard it as 'highly irregular'.????

[Country]

i would like input,

i just got 10.00 of pennies. all she would give me. 7 rolls are solid wheat. not going to look at them until i get home.

question is this....... do i include this 'lot' in my normal statistics?????or disreguard it as 'highly irregular'.????

They count. Just like SILVER found in CWRs count. Add it into your periodic $1000 (+$10) reports, or have fun and post a photo of this fine find. Congrats!!

[PreservingThePast]

i would like input,

i just got 10.00 of pennies. all she would give me. 7 rolls are solid wheat. not going to look at them until i get home.

question is this....... do i include this 'lot' in my normal statistics?????or disreguard it as 'highly irregular'.????

Awesome! Congratulations!!! Let us know all of the great details as to what you found in the rolls.

Enjoy your coin searches, everyone.

[CardsNCoins]

$25 String Box (March #7)
720 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (28.8%)
20 Wheat - including a 1936 and 1937
10 Canadian copper - from 1960 to 1994
Other - 1998 Russian 50 Kopeks

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
609 Copper non-wheats (24.4%)
- 505 Nice coppers
- 52 Ugly Abes
- 52 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1920-S and 7 others
4 Canadian copper - '64,'81,'83,'85

1 BU 1959
1 2006 dime (love them dimes in penny wrappers)

[CardsNCoins]

$25 Brinks Box (March #8)
630 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (25.2%)
17 Wheat - including a 1937
9 Canadian copper - from 1969 to 1992
Other - 1978 Bermuda cent

[appjoe]

$25 String box
1168 Copper non-wheats, Non- Canadian (46.72%)
-954 Nice coppers
-82 Ugly copper Abes
-8 S-mint copper ( 68-74 )
-124 1982's copper (Scale checked)
9 1982 Zinc
10 Wheats Oldest 1937, 40, 44x(2), 45, 50s, 53d, 57x(2), 58.
1 Canadian copper 1976.
1 Other 1984 S.

This was the best box I ever got for copper. Not many Wheats or Canadians

[Morsecode]

March 1 thru 8 :

2 String boxes, 120 loose rolls

2743 cu
115 '82 cu
45 pre '96 canada
70 wheat
0 indian

Jan 17 (started sorting) thru Mar 8

61 String boxes, 470 loose rolls

45,317 cu
1962 '82 cu
662 pre '96 canada
1099 wheat
2 indian

[justj2k78]

3/8

$20 Face- CWR

$5.58 Copper US (27.9%)
$1.89 Copper Canadian
11 Wheats
2 King George VI
1 dingy dime

Posted this in another place, didn't realize there was a thread over here for that! I'm in the middle of another $20 from String that is going well, will post results later/tomorrow when I finish.

[PreservingThePast]

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


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 217

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

1982 Cu - 45
1982 Zinc - 9
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 4 (NO Pre-40 Wheats)

Canadian Cu - 2 (1959, 1966)

2009 - LP1 - 1
2009 - LP2 - 3
2009 - LP3 - 2
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 -- Even though we are in the third month of 2011, the 2010 pennies are still an oddity for me to find.

*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.

[ed_vantage17]

Picked up 4 rolls from the same bank that sold me my best box to see if they all run good.

55 Non-wheat, non-Can. copper including 8 '82's
1 Wheat (1941)
28% copper

144 zinc, including 2 '82's

Not the 30%+ I got before, but it was a small sample size.

[ZigMeister]

2 $25 Brink's boxes

Box #1
431 Cu Memorial (17.2%)
8 Wheat '39, rest 40-50s
7 Cu Canadian
1 1984S Proof

Box #2
429 Cu Memorial (17.2%) - what about consistancy...and from separate banks
6 Wheats '36, '39, rest 40-50s
4 Cu Canadian

[justj2k78]

$20 tonight all String wrapped rolls:

597 Cu Memorial (29.9%)
23 Cu Canadian
48 Wheat (2 1943, 3 1910)

[CardsNCoins]

$16.50 customer wrapped rolls
481 Non Wheat and Non Canadian Copper (29.2%)
9 Wheat - including a 1920
6 Canadian copper - 1965 to 1985

[Country]

March 1 thru 8 :

2 String boxes, 120 loose rolls

2743 cu
115 '82 cu
45 pre '96 canada
70 wheat
0 indian

Jan 17 (started sorting) thru Mar 8

61 String boxes, 470 loose rolls

45,317 cu
1962 '82 cu
662 pre '96 canada
1099 wheat
2 indian

What do your COPPER totals include? Does it include your 1982s, Wheats, and Canadian COPPERs?

[Morsecode]

No, the top line total is just 59-81 Memorial cents.

I'm only including the cents I cold sort, from boxes or rolls of raw. Bags of copper cents I buy get thoroughly re-sorted to weed out '82s, uglies, canadian, etc. before they're counted for my buckets, but of course I'm not tallying those in my counts here.

[justj2k78]

Oh, found a 2002 2cent Irish Euro for the Foreign section!