In August 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 Aug 31, 2011 6:30 pm forum time and later.
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COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
August 2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 22142
RichardPenny43 - 16059
cwgii - 12794
Country - 8041
appjoe - 6514
Hirbonzig - 5716
jtlee321 - 5383
Gamecock - 3752
Gipper1985 - 3484
TwoAndAHalfCents - 3206
Whinstone - 2201
CardsNCoins - 2160
Mercuryman - 1152
thunter - 1044
TheJonasCollegeFund - 747
brandon - 689
rosco - 614
Cerulean - 134
INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
August 2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1
Morsecode - 1
WHEAT PENNIES
August 2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 567
cwgii - 278
RichardPenny43 - 256
appjoe - 158
Country - 116
jtlee321 - 101
Hirbonzig - 89
TwoAndAHalfCents - 68
Gipper1985 - 60
CardsNCoins - 54
Gamecock - 39
Whinstone - 36
brandon - 17
TheJonasCollegeFund - 15
Mercuryman - 13
thunter - 7
rosco - 7
Cerulean - 1
CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
August 2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 569
Gipper1985 - 212
RichardPenny43 - 99
cwgii - 49
appjoe - 49
jtlee321 - 44
Hirbonzig - 40
Country - 37
Whinstone - 26
TwoAndAHalfCents - 17
CardsNCoins - 13
brandon - 12
Gamecock - 11
thunter - 7
TheJonasCollegeFund - 5
rosco - 2
Cerulean - 1
1982 COPPER PENNIES
August 2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 1546
RichardPenny43 - 1188
Country - 784
appjoe - 569
TwoAndAHalfCents - 186
brandon - 59
Cerulean - 15
PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
August 2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Mercuryman - 46.08%
jtlee321 - 35.89%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.88%
RichardPenny43 - 29.17%
CardsNCoins - 28.80%
Hirbonzig - 28.58%
Gipper1985 - 27.87%
appjoe - 27.84%
Cerulean - 27.74%
brandon - 26.50%
Gamecock - 26.06%
Morsecode - 25.62%
thunter - 25.05%
rosco - 24.56%
Country - 24.07%
Whinstone - 22.01%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18.86%
cwgii - 15.99%
COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
August 2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 8047.86
cwgii - 4198.72
RichardPenny43 - 3614.36
Country - 1094.72
appjoe - 629.09
Hirbonzig - 467.60
jtlee321 - 331.68
TwoAndAHalfCents - 223.79
Gamecock - 219.00
Gipper1985 - 187.80
Whinstone - 90.52
CardsNCoins - 66.81
thunter - 17.63
Mercuryman - 11.65
TheJonasCollegeFund - 7.67
brandon - 7.47
rosco - 6.23
Cerulean - 0.26
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2011 FULL YEAR STATISTICS
COPPER PENNIES (NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS)
2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 160417
cwgii - 122343
Country - 108556
CardsNCoins - 91808
thunter - 53689
appjoe - 52247
ZigMeister - 38792
Hirbonzig - 25189
RichardPenny43 - 20718
TheJonasCollegeFund - 19846
styropyro - 18790
Gamecock - 15904
plus1hdcp - 12409
aev - 11893
gravybro - 10134
rosco - 10023
timmus0382 - 7867
AGCoinHunter - 7629
Whinstone - 7566
jtlee321 - 5931
TwoAndAHalfCents - 5539
justj2k78 - 4938
gothboi30 - 4711
Gipper1985 - 3484
ed_vantage17 - 3244
scrapper2010 - 3197
PreservingThePast - 2334
brandon - 1981
uthminsta - 1882
agmoose - 1753
Mercuryman - 1152
ozarkbilly - 1142
Rodebaugh - 775
Johnny99 - 667
Cerulean - 219
dpwozney - 142
INDIAN HEAD PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 6
cwgii - 6
CardsNCoins - 4
Hirbonzig - 4
Country - 1
ZigMeister - 1
plus1hdcp - 1
rosco - 1
AGCoinHunter - 1
Whinstone - 1
TwoAndAHalfCents - 1
gothboi30 - 1
agmoose - 1
WHEAT PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 3592
cwgii - 3058
CardsNCoins - 2239
Country - 1852
appjoe - 1192
ZigMeister - 810
thunter - 774
Hirbonzig - 404
TheJonasCollegeFund - 332
RichardPenny43 - 319
aev - 212
styropyro - 199
AGCoinHunter - 193
Gamecock - 191
plus1hdcp - 181
rosco - 178
justj2k78 - 178
gravybro - 135
Whinstone - 130
TwoAndAHalfCents - 121
timmus0382 - 114
jtlee321 - 108
agmoose - 99
scrapper2010 - 97
gothboi30 - 95
brandon - 62
Gipper1985 - 60
PreservingThePast - 38
ed_vantage17 - 36
uthminsta - 19
Johnny99 - 16
ozarkbilly - 14
Mercuryman - 13
Rodebaugh - 7
dpwozney - 4
Cerulean - 1
CANADIAN COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
dpwozney - 2898
Morsecode - 2739
ZigMeister - 1292
cwgii - 876
CardsNCoins - 707
Country - 519
thunter - 475
appjoe - 470
justj2k78 - 387
Hirbonzig - 299
Gipper1985 - 212
timmus0382 - 181
TheJonasCollegeFund - 166
RichardPenny43 - 130
rosco - 115
styropyro - 95
gravybro - 76
Whinstone - 62
Gamecock - 54
AGCoinHunter - 53
plus1hdcp - 53
jtlee321 - 51
aev - 46
gothboi30 - 44
agmoose - 36
ed_vantage17 - 32
brandon - 26
TwoAndAHalfCents - 21
PreservingThePast - 15
scrapper2010 - 14
Rodebaugh - 5
uthminsta - 4
Johnny99 - 3
ozarkbilly - 3
Cerulean - 1
1982 COPPER PENNIES
2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Country - 10908
Morsecode - 8490
appjoe - 4808
TheJonasCollegeFund - 1932
RichardPenny43 - 1534
plus1hdcp - 1077
gothboi30 - 431
TwoAndAHalfCents - 274
PreservingThePast - 259
ed_vantage17 - 217
uthminsta - 216
rosco - 199
brandon - 148
Rodebaugh - 72
agmoose - 52
jtlee321 - 31
Cerulean - 25
PERCENTAGE OF COPPERS NON-WHEATS, NON-CANADIANS
2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Mercuryman - 46.08%
ozarkbilly - 38.07%
timmus0382 - 34.96%
styropyro - 34.16%
jtlee321 - 33.89%
ed_vantage17 - 31.80%
Rodebaugh - 31.00%
TheJonasCollegeFund - 29.93%
justj2k78 - 29.57%
CardsNCoins - 29.50%
RichardPenny43 - 28.98%
appjoe - 28.60%
Hirbonzig - 28.46%
Gipper1985 - 27.87%
Morsecode - 27.30%
gothboi30 - 26.92%
Johnny99 - 26.68%
brandon - 26.07%
scrapper2010 - 25.58%
Gamecock - 25.49%
thunter - 25.22%
uthminsta - 25.09%
Country - 24.71%
Cerulean - 24.31%
aev - 23.79%
agmoose - 23.37%
Whinstone - 23.17%
PreservingThePast - 23.11%
rosco - 22.63%
gravybro - 22.52%
AGCoinHunter - 19.07%
ZigMeister - 18.87%
TwoAndAHalfCents - 18.78%
plus1hdcp - 18.14%
cwgii - 16.47%
dpwozney - 1.42%
COPPER SEARCHER SCORE
SCORE = (COINS-SEARCHED) * (COPPERs) / 250000
2011 FULL LIST (as of 9/1/11 12:39 ET)
Morsecode - 391879.14
cwgii - 375295.24
Country - 194960.86
CardsNCoins - 117971.76
thunter - 46775.75
appjoe - 39385.92
ZigMeister - 33625.50
Hirbonzig - 9165.77
RichardPenny43 - 6053.76
TheJonasCollegeFund - 5396.21
styropyro - 4198.48
Gamecock - 4030.79
plus1hdcp - 3459.12
aev - 2430.20
gravybro - 1862.10
rosco - 1828.00
AGCoinHunter - 1260.00
Whinstone - 1013.19
timmus0382 - 734.58
TwoAndAHalfCents - 670.36
jtlee321 - 426.30
justj2k78 - 367.60
gothboi30 - 339.50
Gipper1985 - 187.80
scrapper2010 - 165.40
ed_vantage17 - 135.13
dpwozney - 121.76
PreservingThePast - 96.43
brandon - 62.90
uthminsta - 57.15
agmoose - 56.64
ozarkbilly - 13.91
Mercuryman - 11.65
Rodebaugh - 7.87
Johnny99 - 6.86
Cerulean - 0.80
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2011 FOREIGN LEGION SECTION
3 Australia 5c - '75 (found by thunter), '00 (found by thunter), '05 (found by rosco)
1 Austria 5c - '05 (found by Rosco)
19 Bahamas 1c - '85 (found by appjoe), '87 (found by AGCoinHunter), '89 (found by appjoe), (4) '92 (2 found by cwgii, 1 found by Country, 1 found by hirbonzig), '93 (found by ZigMeister), (2) '95 (1 found by ZigMeister, 1 found by Country), '96 (found by agmoose), (3) '98 (1 found by hirbonzig, 1 found by Country, 1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '00 (found by cwgii), (2) '01 (1 found by Country, 1 found by ZigMeister), (2) '06 (2 found by cwgii)
5 Barbados 1c - '73 (found by cwgii), '80 (found by justj2k78), '92 (found by appjoe), (2) '00 (1 found by TheJonasCollegeFund, 1 found by Country)
14 Bermuda 1c - '71 (found by ZigMeister), '73 (found by ZigMeister), '77 (found by cwgii), '78 (found by CardsNCoins), '81 (found by appjoe), '84 (found by appjoe), '85 (found by CardsNCoins), '87 (found by Country), '88 (found by Country), '91 (found by agmoose), '96 (found by gravybro), '01 (found by cwgii), '04 (found by appjoe), unspecified date (found by gravybro)
1 Bolivia 10c - '87 (found by gravybro)
2 Cayman Islands 1c - '99 (found by cwgii), '05 (found by cwgii)
1 Cayman Islands 5c - '02 (found by appjoe)
1 Czech Republic 50H - '03 (found by thunter)
1 Dominican Republic 1c - '44 (found by Country), '69 (found by CardsNCoins)
10 Euro 2c - (3) '02 (3 found by cwgii), '03 (found by thunter), '04 (found by thunter), (2) '05 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Rosco), (2) '06 (2 found by cwgii), unknown date (found by cwgii)
1 France Euro 1c - '06 (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)
5 Germany 5 pfennig - '40 (found by cwgii), (2) '80 (2 found by cwgii), '87 (found by ZigMeister), '92 (found by cwgii)
1 Great Britain 6p - '60 (found by Morsecode)
1 Great Britain New 1/2 c - '71 (found by cwgii)
9 Great Britain New 1c - '81 (found by cwgii), '85 (found by cwgii), '94 (found by cwgii), '95 (found by cwgii), '98 (found by appjoe), '03 (found by cwgii), (2) '07 (2 found by cwgii), '08 (found by Country)
1 Hong Kong 20c - '95 (found by thunter)
1 Ireland 3 pence - '50 (found by cwgii)
2 Ireland 2c Euro - '02 (found by justj2k78), '04 (found by appjoe)
1 Israel 1/2 Sheqel - '80 (found by gravybro)
1 Japan 10 yen - unspecified date (found by cwgii)
1 Latvia 50 Santimu - '92 (found by RichardPenny43)
1 Luxembourg 2c Euro - '08 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund)
1 Malaysia 1c - '05 (found by cwgii)
1 Malta 1c - '91 (found by Country)
1 Mexico 1c - '41 (found by cwgii)
5 Mexico 5c - '71 (found by cwgii), '73 (found by cwgii), (2) '75 (2 found by cwgii), '97 (found by cwgii)
2 Mexico 20c - '98 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '06 (found by cwgii)
1 Mexico 10 Pesos - '86 (found by thunter)
1 Netherlands 1c - '58 (found by cwgii)
1 Newfoundland 1c - '41 (found by timmus0382)
1 Norway 5o ore - '98 (found by Country)
27 Panama 1c - '67 (found by AGCoinHunter), (3) '68 (1 found by CardsNCoins, 1 found by Country, 1 found by cwgii), '74 (found by cwgii), (2) '75 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by TwoAndAHalfCents), '77 (found by cwgii), (3) '78 (3 found by cwgii), '80 (found by appjoe), (2) '82 (1 found by cwgii, 1 found by Gamecock), '86 (found by cwgii), '91 (found by timmus0382), (5) '96 (1 found by appjoe, 1 found by cwgii, 2 found by Country, 1 found by richardPenny43), (5) '01 (2 found by cwgii, 2 found by appjoe, 1 found by RichardPenny43), '08 (found by Country)
1 Philippines 25 sentimos - '95 (found by cwgii)
2 Poland 5 Grozny - '90 (found by TheJonasCollegeFund), '04 (found by the thunter)
1 Poland 20 Grozny - '92 (found by the JonasCollegeFund)
1 Russia 50 Kopeks - '98 (found by CardsNCoins)
3 South Africa 1c - '77 (found by ZigMeister), '79 (found by cwgii), '88 (found by Country)
1 Spain 2c Euro - '01 (found by CardsNCoins)
1 Sweden 50 ore - '02 (found by cwgii)
1 Switzerland 10 rappen - '65 (found by thunter)
1 Taiwan 1 Yuan - '86 (found by Gamecock)
1 Zambia 1 ngwee - '83 (found by appjoe)
NUMBER OF COINS FOUND BY COUNTRY
Australia - 3
Austria - 1
Bahamas - 19
Barbados - 5
Bermuda - 14
Bolivia - 1
Cayman Islands - 3
Czech Republic - 1
Dominican Republic - 2
Euro - 10
France - 1
Germany - 9
Great Britain - 11
Hong Kong - 1
Ireland - 3
Israel - 1
Japan - 1
Latvia - 1
Luxembourg - 1
Malaysia - 1
Malta - 1
Mexico - 9
Netherlands - 1
Newfoundland - 1
Norway - 1
Panama - 26
Philippines - 1
Poland - 3
Russia - 1
South Africa - 3
Spain - 1
Sweden - 1
Switzerland - 1
Taiwan - 1
Zambia - 1
) - '05