Copper Penny Handsorter Tracking

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

18 more from the ground!

8-coppers

0-wheat
0-canadian
0-copper 82's

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
550 Copper non-wheats (22.0%)
- 455 Nice coppers
- 36 Ugly Abes
- 59 1982's (ACE checked)
5 Wheats - Oldest 1945
1 Canadian copper - '68

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
523 Copper non-wheats (20.9%)
- 433 Nice coppers
- 40 Ugly Abes
- 50 1982's (ACE checked)
6 Wheats - 1925 and 5 others
4 Canadian copper - '72,'79,'85,'94

[PreservingThePast]

$15.00 (OVER 7 PENNIES TOTAL) - 24 CWRs & 6 BWRs


1959 - 1981 Cu pennies - 303 (Best was 98% Cu, counting the 1982s X 1 roll; Worst was 8% Cu X 2 rolls)

*******Interesting fact about the 98% Cu roll. The one non-Cu coin was a 2000. This roll was a CWR so I am wondering if someone had already searched this roll for wheats and perhaps found one and replaced it with the 2000 penny.


Cu "S" Mint Mark - 6

1982 Cu - 8
1982 Zinc - 0
(1982 Pennies are checked on a digital scale)

Indian Head - None

Wheats - 3 (No Pre-40 Wheats)

Canadian Cu - 1 ('84)

2009 - LP1 - 1
2009 - LP2 - 0
2009 - LP3 - 0
2009 - LP4 - 1
(2009 is the year our son married so I keep the 2009 coins for anniversary coin jars for future anniversary gifts.)

Other - 6 -- 2010 Shield Pennies (all P 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.

[Rosco]

$25 dollar box
562 copper 22.5%
7 Cnd 1947
3 wheat 1949

[Jackson]

$25 box

612 coppers
11 wheats
0 canadians (again, I only keep 1979 and earlier)

One 1984 with the JFK bust stamped into the field

25% keepers

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
514 Copper non-wheats (20.6%)
- 424 Nice coppers
- 35 Ugly Abes
- 55 1982's (ACE checked)
7 Wheats - Oldest 1942-S
3 Canadian copper - '63,'66,'88

1971-D with Kennedy imprint on obverse
1997 Bahamas 1c Starfish

[Jackson]

Went to one of my banks this afternoon to buy a $25 box. The only box she had was a full box of the shield design. The only other pennies they had was 30 customer rolls they took in earlier in the morning.

334 coppers
5 wheats
0 canadians
%22 keepers

The great thing about this purchase was how the customer over-stuffed his rolls.

37 extra pennies along with a dime = 47 extra cents. woo hoo

[Jackson]

Went to one of my banks this afternoon to buy a $25 box. The only box she had was a full box of the shield design. The only other pennies they had was 30 customer rolls they took in earlier in the morning.

334 coppers
5 wheats
0 canadians
%22 keepers

The great thing about this purchase was how the customer over-stuffed his rolls.

37 extra pennies along with a dime = 47 extra cents. woo hoo

[AGCoinHunter]

Last nights $25 box.

453 lincoln coppers
22 wheats
1 Canadian
1 1998 WAM

[johnbrickner]

Sorted one box of 2500. This turned out to be on the exceptional side for copper:
(larger numbers very slightly rounded)
1500 ZN
100 '82s ZN & CU

Assuming all the 82s are ZN that leaves:
900 CU and of these
50 Canadian CU
40 Grade AU minus
20 Wheats
1 Steel War Penny


Accumulate More! it's a Jungle out there.

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
511 Copper non-wheats (20.4%)
- 438 Nice coppers
- 24 Ugly Abes
- 49 1982's (ACE checked)
8 Wheats - 1919-S, 1939, and 6 others
2 Canadian copper - '68,'86

[Country]

Sorted one box of 2500. This turned out to be on the exceptional side for copper:
(larger numbers very slightly rounded)
1500 ZN
100 '82s ZN & CU

Assuming all the 82s are ZN that leaves:
900 CU and of these
50 Canadian CU
40 Grade AU minus
20 Wheats
1 Steel War Penny


Accumulate More! it's a Jungle out there.

Nice box, however....
Did you hand sort this nice box? Seems to be a little too much rounding....
Gotta be a hand sort to count in the stats...

[cwgii]

9th 1,000$ increment of the year.

i am sorry, but i do not conform to your reporting methodology.

1959==159
60-67==1986
68-74==4442
75-81d==6455
p=2816
1982 ==1851 these are ALL 82. not just cu as i do not attempt to diferentiate
wheats==382 of which 27 were pre 40
cdn==147 of which 107 were pre 1997

noteables... 1909 vdb, ih 1903, 1870, one 1943s

[Country]

9th 1,000$ increment of the year.

i am sorry, but i do not conform to your reporting methodology.

1959==159
60-67==1986
68-74==4442
75-81d==6455
p=2816
1982 ==1851 these are ALL 82. not just cu as i do not attempt to diferentiate
wheats==382 of which 27 were pre 40
cdn==147 of which 107 were pre 1997

noteables... 1909 vdb, ih 1903, 1870, one 1943s

Since you know exactly how many COPPERs you have found, I am going to assume that took some measure of handsorting to quantify them. For your $1000 worth of searching, you have found 15858, 1959-1981, Lincoln Memorial COPPERS. However, since you don't breakdown the 1982s, the 1982s will NOT count. The 382 Wheats and 107 COPPER Canadians will count too.

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
649 Copper non-wheats (26.0%)
- 528 Nice coppers
- 45 Ugly Abes
- 76 1982's (ACE checked)
9 Wheats - Oldest 1940
2 Canadian copper - '47 (always nice to find a King ),'85

[Country]

$25 Brink's Box
572 Copper non-wheats (22.9%)
- 459 Nice coppers
- 49 Ugly Abes
- 64 1982's (ACE checked)
7 Wheats - 1925-D and 6 others
5 Canadian copper - ''68,'76,'77,'83,'96

[agmoose]

$25 Brinks:
734 Coppers
- didn't keep any 82's - tossed em all
- 18 wheats - oldest was 1919. Also 1928 and 1935D for pre-40
- 21 Canadian coppers - oldest 1951

1 - 1998 WAM, that is six total this year, and four 2000 WAMs. No 99's or 92D CAMs.

[AGCoinHunter]

$20 in Loomis rolls:

410 - Coppers
10 - Wheats
3 - Canadians

Staying right at the 20% CU level for now.

[cwgii]

9th 1,000$ increment of the year.

i am sorry, but i do not conform to your reporting methodology.

1959==159
60-67==1986
68-74==4442
75-81d==6455
p=2816
1982 ==1851 these are ALL 82. not just cu as i do not attempt to diferentiate
wheats==382 of which 27 were pre 40
cdn==147 of which 107 were pre 1997

noteables... 1909 vdb, ih 1903, 1870, one 1943s

Since you know exactly how many COPPERs you have found, I am going to assume that took some measure of handsorting to quantify them. For your $1000 worth of searching, you have found 15858, 1959-1981, Lincoln Memorial COPPERS. However, since you don't breakdown the 1982s, the 1982s will NOT count. The 382 Wheats and 107 COPPER Canadians will count too.

OR WE COULD APPLY THE ' RULE OF THUMB' OF 70% cu in the 82;s???????

[Country]

9th 1,000$ increment of the year.

i am sorry, but i do not conform to your reporting methodology.

1959==159
60-67==1986
68-74==4442
75-81d==6455
p=2816
1982 ==1851 these are ALL 82. not just cu as i do not attempt to diferentiate
wheats==382 of which 27 were pre 40
cdn==147 of which 107 were pre 1997

noteables... 1909 vdb, ih 1903, 1870, one 1943s

Since you know exactly how many COPPERs you have found, I am going to assume that took some measure of handsorting to quantify them. For your $1000 worth of searching, you have found 15858, 1959-1981, Lincoln Memorial COPPERS. However, since you don't breakdown the 1982s, the 1982s will NOT count. The 382 Wheats and 107 COPPER Canadians will count too.

OR WE COULD APPLY THE ' RULE OF THUMB' OF 70% cu in the 82;s???????

Sorry, none of your 1982s count. 1982s reflect the hand-counted COPPER 1982s that are either weighed or Ryedale checked.

[cwgii]

not a problem. not like this a contest ........lol.

my hand sorting is making my hands sore. and my head and eyes, ache. time to back off , this weekend.

[dp2007]

250 CWR's
2872 total copper (22.97%) -average for me
23 wheat -below average
24 Canadian Cu
1 bahama cent
1 plastic penny
14 dimes

Just a quick observations on previous comments.
I use a small, cheap scale to help with the hand sort. If you want to separate the zinc 82's from the copper 82's this would be a cheap and quick way to do it.

[agmoose]

$25 Brinks:
531 Coppers
14 Wheats - (1937, 1937 and 1939 for pre-40)
11 Canadian coppers
1 Barbados - 1996

[johnbrickner]

This is a repost of 10/27/10. Looks like I have to revamp my reporting style to get my numbers counted.

One box 2500

CU - 829
Canadian CU - 50
Wheats - 20

And yes, my fingers are so stiff I attest to the "Hand Sorting".