Attempts

Yesterday went pretty well for me.

At the bank a teller gave me a War Time nickel (1945P) and a few rolls to search. 160 nickels and 200 dimes didn't produce anything.

When I got home Henry was all smiles for me. That made me feel very good. We went off to do some errands. Later that evening Meg and I continued two of our parenting efforts. The first one is get him adjusted to feeding from a bottle (still pumped milk). To acheive this I'm feeding him at 7pm with his bottle ... no exceptions! We've got to be tough on that little guy. ;) The second is to get him to sleep in his crib. Right now he is transitioning from his car seat.

At the grocery store I picked up some small dollar coins at the in-store bank. Fifteen Sacagaweas produced a 2005D mint set coin. That's one I needed and the rarest one produced.

I did some research on Sacagaweas when I got home. Of the 1.46 billion minted, only 2.56% were minted 2002-2007. According to Wikipedia, "the Sacagawea dollar is very popular in Ecuador and other foreign countries that have made the US dollar their currency. Since dollarization, an estimated 500 million coins, approximately half of those minted, have been used in Ecuador, El Salvador, and other Latin American countries." There's even some counterfeit Sacagaweas circulating. Here's a table of mintage numbers I found:

Year	P	D	S
2000	767,150,000	518,920,000	3,082,483
2001	62,470,000	70,940,000	2,294,043
2002	3,869,000	3,733,000	2,277,120
2003	3,080,002	3,080,002	3,298,439
2004	2,660,010	2,660,010	2,992,069
2005	2,525,000	2,525,000	3,273,000
2006	4,900,000	2,800,000	N/A
2007	3,640,000	5,740,000	N/A
2008	N/A	N/A	N/A

The 2008 Mint Set Sacagaweas can be purchased from the mint in rolls of 25 for $35.95 or in bags of 250 for $319.95. That price doesn't include shipping.

Found: 15 pennies (1 at Sovereign Bank, 6 at Stop & Shop), 2 dimes (1 at Stop & Shop)