A Couple of Good Boxes

Last night Meg, Henry and I had a nice dinner out together. This is the third time we've done so. So far he's done really well. Tomorrow we're adding to our adventures and going to the movies, although this time we're leaving Henry with my sister.

I did some coin roll hunting last night and this morning.

1,000 small dollars, one box, produced one mint set dollar (2005P), one Canadian, and one Aruba 1 Florin (worth 56¢). The mint set coin that I need is pretty tarnished, almost black, but it is still an album filler while I look for another! The Canadian dollar is one I needed, the 2005 Terry Fox dollar. Terry Fox is a young Canadian who died of cancer while attempting to run across Canada in support of cancer research. The Aruba coin is also a first for me.





As I left the bank I was most excited about the half dollars. The tops of the rolls showed more silver than I have seen in some time. 10,000 half dollars yielded thirty-one 90% silver halves (29 x 1964, 2 x 1964D), thirty-eight 40% silver halves (3 x 1965, 3 x 1966, 14 x 1967, 10 x 1968D, 8 x 1969D), three mint set halves (2002P, 2002D, 2004D), and one UK 50 pence piece. What a great week for me! An excellent haul of silver even after finding the gold coin.

Sadly the two boxes of dimes I got, 5,000 coins, were both total skunks.