Good Stuff!

Here's a good picture of Henry and two movies of him. I took one and Meg took the others.



The above picture shows Henry pointing at a donkey (his Nana's favorite animal) while sitting at a desk made by his great-grandfather, Dziadek.



I like this video because it is a good summary of Henry's stuff, spins, dancing and saying, "ball."



This video shows Henry using his spoon to eat lunch. Dinner has been much better now that we (mainly Meg) don't have to feed Henry as much. He's very proud of this new skill and always wants to give it a try, although he does sometimes try to cheat and use his fingers.

Yesterday at lunch I spotted something different in a teller's cash draw. I noticed a bill with a slightly lighter shade of green on the back. I asked if she had any $2 bills and she sold me the two she had. Both were red seal bills! They're very worn and one has writing on it as well as all four corners torn off. Here's a picture of the better one.





I did some research yesterday online and found out the following:

These notes are printed with the words "United States Note" in the scrollwork at the top center of the note. These notes, issued at a time when money was redeemable for gold or silver, were backed only by the credit of the United States Government. They were issued in $1, $2, $5 and $100 denominations.

My good luck continued in the evening when I searched coin I got from two main sources.

10 large dollars, 12 small dollars and 17 half dollars turned up just one mint set dollar (2002D).

3,480 quarters produced two silver Washingtons (1945, 1964) and one Canadians. It is odd that there weren't more Canadians or foreign coins in that mix, but two silver quarters in that amount of searching is a good thing.

4,950 dimes yielded four silver Rosies (1959D, 2 x 1964, 1964D), four Canadians and one Aruba 10¢.

3,320 nickels had one Buffalo (dateless), three War Times (1943S, 1944D, 1945P), eleven Canadians (3 Ni), two Bahamas 5¢, one Bermuda 5¢, one US penny and a Italian 5 Lire (1953). The Italian coin is a new variety for me. It's one of the oldest foreign coins I've found.



Here's a quick chart of the oldest foreign coins (excluding Canadians) that I've found. I'd make a similar one for US coins, but it'd be pretty boring. The top ten oldest US coins I've found would be all Indian head pennies.

Year	Country	Denomination
1831	Britain	Farthing
1915*	Austria-Hungary	1 Ducat
1929	Britain	Penny
1941	East Africa	10 Cents
1947	Spain	1 Peseta
1953	Italy	5 Lire
1954	Scotland	1 Shilling
1956	Columbia	10 Centavos
1958	Switzerland	2 Rappen
1960	France	1 Franc

*The date 1915 is on the coin, but such coins were struck between 1920 and 1936.