500,000 Coins Searched

Last night and this morning I broke the half million mark. I've searched 500,000 coins. How crazy is that?

Last night I first searched 5,200 quarters (two boxes and some hand rolled). In the bunch I found ten Canadians and two Bermuda quarters. Three of the Canadians were ones I was looking for, 1999 November, 2000 Wisdom and 2000 Harmony.

After that and this morning I searched 13,350 dimes. In them six silver Rosies (1946 x 2, 1947, 1960D, 1961D, 1962D), twenty-one Canadians, two UK 5 pence pieces, two Aruba 10 dimes, one Ecuador 10 Centavos piece, and one US penny turned up. The penny was found in a bank roll. It was purposely cut down to dime size. There were no new varieties in the mix, but the 1947 was a big upgrade.





I've got a big mess of nickels and pennies to keep me busy this weekend.

The Baby

My wife just had her second ultrasound. Everything looks good. A little baby is on their way!

The baby brought some sweet silver too! At the bank two tellers saved some coins for me. One teller had two silver dimes for me (1950, 1957) and another had one silver dime (1947D), three Canadian dimes, eleven Canadian quarters, one Franc, and one UK 5 pence. One of the dimes, 1947D, was one I needed, and one of the quarters is a silver one, 1946, my first King George VI quarter. Now I have just eleven silver Rosies to find! (One of the Canadian quarters was one I needed too, 1977.)

Bourne

In the past two days I managed to finish my boxes from Monday. In two boxes of nickels I found one Buffalo (a pretty good 1936), two War Times (1942S, 1945P), eleven Canadians, and one Euro 5 cent piece. And the two boxes of pennies produced twenty-eight Wheats, thirty Canadians, and two Bahama pennies. No new varieties were discovered.

Between checking out clothes dryer prices and getting a $13 hair cut I bought a new coin cart at Lowes. It folds like the old one, but is much stronger.



I also saw the Bourne Ultimatum with my dad and grandfather. It was really good. The action was non-stop and the film was quite humorous at times. If action films are your thing go out and see this one.

Found: 6 pennies (5 at Burger King, 1 at Lowes)

Some Hunting

Yesterday I was lucky in two regards. In the first one a teller I know saved me a 1964 half dollar (90% silver) and in the second one my hand cart completely broke down on the way out of the bank. If it had broken on the way into the bank it could have been a disaster. (I'll have to get a much more robust one.)

I did a little coin hunting last night. I first went through a bunch of hand rolled coins, 280 quarters, 350 dimes, and 320 nickels, but found only three Canadian quarters and two UK 5 pence pieces. One of the Canadian quarters, a 1992 Nova Scotia, was one I needed.

I then went through two boxes of quarters. Both were complete skunks. That happens a lot with quarters so I wasn't too dismayed. The two boxes of dimes I searched were much better. In them I found five silver Rosies (1946, 1952, 1954, 1963D, 1964), five Canadians (including a 1943), and one Barbados dime. There were no new varieties in that mix, but the Barbados dime was a new one for me. (What were the chances my third Canadian dime would be the same year as the one I found a few days ago?!)

First Weekend

Despite being sick with colds my wife and I survived our first weekend in our new house.

I did a little coin roll hunting. I found 3 War Time nickels (1943P, 1944D, 1944D), 7 Canadians, 1 US penny, and 2 Singapore 20 cent pieces in two boxes. In one box of pennies I found nine Wheats and seventy-eight Canadians, no new varieties. I also visited my new weekend dump bank. It's bit farther away, 15 minutes, but the coin machine is a robust one and it's in its own private alcove. I dumped about 35,000 coins this weekend!

In preparation for next the tax free holiday next weekend we went to Home Depot and Lowes. We had a big list of things to look over. We found some light switch covers, saw that CFL light bulbs of non-standard shapes and sizes were pretty expenisve ($5 a bulb!), saw that ceiling fans were cheaper than we thought, and found a few push mowers for sale. Home Depot had one energy efficient ceiling fan for sale, but it was bit ugly. The guy at Lowes didn't know what I was talking about when I asked about them.

This morning I did a little research on push mowers. Looks like a bad news. A few people rave about them, but others give them some bad marks. I'll have to think about it more. I love the idea of going green with the lawn, but am a bit hesitant to spend $150 on something that doesn't work.

We also started to use our composting pile!

Found: 2 pennies (1 at the Sovereign Bank, 1 at a gas station)

3 Merc Night!

Last night was a good night in roll hunting. I got my usual Thursday allotment and went through half of it.

The two boxes of quarters I got were terrible. In them I only found one Canadian and unfortunately it wasn't one I needed.

The four boxes of dimes I got, however, were very good. In them I found six silver Rosies (1954, 1959, 1960, 2 x 1964, 1964D), three Mercs (1936D, 1942, 1945), one silver Canadian (1943), eleven other Canadians, a Panamanian 10 Centesimo, and a Columbian 10 Centavos. In the boxes I found four varieties I needed, one Rosie, two Mercs and one Canadian! I even broke two records. The most Mercs I have found in one box is now two and the oldest dime I've found is now 1936D. I have now completed a roll of extra silver dimes (worth $40-50) and have only twelve varieties left to find!







(These aren't my scans, but they are same type of coins as the ones I found.)

This morning I went through a crazy box of pennies. In it was twenty-seven Wheats and 167 Canadians. No new Wheat varieties, but I did find two Canadians I needed, 2002P and 2003P No Crown.

I've also been looking into two big purchases for our house that have some green implications, a clothes dryer and a lawn mower. I visited the Energy Star website on Wednesday to see if they approved any clothes dryers and found this odd statement. It seems Energy Star doesn't rank dryers. They do recommend looking for one with a moisture sensor so you don't waste energy drying dry clothes. I'll definitely look for that.

I also looked into the different types of lawn mowers and how good they are for the environment. It seems gas mowers are terrible for the environment (no surprise), electric mowers are a much better, and push mowers are as good as it gets for the environment. Right now I'm thinking about a push mower. I think if I bought an electric mower it'd only be a matter of time before I ran over the cord. (I've run over my vacuum cord countless times.)

A Little Hunting

Last night was a slow night. I only went through one box of pennies and two boxes of nickels. The box of pennies produced fifteen Wheats, twenty Canadians and one Bahamas 1 cent. The two boxes of nickels produced two War Time nickels (1944P, 1945P) and six Canadians. No new varieties were found.

Found: 2 pennies (1 outside T.J. Maxx, 1 in Burger King)