Indian Head

Last night I had some decent CRH luck. :)

I first searched some hand rolled coin, 240 quarters, 450 dimes, and 120 nickels. In that mix I found a silver dime (1937) and two Canadian dimes. The Mercury is a pretty good one, unfortunately I already have that one. I also found one dollar in extra quarters ... someone miscounted.

I next searched 12,100 pennies (four boxes and some hand rolled). They produced one Indian Head (1887), sixty-three Wheats, sixty-nine Canadians, and one Bermuda 1¢. The Indian Head is in very good shape. You can still read "Liberty" on the headdress. It is the second oldest coin I've found in a roll. The oldest is an 1879 Indian Head (I'm not counting the 1864 Indian Head I found on the bank floor last year.). The Wheat varieties were:

1923, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940(3), 1941(4), 1944(4), 1945(4), 1945S, 1946(3), 1947D, 1948, 1949(3), 1949S, 1950, 1950S, 1951, 1951D(3), 1952(5), 1952D, 1953, 1953D(2), 1954, 1954D, 1955, 1956(3), 1956D(2), 1957(3), 1957D(3), 1958D(5)

Found: 2 pennies (at Sovereign Bank), 2 foreign coins (a UK New Penny and a Canadian dime at Sovereign Bank)

This weekend I didn't search to much. We had lots of engagements with family and friends.

On Saturday morning I searched 3,150 hand rolled pennies. In them was only eight Wheats, twenty-nine Canadians, and one Euro 1¢. The Wheat varieties were:

1940, 1944, 1945, 1955(2), 1957, 1957D, 1958



I also looked through 800 hand rolled nickels. They produced one War Time (1943S), one Canadian, and one US penny.

After that I experimented a bit with the Nic-A-Date I got. It didn't work as well as I expected based on some pictures I saw of the results online, but it was still fun. I started out with thirteen dateless Buffaloes, one of which was a D mint and two of which were S mints. Afterwards I found I had:

1913(2), 1916(2), 1917(2), 1918, 1919(2), 1919S, 1925, 1925S, 3 Unknowns (including a D mint)

Although I know the dates of most of them, none are specimens I really want in my albums.

While doing errands on Saturday I picked up fifteen half dollars, but didn't find anything. On Sunday I went to a coin show.



Found: 5 pennies (4 at the Greendale Mall, 1 at Stop 'N Shop), 2 dimes (at Stop 'N Shop, on two separate occassions), 1 foreign coin (a UK new penny at Stop 'N Shop)

Other Canada

Last night I got a package from a coin supply company, Brent-Krueger. In it were the album pages and Nic-A-Date I ordered. I put my Other Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland) album together. The coins that are in it now look great. I'll try the Nic-A-Date this weekend.

I searched 4,040 quarters (all hand rolled) and found two silver Washingtons (1951D, 1951S), five Canadians, and one US nickel. Both of the silver Washingtons were ones I needed! They were both from the same source too.

I also went through 1,340 dimes (hand rolled), but they only produced one Canadian.

Last while watching TV, Big Love Season 2, I went through eight boxes of halves (a record). The 8,000 coins turned up three 90% silver halves (1918S, 1964, 1964D), twenty 40% silver halves (4 x 1965, 3 x 1966, 6 x 1967, 4 x 1968D, 3 x 1969D), and one proof half (1972S). The 1918S Walker is now the oldest half dollar I have found. The previous oldest half was a 1934. It's very worn, but for now it'll go into the album. The 1972S proof half is the third I've found and the second one this week. Only two of the eight boxes produced silver, the other six were silver skunks.

Found: 4 pennies (at Sovereign Bank), 1 dime (at Sovereign Bank), 1 quarter (at Sovereign Bank)

Nickels

Last night I worked my way through two boxes of nickels, 4,000 coins. In them I found one dateless Buffalo, three War Times (3 x 1943P), and eleven Canadians. On Monday I ordered some supplies to make a Maritime Province album and a bottle of Nic-A-Date. I'm hoping to use Nic-A-Date on the two dozen or so dateless Buffaloes I've found. It's a mild acid and it helps reveal a worn off date because the density of the metal is slightly different between the numbers and the background. Last night I thought, "gee, maybe I'll find another dateless Buffalo or something" ... and then I found one.

Short Box

Last night I did just a little bit of searching. While I was searching my wife put together a mural in the nursery. I like the idea of murals, but don't like the idea of something permanent that I'll have to paint over one day. These removable stickers she got were a great find.





I started things out with some hand rolls I got, 160 quarters, 50 dimes, and 40 nickels. They were all skunks.

I next went through four boxes of pennies, 9,950 coins. One of the boxes was short a roll. This is the first time I've been shorted a whole roll. I'm glad it was a box of pennies and not a box of halves or quarters because they're $10 a roll. In the boxes I found sixty-eight Wheats, seventy-four Canadians, and one Panama 1¢. The Panama cent is a bit different than the ones I have found before.



The mix of Wheats was good, but it sure feels like a while since I've found one for my albums. The summary:

1918, 1920(2), 1937, 1940, 1940S, 1941(2), 1941D, 1942D, 1944(6), 1945(4), 1945D, 1946(7), 1946D, 1947, 1947D(2), 1950, 1951, 1952, 1952D(3), 1953(2), 1953D(2), 1954, 1955(4), 1956(3), 1957(3), 1957D(6), 1958, 1958D(4)

Found: 1 penny (at Sovereign Bank)

Silver Clad!

Today's a bit sad here. The Patriots loss was a big let down. Before that it was a good weekend. My wife and I really enjoyed our time before the baby and had great fun babysitting our nephews.

Saturday's bank run was mostly all silver clad affair. The second bank I went to produced 101 40% silver halves! I was astonished. My lap was full of them after I went through the bunch in my car. After that things were so-so, but it was a great day based on that one bank alone. In all I gathered 1,618 halves. In them I found 107 40% silver halves (3 x 1965, 15 x 1966, 31 x 1967, 35 x 1968D, 18 x 1969D), one proof half (1972S) and one Bermuda 50¢. The Bermuda coin is a first for me.



I also went to the coin store. There I bought a couple of nice George V Canadian quarters, three Canadian silver 5 cent pieces, one Canadian half, a Nova Scotia 1/2 cent piece, and a big mess of Indian heads. I had a lot of fun going through their bins of Indian Heads.

Found: 3 pennies (1 at Papa Gino's, 2 at Shaw's)

10,000+!

Last night I did a lot of coin hunting. I searched 10,600 coins. The results were OK, but I still had fun.

I searched 6,079 halves (6 boxes and some hand rolled) and found one 90% silver half (1941) and eighteen 40% silver halves (4 x 1965, 2 x 1966, 4 x 1967, 6 x 1968D, 2 x 1969D).

I also looked through 3,480 quarters. They only produced two Canadians and one UK 10 pence.

I was skunked by 400 dimes.

I searched 320 nickels and found one War Time (1942P) and three Canadians. One of the Jeffersons I came across was a key, 1949S.

And lastly, I searched 400 pennies and found four Wheats, five Canadians, and one US dime. The Wheat varieties were:

1941, 1945, 1951D(2)

Found: 2 pennies (1 at the Mobil Mart, 1 in Weston Center), 2 dimes (at Sovereign Bank)