Nickels ...

Last night after I put Henry down to sleep I searched some coin.

1,640 quarters produced five Canadians and two US nickels.

1,750 dimes yielded one silver Rosie (1953D), five Canadians, one UK 5 pence and one Ireland 5 pence (1993). The Irish coin is pretty cool. It is the second one I've found.

I had my best luck with the nickels. I searched just 960, but found two Buffaloes (1936, 1937), three War Times (3 x 1944P) and one Canadian (1 Ni). I'm not sure what's up with the nickels in 2009. They sure are making up for the quarters and pennies being a bit lacklustre. I've now found seven Buffaloes in February, four of which had dates! These last two are in pretty good condition. The War Time nickels are part of five 1944P's I've found in two days!

I also searched 5,700 pennies. In them were twenty-four Wheats, forty-four Canadians, three US dimes and one US nickel. The Wheats were:

1920, 1929, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1950D, 1951D, 1952, 1952D, 1953D(4), 1955(3), 1956, 1956D, 1957, 1957D(2), 1958D(2)

Found: 3 pennies (at Costco)

A Proof Quarter

Last night while worrying about little Henry's mystery spot and fever (it went down fairly quickly) I did some coin roll hunting. It helped calm me a bit. I had a good find, but it didn't mean too much since I was concerned for him. In fact, I feel a bit dumb writing about coins right now.

1,600 quarters produced a proof quarter (1989S), a Canadian and one Mexican 1 Peso (1985). The proof quarter is the first one I've found in a roll and it's in great shape. It's bright rim stood out from the other quarters in the roll.



100 dimes didn't turn up anything, but I didn't get totally skunked in dimes as a teller saved me a 1956D silver Rosie.

4,680 nickels yielded a worn Buffalo (1923), two War Times (2 x 1944P), ten Canadians, two Bermuda 5¢ and a key date Jefferson (7,888,000 minted).

Lastly, 2,100 pennies had six Wheats and thirteen Canadians. I'm still not having much luck finding Wheats this year. The Wheats were:

1948, 1952D, 1955(2), 1957, 1957D

Found: 10 pennies (2 at Hannaford's, 7 at Sovereign Bank, 1 at White Hen Pantry), 1 dime (at Hannaford's), 1 plastic coin (a toy penny at Sovereign Bank)

Happy Birthday Liam!

This weekend had many nice moments for us. On Saturday Henry and I went shopping for toys for his cousin's birthday (he's now two years old). We went to Target and Wal-mart. Each toy I considered I let Henry hold a bit. While in Wal-mart he squealed at a large stuff bear. I went over to it with him so he could see it closer and he ended up pulling on top of himself. I got some good pictures of it, however.









I also came across a good find in Wal-mart. On the floor I spotted a slip for returned recycables. On it was $1.45. It was for another store and it was from six days ago. I guess this Wal-mart doesn't sweep the floor too much. Henry I went to the other store and redeemed the slip.

That night my parents watched Henry and his two cousins at our house. Meg and I went out to celebrate her 30th birthday at a nearby restaurant. We were joined by ten friends. It was a good time.

Today we celebrated my nephew's second birthday. We had a good time there as well. Liam, my nephew, seemed to know it was party for him and was really cute with his cake. Henry and he even played a bit together.

On Saturday I searched some coin.

41 small dollars turned up four 2009D Sacajawea dollars. Those coins are my first 2009 coins. I don't like the new design too much, but it's good to have them.

8,000 half dollars produced four 90% silver half dollars (1937S, 1963D, 2 x 1964), nineteen 40% silver half dollars (5 x 1966, 5 x 1967, 6 x 1968D, 2 x 1969D, 1970S), two proof halves (1970S, 1976S) and three mint set halves (2002P, 2003D, 2006P). The 1937S is a new Walking Liberty half for me and a good one at that. Only about 2 million were made. The 1970S is only the second one I've found and was an upgrade to my other specimen.



Found: 7 pennies (1 at Sovereign Bank, 2 outside McDonald's, 1 at Target, 1 outside Wal-mart, 1 at Stop & Shop, 1 outside the tapas restaurant), 1 dime (at Target), $1.45 (on a recycables slip)

And Another One

Yesterday morning I found out the bank that provides me with free coin counting is going to stop providing the service at the end of March. They told me it was just too expense to rent the machine. This is going to be a big setback, but I'll manage somehow and use other free coin counting machines at different banks. I've dealt with other such problems and moved on. To help ease the pain a teller gave me a silver dime (1964).

Last night I just searched about half the amount of coin I searched the night before.

1,120 quarters turned up just two Canadians and one Bermuda 25¢.

1,650 dimes produced three Canadians and one UK 5 pence.

My luck continued with nickels. 800 of them yielded one Buffalo (1935) and six Canadians (1 Ni). I was very surprised to turn up another Buffalo, especially one of the same date as the night before!

1,400 pennies yielded three Wheats (1945, 1947, 1958D) and nineteen Canadians.

Found: 3 dimes (all just outside Walgreens)

Getting Better All the Time

Nope it's not the coins that are getting better, 2009 hasn't been too good, it's the family life. It seems like every week we have more fun with Henry and that hour or two I get with him every day is more rewarding. It is nice to think about all of us connecting even more in the near future.

I searched a lot of coin last night as I put off the snow shoveling until this morning (when the snow stopped).

2,800 quarters turned up four Canadians, one Bahamas 25¢, one South Korean 100 Won and two US nickels.

The dimes were better. 2,950 of them produced three silver Rosies (1960D, 1962D, 1963D), four Canadians and two Bermuda 10¢.

My luck this week with the nickels continued. I searched 2,600 nickels and in them I found three Buffaloes (1916, 1917, 1935), twelve Canadians (3 Ni), one Bermuda 5¢ and three US dimes. The two older Buffaloes were found in the same roll and were both very worn (Nic-A-Date). The 1935 Buffalo is in pretty good shape. I also found another key date Jefferson, the 1949S, the same key as the night before.

2,500 pennies yielded eleven Wheats, fourteen Canadians and four US dimes. The Wheats were:

1918, 1941, 1942, 1945(2), 1946(2), 1952, 1953D, 1955, 1957

Found: 2 pennies (1 at Circuit City, 1 at the Food Court), 1 dime (at Circuit City)

Last night I just searched some nickels. 4,000 nickels, two boxes, produced one Liberty (1912), three War Times (1942P, 1943P, 1945P), eight Canadians and one Norwegian 1 Krone. Unfortunately the Liberty nickel isn't a new one for me. I still liked finding it, however. This is the first time I've found a Norwegian Krone in rolls of nickels. It is worth about 14¢. I also found one key date Jefferson, the 1949S.

Baptism (take 2)

This weekend was a good one. I took off Friday so I could spend the day with Meg and Henry. In the morning we went out for breakfast and then in the afternoon we went to Gymboree to play. While there I got to see Henry take even more steps. It's getting less and less difficult to get him to walk. Less bribery is required. On Sunday we had his baptism. He did really well. The service was long, but he managed to make through almost all of it and wasn't bothered by the sprinkling of water over his head. It was a very special moment for Meg and I. I felt very proud when I paraded him down the aisle. Some parishners who usually go to the early service came to this one to see Henry baptised. We had everyone over afterwards for a light lunch.

On Saturday I searched some coin.

Fifty small dollars and 1,000 quarters didn't produce anything.

8,014 half dollars yielded two 90% silver halves (2 x 1964), twenty-four 40% silver halves (3 x 1966, 8 x 1967, 10 x 1968D, 2 x 1969D, 1976S), one proof (1972S) and two mint set halves (2004D, 2005P). The 1976S silver half (non proof) is the second one of these I've found so far. This one is tarnished on the obverse, but the reverse is fine.

Last weekend I also got a big batch of Russian coins from a friend who recently went there. Seems that Russia is wonderland for finding coins. He said nearly worthless coins were on the ground everywhere he looked.

Found: 5 pennies (1 at Bank of America, 2 at Stop & Shop, 2 at Home Depot), 3 dimes (at Stop & Shop), 1 foreign coin (a Canadian dime at Stop & Shop)

Lost: 1 glove

Redeemed: $13.25