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I found a wee bit of coin last night.
9 small dollars ...
800 quarters didn't produce anything.
1,000 dimes had three Canadians.
2,000 nickels yielded one Buffalo (1934), three War Times (1942P, 1945P, 1945D), six Canadians (2 Ni), one Bermuda 5¢ and one Russian rouble (1998). The nickels saved the day! :)
Sometimes the stars just misalign and it's tough to get any coins at all. This week seems to be one such week.
50 small dollars and 300 halves didn't produce anything. I've now surpassed 20,000 small dollars.
This weekend went pretty well for us. The temperature was very warm (for us anyway) and both days were sunny. On Saturday Meg and I had a our first day alone in our house since before Henry was born! My mother and father watched him for the day. We got a lot done and it felt very satisfying. I didn't realize just how tense I am sometimes with Henry around. In the future we'll have to try to get a day "off" for us at least once a month. Henry seemed to enjoy it too as he was very well behaved for his sitters. On Sunday we had a good time spending the day outside together.
In the evening, after supper. I fixed two of Henry's toys by putting new batteries in them. Henry seemed impressed. After I worked on the second toy, a firetruck, he brought a third to me saying, "Dad. Battery." Unfortunately, I can't work miracles as this second firetruck doesn't have a battery compartment. I'm glad Henry thinks I can add lights and sounds to any toy, however!
My halves were so-so. 8,000 half dollars produced three 90% silver halves (3 x 1964), fourteen 40% silver halves (1966, 7 x 1967, 5 x 1968D, 1969D), one proof half (2002S) and a UK 50 pence (1982).
Found: 17 pennies (1 at BJ's, 3 at Papa Gino's, 12 at the DCU, 1 at OSV), 2 dimes (at the DCU), 1 quarter (at work) and 6 foreign coins (2 Canadian pennies and four Canadian quarters at the DCU)
Well, I never thought the words "Mickey Mouse" sounded anything like "oatmeal," but when Henry says them they somehow seem the same. It's pretty cute. Henry's been into Mickey Mouse's Clubhouse on the Disney Channel. We thought he was always saying "oatmeal" when in fact, it seems, he's been saying "Mickey Mouse" some of the time. Meg brought out a stuffed Mickey last night to regive to Henry. Henry immediately said "Mick-me" (oatmeal is "mit-me") and "Tar-tar." Translation: "Hey, a Mickey Mouse doll. Did that come from Target?"
Last night he also said, "Friend. O. (Owen)" We asked him, "who else is your friend?" He said "In. (Evan, his cousin, could also be Liam, his other cousin, Henry's word for them sounds similar)"
I just finished searching a big batch of pennies last night. There weren't many Wheats in the bunch. 11,700 produced thirty Wheats, sixty-seven Canadians and seven US dimes. The Wheats were:
1930, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941(2), 1942, 1944, 1944S, 1945(2), 1946D, 1948D, 1951D, 1952D, 1954D, 1955(2), 1956(3), 1956D, 1957, 1957(7)
Yesterday Meg took Henry to a special Curious George exhibit at a local children's museum. He went with two of his friends. Henry loves Curious George. He can make an association to Curious George or "E!" as he calls him can be made with almost anything. The subject of this trip was perfect. It was a little zoo-like there, but it sounded like everyone had some fun despite some chaos. Here's some pictures Meg took.
Last night I had some more luck with quarters. 2,760 of them turned up one proof (2004S Texas), four Canadians, three US nickels and two US pennies. That's two new quarters in two days!
2,400 dimes yielded one silver Rosie (1947), seven Canadians, one UK 5 pence, one Bermuda 10¢ and one US penny.
1,000 nickels had two Canadians and a Cayman Island 10¢ (1977). Strangely, one nickel was stamped with a large "3."
Today is Henry's official birthday. It's been a week+ of celebrations, but today is the day. Today Meg's got a special treat for him. Hopefully there are some good pictures from it. Yesterday he had friends over for birthday pancakes, mmmm.
Here's a picture of Henry examining Steggie while playing in a couch fort.
I did pretty well with last night's coins.
51 small dollars and 81 halves produced two new small dollars I needed, 2009P Zachary Taylor, and 2009D Zachary Taylor. I was surprised to find both of them in the same batch. It's not that often I find a D mint presidential dollar out here.
2,400 quarters yielded one silver Washington (1959D), ten Canadians, two Bermuda 25¢, two US nickels and a Russian 5 Roubles. The silver quarter is the first new silver quarter I've found since June! Yikes! The Russian coin is a new type for me as well.
2,800 dimes turned up just two silver Rosies (1960D, 1961D).
1,200 nickels had six Canadians (1 Ni) and one UK 20 pence. In there was also one key date Jefferson, the 1950.
4,950 pennies rounded up twenty-seven Wheats, forty-two Canadians, three US dimes and a UK penny. The Wheats were:
1927, 1941, 1944(5), 1945(2), 1947(2), 1948, 1948S, 1949, 1951D, 1951S, 1952(2), 1955, 1956, 1957, 1957D(4), 1958, 1958D
Last Friday I finished reading Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick. I had been anxious to read about the Pilgrims after reading about Jamestown, especially since I plan on visiting Plimouth Plantation in the Spring. I think this was a good book to choose. The first half of the book concerns the Pilgrims and their troubles. A lot of the basics were familiar to me, but I didn't know all of the personal motives behind the history. They didn't cover that in grade school! The second half of the book dealt with King Philip's War (1675-1676). (The title doesn't mention this part of the book at all.) I didn't know much about this conflict at all. Philbrick did a great job laying out what lead up to this war, how it transpired and its immediate consequences. Overall, I liked Philbrick's style quite a bit. I have two more of his books on order.
Found: 2 pennies (1 at Stop & Shop)
This weekend we celebrated Henry's birthday for the second weekend in a row. Meg made a car shaped cake and pizzas for our guests. Henry appreciated it all as they are both his favorites. Although we skipped singing happy birthday to him, we did open presents with him participating! He seemed really into the whole day. He and his cousins behaved excellently.
I didn't do so well with this weekend's half dollars. 8,000 of them produced five 90% silver halves (1934, 4 x 1964), four 40% silver halves and one proof half (1999S). This batch put me past the 1,000,000 mark! I think quarters will be next.
Found: 3 pennies (1 at BJ's, 1 at Target)