My end of the year coin push continues ...

125 small dollars didn't have anything.

2,520 quarters produced one silver Washington (1964), three Canadians, two US nickels and an Iceland 5 Kr. It felt good to break out of my silver quarter slump. This one is the 150th I've found. The Iceland coin is a new one for me.



2,950 dimes yielded three silver Rosies (1947, 1951D, 1957D), seven Canadians, two Israel 1 Shekel and one UK 5 pence. The 1951D is a close one. I still need to find the 1951S.

1,160 nickels turned up three Canadians (1 Ni).

(Still haven't finished all of the pennies!)

Found: 2 dimes

Hazel's sleep wasn't very good again last night. Meg seems to think Hazel's doing better though as she seemed much more chipper this morning. She was especially keen to show just how much she can roll these days. She can roll across half the living room in no time flat. We're going to have to keep a better eye on what's around her from now on.

Henry told me last night he's now to big to clean up!

150 small dollars had one Canadian $1.

1,240 quarters had just one Canadian and one Japanese 100¥ The Japanese coin is a new type for me.



3,200 dimes produced one silver Rosie (1964), five Canadians, one Jamaica $1, one Bermuda 10¢, one Swiss ½ franc and one UK 5 pence.

720 nickels turned up just two Canadians.

I haven't finished all of the pennies yet.

I didn't do too well last night with the coins. We didn't sleep to well either.

3,040 quarters produced ten Canadians, three US nickels, one US dime, one UK 10 pence and a Brazil 25¢ (1994). The Brazilian coin is a new type for me.



2,500 dimes had just four Canadians.

1,280 nickels yielded six Canadians (2 Ni), one US dime and a key date Jefferson (1939S).

4,900 pennies turned up twenty-nine Wheats, forty Canadians and one Euro 5¢. The Wheats were:

1912, 1930, 1936, 1939, 1940(3), 1941, 1944(3), 1945(3), 1948, 1950S, 1952, 1952D(2), 1953D(2), 1955, 1956D, 1957, 1957D(2), 1958D(2)

Just a quick coin update (couldn't find too much) ...

150 small dollars, 20 halves and 480 quarters didn't produce anything.

550 dimes yielded just one Canadian and one Bermuda 10¢.

680 nickels had nothing.

400 pennies rounded up just one Wheat (1952D).

Adios Pacifier

This weekend was a good weekend for us. We got a lot done and besides two bad sleeping nights for Hazel everyone was well behaved.

On Friday we got take out Middle Eastern food. It was pretty good, but I think it'd be better if we dined there, perhaps next time. Then on Saturday morning, we went to two car dealers, Target and the place to get our Christmas tree. Henry liked getting the tree (except for the chainsaw). He was really excited to bring it inside and put ornaments on the tree as soon as it was up. That night we bought a rug for our dining room and put the lights on the tree. Today we finished the decorating.

After breakfast on Saturday we took Henry's pacifier away and told him he couldn't use it anymore. He was pretty upset and asked for a different one. He mentioned it several times that day and once or twice today, but so far it hasn't been too bad. I hope it is not the cause of his not taking a nap, however.

We've had more and more funny moments with him as his language skills have improved. Last week he had an argument with his friend Owen. Henry told us a couple of times about it, "Henry say this dump truck; Owen say this flat bed truck." Last night Henry got upset when I took him outside to see what the tree looked like through the window. He thought we were taking the tree outside! And this morning when I told him that I was watering the Christmas tree he asked me if it was going to get big like Nonnie's tree.

In addition Henry's been giving some funny answers to questions. Meg asked him how many years old he was. Henry said "25." He didn't want to change his answer once she told him how old his cousins were. Strangely, he also tells us this is his first Christmas. Meg also asked Henry what he should say after sneezing. He said, "Elbow." She said no that's not it. Then he said, "Thank you."



Hazel playing "forts" with Henry (and Mom).



Henry pretending to feed Hazel.



Henry decorating the tree. We had to "unclump" his decorating later, but he sure was doing a good job.

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Hazel watching Henry decorate the tree.

The coin update ...

600 small dollars yielded two new ones for me 2010P James Buchanan and 2010P Abraham Lincoln.

8,400 halves turned up three 90% silver halves (1938, 2 x 1964), forty-eight 40% silver halves (3 x 1965, 9 x 1966, 22 x 1967, 10 x 1968D, 4 x 1969D), twelve proof halves (1985S, 8 x 2000S, 2 x 2009S, 2010S) and one UK 50 pence. The 2010S half is a new one for me! It took five bad weeks to have a good one like this.

880 quarters had a new one for me 2009D Virgin Islands. It's a taking a bit, but slowly I'm finding these D mint coins from 2009.

1,500 dimes rounded up one silver Rosie (1953D), six Canadians and one UK 5 pence.

1,760 nickels produced six Canadians (3 Ni) and one Jamaica $5. In this bunch was a also a semi-key Jefferson, the 1950.

6,200 pennies coughed up nineteen Wheats, thirty-eight Canadians and two US dimes. The Wheats were:

1918, 1919(2), 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1944D, 1945, 1946(2), 1947D, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1956D, 1958D

Found: 2 pennies, 1 nickel, 1 quarter

Yet another quick coin update ...

2,760 quarters yielded just one US nickel and a Swiss 1 franc.

4,500 dimes produced five silver Rosies (1960, 1960D, 1962D, 2 x 1964D), ten Canadians, one Bermuda 10¢, one UK 5 pence and a proof dime (1983S). That's only my second clad proof dime and it is my third rarest (by mintage) dime! I the extra time I've spent looking for extra thick rims has paid off.

1,920 nickels rounded up ten Canadians (1 Ni).

1,850 pennies turned up ten Wheats, eleven Canadians, one US dime and one Hong Kong 10¢. The Wheats were:

1935, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1955D, 1956D, 1958

Another quick coin posting ...

2,440 quarters produced three Canadians, one Bermuda 25¢, one US dime and one US nickel.

1,750 dimes yielded two silver Rosies (1961D, 1963D) and two Canadians.

1,040 nickels rounded up one War Time (1943P), three Canadians (2 Ni), five US pennies (put in place of one nickel) and one US dime.

3,700 pennies gave up twenty Wheats, twenty-eight Canadians and eight US dimes. The Wheats were:

1919S, 1926, 1941, 1944(5), 1945, 1946(2), 1950, 1951(2), 1951D, 1953D, 1956, 1956D(2), 1957

Found: 5 pennies