A Two Mercury Week + 50% Silver Rosies!

Things have gone well over the past two days. Last night I finished up a box of quarters. No silver quarters in there, but I did find several 2003D Arkansas quarters (I needed a specimen of that variety) and one Canadian quarter.

Afterwards I went through two boxes of pennies. In the boxes I found one US upgrade and a 1916S, my oldest Lincoln found roll hunting. I was getting a bit bummed about the lack of good Licoln penny finds so it was good to turn that one up.

Today I went to the bank to do a big coin dump. As it was Saturday morning, some others wanted to use the machine. I let them through. It proved advantageous. In the rejects of one couple (they had over $400 dollars worth) I found four Canadian quarters I needed and one silver Rosie I needed, 1948. With that Rosie I now have 50% of the silver Rosie varieties! My teller friend also saved me a 1961D dime.

After lunch I went through the coins I picked up, four boxes of dimes and one box of nickels.

In the four boxes of dimes I found just two Canadians (man, these have been rare the last few days) and seven silver dimes (1945D, 1947, 1959D, 1960D, 1962D, 1964, 1964D). The 1945D was my second Mercury dime of the week. I also saw this one in the box at the bank - just like the last one two days ago! I now have 26 of the 48 silver Rosie varieties.



In the box of nickels I found a very nice 1936 Buffalo and a very worn 1943P War Time nickel.



Found: 5 pennies (4 at Burger King, 1 at the Sovereign Bank)

Redeemed: $4.45

Luck Returns

Thursday is my second big coin pickup day of the week and so last night I had a lot of boxes to choose from.

I first went through four boxes of dimes. I was very excited to check these out because as I was loading the boxes onto my cart at the bank I noticed one had a Mercury in it (1944D). In the boxes I found six more silver dimes (1950S, 1952D, 1961D, 1963D, 2 x 1964D) and one UK five pence piece. Two of the silver Rosies were upgrades. According to my statistics, finding no Canadian dimes in four boxes is quite an anomoly. I was a bit bummed that no new specimens were in the mix, but with the Mercury in the mix there wasn't much complaining that could be done!



(One of the 1952D dimes in the picture is the one I got yesterday morning at the bank.)

This morning I went through two boxes of nickels. In the first box there were three War Time nickels (1942S, 2 x 1943P), seven Canadians, and a 1939S! The 1942S and 1939S were both specimens I needed. I thought my luck would end there, but it didn't. In the second box I found one War Time nickel (1945D) and nine Canadians. Another silver nickel I needed! Now I have just three more nickels to go before my Jefferson set is complete. It was a good morning.

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

So-So

Last night and this morning I went through three boxes worth of coins (a slow night).

In the first batch of nickels I found three Canadians and one War Time nickel (1943P). Five of the rolls had most likely been submerged from some time. Most of the nickels in the rolls were corroded red and encased in a bright green powder. It was pretty gross. I thought I'd find a War Time nickel in that mess, but alas. I next went through a box of nickels. In the box I found seven Canadians, another War Time nickel (1943P, again), a Bermuda five cent, and dateless Buffalo. In the 4,000 nickels I found one upgrade for my albums.

This morning I crossed my fingers and went through a box of quarters. I didn't find anything, sadly. A total skunk.

Things picked up later at my dump bank, however. My teller friend found me two coins, a 1941 Wheat penny (got tons of these, but the sentiment is appreciated) and a 1952D silver Rosie. That second one's a keeper!

Found: 3 pennies (at Sovereign Bank)

Skunked

Last night I went through two boxes of pennies. They were both skunks. Each had a fair number of Wheaties and Canadians, but no varieties that I needed. Oh well, better luck next time.

Found: 3 pennies (at the Shell), 1 dime (at the Shell)

More Buffaloes!

Last night was a decent night. I first went through a box of quarters (I usually order my searches by highest to lowest denomination.). In the box I found no silver quarters, but did find a lot of Canadian quarters, two of which I needed (2002P Jubilee, 1972), and an upgrade for my Missisippi 2003D specimen.

After supper I went through two boxes of dimes. I only found one Canadian dime and one silver Rosie, 1950. The silver Rosie was one I needed, however, so I was satisfied. Twenty-six to go!

This morning I continued with two boxes of nickels. In the boxes I found two War Time nickels (1944P and 1945P), two nice Buffaloes (1935D and 1936) - in one box too, eleven Canadians, one Singapore 20 cent piece and one key date I needed, 1949S. I was pretty excited about that key date find. I now need just 6 more Jefferson specimens, two being key dates, 1938D and 1939S, the rest are War Time nickels.



Recently I also finished reading The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of Washington and State Quarters Dollars. It wasn't as interesting as the Buffalo/Jefferson Nickel book that was in the same series. I think I'll look into getting two more Whitman books one on Indian Pennies and another on Paper Money at some point. I'd like to find a good book describing the history of each of the coins I'm aiming to collect. Knowing more has made coin collecting more fun.


Found: 18 pennies (3 at Shaw's), 1 dime (at the Sovereign Bank)

A Three Indian Head Week

Well, this weekend ended in a good surprise. On Friday night I went through four boxes of coins (or boxes worth, some were hand rolled). I first went through a box of dimes and found one Canadian I needed, 2005P, and a silver Rosie 1961D. I didn't need the Rosie, but at least the box wasn't a skunk. Next I went through the nickels. In 2,000 nickels I found 3 War Time nickels (1942P, 1943S, 1944P) and a Canadian, 1974, I needed. I needed the 1943S for my album, so I was feeling pretty good. Just seven more nickels to go! My luck continued with the two boxes of pennies I slammed through. In one of the first rolls I found my third Indian Head of the week, a nice 1895 (worn, but not corroded, a definite for my forthcoming Indian Head album). I also found a few upgrades, no new Wheat varieties - which was atypical.



(Copper coins don't scan too well ... it is better than it looks in this picture.)

Skunk and Glory

Last night's coin roll hunting was good and bad. The bad was definitely the two boxes of halves I went through that were totally skunks. No keepers, no silver, no needed varieties, no foreign coins. Ugh. I think I'll take a break from these for a bit.

I thought the drought was continuing with the dimes, as the first box I went through was also a total skunk. The next box, however, was great. It had four silver Rosies in it (1946, 1958, 1961, 1961D), two Canadian dimes, and one Bermuda dime. One of the silver Rosies was a variety I needed for my album. I also got a nice 1963D from a bank teller I know. It's the on the right in the picture.



I also had good luck with the two boxes of nickels I went through this morning. In the two boxes I found two Buffaloes (2 x 1925), two War Times (1943P, 1944P), ten Canadian nickels, one Bermuda nickel, and an awesome looking 1939. I didn't find any new Jefferson varieties. I'm going to have to get a Buffalo nickel album one of these days.



Found: 1 nickel (at McDonald's), 1 dime (at Shaw's)