Ho-hum

Last night I searched some coin. I didn't have a great feeling about the coin. Most of it seemed to come from one customer. In change yesterday, I did, however, come across a new quarter, 2008D Hawaii. My States quarter album is now full and I don't have to check every Hawaii quarter I come across!

4,160 quarters yielded seven Canadians, one UK 10 pence, three US nickels and one US penny.

3,100 dimes produced five Canadians, one UK 5 pence and one Barbados 10¢.

2,080 nickels had one War Time (1945P) and four Canadians.

5,800 pennies (two boxes and some hand rolled) turned up thirty-five Wheats, thirty-three Canadians and one US dime. The Wheats were:

1925, 1933, 1940(2), 1941, 1942, 1944(2), 1944S, 1946, 1948, 1949(4), 1951, 1951D, 1952(2), 1953D(3), 1955, 1956D(3), 1957D(2), 1958

Found: 1 penny (outside of work)

Red Seal Five

This weekend started well for me. At a regular bank of mine a teller gave me a red seal five dollar bill. She had gotten it from a customer sometime back and remembered she still had it. I got it for face value. It's a bit beat up, it's ripped slightly and it came with a staple in it, but it made my day. It's the first older five dollar bill in my collection.





Another reason to be cheerful is the weather. It's finally sunny! I can't remember the last sunny weekend day. So far Meg, Henry and I have gone to the park (he said "swing" and pointed the whole ride there, all 10 minutes), clipped bushes and redeemed a whole lot of cans. In a minute Henry and I am going shopping. I've got more bushes to trim tomorrow, the lawn to mow and hopefully Meg and I will work on Henry's sand box.

The coin I searched last night and this morning was better than last week, although that's not saying much as last weekend was a totally bust.

22 small dollars didn't have anything.

8,000 half dollars had two 90% silver halves (1942, 1964), nine 40% silver halves (1965, 4 x 1967, 3 x 1968D and 1969D) and two mint set halves (2002P, 2006D).

350 dimes produced one silver Rosie (1959D) and one UK 5 pence.

2,600 pennies yielded seventeen Wheats, twelve Canadians and three dimes. In the mix I found another 2009 Log Cabin penny. Perhaps I'll start finding a lot of these now. The Wheats were:

1941, 1945(2), 1945D, 1946(2), 1948, 1948D, 1952D, 1955, 1956D, 1957, 1957D(2), 1958D(2)

Found: 2 pennies (1 at Shaw's, 1 on the street)

Redeemed: $25.40

Last night's coins produced some decent variety.

2,000 quarters turned up four Canadians.

3,000 dimes yielded two silver Rosies (1957, 1962), three Canadians and two US pennies.

2,000 nickels produced four Canadians (3 Ni). One of the Canadians is now the oldest one I've found in a roll, a 1935, 3.9 million were minted. I was wondering when a George V nickel would turn up for me.



7,500 pennies had thirty-one Wheats, forty-five Canadians, three Euro 1¢ (3 x 2002, Italy), one Euro 2¢ (1999, Italy), one French 10 centimes (1963), one UK penny (1973), one Panama 1¢ and two US dimes. The Wheats were:

1919, 1927, 1941(4), 1944(3), 1945D, 1945S, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950(2), 1950S, 1951, 1954S, 1956D(4), 1957(4), 1957D, 1958(2), 1958D





Found: 1 nickel (at work), 1 dime (at Stop & Shop), 1 foreign coin (a Canadian quarter at Stop & Shop)

Yesterday Meg took Henry to a children's museum with a few of their friends. It was a good escape from the rain. Here are some pictures she took.



The museum had a water trough with toys. Here's a picture of Henry before Meg had to take him away lest he bail out too much water with his little scoop.



Henry mixing colors.



Henry wrestling with a stuffed alligator. He definitely loves stuffed animals.



Henry playing pirate.



Henry was doing his downward dog yoga pose before dinner last night. I said, "say hello to Nana and Nonnie!," and this what he did.


I seached a few coins last night.

360 quarters didn't turn up anything.

1,100 dimes had just five Canadians. I also found two more 2009P dimes.

600 nickels yielded one War Time (1943P) and five Canadians (1 Ni).

4,350 pennies produced ten Wheats, twenty-five Canadians, two Euro 2¢ (2002, 2008 Austria) and one US dime. I also found one clipped US penny (1978). It has a decent sized clip on it. The Wheats were:

1935, 1942(2), 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952D, 1956D, 1958

Is that Iggy Pop?

Last night was a wild night at our house. I took Henry's shirt off after dinner because he got so much food on it. He then had a lot of fun running around a being crazy. We got some great shots and videos from it all.



Before the chaos began, Henry enjoyed his new sippy cup that has an integrated straw.



Releasing terror!







No encores, please.



After show, bear naked wrestling.





This morning his chatty, full energy self picked up where he left off last night. Hopefully his day at the children's museum tires him out for his nap.

I did pretty well last night with my coins.

5,520 quarters turned up three silver Washingtons (1942, 1954, 1964), eleven Canadians, one Bermuda 25¢, five US nickels, one US penny (a 1953D wheat) and one washer.

4,450 dimes yielded two silver Rosies (1953D, 1964D), six Canadians and a Swiss ½ franc. In the mix was a 2009P dime. That's one I needed. They should be rather rare as only 96.5 million were minted. That's one fourth the amount minted in 2008 and one tenth the amount minted in 2007.

920 nickels produced four Canadians (2 Ni). I also found one key Jefferson, the 1949S, and what might be a double clipped nickel.

4,200 pennies had twenty-three Wheats, twenty-eight Canadians, two UK pennies (1971, 1997) and two US dimes. The Wheats were:

1929, 1937, 1941, 1944(5), 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1948D, 1940, 1952D, 1953D, 1955(3), 1957, 1957D, 1958D(2)

Found: 2 tokens (both NH highway tokens, at the Shell)

Liberty

To beat the rain blues yesterday Meg had several friends with kids over. She told me Henry was having a lot of fun with the two boys and that they were playing with each other, screaming, etc. I wish I had seen it. Later, she made finger paints for Henry out of food stuffs. She (and I) thought this would be a great idea because he's been into his chalk and crayons and he likes to rub food all over his dinner tray. Unfortunately, he wasn't that cooperative. I'm sure he'll be more up for it in the future. Meg will definitely have lots of good project ideas for him.



I did pretty well with my coins.

7 small dollars, 480 quarters and 500 dimes produced one silver dime (1948).

5,160 nickels (two boxes and some hand rolled coins) yielded one Liberty (1907), one dateless Buffalo, five War Times (1942P, 1943P, 2 x 1944P, 1945P), eight Canadians and one Bermuda 5¢. The Liberty nickel is one of the better ones I've found. The reverse is much clearer than others I've come across. It's just too bad it's a year I've already found. I also found two key Jeffersons, 1950 and 1955.



Lastly, 2,100 pennies turned up nine Wheats, thirteen Canadians and one US dime. The Wheats were:

1944, 1944S, 1946, 1948, 1956D(3), 1957D, 1958D

Found: 1 penny (a 1953 Wheat at Stop & Shop)

Father's Day!

This weekend was my second Father's Day weekend. Technically Father's Day is only on Sunday, but it felt like a holiday on both days for me. On Saturday Henry had and I had a fun time at several stores while Meg prepared food for a Father's Day get-together. We had a great slow cooked meal that afternoon. On Sunday we had another celebratory meal. We got a pair of lobsters from the store and served them up with some corn on the cob. Henry enjoyed playing with his corn on the cob, but didn't try any of the lobster meat. I also got a cool gizmo I'll be writing about more in the near future.

The bad news was the rain and the coins. We've been having days and days of rain for weeks. It's a bummer because on the weekend we can't do what we want to (some yard stuff and more outdoor activities with each other) and on the weekdays Meg's choices for entertainment are very limited. We think Henry is getting tired of it too. I hope it ends this weekend!

My coin seaching stunk.

Four small dollars and two rolls of quarters (80 coins) "produced" fourteen US nickels. One roll of quarters had fourteen purposely placed nickels in it. Thanks! That's the most blatant cheating I've ever been a victim of. That's not too bad considering the volume of rolls I've seen, I just didn't feel like being shorted $2.80 just before Father's Day.

8,000 halves turned up just nine mint set halves (2002P, 2003D, 3 x 2004P, 2005D, 2 x 2006P, 2009D). The new mint set half saved the experience, slightly.

On Friday I took the time to put together an album to hold all of the UK coins I've found. I have a pretty decent year-by-year and type (decimal) collection now, mostly from US circulation. I've come across a look of pennies, 5 pence coins and 10 pence coins. Rarely I come across 2 pence coins, 20 pence coins and 50 pence coins.

Found: 1 penny (at work), 1 dime (at the Getty), 1 quarter (at DSW)