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Phew ... Henry slept through the night and is back to his normal self!
Last night I just searched pennies. 4,500 of them turned up thirty-four Wheats, forty-five Canadians, nine US dimes and one French ½ franc (1996). The Wheats were:
1931, 1936(2), 1937, 1940(2), 1941(2), 1942, 1944(7), 1946(3), 1947(2), 1948(2), 1950, 1951, 1952, 1952D(2), 1956D(2), 1957(2), 1957D(2)
Yesterday was a tough day for Henry (and his parents). In the morning Meg took him to his doctor because he had a fever overnight and into the morning. They told her that he had a double ear infection and that she would need to give him a cold bath (think hellish, torture-like experience) to bring the fever down. It didn't work and his fever rose to 106°! Meg then was instructed to bring Henry to the ER. I left work and joined them in the waiting room. His fever went down while we were there, they took a blood sample for tests and gave him an IV. It was a long experience there (it always is). He was much more himself in the evening, but slept terribly. Hope this is over soon! He's got a short amount time to get better for Meg's birthday.
I searched some coins last night and did OK.
2,200 nickels produced eight Canadians (3 Ni), two US dimes, one US penny, one Ecuador 5¢ and one Philippines 5 Centavos (1944). The Philippine coin is a new one for me and is one of the oldest foreign coins I've found. It is in excellent shape, too!
5,250 pennies had twenty-nine Wheats, thirty-five Canadians, one UK 1 penny and one US dime and one Bahamas 1¢. The Wheats were:
1930, 1937(3), 1941(2), 1941D, 1944, 1945S, 1946(2), 1947, 1949, 1952(2), 1952D, 1952S, 1953, 1955(4), 1956, 1956D(2), 1957D(2), 1958D(2)
Found: 1 penny (at Target)
(I wrote this post on January 27th, 2010)
I think most people with kids will tell you winter is hell. Well, they're right. Henry's had a cold for about two weeks now. Ugh. Yesterday he threw up and last night he had a fever. We're hoping today's a lot better. It's tough seeing him tottering around and feeling so achy.
I've searched a lot of coin over the past few nights. Except for the pennies I searched I did OK.
5,060 quarters produced one silver Washington (1964D), eighteen Canadians, one UK 10 pence, two US dimes, seven US nickels and four US pennies. Thankfully a few of the rolls had extra quarters to make up for these lower denomination coins that "snuck" in there.
7,500 dimes had twelve silver Rosies (1947, 1951, 1952D, 1956, 1962, 1963, 3 x 1964, 3 x 1964D), seventeen Canadians, two Bermuda 10¢, one Norway 10 ore (1963) and one US penny. That's one of the best single sitting silver dime scores I've had!
1,600 nickels turned up one dateless Buffalo, one War Time (1945S) and four Canadians (3 Ni).
Lastly (and least) 5,550 pennies yielded three Wheats (1947, 1956D, 1957D), forty Canadians, one Panama 1¢ and one button.
Thanks for the book, Seth!
Found: 2 pennies (1 in Stop & Shop)
This weekend was very tiring for Meg and I. We definitely had some fun times, but we were very busy and more fits from Henry than we would have liked (unfortunately, zero is the only good number for those).
I particularly like thinking about how nice Henry behaved with a friend's newborn infant. He even offered his Monkey to her for comfort. He let Meg hold the baby for about 20 minutes and than told her she was, "done." Driving with Henry to our friends house was also a pleasure as Henry spent most of the ride identifying the colors of signs and cars that we passed.
Another good moment of the weekend was the fun time Henry had at his friend's 2nd birthday party. He got pretty tired running around, climbing and sliding. I never saw that flushed before.
My halves weren't so hot this week. 8,014 of them produced three 90% silver halves (1963D, 2 x 1964), fourteen 40% silver halves (1965, 3 x 1966, 3 x 1967, 6 x 1968D, 1969D) and four proof halves (1978S, 1988S, 1998S, 2000S).
Yesterday during nap time I wrapped up a book I started during the week, The Lost Cities of the Mayas: The Life, Art, and Discoveries of Frederick Catherwood by Fabio Bourbon. The book covers the life of Frederick Catherwood (1799-1854) who with John Lloyd Stephens explored the Mayan ruins of the Yucatan peninsula during two groundbreaking expeditions. Catherwood was the artist of the journeys. The text in this book was pretty poor. It was repetitious and not very informative. Not much is known about Catherwood's personality (no image of him survives) and so Bourbon had little to go on, but what he did include was mostly a rehash of Von Hagen's work (something I read a few weeks back). Oh well, this book is all about the pictures anyway, I suppose. The book is huge, 14" x 10," and is composed almost entirely of gorgeous reproductions of Catherwood's lithographs. It's too bad there weren't direct comparisons to modern photographs within the book, but otherwise I can't complain much about the visuals. I hope Bourbon's three volumes about David Roberts, another 19th century painter I like, have a similar presentation.
Found: 1 penny (outside White Hen Pantry)
This week Meg took Henry to the doctor. The doctor told her that tantrums before two years of age are a sign of intelligence. Hmmmm. That doesn't quiet help enough. These have been some trying days.
Besides being very stubborn about wanting certain things, usually to see more of the movie "Cars" or to help in the kitchen (by playing in the sink or on the counter with dried beans and flour), Henry's been learning and saying new words like crazy. His new words include "ring," "paw," "poop," "change" (with this he lays on his back and waits for a change of diaper), "on," "off," "in," "out," "turn," etc. It seems like there's two or three new words a day at this point. It's pretty exciting.
I searched some coin last night. It was so-so. It hasn't been my best week for turning up a lot to search.
2,400 quarters and 750 dimes had just two Canadians.
1,000 nickels produced one Canadian and one Bermuda 5¢.
5,000 pennies had forty-two Wheats, forty-six Canadians, one US dime and one Bahamas 1¢. The Wheats were:
1920, 1929S, 1934(2), 1940(2), 1940D, 1944(4), 1945, 1946, 1948(2), 1949D, 1950, 1950D, 1951(2), 1951D, 1952D, 1953, 1953D(3), 1954D(2), 1955(2), 1955D, 1956(2), 1956D, 1957D(4), 1958(2), 1958D(2)
A couple of days ago I finished reading Angkor and the Khmer Civilization by Michael Coe. It's about the twelfth book in Thames & Hudson's Ancient Peoples and Places series that I've read. Each book is about 200 pages, full of high quality pictures and provides and has an introduction to a particular civilization. I've read some other books by Michael Coe, but those have all been about the Mayan civilization, his primary focus. I've been wanting to read a book the Khmer for some time as I've never fully understood the context of the Angkor ruins. With this book I feel I have a much better sense about these ruins and others like them. I think I'll look into getting a book that is specifically about Angkor in the future. I just haven't settled on which one to buy.
Found: 6 pennies (2 at Costco, 1 at work, 3 at the Mobil Mart), 1 dime (at the Mobil Mart), 1 quarter (outside of work)
Just a quick coin update. I haven't turned up much this week, so far.
1,400 quarters yielded one silver Washington (1954) and one Canadian.
250 dimes and 200 nickels had nothing.
600 pennies produced five Wheats (1919, 1927, 1946(2), 1957D), three Canadians and one US dime.
Found: 1 penny (at work)
Things here have been pretty busy at work and so finding a little time to post has been tough. Good times with Henry and Meg, coin searching and reading still go on, however.
This weekend Henry and I spent time at a local kid's play center while Meg took a much needed break and shopped with a friend. Henry has a membership at the place and although I've never been there he's been there a bunch of time. It wasn't that crowded which was good for us. I just don't feel that comfortable yet being a dad and being completely relaxed while playing with Henry in front of people. Henry spent most of our time in his favorite car. He's got one just like it at home, but he likes this one even more. He also played a lot with some water he found, "pond," and a toy cash register. Afterward Henry and I went to Wal-Mart. There I got him two cars from Cars The Movie. He hasn't put them down since.
I did alright with the coins I've searched since my last posting
13 small dollars didn't have anything.
8,000 half dollars had five 90% silver halves (1949, 4 x 1964), eleven 40% silver halves (2 x 1966, 4 x 1967, 3 x 1968D, 2 x 1969D), five proofs (1976S, 1977S, 1992S, 1998S, 2002S) and a commemorative (1989S Bicentennial of the Congress).
2,640 quarters had just one US nickel and three US dimes.
2,400 dimes turned up three Canadians, two US pennies and one Italy 100 Lire.
1,160 nickels had nothing.
10,100 pennies produced fifty-two Wheats, seventy-two Canadians, nine US dimes, one UK penny and a Hong Kong 20¢ (1978). The Hong Kong coin is a new one for me. The Wheats were:
1910, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1938, 1940D, 1941(3), 1942, 1943, 1944(9), 1945(3), 1946(2), 1947, 1948(3), 1950, 1951(3), 1951D(2), 1953, 1953D(3), 1955(2), 1956(2), 1956D(4), 1957(2), 1957D(2), 1958D
A teller also saved me a full envelope of foreign coins. In the batch was fifty-nine Canadian pennies, seven Canadian nickels, seven Canadian dimes, fifteen Canadian quarters, one Canadian dollar, two Euro 5¢, one Bahamas 5¢, one Barbados 25¢, one Philippines 1 piso, two Bermuda 5¢, one UK 10 pence and one French franc. That's $6.39 Canadian!
Found: 5 pennies (2 at Stop & Shop, 1 at Bank of America, 2 at Wal-Mart), 1 quarter (at Wal-Mart)