This weekend's coins were so-so.

34 small dollars had nothing.

8,000 half dollars produced five 90% silver halves (4 x 1964, 1964D), three 40% silver halves (1967, 2 x 1968D) and three proof halves (1974S, 1978S, 1986S).

5,000 pennies yielded twenty-three Wheats and forty Canadians.

1928, 1929, 1937, 1940, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948D(2), 1949D, 1951(2), 1952D, 1955, 1955D, 1956D(3), 1957D, 1958, 1958D(3)

Found: 5 pennies, 1 token (a Chuckie Cheese token)

Last night's coin was pretty boring.

42 small dollars and 2 halves had nothing.

5,800 quarters produced three Canadians and five US nickels.

1,300 dimes had one Canadian.

240 nickels had one Canadian.

1,800 pennies turned up ten Wheats and seventeen Canadians.

1934, 1935, 1944(3), 1951D(2), 1954D, 1956D, 1957D

Found: 2 pennies

17 small dollars and one half dollar didn't have anything.

1,920 quarters produced one proof quarter (1987S), two Canadians, three US dimes and three US nickels. The proof is in pretty good condition, but the rim isn't too shiny. I'm kind of surprised, but glad, I spotted this one.

The new proof quarter puts me at 61 new US varieties found this year in circulation. That's one more than all of last year and it's only July!

1,650 dimes yielded one silver Rosie (1962D), one Canadian and one UK 5 pence. In change this morning I got a proof dime, the 1992S! Just 2,858,981 were minted; thus this is now the 4th rarest dime, by mintage, that I've found.

520 nickels had five Canadians (1 Ni).

2,500 pennies turned up thirteen Wheats and fourteen Canadians.

1934, 1936, 1944(2), 1945, 1946, 1951, 1952(2), 1953, 1955, 1955D, 1956D

Found: 3 pennies, 3 quarters, 1 foreign coin (a Canadian penny)

Here's some pictures of the kids Meg took recently.











238 small dollars and 3,040 quarters had nothing.

2,300 dimes produced two silver Rosies (1951, 1957), two Canadians and two Belgian 1 franc.

2,880 nickels yielded two Liberties (1904, 1912D), one Buffalo (1929), two War Time nickels (1944P, 1944D), one proof (1972S), ten Canadians (3 Ni), one Ecuador 5¢ and a key date Jefferson (1939D). That's probably my best nickel batch ever. Before last night I had last found a Liberty nickel over two years ago! (6/23/2009) I never turned up more than one at once and this time one of them was a new one for me. A pretty good one too. Embarrassingly, I didn't notice it had a mint mark on it until this morning. I thought it was just another 1912. The dated Buffalo and proof were awesome as well.





5,050 pennies rounded up twenty-seven Wheats and thirty-two Canadians.

1936, 1938, 1940, 1941(2), 1944(2), 1945(3), 1946, 1947D, 1948(2), 1948D, 1950, 1952D, 1953, 1953D, 1954D, 1955D(2), 1956, 1957D(2), 1958

5,000 pennies turned up thirty-six Wheats and twenty-nine Canadians.

1924, 1929, 1930(3), 1936, 1940(2), 1940S, 1941(2), 1942D, 1945, 1946(2), 1947(2), 1951, 1951D, 1952D(2), 1953D(2), 1953S, 1954, 1954D, 1955, 1956D(3), 1957, 1957D(2), 1958, 1958D(2)

8,000 halves yielded just two 40% silver halves (1966, 1969D) and seven proofs (1989S, 2 x 1996S, 2 x 1997S, 2000S, 2010S).

Found: 5 pennies, 1 dime

Meg told me that this afternoon while Hazel was patting Henry he said to her, "Aw, I love you too, Hazel."

5,950 pennies turned up thirty-five Wheats (one Steelie), forty-two Canadians, two US dimes and one Bermuda 1¢.

1939, 1940, 1940S, 1941(6), 1942(2), 1943, 1945(2), 1946(2), 1946S, 1948, 1950(2), 1950D, 1952(2), 1953, 1953D, 1955, 1956(3), 1956D, 1957, 1957D(2), 1958D(2)

Found: 3 pennies

Here's some good pictures of the kids Meg and I have taken during these hot days.

















357 small dollars didn't have anything.

4,920 quarters turned up nine Canadians, seven US nickels, four US dimes and an Italian 5 Centesimi (1861). I knew I had something different when I picked up one of these rolls of quarters because it was bulging from a coin with a larger diameter. The coin was a bit stuck in there and when I looked down into the roll I saw a very old design. I told Meg, "I've got a really old one here, I think." Sure enough when it came out and I inspected it I saw it was an 1861 Italian 5 Centesimi (made in Milan). It's the third oldest coin I've found! It's catalog worth is only about $1, but it's really cool to me.



4,850 dimes produced three silver Rosies (1951, 1958D, 1964D), eight Canadians (including one 1967, 50-80% silver), one Polish 10 Grozy and one UK 5 pence.

1,600 nickels yielded one War Time (1943P) and one Canadian.

Found: 1 quarter, 2 foreign coins (a Canadian penny and a Euro 1¢)