300,000+ Dimes Searched!

Yesterday I tried something new. I skipped nickels, for the most part, and doubled up on the quarters. I tried to a will a silver quarter. It didn't work. Oh well, better luck next time! Sometimes even four boxes of dimes doesn't produce.

I searched 8,200 quarters. In them I found fifteen Canadians, one US penny, one UK 10 pence, one French franc, and one Bermuda 25¢.

I also looked through 5,250 dimes. This bunch put me past the 300,000 mark for the year! It was a good bunch. It produced five silver dimes (1941, 1946, 1954D, 1959, 1962D), five Canadians, and one East Caribbean States 10¢. The Mercuy I found is a nice upgrade.

After that I went through 360 hand rolled nickels in which I got one Canadian. It was one I needed, 1971.

Finally I searched 800 hand rolled pennies. In them was four Wheats, four Canadians, and two dimes.

300,000+ Pennies Searched, 2,000+ Wheats Found!

This weekend was an extremely busy weekend, both coin roll hunting and otherwise. Despite all the searching I managed to get most of my driveway job done. My wife did a tremendous amount of cooking too, we'll be eating well this week!

After dumping off my waste coins, I went to several banks to pick up some hand rolled coins. At the first bank one teller gave me three half dollars. I saw her pick out about 4-5 silver ones and put them in her drawer. My heart sank. She missed one though, in the three was a 1968D. I went to two other banks and managed to get a big mess of coins, maybe too many coins, I really had to "work" hard to go through them all.

I searched 2,360 hand rolled quarters. In them I only found one US nickel and one US penny. No Canadians even, bummer.

I next went through 7,950 dimes. In them was three silver Rosies (1947D, 1952S, 1963D), ten Canadians, one Barbados 10¢, one Aruba 5¢ (worth 3 cents), one US penny, and one Swiss ½ franc (worth 46 cents). The 1952S was one I needed and so I'm now down to just eight varieties needed!





I also searched 5,520 nickels. In them was two War Times (1942P, 1945P), five Canadians, one Bermuda 5¢, one US dime, one UK 20 pence (worth 41 cents), and one Swiss 20 Rappen.

Lastly I blasted through 13,050 pennies! Not all at once, but it still was a lot. They produced eighty-three Wheats, ninety Canadians, two Bermuda 1¢, one Bahama 1¢, and one US dime. In them I found two I needed, 1917D and 1921.

The wheat break down for the past two posts is:

1910, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1917D, 1919D, 1920(3), 1921, 1923, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1937(2), 1939, 1940(4), 1941(7), 1941D(2), 1942(2), 1942S, 1944(6), 1944D, 1944S, 1945(9), 1946(14), 1947(2), 1947S, 1948(7), 1949(4), 1950, 1950S, 1951, 1951D(4), 1952(4), 1952D(3), 1953(3), 1953D(6), 1953S(2), 1954, 1955, 1955D, 1955(6), 1956D(8), 1957, 1957D(10), 1958, 1958D(5)

Found: 1 penny (outside Bank of America), 2 dimes (at Sovereign Bank)

Ultrasound #2

Yesterday was an exciting day (and a nervous one too). My wife had her second ultrasound. Everything looked good. We could see a lot more detail this time around. They measured a lot more too.

Once again the baby brought on some good silver! When I got home I searched 4,800 quarters. In them I found one silver quarter (1957D) and five Canadians. The silver quarter is 10th one of the year! It's not a new variety, but it still feels good to have it.

After that I pounded through 11,700 dimes. They produced six silver Rosies (1956D, 1957, 1959, 1962D, 1963D, 1964), twelve Canadians, one US penny, one UK 5 pence, and one Singapore 10¢. My Thursday teller avoids giving me 2007P boxes now. I think that helped. The 1956D is one I needed. Nine more to go!



Lastly, I searched 3,950 pennies. In them I found twenty-four Wheats and twenty-nine Canadians ... no new varieties.

Found: 3 pennies (2 on the street near our house, 1 at Sovereign Bank), 2 dimes (1 outside Sovereign Bank, 1 inside Sovereign Bank)

Bermuda Madness

Last night was a quick night.

I quickly searched the remaining box of cents I had. In it I found thirteen Wheats and twenty-two Canadians. No new varieties were in there. In the past few days I have found the following Wheats:

1913, 1929, 1934, 1940(2), 1940S, 1941(4), 1942(3), 1942S, 1945(7), 1945D, 1946, 1947, 1948(4), 1949, 1951D, 1952, 1953(4), 1953D(4), 1953S, 1954D(2), 1955(6), 1955D(3), 1957D(4), 1958D(4)

I also went through 5,360 nickels (two boxes and some hand rolled). They produced one very worn 1920 Buffalo, three War Times (1943P, 1944P, 1945P), eighteen Canadians, four Bermudas, and one Dominican Republic 5 Centavos coin. That's the most Bermudas I've found. What's strange is that both boxes had two even though they were stamped with different dates. I'm not sure who the guys are on the DR coin. World Coin Gallery has them down as Sanchez and Mello, but a quick web search didn't turn up any more information on them. The coin reminds me of some ancient Roman coins.



I also finished my penny book, The Complete Guide To Lincoln Cents by David W. Lange. It was well worth the $10 I paid for it. The book is 11" x 8" and is 364 pages. I only read half of it. The first half covers the history of the Lincoln cent, forgeries and error coins in detail. Some really interesting stories and tidbits are in there. The second half covers each variety in detail. I just skimmed that section as it is a bit repetitive for a circulation collector like me. My only gripe with the book is that although there were plenty of useful pictures they were all in black and white. I'll definitely get his other books in the same format. They are just more expensive. :(

My next book is The Official Red Book: a Guide Book of Indian And Flying Eagle Cents by Richard Snow. I just started reading it. This is a great series that I hope grows to cover every US coin. Each book has tons of color photos in it.



I also heard about this great product yesterday while listening to Living On Earth. It's a Micro-CHP, a home heating and power system that runs on natural gas, called Freewatt. It's great because it doesn't waste the heat from the power generation and reduces the power loss associated with transmission. It'd be good for homes in colder regions of the US. Here's a link to the company's website. In certain states you can even feed the unused power (like when you're at work, etc.) back into the power grid.

Eagle Eye

Yesterday started out pretty good. While dumping a big mess of hand rolled coin at the Bank of America I spotted some silver halves in the teller's tray. He had twelve of them. I bought them all. In them were four silver ones (1964 x 2, 1968D x 2). Two 90% and two 40%, not bad!

When I got home I went through 5,480 quarters (two boxes and some hand rolled). I was feeling lucky after this Saturday, no luck though ... I only found eight Canadians, no new varieties.

I also went through 2,850 dimes (two boxes I got at the bank were all 2007P's!). The hand rolled dimes produced. In them were four silver Rosies (1963, 1963D, 1964D x 2) and nine Canadians.

Lastly, I began working on the pennies. So far in 9,000 I've found forty-seven Wheats, 113 Canadians, two US dimes, one Euro 5¢, and one Bermuda 1¢. One of the Wheats is one I needed, a pretty nice 1913!

I've got one more box of pennies to go through at home and about 5,000 nickels.

Found: 1 penny (Bank of America, a 1944 Wheat)

Silver Quarter

This weekend was a good weekend. On Saturday my wife and I relaxed a bit. On Sunday we weeded for about 2 hours (the backyard looks great) and then participated in the Jimmy Fund Walk. Four members of my family did the whole 26.2 miles. They'll be sore today, I'm sure, but I'm proud of them. It took 9½ hours. My wife and I did about 4½ miles with them. Our team raised over $7,000!

I also, of course, did some coin roll hunting. It was a good weekend for that too.

I searched 7,100 pennies (two boxes and some hand rolled). In that bunch I found forty-four Wheats, sixty-five Canadians, and one Bahama 1¢. There were no new varieties in there, I did find one 1909 cent for which the obverse looks outstanding, but the reverse is a bit stained. The Wheat details for the past two posts are:

1909, 1919, 1919S, 192?, 1920(2), 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1929S, 1930, 1934, 1945, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940(7), 1941(3), 1942D, 1944(3), 1945(4), 1946(8), 1946D(3), 1947(2), 1948(3), 1949, 1950, 1950D(2), 1950S(2), 1951(2), 1951D(4), 1952(2), 1952D, 1953(5), 1954S, 1955(5), 1956(8), 1956D(6), 1957, 1957D(5), 1958, 1958D(6)

I also went through 4,800 nickels (two boxes and some hand rolled). I found two War Times (1943P, 1945P), eleven Canadians, two Bermuda 5¢, and two US pennies (boo!). No new varieties were found.

At Bank of America I picked up 2,150 hand rolled dimes and found one silver Rosie (1964D), three Canadians, and one UK 5 pence piece in them. And at the same bank I got 1,720 hand rolled quarters. In them was one silver quarter (1962D) and four Canadians (plus $1.50 in extra quarters). That silver quarter was one I needed. It definitely lifted my coin roll hunting spirits. Can't wait to find the 10th silver quarter of the year!



Also on the charts I added the number of days since my last album find. For this I'm only counting Lincolns, Jeffersons, Roosevelts, Washingtons, Kennedys, etc.

Found: 6 pennies (1 at Sovereign Bank, 4 at the Car Wash, 1 at Shaw's), 2 nickels (both at Dunkin' Donuts), 1 dime (at Stop 'N Shop)

A New Penny! ... The Curse of the 2007P's

The Curse of the 2007P's continues ... yesterday when I went to pick up my Thursday coin I was disappointed to see that all six boxes of dimes I ordered were solid 2007P's. I'm not sure why this keeps happening and why it keeps happening only with the dimes. I didn't bother taking them since I realized it right at the counter. They hurt my average a bit.

When I got home I first went through some hand rolled stuff I got, 200 quarters and 200 dimes. I only "found" three pennies. One dime roll was forty-seven cents short. :(

I next went through 10,700 pennies, four boxes and some hand rolled. In the mix I found sixty-eight Wheats, eighty-two Canadians, one Canadian 10¢, and one Bermuda 1¢. I got two new varieties too, 1919S and 1950 Canadian! It feels like it has been a while since I found a new US penny variety so it felt good (It has actually been 10 days). I'm hoping the other two boxes I picked up yield some other good coins, there seems to be a lot coins from the 1920's in these boxes.

Some album plugging statistics:

Lincoln Pennies - 0 days since last find (9/14/07), 10 days before that (9/4/07)
Jefferson Nickels - 77 days since last find (6/29/07), 3 days before that (6/26/07)
Roosevelt Dimes - 10 days since last find (9/4/07), 26 days before that (8/9/07)
Washington Quarters (non State) - 45 days since last find (8/31/07), 55 days before that (7/7/07)

Found: 1 dime (at White Hen Pantry), 1 quarter (at Costco)