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Last night I went through two boxes of nickels and some hand rolled. In total I searched 4,420 nickels and found one dateless Buffalo, one War Time (1945P), nine Canadians, one Belgium 1 franc, and three Bermuda 5¢. One of the nickels was a 1951S (a key for Chris H!). It was good to find a Buffalo and a War Time. The last few nickel batches haven't produced either of those.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Yesterday was a pretty good afternoon. At the bank I found some change near the coin counting machine including one silver Rosie (1957). I think I'm getting spoiled, however, as finding a silver dime used to make my day, but now it is not the same. The teller also saved me a nice 90% silver half (1964). Six dollars in easy silver isn't too bad!
At home I searched 12,650 pennies (four boxes and some hand rolled). In them I found 70 Wheats, 99 Canadians, and a US dime. The Wheat varieties were:
1927, 1929(2), 1934, 1935, 1939(2), 1941(2), 194293), 1944(8), 1945(2), 1946(3), 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951(2), 1951D(3), 1952(2), 1953D(3), 1955(4), 1955D, 1956, 1956D(3), 1957(5), 1957D(10), 1958, 1958D(5)
I also looked through 250 hand rolled dimes and three loose halves, but they didn't produce anything.
Found: 1 penny (at Sovereign Bank), 1 nickel (at Sovereign Bank), 4 dimes (at Sovereign Bank, one silver, 1957), 2 foreign coins (2 Canadian quarters at Sovereign Bank)
The good times continued this weekend. I now know how gamblers get addicted. I felt unstoppable this weekend.
On Friday night I went through 11,350 pennies (four boxes and some hand rolled). In them I found seventy-seven Wheats and eighty-five Canadians. One of the Wheats was one I've been looking for for a long time (it seems), the 1940D! It felt great to finally find that one. Here's the Wheat breakdown:
1918, 1919S, 1920(3), 193692), 1939(2), 1940, 1940D, 1941(4), 1942(2), 1944(3), 1945(5), 1946(5), 1948(4), 1950, 1950D, 195193), 1951D(2), 1952D(2), 1953D(2), 195492), 1954D(2), 1955(5), 1955D, 1956(4), 1956D(3), 1957D(4), 1958(4), 1958D(4)
On the way home from the bank I picked up forty-four halves. Only one bank out of five had any. They were great. Including one skunk box I finished on Friday night, I searched 1,044 halves and found three 90% silver ones (1960D, 1964 x 2) and two 40% silver ones (1965, 1969D). The 1960D is my first Franklin half! It was great to find that one.
I also picked up two boxes of dimes which I was able to search extremely fast because the wrappers were clear plastic (I'm going to have to make this bank my dime source from now on). The 5,000 dimes produced two silver Rosies (1964, 1964D) and one silver Canadian (1952). The 1952 Canadian is one my album needed.
I was feeling great after all that. Because my wife left me to my own devices until Sunday, I checked out five nearby coin shops I found in the phone book. The first one had no Canadian, but it did have some fairly priced US silver, the next three were busts, and the last one was great. It's a fairly big store in an old mill. They sell coins, stamps and supplies. They didn't have too much Canadian, but I did search their "Better Canada" box (didn't find the "Worse Canada", although I asked). I found a lot of good coins, cheap. I'll have to go again soon and pick up more!
Canadian Pennies:
1902, 1903, 1907, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Canadian Nickels:
1943, 1944, 1945
The above pictures aren't the actual coins I bought. They are just photos of the types. The nickel I bought is pretty cool. It is made of copper and zinc, a mix they call Tombac. It was made during the war to save nickel.
Found: 6 pennies (2 at Sovereign Bank, 1 at Shell, 1 at Bank of America, 2 at Stop 'N Shop), 1 nickel (Pearle Vision)
Sweet mercy! My ship came in last night. I found a silver quarter hoard!
Previous to last night I had found 11 silver quarters (plus one Canadian silver quarter) in 125,180 quarters searched, zero in the last 19,370. I last found one on October 10th. And then last night just as I was thinking, "man, why I am still searching these, I should just buy a few," the last roll of the 3,320 quarters I was searching produced 11 silver quarters! I was ecstatic. I yelled out and ran downstairs to show my wife. The varieties were:
1937, 1944, 1947, 1951, 1954S, 1962D(4), 1964, 1964D
Five of them were varieties I needed and the 1937 is now my oldest quarter found. What a night! I also found five Canadians.
During the evening I also searched one box of halves (1,000 coins) and found one mint set half, 2004P.
This morning I finished searching 16,000 dimes (breaking the 400,000 mark for the year). They produced six silver Rosies (1954, 1956D, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1964D), eighteen Canadians, and one Panama 10¢.
Last night was a slow night. I searched just 4,000 nickels (2 boxes). In them I found eleven Canadians and one Bermuda 5¢.
The Wheat breakdown for my last post is:
1935, 1936, 1940(2), 1941(2), 1942(2), 1944(7), 1945(4), 1946(4), 1946D, 1947, 1950(2), 1950D(2), 1951D(3), 1952, 1952D(3), 1953(2), 1953D(2), 1955(4), 1955D, 1956(2), 1956D, 1957, 1957D(5)
This morning I got my virtual collection (on the right) entirely up-to-date! That was a lot of typing.
Last night I went through 12,800 pennies (four boxes and some hand rolled). They came from three sources. I found 54 Wheats, 117 Canadians, one UK 1 penny, one Panamanian 1¢, one Barbados 1¢, and two stamped pennies. The last four penny sources have been a bit disappointing. I'm not sure where all the Wheats have gone. Hopefully, Thursday's supply will be better.
The two stamped pennies I found look like the one above, except both are stamped on the body of Lincoln. The symbol is the Masonic Square and Compass.
I also went through 100 dimes and 360 nickels, all hand rolled. I didn't find any keepers in them.
Found: 3 pennies (1 at Shaw's, 1 at Sovereign Bank), 1 nickel (at Super Cuts)
This weekend was a good weekend. Things started out a little slow. On Saturday I dumped some coins and then went to a few banks to pick some up. One of the banks looks like a good, close source of hand wrapped coins.
I found seven loose halves, but none were keepers.
I also looked through 760 quarters. In them was only two Canadians. I could have asked for more quarters, but I was getting a bit tired of them as I have searched alot of them lately.
I next went through 2,150 dimes. The produced just one silver Rosie (1954). They were easy to search though as most were in clear wrappers.
After a bit of paint scrapping and door fixing I searched 3,700 pennies (all hand rolled). In them I found just 13 Wheats, 28 Canadians, and one Bahama 1¢. The Wheat varieties were:
1924, 1926, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1955(3), 1956, 1956D(2), 1958D
Lastly, I hunted 2,000 hand wrapped nickels. In them was only two Canadians.
On Sunday morning I went to my first coin show. It was about 15 minutes from my house. Here's a link to the show's web site. They have a show every month at the same place. I showed up pretty early at 9AM. Within an hour the place was packed. Probably 90-95% of the coins I saw on display were US coins. I had never seen that many Morgans, Peace Dollars, and gold coins before. I was looking for cheap Canadian coins. I bought 12 coins from three dealers for $13, about $1 a coin. I picked up the following:
Canadian Pennies:
1921, 1931
Canadian Nickels:
1923, 1927, 1930, 1937 Dot
Canadian Dimes:
1940, 1953, 1960, 1967
Canadian Quarters:
1966, 1968 50% Silver
The 1966 quarter was the best deal I got as I paid $1 for it and it is worth $2.25 melt. The 1968 quarter wasn't too bad either as I paid $1 for that and it is worth $1.45 melt.
I will definitely go back in December and will also check out another show in two weeks (that one is 35 minutes away). It was alot of fun to see some coins, chat with the dealers, and actually shop. Nowadays it seems like I never shop. If I want something I look for it online, find it cheap, and get it sent to me. There's no fun in that!
Found: 1 nickel (at KFC)
Redeemed: $7.25
