Barber Dime

After a nice evening with Meg and Henry I searched some coin. (He had been good the whole day!)

8,800 quarters turned up one silver Washington (1961D), five Canadians and one Bermuda 25¢. These quarters pushed me over the 600,000 mark!

3,900 dimes produced three silver dimes (1913, 1946, 1954), eleven Canadians, and one Bermuda 5¢. At the bank they had a box of dimes saved for me. I'm not sure why they saved them as the box contained the standard fifty machine wrapped rolls, but I'm glad I took it. In it was my first Barber dime! A 1913 dime! It's not extremely worn, but very stained (see picture). It's the oldest dime I've now found. The second oldest is 1917. I might try to clean it somehow. Here's a picture of it in the condition I found it.





1,120 nickels yielded one beat-up War Time (1943P), four Canadians and a Czech Republic 1 Koruna. The Czech coin is a new variety for me.



1,600 pennies had six Wheats and twenty Canadians. The Wheats were:

1944(2), 1951, 1951D, 1953, 1956D

Crazy H

Althought this weekend was tiring (When isn't it when one's a parent?), we had a good time. On Saturday Meg and Henry went to a bridal shower and I went to the corresponding stag party across town. Both were for Meg's brother and future sister-in-law. We had a good time. I'd never been to a stag party before and based on this experience think they are a good idea. It definitely fits a family man's schedule a lot better and allows all family members to give a male member of the family a good time.

Here are some good pictures and videos Meg and I have taken recently of Henry.



I'm not sure what he's up to in this video, but it's funny and he didn't need a changing right afterwards.



During meal times Henry likes to work "product" a.k.a. food into his hair.



He's getting into more dangerous places these days. Here's some evidence. If I could predict the lottery like I can predict him hurting himself I'd be a rich man. This coffee table of ours is a death trap.





On Sunday we went to a local farm to get ice cream and see some animals. Henry fed the goats a bit. After he saw what others were doing, he grabbed some grass from the nearby lawn and tried to feed it the goats. He then got bored and started pushing his stroller around. This happens alot.



After the ice cream trip we went to the toy store. We picked up a gate for our stairs. (It's really impossible to be up there with him when one parent is watching the stairs.) We also picked up three toys, a play watering can, a small broom and a shopping cart. Hopefully pushing this cart around generates a lot less frustration than his pushing his high chair around.



I found this one on Meg's camera. Henry calls his grandparents "nah." It's pretty cute.

My weekend coins were poor this week.

32 small dollars turned up a new one for me, 2009P John Tyler.

8,000 half dollars produced just ten 40% silver halves (5 x 1966, 5 x 1968D), two proofs (1986S, 1993S) and eleven mint set halves (2002D, 2 x 2003P, 2004P, 2004D, 2005D, 2 x 2006D, 2 x 2007P, 2007D, 2008P). The 2008P half I found was chrome plated.

Found: 4 pennies (1 at Dunkin' Donuts, 1 at White Hen Pantry, 1 at Stop & Shop, 1 at Home Depot), 2 dimes (1 at White Hen Pantry, 1 at Friends')

The new words just keep coming from Henry. Last night I heard him say "tree." It sounded more like "tah," but he kept saying it when pointing to trees (and flowers) in his books last night. If only he could tell us what he wanted more or how he's feeling.

I had pretty good luck with the coins I searched.

2 half dollars turned up one 40% silver half (1965).

2,200 quarters produced two silver Washingtons (1954, 1954D), two Canadians and a silver plated state quarter. The silver plated quarter fooled me for a second as it is pretty good. The two real silver quarters came out of the same box. That's only the second time I've found two in a box, I think. I've had really good luck with quarters lately.

1,800 dimes yielded one silver Rosie (1956), three Canadians and one Bermuda 10¢. One of the Canadians was 50% silver, 1968.

2,840 nickels pushed me over the 500,000 mark! In them were two War Times (2 x 1943P), five Canadians (1 Ni), two Bermuda 5¢, one US penny and a Costa Rica 5 Colones. The Costa Rica coin is a first for me from that country. Now I only need two more countries from Central America, El Salvador and Belize. (El Salvador might be tough as they stopped using their own coins in 2002.) It's worth .01¢.



1,250 pennies turned up six Wheats, seven Canadians and two US dimes. The Wheats were:

1940, 1944, 1947, 1952D, 1953D, 1956D

Found: 1 penny (smooshed with an image of a sky lift from Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta, Georgia on it, at Stop & Shop)

Yesterday Henry's doctor appointment went well. Meg says he behaved OK and that he recovered from his one shot very quickly. He weighed in at 25 1/2 pounds and is now 32 inches tall.

His vocabulary continues to amaze me. Last night I got him to say "turtle" and recently I saw him identify a "boy" in a book and a "triangle" in his toys. He probably can understand over a hundred words by now.



Late last night, late for me anyway, I finished reading another book, White Gold: The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves, by Giles Milton. The book follows an English boy who is captured by Barbary pirates in the early 18th century while working on an English boat in the Mediterranean Sea. He's taken to Morocco. There he is sold into slavery and along with thousands of other Europeans forced to build the palace of Moulay Ismail. Eventually, after torture, he "converts" to Islam. His conversion allows him more freedom. A wife is assigned to him, he has one daugter and he is given command of a military unit. After several failed escape attempts and the death of his family, he escapes to England in 1738. Two years later he writes a journal about his experience. Like the other work by Milton I read, Samurai William: The Englishman Who Opened Japan this book uses many sources contemporary to a narrative to flesh out the life of an obscure figure caught in a broader historical moment. I think this book did this in a more effective manner than the other book. It took me a while to read it because of all of the other stuff I've been doing, but I did find the book enjoyable. I'll definitely read Milton's other books.

I also searched one box of pennies. 2,500 pennies yielded ten Wheats, eighteen Canadians and one Bermuda 1¢. The Wheats were:

1917, 1928, 1940, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958D

Found: 4 pennies (at Costco)

Ha

This morning Henry uttered a new word, "ha." It was in reference to his new helicopter. He said it multiple times. It's just in time for his 15 month check-up today at his new doctor, too! What sounds that rhyme with "ah" will he say next?

Last night's coin worked out fairly well.

Nine small dollars and three half dollars didn't turn up anything.

5,360 quarters produced one silver Washington (1963D), ten Canadians, three US nickels and one French franc (1964).

4,000 dimes yielded three silver Rosies (1946D, 1951, 1952), twelve Canadians and two US pennies. I really wish the 1946D were the 1946S, one I need for my albums. It is, however, a great upgrade to the one in my album. It's in really good shape.

1,200 nickels turned up two Canadians (1 Ni) and two US dimes.

5,200 pennies had twenty-six Wheats, forty-seven Canadians, three US dimes and one German 5 Pfennig. The German coin is a new variety for me. The Wheats were:

1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1946(5), 1947S, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1951D, 1952D, 1953(2), 1955D, 1956(3), 1957D(2), 1958D(2)



Found: 14 pennies (at Shaw's), 1 nickel (at Shaw's), 8 dimes (1 at the Mobil Mart, 7 at Shaw's), three foreign coins (2 Canadian quarters at Shaw's and a Charlie Horse arcade token)

Ruff!

Although it is early it has already been a busy day for Meg and I. Henry woke up early again (a bad trend). Already he's pulled down a chair, the Diaper Genie and a trash can. I guess it is just too much fun to pull down all of these and play with them :(. Meg's already left the house with him today. He's got too much energy for the house! I sure hope she can keep up with him today.

I searched some coin last night, but forgot to bring in my cheat sheet (and my watch).

6,800 quarters produced two silver Washingtons (1947, 1956), three Canadians and one proof quarter (1985S). That's the seventh new silver quarter and the fifth proof quarter I've come across this year. The 1985S is the second copy of that proof quarter I've found.

850 dimes turned up one silver Rosie (1958).

440 nickels yielded one Buffalo (1937), on War Time (1944P) and one Canadian. The Buffalo is in pretty good condition.

7,750 pennies had thirty-eight Wheats and fifty-four Canadians. A teller also saved me one Wheat penny (1954D). The Wheats were:

1919, 1925, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941(2), 1942D, 1944(5), 1945, 1946(6), 1948, 1949(2), 1949S, 1951(3), 1951D, 1952(2), 1957(2), 1957D(3), 1958D(4)

Found: 1 quarter (at DCU)

Toys

This weekend I didn't do too well with the coins and I failed to finish a book I'm reading, but I had a great weekend otherwise.

Meg and I did some good work this weekend during Henry's nap times. We got a lot done in a 5-6 hours. During that time we planted two bushes, started our rock garden and finished the backyard edging. Soon I think we'll tackle replacing the front lamp post.

We also managed to get in some good walks, some shopping at three nurseries, a dinner with my parents and two movies (on DVD, at home, of course). I had a fun time going out shopping yesterday with Henry too. I got him a small helicopter, a playground ball that's just his size and two pairs of shorts.

The coins searching results are:

10 small dollars didn't turn up anything.

My half dollars didn't start out too well. One box was missing two rolls, $20. Ugh. 8,000 halves produced two 90% silver halves (1960, 1964), five 40% silver halves (1967, 1968D, 3 x 1969D), three proofs (2 x 1976S, 1986S), thirteen mint set halves (4 x 2002P, 2 x 2002D, 2 x 2003P, 2003D, 2 x 2004P, 2 x 2005P) and one commerative half dollar (1994P World Cup). With that 1960 half dollar I now need only four more Franklin halves to complete my album! That's also the third World Cup commemorative half I've found in four weeks. They must all be related some how as that half is quite rare.

200 dimes and 480 nickels yielded just one Canadian nickel.

3,200 pennies turned had twenty Wheats, twenty-six Canadians and two US dimes. The Wheats were:

1917, 1928, 1939, 1940(2), 1944(2), 1944D, 1946, 1948(2), 1950, 1952D, 1953, 1956(2), 1956D(2), 1957D, 1958

Found: 2 pennies (1 in our yard, 1 at Klem's), 1 dime (at Dunkin' Donuts)