Bummer

Last night when I got home Henry was helping Meg weed in the front lawn. We then worked on the backyard together while he picked flowers and walked about. It's very nice to be able to do just a tiny bit of yard work with him outside. For many months we couldn't do anything with him outside with us.

On Sunday he hit another milestone ... he took his shirt off for the first time. I found him shirtless in the living room after I washed a few dishes. It was cute. I'm sure that before long he'll be trying to take his clothes off all the time and it won't be as cute.

I searched a lot of quarters last night and they stank. 10,640 quarters only produced four Canadians, two US nickels and one religious medal. That's the most quarters I've ever searched in one sitting and not found at least one silver quarter. Bummer.

5,000 pennies turned up twenty-seven Wheats, ninety-five Canadians and one Norwegian 50 ore. The Wheats were:

1913, 1927, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1941, 1944(2), 1945(3), 1946(2), 1948(2), 1951D, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1955D, 1956, 1956D(4), 1957D, 1958D

Found: 1 penny (at the Tiger Mart), 1 nickel (at the park)

This weekend has gone good for us far. Yesterday we had a nice dinner out at Friendly's and today I took Henry to the park. Afterward I got some yard work done. The weather has been really nice.

I did pretty well with my coins this weekend. 8,002 halves turned up twelve 90% silver halves (1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1945D, 1952, 1954, 1958D, 2 x 1964, 1964D), ninety-one 40% silver halves (1965, 6 x 1966, 26 x 1967, 27 x 1968D, 16 x 1969D), one mint set half (2006P), a religious medal and a guitar pick. The religious medal is another cheap "Angel Star" coin. The guitar pick says, "Blues Boy Music, Bar Harbor, Maine."

1 small dollar, 400 quarters and 80 nickels didn't yield anything.

1,500 pennies produced just five Wheats and fourteen Canadians. The Wheats were:

1937, 1945, 1951D, 1955, 1956D

Here's a better picture of the Roman coin I found a few days ago. Taking the picture with less light on the coin brought out a bit more detail.



Found: 1 nickel (at Shaw's), 2 dimes (at Shaw's)

Last night Meg and Henry went west to visit some family. I stayed home and went to the movies with my Dad. We saw "The Hurt Locker". We both liked it quite a bit. It reminded me a bit of the old BBC show, "Danger UXB." I only wish one understood better how they were trying to defuse the bombs, but it's tough to get that across in two hours.

Afterwards I searched some pennies. I didn't find any Roman coins, but I did find one new US variety, the 1934D! Only 28 million of that one were minted. 10,000 pennies turned up fifty-one Wheats, fifty-eight Canadians, two US dimes and one Euro 2¢ (Italy, 2002). The Wheats were:

1914, 1929, 1930, 1934D, 1936, 1941(2), 1942(2), 1944(4), 1944S, 1945(2), 1946(3), 1947, 1948(2), 1950(2), 1951, 1951D, 1952D(4), 1953(3), 1956(3), 1956D(3), 1957, 1957D(6), 1958, 1958D(3)

Check This Out!

Here's a good picture of Henry I took of him in his fireman hat next to his favorite spot, the stairs. He got the hat from some firemen earlier in the week.



On the way into work and on the way home I searched some nickels. 4,000 of them turned up one proof (1983S), eight Canadians (2 Ni), one Spanish 5 Pesetas, one Thai 1 Baht and one US penny. It had been 262 days since I had found a new US nickel variety! It was good to break out of that slump. The Spanish coin is a new variety for me as well.



After Henry went to bed I searched 9,500 pennies. I thought I was doing really well when early in the batch I found a 1901 Hungary 2 Filler. It's one of the oldest foreign coins I've come across and is in great shape. Things got way better towards the end when in a roll that might have been from the same person (same, common wrapper) I found what I first thought was a smashed penny, but on closer inspection looked like some sort of ancient coin. I could hardly believe it! Could it be? I've dreamed about finding something like this. It's taken me a lot of research, but I now believe I've found a Roman coin from the usurper Postumus, 260-268!! In a roll of pennies ... hard to believe. It's a got a lot of greening, but there's some good detail on the front of it. I can definitely read the whole obverse legend. Here's a picture of the coin I found:



Here's a picture of a similar coin in better condition:



This coin is now by far the oldest coin I've found roll hunting. It'll be tough to beat something 2,000 or so years old.

The total finds were fifty-three Wheats, seventy-one Canadians, ten US dimes, one Hungary 2 Filler and one Roman coin. The Wheats were:

1916, 1925, 1934(2), 1937, 1940(3), 1941, 1942, 1944(3), 1944D, 1945(4), 1946(5), 1948(2), 1950, 1951, 1951D(2), 1952(3), 1952D, 1953(3), 1953D(4), 1954D, 1955, 1956(2), 1956D, 1957, 1957D(3), 1958, 1958D(3)



Found: 6 pennies (5 at Wendy's, 1 at Sunoco)

Yesterday Henry went to the zoo with Meg and a few of there friends. Meg said he had a good time. He didn't want to be in the stroller very much and didn't like the train ride at all, but otherwise he had fun. He especially liked the playground and watching other, bigger kids go on the small amusement park-like rides they have there. The day before he and Meg managed to run into a firetruck at a local park. Henry got to check out the truck and get a free plastic hat.

Last night I just went though some quarters and dimes. I didn't do so hot with the quarters, but the dimes were really good.

4,120 quarters yielded just three Canadians, one UK 10 pence, one US penny and one US dime.

8,950 dimes produced twelve silver Rosies (3 x 1946D, 1954D, 1957, 1959, 1961D, 1962D, 1963, 1963D, 1964, 1964D), fourteen Canadians, two US pennies and one Belgian 1 franc. That's a lot of silver dimes for that amount of searched coin. I don't think the dimes were related either, especially since both banks put up good numbers. I guess one just gets lucky sometimes.

A teller saved me a large dollar.

Last night after a great sandwich (made by Meg), a good bubble bath with Henry and quick lawn mow I sorted some coins.

560 quarters turned up just one Canadian.

550 dimes had one silver Rosie (1957D) and four Canadians.

280 nickels had nothing.

5,600 pennies yielded thirty Wheats and fifty Canadians. The Wheats were:

1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1941(2), 1942, 1944(5), 1945, 1946, 1946D, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950D, 1951, 1952D, 1953, 1953D, 1956(2), 1957D(2), 1958D(2)

Found: 1 quarter (at McDonald's)

Today Henry and I had a nice morning at the park. It seemed like there were a lot of other fathers there with their kids. "Give Your Wife A Break Day!"

I did pretty well with last night and today's coins.

35 small dollars didn't produce anything good.

8,000 half dollars turned up nine 90% silver halves (1945, 1963, 1963D, 5 x 1964, 1964D), fifty-two 40% silver halves (3 x 1965, 5 x 1966, 19 x 1967, 18 x 1968D, 7 x 1969D), four proofs (1974S, 1976S, 1985S, 1997S), thirteen mint set halves (1987P, 2002D, 2003P, 2 x 2003D, 2 x 2004P, 3 x 2005P, 3 x 2007P), one commemorative half (1986S Statue of Liberty), one Panama ½ Balboa, and one Hong Kong $1 (1960). The 1974S is one proof I've been looking for for a while. I now have only two more clad halves to find! The Hong Kong coin is a new one for me and is tied for the 10th oldest foreign coin I've found. That was a fun batch of boxes to go through.



480 quarters had three Canadians.

1,550 dimes yielded one silver Rosie (1957D), five Canadians, one Barbados 10¢ and one UK 5 pence.

1,080 nickels had one War Time (1945D) and three Canadians (1 Ni).

900 pennies turned up one Indian Head (1906), three Wheats (1941, 2 x 1946) and three Canadians. The Indian Head is pretty cool. I was pretty glad to see one show up in such a small batch of pennies.