My 2007 summary

[GMan00001]

Well...2007 was a busy one and I am sure you've all been anxiously waiting for my 2007 report.

Well, okay maybe not, but here it is anyway.


Unfortunately, about mid June my hard drive crashed so I lost some information from between 02-06-2007 and 06-23-2007, but not much mainly just bank visit information. Either way here is what I do know.


First off, total bank visits: 461 (221 different banks), (does not include the 4.5 months of missing data)

Note: All per box/bag(loose) totals are the find rate per box
pennies: values are per 2500 pennies
nickels: values are per 2000 nickels
diems: values are per 2500 dimes
quarters: values are per 2000 quarters
halves: values are per 1000 halves

Note: bag totals include found coins, loose change, etc. so some of the totals are skewed due to found Canadian coins (esp dimes/quarters).

Total coins searched: 1,907,896
Total face value of coins searched = $144,741.37
Total weight of coins searched = 6972.969 kilograms or 7.67 tons of coins.


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* Pennies
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Total searched: 976487 pennies
Indian Head Pennies found: 6 (0.031 in boxes, 0.014 in bags)
Total Wheat Pennies found: 4085 (10.037 in boxes, 10.496 in bags)
Pre-1941 wheat pennies found: 482 (0.966 in boxes, 1.258 in bags)
Low mintage/early memorials found: 11515 (box/bag data skewed due to lost data)
Note: Low mintage/early memorial totals include the following dates: 1959, 1959-D, 1960, 1960-D, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968-S, 1969, 1969-S, 1970-S, 1971-S, 1972-S, 1973-S, and 1974-S
Memorial S-mints found: 4577 (box/bag data skewed due to lost data)
Proof pennies found: 4 (0.031 in boxes, 0.008 in bags)
Foreign Non-Canadian coins found: 89 (0.094 in boxes, 0.240 in bags)
Total Canadian pennies found: 4889 (11.502 in boxes, 12.608 in bags)
Pre-1965 Canadian pennies found: 497 (1.184 in boxes, 1.280 in bags)

I search for the following penny errors for coins I otherwise do not keep (found/searched):
(Year to date totals only)
1971 DDO - 0/400) <-- partial year only
1972 DDO - (2/1908)
1983 DDR - (0/5709)
1984 Double Ear - (1/8968)
1992-D Close AM - (1/14435)
1995 DDO - (0/4494)
1998 Wide AM - (12/3325)
1999 Wide AM - (0/4097)
2000 Wide AM - (11/2986)

Best Dates/other:
Indian - 1881, 1883, 1890, 1901, 1905, 1908
Wheats - 1909 VDB(2), 1912-D, 1914-S, 1924-S, 1933-D
Other - 1960 Small Date(2), 1970-S Small Date
Proofs - 1971-S, 1973-S, 1974-S, 1987-S
Canadian - 1932(2), 1935, and at least one from 1938-2007
1 blank penny planchet

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* Nickels
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Total searched: 352021
V-Nickels found: 1 (0.000 in boxes, 0.008 in bags)
Buffalo Nickels found: 26 (0.138 in boxes, 0.152 in bags)
Total pre-1960 Jefferson Nickels found: 4452 (26.030 in boxes, 25.019 in bags)
Silver War nickels found: 229 (2.200 in boxes, 0.862 in bags)
Low mintage 1960+ nickels found: 3849 (16.886 in boxes, 24.300 in bags)
Note: Low mintage 1960+ totals include the following dates: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1968-D, 1968-S, 1969-S, and 1971
Proof nickels found: 8 (0.035 in boxes, 0.051 in bags)
Foreign Non-Canadian coins found: 158 (0.468 in boxes, 1.108 in bags)
Total Canadian nickels found: 834 (3.724 in boxes, 5.234 in bags)
Pre-1965 Canadian nickels found: 29 (0.069 in boxes, 0.211 in bags)

I search for the following nickel errors for coins I otherwise do not keep (found/searched):
2005 Speared buffalo (0/for some reason did not track how many searched)

Best Dates/other:
V-Nickels - 1912-D
Buffalo Nickels - 16 had dates (oldest 1915)
Jefferson - 1938-D(3), 1939-D(3), 1939-S(5), 1949-S(13), 1950(11), 1951-S(6), 1955(13)
Proofs - 1968-S, 1980-S, 1981-S, 1982-S, 1983-S, 1990-S, 2005-S Buffalo, 2006-S
Canadian - 1930, 1957, 1958, 1960(2)
1 blank nickel planchet

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* Dimes
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Total searched: 366087
Note: some of the rolls I searched at the bank (looked through the clear plastic without purchasing so the tellers could have easily presearched them and possibly distorted my numbers)
Mercury dimes found: 9 (0.025 in boxes, 0.075 in bags)
Pre-1965 Roosevelt dimes found: 169 (0.621 in boxes, 1.356 in bags)
Proof dimes found: 2 (0.000 in boxes, 0.019 in bags)
Foreign Non-Canadian coins found: 67 (0.074 in boxes, 0.631 in bags)
Total Canadian dimes found: 518 (1.192 in boxes, 4.427 in bags) <--bag number skewed by number found/free
Silver Canadian dimes found: 14 (0.050 in boxes, 0.113 in bags)

I search for the following dime errors for coins I otherwise do not keep (found/searched):
Note: all dime errors are partial stats as I sometimes only edge search dimes.
1967 DDO (0/2181)

1968 DDO (0/410)
1970 DDR (0/291)
1970-D DDR (0/965)
1982-P no mintmark (0/626)

Best Dates/other:
Mercury - 1919-D, 1923, 1928-S Small Mintmark, 1936-S, 1941, 1942, 1942-D, 1943, 1943-D
Proofs - 1969-S, 2006-S (Silver)
Canadian - 1943


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* Quarters
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Total searched: 105799
Note: some of the rolls I searched at the bank (looked through the clear plastic without purchasing so the tellers could have easily presearched them and possibly distorted my numbers)
Pre-1965 Washington quarters found: 13 (0.261 in boxes, 0.237 in bags)
Proof quarters found: 0 (0.000 in boxes, 0.000 in bags)
Foreign Non-Canadian coins found: 13 (0.156 in boxes, 0.297 in bags)
Total Canadian quarters found: 121 (1.095 in boxes, 2.966 in bags <--bag number skewed by number found/free

Silver Canadian quarters found: 0 (0.000 in boxes, 0.000 in bags)

I search for the following quarter errors for coins I otherwise do not keep (found/searched):
Note: all quarter errors are partial stats as I sometimes only edge search quarters.
1965 DDO (0/426)
1966 DDO (0/198)
1970-D DDO + DDR (0/98)
1971 DDR (0/15)
1976-D DDO (0/63)

Best Dates/other:
Washington - 1941, 1942, 1947, 1953-D, 1958-D


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* Half Dollars
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Total searched: 106370
Barber Half Dollars found: 0 (0.000 in boxes, 0.000 in bags)
Walking Liberty Half Dollars found: 17 (0.245 in boxes, 0.107 in bags)
Franklin Half Dollars found: 39 (0.221 in boxes, 0.457 in bags)
90% Kennedy Half Dollars found: 166 (0.859 in boxes, 2.000 in bags)
40% Kennedy Half Dollars found: 758 (2.404 in boxes, 10.059 in bags)
NIFC Half Dollars found: 125 (2.012 in boxes, 0.655 in bags)
Note: NIFC Half Dollars include 1970-D, 1987-P, 1987-D, and any P or D from 2002-Current
Proof Half Dollars found: 17 (0.123 in boxes, 0.183 in bags)
Foreign Non-Canadian coins found: 74 (0.074 in boxes, 1.082 in bags)
Total Canadian Half Dollars found: 0/0 (0.000 in boxes, 0.000 in bags)
Silver Canadian Half Dollars found: 0/0 (0.000 in boxes, 0.000 in bags)

I search for the following half dollar errors for coins I otherwise do not keep (found/searched):
Note: all half dollar errors are partial stats as I sometimes only edge search half dollars. This also likely affected my NIFC numbers.
1971 DDO (0/787)
1971-D DDO (1/6289)
1972 DDO (0/1383)
1972-D No initials or DDO (0/3950)
1973 No initials or DDO (0/1009)
1973-D DDO (1/2160)
1974-D DDO (3/2305)
1977-D DDO (2/1024)
1982-P No initials (1/80)
1983-P No initials (0/240)
1990-P No initials (0/278)

Best Dates/other:
I also found 21 Canadian 2-Dollar coins in with my halves
Walkers - 1934, 1936-S, 1939-S
Franklins - 1953-S


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* Dollars
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Eisenhower Dollars 426
Post-2001 Sacagawea dollars 2



Other fun facts:
Most wheat Pennies in one $50 bag: 659
Most Buffalo Nickels in one $200 bag: 6
Most Silver War Nickels in one $100 box: 100 (partial box)
Of my 169 silver Roosevelt dimes 45 were 1964-D
Also had a few foreign silver coins


May the search continue in 2008...

[seger98]

That is an awesome amount of facts & figures , your due dilligence should be commended!!! Your finds are also amazing.

I think that box of nickels that yielded so many of your silver war nickels is remarkable!

Congratulations on all your hard work & finds & continued success this year, just don't use northern Wi. as a dump location... LOL

[Phillip_in_NM]

Cool stuff! Thanks for updating us.

[Scott (Mich)]

Holy Mackeral GMan, that is alot of searching. Good Going.

Make sure you back up your hard drive this year. I found the neatest thing to use is one of those USB sticks. I have a 4 gig one that cost me just under $40 and I back up all my work information plus my important home pc stuff. It is the size of an ink pen and I sometimes carry it in my pocket.

Happy Hunting,

Scott (Mich)

[HobBob]

GMan, I think that you, TXTim, and LJ should have your portraits put on some new commemorative 90%'ers!

[Wetgreenie]

Over 7.5 tons moved by 'hand'....cripes, who needs a workout club membership.

[enamel7]

Gman, you make my head hurt!

[GMan00001]

Holy Mackeral GMan, that is alot of searching. Good Going.

Make sure you back up your hard drive this year. I found the neatest thing to use is one of those USB sticks. I have a 4 gig one that cost me just under $40 and I back up all my work information plus my important home pc stuff. It is the size of an ink pen and I sometimes carry it in my pocket.

Happy Hunting,

Scott (Mich)

I had one before my hard drive crashed, I just quit using it religiously in February. Lulled to sleep by lack of an incident for a long time I guess.

[Immy]

Yes, I was anxiously waiting for it...and you didn't disappoint. You did so much searching you trickled over into '08!

Pause to take a breath [whew!] and pace yourself because '07 will be tough to top!

[kestrelia]

Great to see the report. 21 Canadian $2 coins?! That's over $42 USD. I guess you'll have some spending money when you visit Canada next.

Brian

[klava]

That is an incrediblelist of stats. I think I'll pick up somebags of coins soon. Do you do all the searching yourself or do you have any help? To anyone that is interested here is a site that will give you the current value of silver coins both USD and CAN coins.

http://www.coinflation.com/

Also do many banks have bags or boxes of half dollars? If so what is the price generally for a bag? Thanks a bunch,
-K

[GMan00001]

That is an incrediblelist of stats. I think I'll pick up somebags of coins soon. Do you do all the searching yourself or do you have any help? To anyone that is interested here is a site that will give you the current value of silver coins both USD and CAN coins.

http://www.coinflation.com/

Also do many banks have bags or boxes of half dollars? If so what is the price generally for a bag? Thanks a bunch,
-K

Half dollars are hit and miss, but most banks can order some for you if you ask them to. A box is typ. $500. Bags vary by bank, $100, $500, or $1000 or whatever they have on hand from what I have seen.

I do all my searching myself with the exception of rare help from my kids (6 and 9).