Finds from 08-18-2009 through 08-31-2009

[GMan00001]

I already had posted my finds from the first half of the month and my one road trip....this is the rest of August (just finished the last bag of pennies)...


What was picked up...
13.50 in loose half dollars
1 - $1000 bag of quarters
2 - $500 bags of quarters
1 - $1000 bag of dimes
2 - $500 bags of dimes
4 - $100 bag of nickels
7 - $50 bags of pennies


In the half dollars
12 - 40% Kennedy (1965(4), 1966, 1967(6), 1968-D)

$1000 bag of quarters
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nada

$500 bag of quarters #1
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1 Canadian (1975)

$500 bag of quarters #2
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skunk

$1000 bag of dimes
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8 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1953-D, 1957, 1959-D, 1960-D, 1961-D, 1962-D, 1964-D(2))

3 Canadian (1968 Nickel V-Shaped Grooves, 1984, 1992)

2 Foreign (China, 1 Fen (1977), South Korea, 10 Won (2007))

$500 dime bag #1
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3 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1946-D, 1964(2))

1 Canadian (1986)


$500 dime bag #2
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2 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1949-D, 1960-D)

1 Canadian (1980)

$100 nickel bag #1
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1 - 1945-S War Nickel
29 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1939(2), 1940-D(2), 1941(3), 1941-D, 1946, 1947-S, 1948-D, 1949-D, 1952-D, 1953, 1953-D, 1953-S, 1954, 1954-D, 1955-D, 1956-D, 1957-D(3), 1958-D(3), 1959, 1959-D(2))

1 Foreign (Great Britain, 1 New Penny (1989))
1 Penny

$100 nickel bag #2
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20 pre-1960 Jefferson (1940(2), 1940-S, 1941-D, 1942, 1948-S, 1953(4), 1954, 1955-D, 1957-D, 1958-D(5), 1959-D(2))

3 Canadian (1982(2), 1998)

$100 nickel bag #3
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1 - 1938-D <--- semi-key still needed for my roll of this variety.
1 - 1942-P War Nickel
20 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1938, 1939(4), 1940, 1940-S, 1946(2), 1946-D(2), 1948(3), 1949-D, 1953-D, 1954-D, 1955-D, 1959-D(2))

5 Canadian (1989(2), 1998(3))

$100 nickel bag #4
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1 - 1943-S War Nickel
1 - 1944-D War Nickel
1 - 1945-S War Nickel

38 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1939, 1940(3), 1940-D, 1941, 1941-D, 1941-S Small S, 1946(2), 1949, 1949-D(2), 1951, 1953-D(2), 1954(2), 1954-S(2), 1955-D(3), 1956-D(2), 1957, 1957-D(4), 1958-D(4), 1959-D(4))

6 Canadian (1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001)

$50 Penny bag #1
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14 wheat pennies (1930-D, 1940, 1941(2), 1944, 1948, 1949, 1949-D, 1956, 1956-D(2), 1957-D(2), 1958-D)

21 Canadian (1957, 1961, 1964, 1972(2), 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987(2), 1994, 1995, 1997(3), 1998, 1999(3))

$50 Penny bag #2
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10 wheat pennies (1945-D, 1947-D, 1951-D, 1952-D, 1953-S, 1955, 1955-D, 1957-D(3))

32 Canadian (1962, 1964(2), 1966(2), 1967(2), 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976(2), 1977, 1978(2), 1981(2), 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989(2), 1991, 1993(2), 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 Royal Diademed)

$50 Penny bag #3
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20 wheat pennies (1941(2), 1942-D, 1944, 1947-D, 1950, 1950-D, 1951-D, 1952, 1952-D(2), 1953-D, 1955-D(2), 1956-D(2), 1957(2), 1957-D(2))

30 Canadian (1952, 1962, 1963, 1965(2), 1969, 1973, 1974(4), 1975, 1976(3), 1977, 1978(2), 1982(2), 1987(2), 1989(3), 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005(2))

$50 Penny bag #4
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19 wheat pennies (1909 VDB, 1940(2), 1941, 1944-D, 1946(2), 1946-D(2), 1948-D, 1951-S, 1953-D(3), 1955, 1956-D(2), 1957-D(2))

28 Canadian (1957, 1963(2), 1967, 1968, 1970(2), 1972, 1974, 1979(2), 1981(4), 1987, 1994(2), 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001(2), 2002, 2005(2), 2006)

$50 Penny bag #5
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15 wheat pennies (1929-D, 1940, 1945-D, 1946(2), 1946-D, 1949-D(2), 1951, 1951-D, 1952-D(2), 1957-D, 1958-D(2))

15 Canadian (1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974(2), 1976, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993, 2005)

1 Quarter
1 Dime

$50 Penny bag #6
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16 wheat pennies (1920-S, 1936, 1939, 1942, 1942-D, 1944, 1945-S, 1946, 1946-D, 1949-D, 1953-D(2), 1955-D, 1956-D, 1957-D, 1958-D)

25 Canadian (1964, 1967, 1968(2), 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976(2), 1978(3), 1981(2), 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1998, 1999(3), 2000(2), 2004)

1 Foreign (France, 1/2 France (1966))

1 nose piece rubber bumper for glasses

$50 Penny bag #7
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14 wheat pennies (1944(2), 1945-D, 1948-S, 1949-D, 1950, 1950-D, 1952-D(2), 1956-D(2), 1957-D(2), 1958-D)

13 Canadian (1964, 1965(2), 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997)

1 Nickel

 

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[enamel7]

Nice numbers as always Gman! Great find on the 1909vdb. What is the condition?
HH
Gilbert

 

[spartacus53]

Good grief you must have the patience of a saint. I am looking at the amount of coins you have gone through and I'm dizzy. I saw that you went through $2,000 in quarters and only found 1 keeper, that is sad for all the effort you put in.

 

[thurmownator]

Thorough, well documented............and successful. Way to go there Gman; especially on the 38d nickel and 09 vdb cent.

Kudos.

 

[mrbelvetron]

Did you see the reverse with the VDB first or see the plain 1909 obverse first? That's one of those heart attack causing coins if you see the reverse first.

 

[GMan00001]

Did you see the reverse with the VDB first or see the plain 1909 obverse first? That's one of those heart attack causing coins if you see the reverse first.

I believe I saw the reverse first. Unlike some of you, I have never come close to having a heart attack from finding something. I kind of expect it and just think it's pretty cool. Definitely will say I usually smile when I find the rarer stuff or when I find a collection that was dumped, but I don't do any special dance or anything.

Nice numbers as always Gman! Great find on the 1909vdb. What is the condition?
HH
Gilbert

I don't remember exactly, but it was in pretty good shape, the VDB was clearly visible to the naked eye (sometimes they require magnification to pick out).

Good grief you must have the patience of a saint. I am looking at the amount of coins you have gone through and I'm dizzy. I saw that you went through $2,000 in quarters and only found 1 keeper, that is sad for all the effort you put in.

Quarters are extremely quick to search as they are big and easy to pick up out of the bag and edge search...probably was all of an hour tops for the whole bunch and I don't really expect much from them. Only hoping to find 1 per every $1000 and I have gone through streaks for $8000 or so before with nothing. It's the biggest hole in my collection outside of gold coins and silver dollars which are about impossible to find in circulation.

And yes I have a ton of patience, good eyesight, and a lot of time at night when the world is asleep and I am not.

 

[JasonB]

Gman,

I love the stats. Thanks for sharing.

JasonB

 

[sir]

great job on the vdb, now thats a great find