I/We (my daughters and I) found two amazing firsts at nearly the exact same instant.
I had acquired $360 in halves from a small town bank. The rolls were what I would call Bank Wrapped Rolls. You could tell they were commercial wrappers and machine crimped, but they were much looser than a Loomis wrapped roll. I started my girls opening them and then went to sorting a bag of dimes through the Franken-Sorter. These girls are 5 and 6 and really into CRH. I couldn't be prouder of them. They both can spot a silver edge without fail (I do double check all that they search though).
Before I even got started with my dimes in the basement, I heard them each yelling "SILVER" one after another. After the 5th or 6th such outburst, I couldn't help but dash up the stairs to see what all of the clatter was. Sure enough they had 2 90% and 5 40% laid out between them. As I walked up, the younger one had just found a British Penny. I had found them before, but this was her first (not the amazing find I was talking about though). After surveying their success, I headed back to the basement to do my dimes. Their shouts of "Silver" kept ringing.
About 10-12minutes into my dime sort, the Franken-Sorter spits out an amazing looking 1907 Barber Dime - the first I've found. I stopped the machine and started heading up the stairs to show this beauty to the family. The older girl was on her way down to show me that she just found a coin like sister's "just this one is silver" she says. It wasn't a silver British Penny though, it was a Seated Half. The obverse of that half does look a little like the reverse of a British Penny after all - at least to a 6 year old it does.
I found it quite remarkable that we found these awesome coins at nearly the exact same instant.
The halves produced 4x '64 Kens; 8x 40% Kens; 1853 Seated; 1946 British Penny; and 2 president dollars (another first - president dollars in half rolls
). The $1000 in dimes produced 4 Ag Rosies and the 1907 Barber.
I had acquired $360 in halves from a small town bank. The rolls were what I would call Bank Wrapped Rolls. You could tell they were commercial wrappers and machine crimped, but they were much looser than a Loomis wrapped roll. I started my girls opening them and then went to sorting a bag of dimes through the Franken-Sorter. These girls are 5 and 6 and really into CRH. I couldn't be prouder of them. They both can spot a silver edge without fail (I do double check all that they search though).
Before I even got started with my dimes in the basement, I heard them each yelling "SILVER" one after another. After the 5th or 6th such outburst, I couldn't help but dash up the stairs to see what all of the clatter was. Sure enough they had 2 90% and 5 40% laid out between them. As I walked up, the younger one had just found a British Penny. I had found them before, but this was her first (not the amazing find I was talking about though). After surveying their success, I headed back to the basement to do my dimes. Their shouts of "Silver" kept ringing.
About 10-12minutes into my dime sort, the Franken-Sorter spits out an amazing looking 1907 Barber Dime - the first I've found. I stopped the machine and started heading up the stairs to show this beauty to the family. The older girl was on her way down to show me that she just found a coin like sister's "just this one is silver" she says. It wasn't a silver British Penny though, it was a Seated Half. The obverse of that half does look a little like the reverse of a British Penny after all - at least to a 6 year old it does.
I found it quite remarkable that we found these awesome coins at nearly the exact same instant.
The halves produced 4x '64 Kens; 8x 40% Kens; 1853 Seated; 1946 British Penny; and 2 president dollars (another first - president dollars in half rolls
). The $1000 in dimes produced 4 Ag Rosies and the 1907 Barber.
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