Finds from 04-03-2012 through 04-30-2012

[GMan00001]

The pickups:

4 boxes of half dollars
4 - $500 bags of quarters
1 - $1000 bag of dimes
2 - $500 bag of dimes
1 box of dimes
1 - $200 bag of nickels
5 - $100 bag of nickels
7 - $50 bags of pennies

The finds:

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$500 Half Dollar Box #1
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3 - 40% Kennedy (1967(2), 1969-D)
1 Commemorative (1995-S Olympic Games Basketball)
11 NIFC Kennedy (2002-P, 2003-D, 2009-P(4), 2009-D(5))

1 Foreign (Ireland, 1 Pound (1995))

1 Religious Token

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$500 Half Dollar Box #2
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1 NIFC Kennedy (2006-P)

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$500 Half Dollar Box #3
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1 Proof (1976-S)
1 NIFC Kennedy (2004-P)

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$500 Half Dollar Box #4
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1 Guitar Pick

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$500 Quarter Bag #1
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1 pre-1965 Washington (1944)

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$500 Quarter Bag #2
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1 pre-1965 Washington (1943)

1 Foreign (Colombia, 200 Pesos (2006))

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$500 Quarter Bag #3
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Skunk

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$500 Quarter Bag #4
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1 Foreign (South Korea, 100 Won (2005))

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$1000 Dime Bag
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2 Mercury (1937-D, 1943)
9 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1953-D, 1957-D, 1959-D, 1961-D(2), 1962-D, 1964(2), 1964-D)

1 Canadian (2000)
1 Foreign (Australia, 1 Cent (1988))

2 Quarters
1 Nickel
3 Pennies

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$500 Dime Bag #1
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5 pre-1964 Roosevelt (1946-D, 1956-D, 1958-D, 1964-D(2))

1 Canadian (1956)

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$500 Dime Bag #2
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1 pre-1964 Roosevelt (1952-D)

2 Canadian (1962, 1982)
1 Foreign (Bahamas, 1 Cent (2009))

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$250 Dime Box
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1 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1964-D)

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$200 Nickel Bag
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1 - 1943-S War Nickel
1 - 1944-S War Nickel
57 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1938, 1940(5), 1940-D, 1941(2), 1941-D, 1941-S Small S, 1942, 1946(3), 1946-D, 1946-S, 1947, 1947-D(2), 1947-S(2), 1948(4), 1951, 1952-S(3), 1953-D(3), 1954, 1954-D(3), 1956-D, 1957(2), 1957-D(3), 1958-D(10), 1959-D(4))

25 Canadian (1968, 1976, 1978(2), 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987(7), 1988(4), 1989(2), 1994(2), 1996 Far 6, 1999)
3 Foreign (Great Britain, 20 Pence (1990), Taiwan, 1 Yuan (1981), United Arab Emirates, 25 Fils (1995))

2 Paritally Flattened Pennies

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$100 Nickel Bag #1
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1 - 1945-S War Nickel
20 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1940, 1941, 1941-D, 1941-S Small S, 1942, 1947, 1948(2), 1949, 1952, 1952-D, 1954-D(2), 1956, 1957-D(2), 1958-D, 1959-D(3))

2 Canadian (1995, 2007--RCM)

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$100 Nickel Bag #2
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21 pre-1960 Jefferson (1938, 1941-S Small S, 1947-S, 1948, 1949, 1949-D, 1949-S, 1952-D, 1954-D(3), 1955-D, 1957-D, 1958-D(3), 1959, 1959-D(4))

4 Canadian (1977 High 7, 1988, 1999, 2000)

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$100 Nickel Bag #3
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1 - 1944-D War Nickel
24 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1939(2), 1940, 1941(2), 1941-D, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953-D, 1954-D, 1956-D, 1957-D(4), 1958-D(5), 1959-D(2))

2 Canadian (1983, 1995)
2 Foreign (Japan, 1 Yen (1965), Switzerland, 20 Rappen (1971))

1 Dime
2 Pennies
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$100 Nickel Bag #4
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1 Buffalo (1936)
25 pre-1960 Jefferson (1940, 1941, 1941-D, 1946(2), 1947, 1948-D, 1949, 1952(2), 1952-D, 1953, 1953-D(2), 1954-D, 1955-D, 1956-D, 1957-D(3), 1958-D(3), 1959, 1959-D)

2 Canadian (1998, 2000)

1 Dime

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$100 Nickel Bag #5
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1 Buffalo (1936)
1 - 1944-P War Nickel
1 - 1945-P War Nickel
1 - 1945-S War Nickel
29 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1940, 1940-D(2), 1940-S, 1941(2), 1941-D, 1942, 1946-D, 1946-S, 1948(2), 1949, 1953, 1953-S, 1954-D(2), 1954-S, 1957-D(2), 1958, 1958-D(3), 1959, 1959-D(4))

4 Canadian (1982, 1986, 1986, 1999)

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$50 Penny Bag #1
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17 wheat pennies (1934, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1944-D, 1946, 1946-S, 1947-D, 1949, 1949-D, 1950-D, 1952-D, 1956-D, 1957-D(4))

19 Canadian (1953 No Shoulder Fold, 1963, 1968, 1974(2), 1980, 1983 Far Beads(2), 1985 Blunt 5(2), 1987, 1988, 1995(2), 1998(2), 2000, 2003 Uncrowned, 2006 Copper Plated Zinc)

1 Dime

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$50 Penny Bag #2
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17 wheat pennies (1920, 1942-D, 1944, 1945-D, 1946-S, 1947-D(2), 1950-D, 1953-D, 1954-D(2), 1956-D(3), 1957-D(3))

18 Canadian (1960, 1964, 1965 Large Beads Blunt 5, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1975(2), 1985 Blunt 5, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000)

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$50 Penny Bag #3
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8 wheat pennies (1941(2), 1944, 1948-D, 1950, 1950-D, 1952-D, 1955-D)

27 Canadian (1943, 1964(2), 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1981(2), 1983 Far Beads, 1984(2), 1987, 1988(2), 1989(2), 1992, 1993, 1994(2), 1997, 2001, 2002(2), 2006 Copper Plated Zinc)

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$50 Penny Bag #4
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30 wheat pennies (1936(2), 1940, 1940-S, 1942, 1944(3), 1945, 1945-D, 1946-D(3), 1947, 1947-D, 1948(2), 1950, 1950-D, 1951-S(2), 1952, 1954-D(2), 1957, 1957-D(3), 1958, 1958-D)

26 Canadian (1941, 1963, 1964(3), 1965 Small Beads Blunt 5, 1966, 1967, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983 Far Beads, 1986(2), 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994(2), 1995, 1997, 1999(2), 2006 Copper Plated Zinc, 2011-RCM Copper Plated Zinc)

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$50 Penny Bag #5
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7 wheat pennies (1934-D, 1944, 1952-D, 1955-D, 1956-D(2), 1958)

21 Canadian (1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977(3), 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983 Far Beads, 1987, 1989(2), 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998(2))

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$50 Penny Bag #6
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14 wheat pennies (1918, 1936, 1941, 1948-D, 1950, 1950-D, 1952, 1953, 1953-D, 1955-D, 1957, 1957-D(2), 1958-D)

37 Canadian (1963(2), 1964, 1965 Large Beads Blunt 5, 1965 Small Beads Blunt 5, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1978(3), 1979(2), 1980, 1982, 1983 Far Beads, 1985 Blunt 5(3), 1986(2), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000(2), 2003-P Uncrowned, 2004, 2006 Copper Plated Zinc(2))

1 Possible blank planchet

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$50 Penny Bag #7
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1 Indian Head cent (1895)
10 wheat pennies (1925, 1940-D, 1944, 1945-D, 1946-D, 1947-D, 1951-D, 1955-D, 1956-D, 1958-D)

19 Canadian (1946, 1966, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1983 Far Beads(2), 1988(2), 1989, 1992(2), 1993(2), 1996, 1998, 2000(2))

1 Dime

 

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[TimZim]

Wow thats way to much!! Well as long as your having fun good for you. I don't look at dates at all!!!

 

[bobert]

Have you completed a set of silver Roosevelt dimes from circulation? If not, how close are you? I have nine left to find but it would be very difficult to finish because I only have low mintages left.

 

[Eldar11]

GMan, I have a question. I'm looking into starting nickels and I was wondering what the benefit of saving the pre 1960 nickels is. As I understand it, there is only silver in the war nickels.

 

[sagittarius98]

Have you completed a set of silver Roosevelt dimes from circulation? If not, how close are you? I have nine left to find but it would be very difficult to finish because I only have low mintages left.

None of the dimes have low mintages, so it shouldn't be too hard.

 

[Rascal]

2 Paritally Flattened Pennies

Those were mine. I left them laying on the train tracks somewhere.

Rascal

 

[GMan00001]

Have you completed a set of silver Roosevelt dimes from circulation? If not, how close are you? I have nine left to find but it would be very difficult to finish because I only have low mintages left.

Its been a goal of mine for years, but I still have 5 left if I remember right. 1958, one of the 1949's and all three from 1955 (well technically, I guess my son did get one of the 1955s when we first started, but it is in his collection)

 

[GMan00001]

GMan, I have a question. I'm looking into starting nickels and I was wondering what the benefit of saving the pre 1960 nickels is. As I understand it, there is only silver in the war nickels.

Before 1960, the mintage numbers are lower. Also, it is approximately in line with most other denominations

pennies (wheats end in 1958)
dimes and quarters (silver ends in 1964)
halves (silver ends in 1970)

A few of the key dates or ones in better shape have some value, but I don't think there is a big demand for pre-1960 nickels. For me, so long as I can afford to hold onto them, why not? Some people don't and that's fine with me. Collect what you can afford and enjoy collecting. This is a hobby for me and not a way to make money.

 

[GMan00001]

None of the dimes have low mintages, so it shouldn't be too hard.

I'll bet I'm either close or have gone through over 1 million dimes and I'm still missing 5 (at least I think it's 5).

Unless you get lucky, it's actually pretty difficult.

 

[BuffaloBoy]

nice totals, congrats on the awesome quarter scores, they are hard to come by, as well as the IHP... Keep up your monthly posts, I really enjoy reading them!
HH,
Buff