Sleepys Most Wanted (Roosevelt Dimes)

[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy's Most Wanted (Roosevelt Dimes)

After having searched through $7,110 worth of dimes, I figured I'd get a Whitman Coin book (1946-1964 Dimes). I'm going to make it my goal to fill it by the end of the year! To the right is my "Most Wanted" List to help keep track of my progress. I want all of my finds to be from CRHing, so I won't be purchasing any of them. Here goes nothing!

1)1955 2)1949-S 3)1955-D 4)1955-S 5)1950-S 6)1954-S 7)1949-D 8)1946-S 9)1949 10)1951-S 11)1958 12)1947-S

13)1948-S 14)1953-S 15)1952-S 16)1950-D 17)1947-D 18)1950 19)1948-D 20)1953 21)1951-D 22)1946-D 23)1960 24)1962

25)1948 26)1959 27)1961 28)1952 29)1951 30)1954-D 31)1956-D 32)1956 33)1957-D 34)1954 35)1947 36)1952-D

37)1963 38)1953-D 39)1958-D 40)1957 41)1959-D 42)1960-D 43)1961-D 44)1946 45)1962-D 46)1963-D 47)1964 48)1964-D gray = found black = Wanted

 

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[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy's Most Wanted List

Week Results Dimes $5030 (20.12 boxes) - 12 FDRs and 1 Merc Notables: 1992S Proof Dime, 1967 10 Cents 50% Ag (CAN), 3 40% halves, rusted out steelie Total Ag: 1.422 oz //New area record! It was a fun week with a good variety of coins. I gotta tell you though...I'm really fiending to see Find #41. LAST MOST WANTED FIND: 1948S (26 Jun 2019)

Category 1 1)1949-S 2)1955 3)1955-D 4)1950-S 5)1955-S 6)1946-S 7)1949-D 8)1954-S 9)1949 10)1947-S 11)1951-S 12)1948-S ---------------

Category 2 13)1958 14)1953-S 15)1947-D 16)1950-D 17)1952-S 18)1948-D 19)1950 20)1946-D 21)1951-D 22)1953 23)1948 24)1960 ---------------

Category 3 25)1962 26)1952 27)1951 28)1959 29)1947 30)1954-D 31)1961 32)1954 33)1956-D 34)1956 35)1952-D 36)1957-D ---------------

Category 4 37)1953-D 38)1958-D 39)1963 40)1957 41)1959-D 42)1946 43)1960-D 44)1961-D 45)1962-D 46)1963-D 47)1964 48)1964-D --------------- gray = found black = WANTED

 

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[Sleepy Holow]

Persistence Pays Off: FIND #41

Today was a very special day for me. I came into the week having found 495 silver Rosies in my CRHing career. During Box 4, I declared to my wife that I had found #500 only to pull a Swiss 1/2 Franc out of the roll...rookie mistake! When I found the actual 500th Rosie, I looked at the reverse and saw no mint mark. I thought, "man, how fitting would it be to flip over a 1953 right now to fill my final Philly hole." It was not meant to be; however, something even better was on the way. With just three dime rolls remaining on the day, I opened the next roll to reveal a silver dime. Looked at the mint mark first as usual to reveal a 'D'. Thought to myself, "Well, it's gotta be a '49 or '55"...AND IT WAS!!! 1949!!! It's been 90 long days between finds...I was beginning to wonder. I know it's only going to get tougher with each hole that gets filled, but yeah, really special day. What does the 500th FDR milestone mean in the grand scheme of things? As I've said before, 918 is the magic number. On average, a CRHer should need to find 918 silver Rosies to complete the 48 coin set. Today's six FDRs just put us that much closer to our end goal. 41 Rosies down...7 to go! Monday No CRH Tuesday Dimes Box 1: 1963 Box 2: skunk Box 3: 1950, 1964(x2) Box 4: skunk //1985 1/2 Franc (SUI) Box 5: 1957 //500th All-Time CRH'd FDR Box 6: skunk //2001 5 Pence (UK) Box 7: skunk Box 8: skunk $245 MWR: skunk $55 CWR: 1949D //NEW FIND!! Halves $2 loose: skunk

Category 1 1)1949-S 2)1955 3)1955-D 4)1950-S 5)1955-S 6)1946-S 7)1949-D 8)1954-S 9)1949 10)1947-S 11)1951-S 12)1948-S ---------------

Category 2 13)1958 14)1953-S 15)1947-D 16)1950-D 17)1952-S 18)1948-D 19)1950 20)1946-D 21)1951-D 22)1953 23)1948 24)1960 ---------------

Category 3 25)1962 26)1952 27)1951 28)1959 29)1947 30)1954-D 31)1961 32)1954 33)1956-D 34)1956 35)1952-D 36)1957-D ---------------

Category 4 37)1953-D 38)1958-D 39)1963 40)1957 41)1959-D 42)1946 43)1960-D 44)1961-D 45)1962-D 46)1963-D 47)1964 48)1964-D --------------- gray = found black = WANTED

1949D Obverse and Reverse

 

[Immy]

Woo hoo!

Congrats! Only seven to go. I'm shooting for the '53 to be next, and faster than 90 days hopefully.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Wednesday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: 1935 MERC //2000 CAN
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: 1946, 1959
$140 CWR: 1948D

Coin Counter: 19?? Magnetic Wheat, 1978 25 Cents (CAN)
Reject Tray: 1984 10 Cents (CAN)

 

[Sleepy Holow]

I'm shooting for the '53 to be next...

Heck, at this point, I'm almost rooting for the '53 to be last. He's a fighter, and you gotta like that.

 

[Dozer D]

Sleepy: my offer to you still holds, before I have to dump them all.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Thursday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: skunk
$155 CWR: 1964D //1999 10 Stotinki (Bulgaria) - First Bulgarian coin

Halves
$8.50 loose: skunk

Quarters
$140 CWR: skunk

Nickels
$24 CWR: skunk

Cents
$20 CWR: 1935, 1942D, 1946, 1948D, 1950, 1955D, 1957D //1957 1 Cent (CAN)

Other Canadian: C$1.44

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Dimes
Box 1: skunk
$50 MWR: skunk
$525 CWR: skunk //1968 Magnetic Canadian

Reject Tray: 1958D Dime

 

[Immy]

How hilarious would it be to find the next one in a reject tray?

 

[Sleepy Holow]

How hilarious would it be to find the next one in a reject tray?

I was definitely hoping for just that...That would be the icing on the cake to say the least!

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy's Most Wanted List

Week Results Dimes $5170 (20.68 boxes) - 11 FDRs (1 New) and 1 Merc Big week finding the 1949D. I reattacked my predictive model that GMan and I worked on back in 2013. He suggested that there be some sort of geographical factor in the model to adjust for if you're in the San Francisco, Denver, or Philadelphia operating zones. Well let me tell you, I was finding an abnormally large number of 'D' FDRs when I lived fairly close to Colorado. Now that I'm not terribly far from Philadelphia, I'm finding an abnormally large number of no mint mark FDRs. This year, after 116 FDRs found, my distribution of finds looks like this: P - 54.31% (39.29% of set) D - 40.52% (56.33% of set) S - 5.17% (4.38% of set) Basically, my updated model is showing me that the top 5 toughest dime for me to find based on my region of the country are 1955D, 1949D, 1949S, 1955, and 1947D. That makes this week's 1949D all the better in my opinion. Am I going to reorganize the Most Wanted List? Probably not. Still have seven left to find either way. Looking forward to finding the next one! HH Total Ag: 0.868 oz LAST MOST WANTED FIND: 1949D (24 Sep 2019)

Category 1 1)1949-S 2)1955 3)1955-D 4)1950-S 5)1955-S 6)1946-S 7)1949-D 8)1954-S 9)1949 10)1947-S 11)1951-S 12)1948-S ---------------

Category 2 13)1958 14)1953-S 15)1947-D 16)1950-D 17)1952-S 18)1948-D 19)1950 20)1946-D 21)1951-D 22)1953 23)1948 24)1960 ---------------

Category 3 25)1962 26)1952 27)1951 28)1959 29)1947 30)1954-D 31)1961 32)1954 33)1956-D 34)1956 35)1952-D 36)1957-D ---------------

Category 4 37)1953-D 38)1958-D 39)1963 40)1957 41)1959-D 42)1946 43)1960-D 44)1961-D 45)1962-D 46)1963-D 47)1964 48)1964-D --------------- gray = found black = WANTED

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Monday
No CRH

Tuesday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964
Box 2: 1958D, 1959 //1976 CAN
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: 1952D, 1961D
Box 5: skunk
Box 6: skunk //2005 CAN
Box 7: skunk
Box 8: 1954, 1961D //1985 CAN
$100 MWR: 1942S MERC //NEW FIND!
$55 CWR: skunk

Nickels
Box 1: 1945P(x2) //Same roll. Also, 1939D!

The bank that I got the 1949D from last week was out of CWRs, so I just got the $100 MWR that produced my 23rd unique Mercury Dime. Man, that bank is killin' it for me lately! That's 15 of 18 1940's mercs found and 23 of 77 in the entire set. Also, my main pickup bank vault manager said she accidentally "added a zero" to a nickel order and now she's got way too many boxes. She asked if I would help her out. I obliged and ended up with the second lowest minted Jefferson in the set (and some silver to boot). See, it pays to be nice...literally!


Today's Finds


1942S and 1939D
Obverse and Reverse

 

[Megalodon]

Adding an extra zero to a coin order is pretty funny. That must have been a lot of nickels!

Congrats on the 49-D and the mercs!

 

[Immy]

Great pulls! Primo condition on that 39-D, must be from a collection.

One thing I've noticed about Jeff. nickels, is that the better the condition of the obverse, the more likely it'll be a D or S mint, especially the tougher dates. A good amount of my 48-S & 49-S nickels are not overly worn, but the 48/49-P's show heavy wear.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Wednesday
Dimes
Box 1: 1936 MERC, 1964D
Box 2: 1948, 1959D //1976 CAN
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk //1972 CAN
$100 MWR: skunk
$50 CWR: skunk

Halves
$50 CWR: skunk //Very evidently a dump.

Coin Counter: $5.78 , [1982, 1988(x2)] 25 Cents (CAN), [2008, 2016] 1 Penny (UK), 2004 1 Euro Cent (FRA), Freedom Token

A pile of coins welcomed me today when I went to dump. That's always nice. It helps offset the inevitable errors that the coins counter makes. The 1936 mercury dime was gun metal gray. I thought it might be something really cool like my first Barber Dime, but that day will have to wait.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Adding an extra zero to a coin order is pretty funny. That must have been a lot of nickels!

I think she said instead of 3 it was 30, but don't hold me to it.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

One thing I've noticed about Jeff. nickels, is that the better the condition of the obverse, the more likely it'll be a D or S mint, especially the tougher dates.

That's good info from the Nickel King. Makes sense what you're saying..I'll be on the lookout for that in the future.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

The Most Wanted Dime of 'em All: Find #42

Thursday Dimes Box 1: skunk // 1983 10 Cents (PAN) Box 2: skunk Box 3: 1949S //NEW FIND!! Box 4: skunk $130 CWR: skunk //2004 CAN Halves $4.50 loose: skunk Coin Counter: 1981 25 Cents (CAN), 2004 10 Cents (CAN), 2007 10 Euro Cent (AUT), 2002 5 Euro Cent (NED), 2013 2 Euro Cent (AUT), 2017 2 Euro Cent (SVN), 2015 1 Euro Cent (SVN) You know, all I found today in the way of silver was a 1949S...everything else was skunksville. To be honest, I would rather this than ten 1964D's. I saw the 'S' and kept it off to the side until I finished searching everything else. Then I brought it to my wife and went through all the 'S' dates till she said "Yes", starting with the already found and moving up the list. After she said no to every other 'S', I knew the '49S was had! Huge day here for the Most Wanted hunt; down goes #1! At this rate, we'll be done in no time. That's 42 down...6 to go!

Category 1 1)1949-S 2)1955 3)1955-D 4)1950-S 5)1955-S 6)1946-S 7)1949-D 8)1954-S 9)1949 10)1947-S 11)1951-S 12)1948-S ---------------

Category 2 13)1958 14)1953-S 15)1947-D 16)1950-D 17)1952-S 18)1948-D 19)1950 20)1946-D 21)1951-D 22)1953 23)1948 24)1960 ---------------

Category 3 25)1962 26)1952 27)1951 28)1959 29)1947 30)1954-D 31)1961 32)1954 33)1956-D 34)1956 35)1952-D 36)1957-D ---------------

Category 4 37)1953-D 38)1958-D 39)1963 40)1957 41)1959-D 42)1946 43)1960-D 44)1961-D 45)1962-D 46)1963-D 47)1964 48)1964-D --------------- gray = found black = WANTED

1949S, Obverse and Reverse

This coin has seen better days, but she's a beaut to me!

 

[Immy]

Woo hoo! Big congrats on the 49-S.

Can you feel the momentum shifting? All you need a nice dream box with a dozen or so and you could tick off a couple more.

And wow, that '53 is hanging tough.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Can you feel the momentum shifting?

No kidding! That 90 day drought over the summer was rough. Now that fall is here, we've got Most Wanted Dimes, New Mercs, rare Jefferson Nickels...just gotta push through the skunks to get to the good stuff.