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: I'm almost reluctant to get back into DIME hunting due to your heavy exposures to the families of skunks.

Every area's different...you might have better luck where you live.

 

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[Sleepy Holow]

Tuesday
Dimes
Box 1: 1950D
Box 2: 1964D
Box 3: 1951D, 1954
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: 1964
Box 6: skunk
Box 7: 1951
$50 MWR: skunk
$40 CWR: skunk

Coin Counter: 1968 10 Cents (CAN) NiCu

Found same number of FDRs today as I did all of last week.

 

[Dozer D]

I'm really surprised that you have Not found that 1953 yet

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Wednesday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964 //2007 CAN
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: skunk

Coin Counter: $1.25, 2007 25 Cents "Hockey" (CAN), 1983 10 Cents (CAN)

Getting a little discouraged with the tougher to open rolls...fingers are hurting. Might have to figure out a better way to open these things.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

I'm really surprised that you have Not found that 1953 yet

Yeah, he's hangin' in there! Feel like it should be any week now...

 

[Megalodon]

Wednesday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964 //2007 CAN
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: skunk

Coin Counter: $1.25, 2007 25 Cents "Hockey" (CAN), 1983 10 Cents (CAN)

Getting a little discouraged with the tougher to open rolls...fingers are hurting. Might have to figure out a better way to open these things.

I got some dimes with tough rolled crimps on both ends. Wound up using a small cutting pliers to snip the crimp.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Getting a little discouraged with the tougher to open rolls...fingers are hurting. Might have to figure out a better way to open these things.

I got some dimes with tough rolled crimps on both ends. Wound up using a small cutting pliers to snip the crimp.

Might have to try that. It's just coin roll hunting...it shouldn't be this hard!

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Thursday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: 1956D, 1963D //[2010,16] CAN
$105 MWR: skunk
$200 CWR: 1946, 1963D

 

[Dozer D]

Sleepy & Mega: when I open up MWR's I use a small 1-2 inch blade pocket knife, poke the ends and rip off, unroll in your palm of your hand, rim check, then dump in bucket. It's almost like gutting a fish. Unless your date checking, I was able to go thru a box very quickly.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Friday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964
Box 2: 1943 MERC, 1957D, 1963D
Box 3: skunk //[1993,99] CAN
$400 MWR: 1947
$40 CWR: skunk

Coin Counter: 1943 Steel Cent

Not every day you get two 1943 coins from different denominations. The steelie has a lot of detail, too. Take a look:


1943 Steel Cent, Obverse and Reverse

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy's Most Wanted List

Week Results Dimes $5335 (21.34 boxes) - 15 FDRs and 1 Merc Notable: 1943 Steel Cent Total Ag: 1.157 oz Nice recovery after last week's disaster of just 6 silver FDRs. This week's good results make 3 of the last 4 weeks with 15 or more FDRs and 7 of the last 8 weeks with 10 or more FDRs. As for the Most Wanted hunt, my model is now telling me I need to find 42 FDRs on average to fill the next hole. We've found 22 FDRs since the '47S a few weeks back, so it's looking like we're on track for somewhere around 8 Nov for the next find. Although, you never know what's in that next box! HH! LAST MOST WANTED FIND: 1947S (11 Oct 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

 

[Immy]

...my model is now telling me...

As a fellow numbers junkie, I so admire that you've broken this down to statistical probability. Yet also disappointed that it will end in March when you move cities again. Only the great GMan came close to being this analytical with his figures. I only wish more would do it here. Heck, I wish more people would simply post their pics vertically and list dates! Alas, not everyone can be Rosco53.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

As a fellow numbers junkie, I so admire that you've broken this down to statistical probability. Yet also disappointed that it will end in March when you move cities again. Only the great GMan came close to being this analytical with his figures. I only wish more would do it here. Heck, I wish more people would simply post their pics vertically and list dates! Alas, not everyone can be Rosco53.

GMan is in the CRHing Hall of Fame! Only wish I woulda found the hobby a few years earlier. Yeah, I love number crunching...but in reality, my spreadsheets simply hold me over until I can get my hands on the next roll!

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Biggest Day of the Year Sees the Fall of Category 2: Find #44

Tuesday Dimes Box 1: 1964D(x2), 1965 80% (CAN) //1981 1/2 Franc (SUI), 1985 CAN Box 2: 1946, 1964 Box 3: 1914 Barber Dime , 1964 //1991 5 Pence Box 4: 1957D, 1959, 1961D, 1964D Box 5: 1964D Box 6: 1953, 1964D Box 7: skunk! Coin Counter: [1981, 88] 10 Cents (CAN) ARE.YOU.KIDDING.MEEEE?!?!?! My first ever Barber Dime is followed up by a Most Wanted Find!!! UNBELIEVABLE!!! This is my first barber dime, but third barber coin. I had a good bit of beginner's luck when I found a 1907 and a 1907D in my first $9066 searched for halves. Today's 1914 is pretty slick, but I'll celebrate her the rest of the year. Only took over $174,105 in dimes searched to find this beauty. Let us not lose focus here though; the 1953's reign of terror has ended...EVERY PHILLY HAS NOW BEEN FOUND! Big, big day...that's 44 down, 4 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

1953, Obverse and Reverse


1914 Barber Dime, Obverse and Reverse

 

[Immy]

Woo hoo!!! And you predicted it!

Yeah, he's hangin' in there! Feel like it should be any week now...

But no way you could have guessed his 105-year-old companion. That's a stellar find right there, and only 74 more Barbers to go! That 1894-S is a toughie.

On to the Roosie Final Four!

 

[Sleepy Holow]

On to the Roosie Final Four!

This is how the Most Wanted hunt has felt over the last several weeks...



Wednesday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964D
Box 2: 1946, 1958D, 1964D(x2)
Box 3: 1960, 1960D, 1964
Box 4: 1956, 1957, 1962D //First find with four rolls to go and two finds in final roll!
Box 5: skunk

Coin Counter: 1917 Wheat Cent //Pretty slick

Man, two days in a row of double digit silver finds! Good batch this week from the courier...musta found the right pallet!

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Thursday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: 1959D
Box 3: 1952D
Box 4: 1936D MERC //NEW FIND!!! Also, [2003, 11] CAN

Coin Counter: 2006 50 Kobo (Nigeria), 2016 25 Cents (CAN)

SKUNK OR TREAT!! Well, we got one of each. Today's 1936D is my 24th unique mercury dime find in the 77 coin set. This merc had a little bit over 16M minted, my second lowest so far. (1916S - 10.45M)


1936D Mercury Dime, Obverse and Reverse

 

[Dozer D]

It's getting harder to find silver lately, but that much more difficult to pull a merc. I myself just pulled a 41-P merc the other day. Maybe a sequel to that movie "Mercury Rising", with more to come. Might be someone scattered a Mercury collection across the country.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Might be someone scattered a Mercury collection across the country.

You know Dozer, you might be onto something...

Friday
Dimes
Box 1: 1942 MERC, 1953D, 1959D
Box 2: 1941D MERC, 1954, 1964
$170 MWR: 1947S //[1973, 2011] CAN
$30 CWR: skunk

Coin Counter: 2011 25 Cents (CAN)

Wow! First multi-mercury dime day of 2019 and my 4th all-time. Got that 'S' mint FDR in the machine wrapped rolls and set it aside till the end...Another '47S! Next time...

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Sleepy's Most Wanted List

Week Results Dimes $4700 (18.80 boxes) - 30 FDRs (1 NEW), 3 Mercs (1 NEW), and 1 Barber (1 NEW) Notable: 1965 80% Canadian, 1917 Wheat Total Ag: 2.519 oz Best week of 2019! Volume was slightly down, but finds and silver totals were both 2019 highs. How does this week compare in terms of my best weeks all-time in the Most Wanted hunt? 1) 70 FDRs on $3000 searched (16-21 Dec 2013) 2) 50 FDRs on $3000 searched (23-28 Dec 2013) >3) 30 FDRs on $4700 searched (28-2 Nov 2019) 4) 19 FDRs on $5165 searched (29-3 Aug 2013) 5) 17 FDRs on $6050 searched (20-25 May 2013) LAST MOST WANTED FIND: 1953 (29 Oct 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