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]

Record Setting Box Delivers Find Number 29

Friday I found a record setting 4 dimes in one box today, including a 1956. Not only did I find my best dime box (in terms of volume), but I also got my first teller tray find today. It was a Georgia Quarter! Man, was that exciting. Dimes Box 1: skunk Box 2: skunk Box 3: 1959D, 1961D // 1990 5 Pence Box 4: skunk Box 5: skunk Box 6: 1956, 1961D (x2), 1964D //Record high for dimes in one box

Category 1 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 ---------------

Category 2 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 ---------------

Category 3 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 ---------------

Category 4 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

1999 Silver Proof Georgia Quarter //First Teller Tray Find

 

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[Sleepy Holow]

Find #30 Comes Sooner Than Later

Saturday It feels pretty good to fill two holes in two days! The Most Wanted List is down to 18 coins, 13 of which reside in the top 15. I'd like to find at least one top 15 dime by the end of the month. Oh, and I also found this other crazy coin. Dimes Box 1: skunk Box 2: skunk Box 3: skunk Box 4: 1964D Box 5: 1964D, 1941D MERC Box 6: skunk Box 7: 1963D // A Fantasy Coin of Constantine the Great $190 MWR: 1954 // NEW FIND!!

Category 1 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 ---------------

Category 2 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 ---------------

Category 3 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 ---------------

Category 4 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

Fantasy coin of Constantine the Great

Week Results

Dimes
14.76 Boxes: 10 FDR's, 1 MERC (2 New FDR's, 1 New MERC)

Halves
$40 MWR: skunk

Teller Tray
1 Silver Proof Georgia Quarter

Ag Total: 0.9765 oz

 

[Yinzi50]

Great thread, SH. I bought a Whitman folder 4 years ago and am trying to do the same thing. I will share some of my progress here too.

I only need 5 S-mints and 1 D-mint. On your list they would be: 5), 6), 7), 8), 10), and 12).
Somehow I've found 3 49S, 2 55D, and 2 55S. I am up to 650ish silver FDRs now and it may take another 650 silver FDRs to complete the set.

My best box so far has 28 silver dimes in it.

Wish the best,

 

[Sleepy Holow]

it may take another 650 silver FDRs to complete the set...

So my goal of finishing my FDR Dime Book by December 31st...

 

[sagittarius98]

Halfway Point Reached in the Search for Sleepy's Most Wanted

Friday Tried pushing the dime volume higher for the second straight day. Today was my highest volume of dimes yet with $1550 searched. I know I'm at the halfway point in terms of quantity, but I also understand that I still have quite a bit of work cut out for me in terms of the Category 1 finds. Dimes Box 1: skunk Box 2: 1964D(x2), 1954D // 24th Unique FDR in the 48 Coin Set Box 3: 1936 MERC, 1957D, 1961D, 1968 Canadian (Non-Ag), Israeli coin with a 1 on it Box 4: 1964D Box 5: skunk //All 2013P $280 MWR: 1964D $20 CWR: skunk

Category 1 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 ---------------

Category 2 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 ---------------

Category 3 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 ---------------

Category 4 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

The Israeli coin is a 1 sheqel, if it says "new sheqel" on the bottom. If not, it's a 1 agora.

 

[sagittarius98]

Friday Finds Pics

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Went to my LCS...1918 is in fact a 'P' mint. The 1967 coin is a chemistry experiment that was dipped in acid and the outer clad layer has been removed. At least that's his take and I'm assuming this to be correct.

The chemistry experiment theory is probably right.

 

[sagittarius98]

Looks like it's 90% silver! Win! Thanks for pointing that one out, Thorne. I did some research and it looks like 2M were minted in 1961. A slabbed MS64 went for $10.50 on ebay. The one that looked closest to mine went for $4.72. Kind of a strange spread there, but whatever...Thanks.

The Dominican dime is only worth melt, it is the same amount of silver as a US silver dime.

 

[sagittarius98]

I did find a 2008 Cayman Islands 1 cent(?) piece

The Cayman Islands coin is a 1 cent.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Mon - Thurs
No CRH

Friday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964, 1961D, 1963D
Box 2: 1940S MERC // Not the easiest MERC to find, but I seem to have found two now
Box 3: 1964D
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: skunk
Box 6: 1957D, 1958D
Box 7: skunk
Box 8: 1963D

Mixed CWR's
$30 Q: skunk
$2 N: skunk

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Saturday

I think I have a new official best box. Today's Box 6 brought a record tying 4 silver dimes; however, this box had a MERC and 2 foreigns which gives it the tie-breaker. Man, tough crowd today...you figure, you go out and up the daily dime volume record by $50 and you'd see some good results. 8 outta 10 boxes skunks?!? Well, it's off to the next carrier for these non-compliant dimes! On a side note, i DID find a handful of coins at a coin counter today. Pictures ensue...

Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: 1963D
Box 6: 1960D, 1953D, 1964, 1945S MERC //My First Multi-Dime Roll; 1997 CAN Dime, 1970 1 German Pfennig
Box 7: skunk
Box 8: skunk
Box 9: skunk
Box 10: skunk
MWR $50: 1964D //New Daily Dime Volume Record: $2550!


From L to R: 1945S MERC and 1964.


3 Tokens, 1986 5 German Pfennig, 1982 10 German Pfennig, 1987 50 Belgian Francs ($1.62 in USD)

I had NO German coins heading into today. With 3 today, all of different denominations, it looks like I'm getting quite the collection going!

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Week Results

Dimes
18.2 Boxes: 12 FDRs, 2 MERCs (1 New MERC)

Total Ag: 1.0128 oz.

 

[sagittarius98]

Saturday

I think I have a new official best box. Today's Box 6 brought a record tying 4 silver dimes; however, this box had a MERC and 2 foreigns which gives it the tie-breaker. Man, tough crowd today...you figure, you go out and up the daily dime volume record by $50 and you'd see some good results. 8 outta 10 boxes skunks?!? Well, it's off to the next carrier for these non-compliant dimes! On a side note, i DID find a handful of coins at a coin counter today. Pictures ensue...

Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: 1963D
Box 6: 1960D, 1953D, 1964, 1945S MERC //My First Multi-Dime Roll; 1997 CAN Dime, 1970 1 German Pfennig
Box 7: skunk
Box 8: skunk
Box 9: skunk
Box 10: skunk
MWR $50: 1964D //New Daily Dime Volume Record: $2550!

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From L to R: 1945S MERC and 1964.

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3 Tokens, 1986 5 German Pfennig, 1982 10 German Pfennig, 1987 50 Belgian Francs ($1.62 in USD)

I had NO German coins heading into today. With 3 today, all of different denominations, it looks like I'm getting quite the collection going!

The German coins are very low value, but still neat. Belgium no longer uses francs, and coins were only convertible into euros before 2005. It is worth a $1 or so in collectors value though.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

The German coins are very low value, but still neat. Belgium no longer uses francs, and coins were only convertible into euros before 2005. It is worth a $1 or so in collectors value though.

Thanks for the heads up, Sag. I used some currency converter via Google, but I guess that's out of date...by at least 8 years!

 

[sagittarius98]

Thanks for the heads up, Sag. I used some currency converter via Google, but I guess that's out of date...by at least 8 years!

The currency converters just use the conversion rate from when the coins are exchangeable, mainly because bills are still exchangeable (and will be for the rest of time).

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Monday - Wednesday
No CRH

Thursday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk

Halves
$5 loose: skunk

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Friday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964
Box 2: 1957D // 1971 Canadian

Was planning on doing a lot more before Dump Fiasco 2013 happened.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Sunday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk // 1982 10 Cents Hong Kong
Box 2: 1964
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk

Week Results
Dimes
7 Boxes: 3 FDR's

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Monday - Thursday
No CRH

Friday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964D
Box 2: 1963D
Box 3: skunk
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: skunk
Box 6: skunk
Box 7: 1964D
Box 8: 1964, 1960D
Box 9: 1964D (x2), 1956D
MWR $50: skunk

Those last two boxes really helped out after that terrible seven box start.

 

[Sleepy Holow]

Saturday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: 1950
Box 4: skunk
Box 5: skunk // All 2013's
Box 6: skunk
Box 7: skunk

Teller Tray Finds
Tray 1: 1976 Clad Ike
Tray 2: 1964 90% Kennedy Half //halfway makes up for today's skunky dime boxes

Week Results
Dimes
16.20 Boxes: 9 FDR's

Total Ag for the Week: 1.0128 oz

 

[Omega]

Goodluck! I'll be keeping an eye on your thread. Hope you get em all!