More variety - my first merc of the year.

[GMan00001]

Totals are from 02-12-2007 to 02-14-2007

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pennies (3 boxes)
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Not much overall.

* Box 1
4 wheat pennies (1944, 1946-D, 1951-D, 1957-D)
6 Canadian (1976, 1986, 1987, 1992(2), 1995)

* Box 2
8 wheat pennies (1934, 1944, 1946-D, 1950-S, 1952-D, 1953-D, 1956-D, 1958-D)
3 Canadian (1957, 1960, 1998)

* Box 3
7 wheat pennies (1944-D, 1945, 1948, 1952-D, 1953-D, 1956-D, 1957-D)
13 Canadian (1952, 1968, 1973, 1974(2), 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981(2), 1991, 1993, 2002)
1 1972 DDO (see pics below)

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nickels (60 rolls total from multiple sources)
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1 War Nickel (1945-P)
33 pre-1960 jeffersons (1940(3), 1941(4), 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1953-D, 1953-S, 1954, 1955-D, 1956(2), 1956-D(3), 1957-D(3), 1958, 1958-D(3), 1959-D(4))
5 Canadian (1977, 1985(2), 1992, 2005-P)

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dimes (1 box)
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1 Mercury Dime (1923)
1 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1946-S)

Note: Both came in the 3rd roll of the box, I was hoping there would be more, but no such luck.

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Halves ($24 in loose half dollars)
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1 - 40% Kennedy (1968-D)

Here are a couple of shots of the doubling on the 1972

 

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[tw656]

Nice finds, escpecially the Double Die. I have to admit when I search Cents I only look closely at the Wheaties or older.

 

[GMan00001]

For pennies, I only look for double dies on 1969-S, 1970-S, 1972, 1983, 1984, and 1995.
The spacing on the AM in AMERICA for 1992-D, 1998, 1999, amd 2000.
And any of the commonly listed doubles on wheaties for now, though I save all those anyway so I can always look later , if I get an interest.

I just pick em out as I am going through the box and look afterward. Averages out to around 120 coins/box to look closely at for me so only takes a few extra minutes. I tried briefly to find the varieties listed on coppercoins.com, but I didn't enjoy looking at every coin in that much detail. Just took too long. Between that and eye strain/back pain from being hunched over with a magnifier to get the right light. It just wasn't worth it. I would rather spend my time sitting back in my recliner finding wheaties, silver, etc. Volume is more fun and feels like a better payback, at least for me.

 

[whitesid]

great finds

 

[Dimeman]

Nice pulls from the rolls.

 

[scotto]

Nice finds, escpecially the Double Die. I have to admit when I search Cents I only look closely at the Wheaties or older.

Me too. My eyes are not too good, and I need a magnifier for anything smaller than a nickel.

 

[GMan00001]

I pick out the date/mintmark combos I want to look at under a magnifier and when I get done sorting a box I line them up on the desk under a good light and use one of two magnifiers depending on which type of error I am looking for. For most I only use what is probably around a 5X magnifier so I can look quickly, but for 1969-S, 1970-S, and 1972 I use a 14X handheld microscope that came with my son's telescope. I want to get a better magnifier, but just haven't gotten around to it yet.