kestrelia
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- May 9, 2007
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Yesterday I got some bad news. The source for half of my coins is no more. The powers that be said it had to end. I didn't get any more explanation, but I imagine that they realized how much of an expense it was to help me. Lately the halves from that bank have stunk so I don't feel too bad about moving on there, but I am bummed that they will not be collecting customer coin rolls from there. Those coins yielded some good stuff and it is far easier to get such coins from a teller I built up a relationship with rather than go around to different banks to scrounge them up. I am also a bit concerned that the higher up has put an end to another source bank as they are the same company.
As only you other CRH'ers could understand ... I was bummed.
And so when I looked through the last of the coin I'll probably get from that source I was hoping for something good, so as to go out with a bang, etc. 75 small dollars, 200 quarters, 950 dimes, and 400 nickels only turned up 2 Canadian dimes and 1 Canadian nickel.
Lastly, I searched the 4,300 hand rolled pennies I got from my ex-source. 18 of the rolls seemed to be from the same person as they were all taped at the ends. I've had good luck with taped rolls before, so I had hopes, but not too high hopes. I soon found out my hope was well founded when the second taped roll I looked at produced two Indian Head pennies. "Two in one roll!," I thought, "that's awesome." To explain my fist pumping I told my wife that I've only found 8 total in over 800,000 pennies searched. A few rolls later I surpassed that "once in a lifetime experience" and found four Indian Head pennies in a roll. At that point I realized something sweet was going on. Would the other rolls have more Indian Heads or a ton of Wheat pennies!? A few rolls later I found a roll with 10 Indian Head pennies and then a roll with with 21 Indian Head pennies. My record breaking stopped there, but I did have a roll with three and one final roll with one (not taped, but probably from the same source).
Strangely there were only two common Wheats in all of the taped rolls. I did find two good Canadians in the taped rolls, however, 1935, a George V, and 1937, an early George VI.
Most of the IH's are in good or less condition. Three of them are definitely better than good and have full Liberty. The dates of the Indian Heads were:
1882, 1883, 1887, 1889, 1893(2), 1896, 1897, 1899(3), 1900(2), 1901(2), 1902(2), 1903(3), 1905(2), 1906(-
, 1907(5), 1908(2), 1909(4)
This certainly helps make up for the loss of a good source and coming just two weeks after the gold coin find from the same bank I feel incredibly blessed and lucky.
... and yes I did get all customer rolls from this source and check the back of the 1908 and 1909's for mint marks!
Brian
As only you other CRH'ers could understand ... I was bummed.
And so when I looked through the last of the coin I'll probably get from that source I was hoping for something good, so as to go out with a bang, etc. 75 small dollars, 200 quarters, 950 dimes, and 400 nickels only turned up 2 Canadian dimes and 1 Canadian nickel.
Lastly, I searched the 4,300 hand rolled pennies I got from my ex-source. 18 of the rolls seemed to be from the same person as they were all taped at the ends. I've had good luck with taped rolls before, so I had hopes, but not too high hopes. I soon found out my hope was well founded when the second taped roll I looked at produced two Indian Head pennies. "Two in one roll!," I thought, "that's awesome." To explain my fist pumping I told my wife that I've only found 8 total in over 800,000 pennies searched. A few rolls later I surpassed that "once in a lifetime experience" and found four Indian Head pennies in a roll. At that point I realized something sweet was going on. Would the other rolls have more Indian Heads or a ton of Wheat pennies!? A few rolls later I found a roll with 10 Indian Head pennies and then a roll with with 21 Indian Head pennies. My record breaking stopped there, but I did have a roll with three and one final roll with one (not taped, but probably from the same source).
Strangely there were only two common Wheats in all of the taped rolls. I did find two good Canadians in the taped rolls, however, 1935, a George V, and 1937, an early George VI.
Most of the IH's are in good or less condition. Three of them are definitely better than good and have full Liberty. The dates of the Indian Heads were:
1882, 1883, 1887, 1889, 1893(2), 1896, 1897, 1899(3), 1900(2), 1901(2), 1902(2), 1903(3), 1905(2), 1906(-
, 1907(5), 1908(2), 1909(4)This certainly helps make up for the loss of a good source and coming just two weeks after the gold coin find from the same bank I feel incredibly blessed and lucky.
... and yes I did get all customer rolls from this source and check the back of the 1908 and 1909's for mint marks!
Brian
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