04-10-2007 search

[GMan00001]

Well todays search so far was mainly just picking up bags to be searched over the next week.

Stopped by 3 branches of my new favorite bank today.

Branch 1:
They just opened recently so they didn't have any bags I could buy yet, but they did have a box of half dollars, so I bought that.

Branch 2:
They had 4 - $50 bags of pennies to sell me for this week. Also picked up a $200 bag of nickels.

Branch 3:
Picked up another $50 bag of pennies.

So far I have only had time to go through the box of half dollars (need the cash back so I can buy the 4 boxes of halves on order for the rest of the week. )

Ended up with
2 - 40% Kennedy (1967, 1968-D)
1 Post-2001 Kennedy (2003-D)
2 Proof Kennedy (1999-S, 2001-S)

Nothing like coming home with 30,000 coins in the trunk....

Off to the first bag.

 

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[Pennyworth]

Congrats on the two silver halves and proof. Good luck on the bags of coins.

I bet you had a low rider car driving home. LOL

 

[LJ]

This guy is simply amazing!! How do you do it all? When do you sleep...eat....family time?

Nice job on the keeper halves. Don't forget to post those precise statistics on the finds from those 30,000 coins.....phew!! Good luck Gman.

 

[GMan00001]

Just finished the $200 in nickels.

Not bad quantity, but not a single jefferson that I didn't already have a roll of... :P

44 pre-1960 Jefferson
2 - 1939
1 - 1940
1 - 1941
1 - 1942
1 - 1947
1 - 1948
1 - 1949-D
1 - 1952
1 - 1952-D
1 - 1953-D
6 - 1954-D
3 - 1955-D
4 - 1956-D
1 - 1957
5 - 1957-D
6 - 1958-D
1 - 1959
6 - 1959-D

14 Canadian
1 - 1960 <--one for the tracking list
1 - 1978
1 - 1982
1 - 1983
1 - 1984
1 - 1985
1 - 1986
2 - 1989
2 - 1993
1 - 1994
1 - 1995
1 - 1999

4 Foreign
Great Britain, New Penny (1976, 1994)
Netherlands, 5 Cents (1990)
Belize, 5 Cents(1987)

The bag also contained 1 Arcade Token, 1 Play money penny, and 6 pennies (one of which is flattened to the size of a nickel)

This guy is simply amazing!! How do you do it all? When do you sleep...eat....family time?

Nice job on the keeper halves. Don't forget to post those precise statistics on the finds from those 30,000 coins.....phew!! Good luck Gman.

I do most of my searching after the kids are in bed or when they are otherwise entertained (video games/TV/friends/toys/etc.) And actually I don't sleep all that much most weeknights which is why I have the time. For example both Sunday and Monday nights I went to bed around 3:30 AM and got up between 7:30 and 8:00. Since I date search all coins, I usually do the equivalent of a box of coins in about an hour +45/-10 minutes (including all stat stuff). And although I have never really timed myself, my gut says that I do nickels the fastest (probably due to the small number of errors I search for in them), followed by dimes, quarters, pennies, and halves. Halves are fast to get the silver but due to the high number of errors I search for, they seem to go the slowest.

Usually have a few hours per night when everyone else in the house is in bed before I go to bed.

The pennies will have to wait for another night as I have to wake up in about 4.5 hours...

 

[LJ]

Nice job on the nickels....keep us posted on the balance. It sounds like you have this down to a science....lol. Good luck on the pennies.

 

[fairfinder59]

Just finished the $200 in nickels.

Not bad quantity, but not a single jefferson that I didn't already have a roll of... :P

44 pre-1960 Jefferson
2 - 1939
1 - 1940
1 - 1941
1 - 1942
1 - 1947
1 - 1948
1 - 1949-D
1 - 1952
1 - 1952-D
1 - 1953-D
6 - 1954-D
3 - 1955-D
4 - 1956-D
1 - 1957
5 - 1957-D
6 - 1958-D
1 - 1959
6 - 1959-D

14 Canadian
1 - 1960 <--one for the tracking list
1 - 1978
1 - 1982
1 - 1983
1 - 1984
1 - 1985
1 - 1986
2 - 1989
2 - 1993
1 - 1994
1 - 1995
1 - 1999

4 Foreign
Great Britain, New Penny (1976, 1994)
Netherlands, 5 Cents (1990)
Belize, 5 Cents(1987)

The bag also contained 1 Arcade Token, 1 Play money penny, and 6 pennies (one of which is flattened to the size of a nickel)

This guy is simply amazing!! How do you do it all? When do you sleep...eat....family time?

Nice job on the keeper halves. Don't forget to post those precise statistics on the finds from those 30,000 coins.....phew!! Good luck Gman.

I do most of my searching after the kids are in bed or when they are otherwise entertained (video games/TV/friends/toys/etc.) And actually I don't sleep all that much most weeknights which is why I have the time. For example both Sunday and Monday nights I went to bed around 3:30 AM and got up between 7:30 and 8:00. Since I date search all coins, I usually do the equivalent of a box of coins in about an hour +45/-10 minutes (including all stat stuff). And although I have never really timed myself, my gut says that I do nickels the fastest (probably due to the small number of errors I search for in them), followed by dimes, quarters, pennies, and halves. Halves are fast to get the silver but due to the high number of errors I search for, they seem to go the slowest.

Usually have a few hours per night when everyone else in the house is in bed before I go to bed.

The pennies will have to wait for another night as I have to wake up in about 4.5 hours...

I,m new to this, if you don't mine me asking, what halfs and dates are we looking for with the high number of errors. Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks

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2007 Feb./Mar/Apr/ Totals

Barber.............0
Walkers..........0
Franklins.........0
90% Kennedy..0
40% Kennedy..333
Proofs.............0
Ikes................0

rolls searched = 32

 

[GMan00001]

I,m new to this, if you don't mine me asking, what halfs and dates are we looking for with the high number of errors. Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks

Althuogh I am not 100% positive of the error list for halves as I only recently started looking at them myself.

I look for the following (not sure if a couple of the error types exist, but I seem to remember reading about them somewhere)
1971 DDO
1971-D DDO
1972 DDO
1972-D DDO or no initials
1973 DDO or no initials
1973-D DDO
1974-D DDO
1977-D DDO
1982-P No initials
1983-P No initials
1990-P No initials

and here is a link to pictures of a few of the errors.
http://www.numismedia.com/coinguys/top50kenn.shtml

For dimes and quarters I use the list in the above guide as well.

the only nickel I search for errors on is the 2005 Speared Buffalo, can't remember if its a P or D minted coin so I have been looking at both.

For pennies, I look for
1969-S DDO
1970-S DDO
1972 DDO
1983 DDR
1984 Doubled Ear
1992-D Close AM
1995 DDO
1998 Wide AM
1999 Wide AM
2000 Wide AM

If someone has a better listing of common half dollar errors, please correct the above list.


Also just finished 2 bags of the pennies

********************
Bag 1 was good (the only one from branch 3)
********************
28 wheat pennies (1911, 1926, 1929, 1936, 1938, 1940-D, 1942-D(2), 1944(2), 1944-D, 1946, 1946-D, 1947-D, 1948-D, 1950-D, 1952-D(3), 1952-S, 1953-D(2), 1956-D(2), 1957-D(2), 1958-D(2))

27 Canadian (1942, 1945, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979(3), 1980(2), 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998(2), 1999)

********************
Bag 2 was not as good
********************
9 wheat pennies (1941, 1946, 1946-D, 1947-D, 1949-D, 1951-D, 1954-D, 1956, 1957-D)

17 Canadian (1965(2), 1974, 1976(2), 1978(2), 1979(2), 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2005)

I also picked up two of the boxes of halves I had ordered for this week... all 2000-P :P

Pick up the other two boxes of halves I have on order from a different source tomorrow.

 

[fairfinder59]

I,m new to this, if you don't mine me asking, what halfs and dates are we looking for with the high number of errors. Any help would greatly be appreciated.
Thanks

Althuogh I am not 100% positive of the error list for halves as I only recently started looking at them myself.

I look for the following (not sure if a couple of the error types exist, but I seem to remember reading about them somewhere)
1971 DDO
1971-D DDO
1972 DDO
1972-D DDO or no initials
1973 DDO or no initials
1973-D DDO
1974-D DDO
1977-D DDO
1982-P No initials
1983-P No initials
1990-P No initials

and here is a link to pictures of a few of the errors.
http://www.numismedia.com/coinguys/top50kenn.shtml

For dimes and quarters I use the list in the above guide as well.

the only nickel I search for errors on is the 2005 Speared Buffalo, can't remember if its a P or D minted coin so I have been looking at both.

For pennies, I look for
1969-S DDO
1970-S DDO
1972 DDO
1983 DDR
1984 Doubled Ear
1992-D Close AM
1995 DDO
1998 Wide AM
1999 Wide AM
2000 Wide AM

If someone has a better listing of common half dollar errors, please correct the above list.


Also just finished 2 bags of the pennies

********************
Bag 1 was good (the only one from branch 3)
********************
28 wheat pennies (1911, 1926, 1929, 1936, 1938, 1940-D, 1942-D(2), 1944(2), 1944-D, 1946, 1946-D, 1947-D, 1948-D, 1950-D, 1952-D(3), 1952-S, 1953-D(2), 1956-D(2), 1957-D(2), 1958-D(2))

27 Canadian (1942, 1945, 1960, 1961, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979(3), 1980(2), 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998(2), 1999)

********************
Bag 2 was not as good
********************
9 wheat pennies (1941, 1946, 1946-D, 1947-D, 1949-D, 1951-D, 1954-D, 1956, 1957-D)

17 Canadian (1965(2), 1974, 1976(2), 1978(2), 1979(2), 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2005)

I also picked up two of the boxes of halves I had ordered for this week... all 2000-P :P

Pick up the other two boxes of halves I have on order from a different source tomorrow.

Wow! that's allot to remember to search, I think I'll print this out for a reference. Thanks for the info and the link, that was some pretty nice finds on the pennies. Good luck on the two boxes of half's.
Again thanks,
Mike

 

[LJ]

Very nice job on the wheats Gman!

 

[GMan00001]

Finished the last 3 bags of pennies yesterday/today.

********************
Bag 3 was pretty poor (it appeared that about half the bag had been searched as all the wheaties came in the last half).
********************
6 wheat pennies (1946-S, 1952-D, 1953-D(2), 1956-D, 1957-D)

11 Canadian (1964, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1985(2), 1987, 1997, 1999)

1 - 2000 Wide AM

********************
Bag 4 was okay
********************
19 wheat pennies (1920, 1941-D(2), 1944(2), 1944-D, 1946, 1946-D(2), 1948-S, 1950-D, 1953-D, 1956-D(5), 1958-D(2))

19 Canadian (1953, 1966(2), 1971, 1974(2), 1980, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994(2), 1996, 1998, 2000, 2006)

1 blank planchet? <-- not sure but it appears it could be, blank metal of the right size.

********************
Bag 5 was okay
********************
16 wheat pennies (1913, 1941(2), 1942-D, 1944(2), 1945, 1946, 1946-D, 1948-D, 1951-D, 1956-D, 1957, 1957-D(3))

17 Canadian (1948, 1953, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983(3), 1992(2), 1996, 2001, 2002)

The 1913 wheat penny is beat up but it still fills a hole in my book.

Tomorrow I get to see how many bags they have for this week. Also hoping to get the dime and nickel bags from the branch that I only got the 1 bag from as it seemed to have a higer percentage of older pennies. Hopefully there is some older dimes and nickels as well. I already passed on the quarters last week, oh well.