A merc and an Indian 06-03-2008 and 06-04-2008

[GMan00001]

Between my two weekly stops this week they had a more to pick up than usual.

Ended up with
2 - $1000 bags of dimes
2 - $200 bags of nickels
5 - $50 bags of pennies

Dime bag #1
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3 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1947, 1959-D, 1961-D)

13 Canadian (1968 Silver, 1968 Nickel Flat Grooves, 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999)

1 Foreign (Great Britain, 5 New Pence (1990))
1 Penny


Dime bag #2
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1 Mercury Dime (1942)

4 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1946-D, 1952-D, 1962-D, 1964-D)

13 Canadian (1963, 1968 Nickel Flat Grooves, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980(2), 1986, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2004-P, 2006-P)

3 Foreign (Great Britain, 5 New Pence (1996, 2005), Trinidad And Tobago, 1 Cent (1972))

2 Quarters


Nickel Bag #1
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1 - 1942-P War Nickel

43 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1940, 1941(4), 1941-D, 1942, 1946, 1946-D, 1947(2), 1947-D, 1948(2), 1948-D, 1952-D, 1953-D(2), 1954-D, 1955-D(3), 1956, 1956-D, 1957(3), 1957-D(8), 1958-D(4), 1959-D(4))

9 Canadian (1976(2), 1979, 1986, 1989, 1997(2), 1998, 2000)

1 Foreign (Great Britain, 1 New Penny (1997))
2 Namco Arcade Tokens

Nickel Bag #2
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1 Dateless Buffalo
1 - 1938-D
1 - 1945-P War Nickel

35 other pre-1960 Jefferson (1938, 1939(3), 1940(3), 1940-D, 1940-S, 1941(3), 1941-D, 1946, 1946-D, 1947, 1947-D, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1952-D, 1954, 1954-D(2), 1957, 1957-D, 1958-D(5), 1959, 1959-D(3))

12 Canadian (1972, 1975, 1977, 1982, 1984(2), 1986, 1989(2), 1994, 1998, 2005-P)

5 Foreign (Great Britain, 1 New Penny (2003(2)), Greece , 2 Drachmes (1988), Mexico, 50 Centavos (2000), Singapore, 20 Cents (1996))

Penny Bag #1
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8 wheat pennies (1917, 1937-D, 1946, 1949, 1950-D, 1957-D, 1958, 1958-D)

25 Canadian (1949, 1952, 1959, 1962(2), 1963, 1964(2), 1966(2), 1969, 1972, 1975, 1976(2), 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 2001, 2002)

Penny Bag #2
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15 wheat pennies (1918, 1937, 1939, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1950-D, 1952-D, 1955-D, 1956-D, 1957-D(2), 1958-D)

21 Canadian (1967, 1971, 1978, 1981(2), 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991(2), 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999(2), 2000, 2003-P Royal Diademed)

1 dime

Penny Bag #3
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1 Indian Head (1902) <-- FINALLY, my first in 2008!!

8 wheat pennies (1938, 1940-D, 1949, 1951-D, 1955-D, 1956-D(2), 1958-D)

6 Canadian (1987, 1989(2), 1992, 1994, 2004)


Penny Bag #4
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17 wheat pennies (1944(2), 1945(3), 1945-S, 1946-D(2), 1947-S(2), 1952-D, 1953, 1953-D(2), 1957-D, 1958-D(2))

37 Canadian (1964(2), 1965, 1968(2), 1969, 1971(2), 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979(2), 1982(2), 1983, 1984(3), 1985, 1986(3), 1989, 1993, 1994(4), 1995, 2004, 2005(2), 2006(2), 2007-RCM)


Penny Bag #5
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13 wheat pennies (1925, 1942, 1944, 1944-D, 1947-D, 1949-D, 1950-D, 1952-D, 1956, 1956-D(2), 1957-D, 1958-D)

16 Canadian (1947, 1956(2), 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1972, 1983, 1984(2), 1988, 1991(2), 1999, 2000)

Not a bad couple of days.

 

[alpha105]

Not bad finds.....expecially on the buffs and indian head penny =)

I wish i had cash like you =P

 

[TxTim]

Congrats on the IH!!!

 

[DrDetector]

congrats Gman, those IHCs are tough. Only trick to finding them is VOLUME and you've got that down.

 

[coinmojo]

Take a good look at this one there was an error that year.

1 Mercury Dime (1942)

Mojo

 

[LJ]

Congrats on the IH!!!

Ditto.

You still amaze me GMan! Nice job.

 

[taropatch]

gman you do great volumes of coins each week. you must work at this 8 hours a day.
nice find on the IH's

 

[Immy]

Three obsolete US designs in one day (IHC, Buff., Merc.). That's what I call a great day!

 

[GMan00001]

gman you do great volumes of coins each week. you must work at this 8 hours a day.
nice find on the IH's

Not really. Here's a quick breakdown

Here are my approximate search times.
$50 bag of pennies = 30 minutes
$200 bag of nickels = 75 minutes
$1000 bag of dimes = 60 minutes <-- not sure of this one, but its less than 90 minutes for sure.
$1000 bag of quarters = 30 minutes <-- could be a little high
$1000 bag of halves = 60 minutes (I error check halves)

Based on my volume, average searched per week (call this week #24)
Total Pennies = 640,435 (per week = 5.33 bags = 160 minutes)
Total Nickels = 151,286 (per week = 1.58 bags = 118 minutes)
Total Dimes = 214,851 (per week = 0.90 bags = 54 minutes)
Total Quarters = 25,467 (per week = 0.26 bags = 8 minutes)
Total Halves = 6,601 (per week = 0.14 bags = 8 minutes)


So total average search time for a week = 348 minutes or approx 5.8 hours.

Now add the total time for pick up (typically 2 pickups in a week) which might total 10 minutes and sometimes a 3rd stop on a saturday which takes 45 minutes as I have to drive 15 minutes or so each way so say I average 45 minutes/week for pickups due to the three pickups and the occasional road trip.

Then all that is left is dropping off rejects which is probably another 30 minutes to 1 hour per week.

Total is still around 8 hours per week more or less.


Also note... my total volume just reached over 1,000,000 coins for the year with my 06-07-2008 search.

 

[jrf30]

Good job on the IH. IT took long enough, but I'm sure you were happy to finally get your first one for 2008. :-)