Moneypenny
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My last box of halves (box #3) was a skunk for silver, but still got 5 post-2001 NIFCs, a 1987-P (my first), and a few AU/BU to upgrade my book. I also asked for halves at 3 banks while out of town a week or so ago. Two had none, and the third had one--a 1983-S proof. 
My next box of halves should be in this week, and I've mostly been too busy to think about CRH, but I was starting to go crazy, so I stopped today while on errands, and got $20 CWR dimes and $2 CWR pennies. Pennies were poor-average... 13% copper and no wheats. But as soon as I dumped out one of the dime rolls, I thought I saw the reverse of a Mercury dime... then went "nah... can't be, must have been a dirty Roosevelt reverse"... then of course I moved them a bit and it came back into view... yes, my first merc! It's a 1941... I think G-VG condition... but I'm so happy. The Mercury dime is such a pretty coin. Tiny and perfect. These were new-looking dime rolls--I think it's weird to think of someone just rolling it up with all the others.
My next box of halves should be in this week, and I've mostly been too busy to think about CRH, but I was starting to go crazy, so I stopped today while on errands, and got $20 CWR dimes and $2 CWR pennies. Pennies were poor-average... 13% copper and no wheats. But as soon as I dumped out one of the dime rolls, I thought I saw the reverse of a Mercury dime... then went "nah... can't be, must have been a dirty Roosevelt reverse"... then of course I moved them a bit and it came back into view... yes, my first merc! It's a 1941... I think G-VG condition... but I'm so happy. The Mercury dime is such a pretty coin. Tiny and perfect. These were new-looking dime rolls--I think it's weird to think of someone just rolling it up with all the others.
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