Results from 01-06-2007, pennies, nickels, halves.

[GMan00001]

I tried a local small town bank half dollar search on Saturday.

My results on Half dollars were as follows:
Out of $642.50 in Half dollars
2 - 1968-D
3 - 1969-D
1 - 1984-S Proof

Though about $200 were in rolls from my last stop which was not a small town branch but a branch bank on my way home and about 80% of those were marked on the rim as if they'd been previously searched (only 1 40% in those rolls).

At around 10:45 AM I had $420 in half dollars, but no more cash. By the time I did a quick search and cashed them in at the nearest bank that would take them, all the small banks were closed. Too bad, had to leave the other $650 in halves at the last bank. Maybe in a couple of weeks I will have a chance to go back.

Lessons learned:
1) Bring more cash next time
2) Saturday is not the best day, banks close too early and/or the teller in charge of the vault is sometimes not available.

So since I wasn't near the bank branches I frequent the most, I ended up picking up a 3 boxes of pennies and a box of nickels in addition to the last $200 in half dollars as I was heading home.

Here are the results:

Pennies
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* Box 1
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12 wheat pennies
1 - 1934-D
1 - 1938-D
1 - 1941
1 - 1944
1 - 1944-D
2 - 1945
1 - 1946
1 - 1946-S
1 - 1953-D
1 - 1955-D
1 - 1956-D

Also the following Memorial Pennies
1 - 1960 Small Date <----- 2nd one I have ever found and this one was bright red.
3 - 1960-D Small Date
11 - S-mints

16 Canadian pennies (the following are listed only for tracking list purposes):
1963, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1991, 1997

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* Box 2
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17 wheat pennies
1 - 1939
1 - 1940-D
2 - 1944-D
1 - 1944-S
2 - 1945
1 - 1946
1 - 1950
1 - 1951-D
2 - 1955-D
1 - 1956-D
2 - 1957-D
2 - 1958-D

20 Canadian Pennies (the following are listed only for tracking list purposes)
1965, 1971, 1994, 1998, 2000

Also the following Memorial Pennies
18 - S-mints

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* Box 3
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TBD. I have not opened it yet. Maybe tomorrow.


nickels
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27 pre-1960 nickels including: 1941-D, 1957, 1958
And 1 - 1945-S War nickel


2 Canadian Nickels (the following are listed only for tracking list purposes)
1997

I also got about $30 worth of Sacagaweas and SBA dollars when cashing in the small town bank half dollars, for tracking list purposes they included the following:
1 - 1979-P Narrow Rim
1 - 1979-S Filled S

I was also given the following Canadian coins free since the bank was just going to throw them out.
1983 Canadian Dime
1986 Canadian Dime
1985 Canadian Quarter

 

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[silverfinder37]

looks like you stayed pretty busy with your penny searches though. Nice totals.
Best Rgards, Ray

 

[GMan00001]

Re: Results from 01-06-2007, pennies, nickels, halves - 1st Indian Head of 2007

Well, finally got around to Box 3 today. And in the second roll.. an Indian head penny.

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* Box 3
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1 Indian Head Penny
1908

12 wheat pennies
1 - 1935
1 - 1942-D
2 - 1944
2 - 1944-D
2 - 1946-D
1 - 1949-D
1 - 1952-D
1 - 1953-D
1 - 1958-D

17 Memorial S-mints including one possible 1970-S RPM (need better magnification to tell for sure).

12 Canadian pennies (the following are listed only for tracking list purposes):
1968, 1975, 1987, 2006

And today while cashing in most of the coins from this weekend, found a 1972 Canadian Quarter in the reject slot of the coin counting machine.

 

[Immy]

Whoa! Did you check for an S on that 1908? Great find regardless, wheats too.

 

[GMan00001]

Whoa! Did you check for an S on that 1908? Great find regardless, wheats too.

Checked, double checked, and then tried magnification just in case..... but to no avail. :P

Fills a hole in my indian head book though.

 

[Snee]

Very nice! Man, you go through a lot!

Tell me...how bad do the banks hate you?

 

[GMan00001]

Tell me...how bad do the banks hate you?

As far as I can tell, they don't. Well at least they don't know that they do.

I live near in a suburb of the Twin cities and have accounts with a few large banks with many branches.
Within the combination of roughly a 6 mile radius from work, a 6 mile radius from home, as well as my commute between the two, I have about 15 different branches I can stop at. And those are just the banks with which I have accounts. Add probably 15-30 more with which I don't have accounts in the same general vicinity.

And if I am out and about either during the week or on Saturday morning outside of my normal range, I try to cash in and pick up more since they see me very irregularly. In those cases I might buy say 2 or 3 boxes at a time instead of just one.

I tried counting once and I believe in and around the twin cities there are like 120 branches of the banks I have accounts with and oodles more that I do not. Since they never record who they are selling coins too, they just think I get a box or two every month, no big deal. And for cashing in, I try to stay to the ones with the self serve coin counting machines so the tellers don't hate me. I try to cash in 3-4 boxes at a time (about one canvas bag full) so they don't see me as often. I also try to cash in most frequently at the couple of branches that won't let me buy boxes without charging me a fee. Essentially charging them a fee for not allowing me to buy coins without paying a fee.

 

[Texdon]

Tell me...how bad do the banks hate you?

As far as I can tell, they don't. Well at least they don't know that they do.

I live near in a suburb of the Twin cities and have accounts with a few large banks with many branches.
Within the combination of roughly a 6 mile radius from work, a 6 mile radius from home, as well as my commute between the two, I have about 15 different branches I can stop at. And those are just the banks with which I have accounts. Add probably 15-30 more with which I don't have accounts in the same general vicinity.

And if I am out and about either during the week or on Saturday morning outside of my normal range, I try to cash in and pick up more since they see me very irregularly. In those cases I might buy say 2 or 3 boxes at a time instead of just one.

I tried counting once and I believe in and around the twin cities there are like 120 branches of the banks I have accounts with and oodles more that I do not. Since they never record who they are selling coins too, they just think I get a box or two every month, no big deal. And for cashing in, I try to stay to the ones with the self serve coin counting machines so the tellers don't hate me. I try to cash in 3-4 boxes at a time (about one canvas bag full) so they don't see me as often. I also try to cash in most frequently at the couple of branches that won't let me buy boxes without charging me a fee. Essentially charging them a fee for not allowing me to buy coins without paying a fee.