Sleepys Most Wanted (Roosevelt Dimes)

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Sleepy's Most Wanted (Roosevelt Dimes)

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[td]After having searched through $7,110 worth of dimes, I figured I'd get a Whitman Coin book (1946-1964 Dimes). I'm going to make it my goal to fill it by the end of the year! To the right is my "Most Wanted" List to help keep track of my progress. I want all of my finds to be from CRHing, so I won't be purchasing any of them. Here goes nothing! :headbang: [/td]
[td]1)1955
2)1949-S
3)1955-D
4)1955-S
5)1950-S
6)1954-S
7)1949-D
8)1946-S
9)1949
10)1951-S
11)1958
12)1947-S
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[td]13)1948-S
14)1953-S
15)1952-S
16)1950-D
17)1947-D

18)1950
19)1948-D
20)1953
21)1951-D
22)1946-D

23)1960
24)1962
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[td]25)1948
26)1959
27)1961
28)1952
29)1951
30)1954-D

31)1956-D
32)1956
33)1957-D
34)1954
35)1947
36)1952-D
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[td]37)1963
38)1953-D
39)1958-D
40)1957
41)1959-D
42)1960-D
43)1961-D
44)1946
45)1962-D
46)1963-D
47)1964
48)1964-D

gray = found
black = Wanted
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Halfway Point Reached in the Search for Sleepy's Most Wanted

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Friday

Tried pushing the dime volume higher for the second straight day. Today was my highest volume of dimes yet with $1550 searched. I know I'm at the halfway point in terms of quantity, but I also understand that I still have quite a bit of work cut out for me in terms of the Category 1 finds.

Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: 1964D(x2), 1954D // 24th Unique FDR in the 48 Coin Set
Box 3: 1936 MERC, 1957D, 1961D, 1968 Canadian (Non-Ag), Israeli coin with a 1 on it
Box 4: 1964D
Box 5: skunk //All 2013P
$280 MWR: 1964D
$20 CWR: skunk


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[td]Category 1
1)1955
2)1949-S
3)1955-D
4)1955-S
5)1950-S
6)1954-S
7)1949-D
8)1946-S

9)1949
10)1951-S
11)1958
12)1947-S

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[td]Category 2
13)1948-S
14)1953-S
15)1952-S

16)1950-D
17)1947-D
18)1950
19)1948-D
20)1953
21)1951-D

22)1946-D
23)1960
24)1962

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[td]Category 3
25)1948
26)1959
27)1961
28)1952

29)1951
30)1954-D
31)1956-D
32)1956
33)1957-D
34)1954
35)1947
36)1952-D

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[td]Category 4
37)1963
38)1953-D
39)1958-D
40)1957
41)1959-D
42)1960-D
43)1961-D
44)1946
45)1962-D
46)1963-D
47)1964
48)1964-D
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gray = found
black = WANTED
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Awesome work! I never thought about searching dime rolls but I might have to after your successes.

Made a cheat sheet of your category list for my own searches. I wish there was a category list for other denoms, too.
 

Awesome work! I never thought about searching dime rolls but I might have to after your successes.

Made a cheat sheet of your category list for my own searches. I wish there was a category list for other denoms, too.

I made the categories myself just to make it easier for me to know where each coin stands. It's not a perfect system, but it works for me. All I did was throw the years and mints into excel and place the production value in the neighboring cells. Then I organized it from least to greatest. Once I had that, I just threw it in here and have been updating the list as I go along. HH Sleepy.
 

Saturday
Dimes
Box 1: 1964D, 1961D
Box 2: 1916S, 1964D //Probably the most disappointed about finding a Merc I'll ever get :laughing7:
Box 3: skunk

Quarters
Box 1: skunk

Week Results
Dimes
24+ Boxes: 17 FDR's (4 New Finds), 2 Mercs

Quarters
1 Box: skunk

Halves
4 Boxes: skunk

Dollars
$110 loose: skunk

Total Ag - 1.3744 oz.
 

I made the categories myself just to make it easier for me to know where each coin stands. It's not a perfect system, but it works for me. All I did was throw the years and mints into excel and place the production value in the neighboring cells. Then I organized it from least to greatest. Once I had that, I just threw it in here and have been updating the list as I go along. HH Sleepy.

Cool. I'll have to put something like that together this weekend then. Thanks. And GL on the search.
 

I was working on a Merc list last night. There are 77 in the set. The 1916S that I found yesterday ranks as the 30th most rare. That's officially my rarest Merc so far.
 

Well, today my wife and I are moving to a pretty big city for the summer. I found work there, so it's off to hunt new territory; although, I'm sure there's plenty of CRHing going on there already! I'm expecting a dip in volume until I get the area figured out a little. HH Sleepy
 

This is going to be a tough summer...It sure is humbling to have to start from scratch! Gonna try to do my best...got out of work today at 4:51pm and got what I could.

Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: 1964

Now I gotta find a place to dump what now seems like an enormous amount :tongue3:
 

Not sure my scanner is good enough to capture just how nice looking today's 1964 dime is, but here it is:

1964.webp
 

This is such a great thread SH. Look forward to each update and to more holes being filled.
 

This is such a great thread SH. Look forward to each update and to more holes being filled.

Thanks Immy, just gotta overcome the unfamiliarity with this city and get the volume back where I want it.
 

Wednesday
Opened a new account with a bank after work.

Thursday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk

Starting to figure out the banks a little. Just trying to get my dump strategy down.
 

Big City Produces Big Find

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Friday

Got off work today at 2pm, so I was able to visit quite a few banks today. The perseverance this week paid off as Box 1 produced a Category 1 find! It was a good way to close out the month of May.

Dimes
Box 1: 1946S //First 'S' mint FDR!
Box 2: skunk
Box 3: 1961 10 centavos (Dom Rep)



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[td]Category 1
1)1955
2)1949-S
3)1955-D
4)1955-S
5)1950-S
6)1954-S
7)1949-D
8)1946-S

9)1949
10)1951-S
11)1958
12)1947-S

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[td]Category 2
13)1948-S
14)1953-S
15)1952-S

16)1950-D
17)1947-D
18)1950
19)1948-D
20)1953
21)1951-D

22)1946-D
23)1960
24)1962

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[td]Category 3
25)1948
26)1959
27)1961
28)1952

29)1951
30)1954-D
31)1956-D
32)1956
33)1957-D
34)1954
35)1947
36)1952-D

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[td]Category 4
37)1963
38)1953-D
39)1958-D
40)1957
41)1959-D
42)1960-D
43)1961-D
44)1946
45)1962-D
46)1963-D
47)1964
48)1964-D
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gray = found
black = WANTED
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1946S 1961DR.webp
 

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1961 10 centavos. Looks like silver. Sounds like a win. Plus I think those had a low mintage
 

1961 10 centavos. Looks like silver. Sounds like a win. Plus I think those had a low mintage

Looks like it's 90% silver! Win! Thanks for pointing that one out, Thorne. I did some research and it looks like 2M were minted in 1961. A slabbed MS64 went for $10.50 on ebay. The one that looked closest to mine went for $4.72. Kind of a strange spread there, but whatever...Thanks.
 

Saturday
Dimes
Box 1: skunk
Box 2: skunk // 1997 50 Cent Coin (Kenya)

Week Results
Dimes
9 Boxes: 2 FDR's (1 New Find), 1 Dominican Republic Ag //Not too great this week, but I'm just happy with the information gathered about my new surroundings.
 

I just posted up pics of a bunch of dimes I have... Quite certain that I have a few of your "wanted" list.

-beav3r
 

Pm me if you really want it. I like trading.. unless you are s thrill of the hunt kindof guy

-beav3r
 

I made the categories myself just to make it easier for me to know where each coin stands. It's not a perfect system, but it works for me. All I did was throw the years and mints into excel and place the production value in the neighboring cells. Then I organized it from least to greatest. Once I had that, I just threw it in here and have been updating the list as I go along. HH Sleepy.

Did the same for all of the other denoms. Great tool! I added the circulation ranges to the top of each column, too, to give myself a better idea of the rarity/commonality of each group. It's already come in very handy. Thanks for the inspiration and congrats on your first great finds in your new digs!
 

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