Today I got a barber...08-27-2007

GMan00001

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Well sort of. I stopped at one of my typical Tuesday stops a day early since I don't think I will make it tomorrow.

Finally got my first V Nickel of the year, a 1912-D. Only took 216,249 nickels to find one (about 108 boxes). :P

From the same $100 bag of nickels I also ended up with:
21 pre-1960 Jefferson (1938, 1940, 1940-S, 1946, 1947(2), 1948, 1949, 1951-D, 1952(2), 1953, 1954-D, 1955-D, 1956, 1956-D, 1957-D, 1958-D(2), 1959-D(2))

7 Canadian (1985, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002-P, 2006-P, 2007-RCM)

1 Foreign (Austria, 5 Euro Cents (2002))

1 PGA Tour Partner Club Token


Also picked up:
1 - $500 bag of dimes
1 - $50 bag of pennies
1 - $25 bag of pennies
 

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Congrats GMan. Very nice find. You definitely deserve it after searching through that many nickels!! Kudos to you!!

I hope many more come your way.
 

I did a quick edge search of the bag of dimes since I am short time tonight and might cash them in tomorrow (if I get a chance).

Ended up with
3 pre-1965 Roosevelt (1950-S, 1963-D, 1964-D)

13 Canadian (1972, 1975, 1976(2), 1978, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 2001-P, 2004-P, 2007-RCM(2))

2 Foreign (Argentina, 10 Centavos (1992), Great Britain, 5 Pence (1992)

3 Quarters

7 pennies

Finding the 1950-S leaves me with 6 left to complete the pre-1965 Roosevelt dime set and 18 left to complete it in 2007.
 

That's a lot of nickels. Still, I'd like to find a V some day.

Great work.

HH.
 

1912 d was my first V nickel I found metal detecting. Are you going crosseyed after looking at over 200k nickels?
 

utah hunter said:
1912 d was my first V nickel I found metal detecting. Are you going crosseyed after looking at over 200k nickels?

No, I don't have any problem with the reading dates on coins, though I typically do them in good light.

Besides, I would guess the approx. 575,000 pennies were tougher on my eyes than the nickels, smaller dates.

I would also bring up dimes which are smaller dates still, but about a quarter to a half of those were edge searched only. (231,000 dimes total)
 

GMan00001 said:
utah hunter said:
1912 d was my first V nickel I found metal detecting. Are you going crosseyed after looking at over 200k nickels?

No, I don't have any problem with the reading dates on coins, though I typically do them in good light.

Besides, I would guess the approx. 575,000 pennies were tougher on my eyes than the nickels, smaller dates.

I would also bring up dimes which are smaller dates still, but about a quarter to a half of those were edge searched only. (231,000 dimes total)

When I was a teenager I went through a bag of 5000 wheats I had bought and looked at every coin under a microscope for errors like double and triple punched mint marks and other errors. I found some really neat ones and actually made decent money on them. I also found some of the 1955 "poor man" double dies. I applaud your patience and tenacity, great job...Ryan
 

Went through the $25 bag of pennies last night except for the error search part and finished the that part tonight.

Nothing too special.

9 wheat pennies (1942, 1944-D, 1946, 1950-D, 1952-D, 1953-D, 1956-D, 1958, 1958-D)

12 Canadian (1963, 1964, 1967, 1982, 1983(2), 1985, 1986, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002)

1 Foreign (Germany, 10 Euro Cent (2002-F))
 

utah hunter said:
GMan00001 said:
utah hunter said:
1912 d was my first V nickel I found metal detecting. Are you going crosseyed after looking at over 200k nickels?

No, I don't have any problem with the reading dates on coins, though I typically do them in good light.

Besides, I would guess the approx. 575,000 pennies were tougher on my eyes than the nickels, smaller dates.

I would also bring up dimes which are smaller dates still, but about a quarter to a half of those were edge searched only. (231,000 dimes total)

When I was a teenager I went through a bag of 5000 wheats I had bought and looked at every coin under a microscope for errors like double and triple punched mint marks and other errors. I found some really neat ones and actually made decent money on them. I also found some of the 1955 "poor man" double dies. I applaud your patience and tenacity, great job...Ryan

Not to mention the stats he keep up with! A true CRH'er if there ever was!
 

Went through the last bag from this trip tonight, the $50 bag of pennies.

Pretty good, above my average quantity for this year.

22 wheat pennies (1939, 1941(2), 1942, 1944, 1944-D(3), 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952-D, 1953-D(2), 1953-S, 1954-D, 1955-D(2), 1956, 1956-D, 1957-D, 1958-D)

29 Canadian (1952, 1962, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1972(3), 1974, 1975, 1976(2), 1978, 1979(3), 1981(2), 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2002(2), 2005)

2 Foreign (Singapore, 10 cents (1989, 2005))
 

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