Hi all, Been coin hunting heavy for most of the past year and a half or so and off and on before that, but just recently came across this site. I had been tracking my totals all year (with more detailed search totals from April on) so I figured I'd share. Here are my final totals for 2006. The coins listed below were all found either by searching rolls, local casinos, loose change, buying loose coins at banks, etc. Pennies ------- 7 - Indian head pennies (Oldest/Best = 1902) 1654 - Total Wheat pennies (of which 180 where pre-1941 and 1 was a war penny (1943), Oldest = 1909, Best = 1933-D) 71 - Pre-1960 Canadian pennies (Oldest/Best = 1932) 1 - 1998 Wide AM Lincoln Penny 2 - 2000 Wide AM Lincoln Penn Nickels -------- 3 - V Nickels (Oldest/Best = 1883 without cents) 19 - Buffalo Nickels (about half of which the date was readable, Oldest = 1915, Best = 1916-S) 2629 - Pre-1960 Jefferson Nickels (of which 67 were War nickels, Best = 1950-D) 2 - Pre-1960 Canadian nickels (Oldest/Best = 1940) 5 - Proof Jefferson nickels (19XX-S after 1970) Note: Found complete set of Jefferson Nickels issued for circulation (1938-2006) this year. Dimes ----- 1 - Mercury Dime (Oldest/Best = 1944) 24 - Pre-1965 Roosevelt Dimes (Oldest = 1946, Best = all roughly equal) 1 - 1996-W Roosevelt Dime 4 - Silver Canadian Dimes (Oldest/Best = 1950) Quarters -------- 8 - Pre-1965 Washington Quarters (Oldest = 1935, Best = 1935 or 1953) Halves ------ 3 - 90% Kennedy Half Dollar (Oldest/Best = 1964/1964-D) 53 - 40% Kennedy Half Dollars (Oldest/Best = all roughly equal) 1 - 1974-D Kennedy Half Dollar DDO Dollars ------ 324 - Eisenhower Dollars (Oldest/Best = all roughly equal) 1 - 1981-D Susan B Anthony Dollar (mint set only issue) Other ----- Numerous foreign coins not worth mentioning in detail. Currency --------- 1 - 1934C $20 Federal Reserve Note 1 - 1950A $10 Federal Reserve Note 1 - 1950E $10 Federal Reserve Note 1 - 1963A $10 Federal Reserve Note 1 - 1974 $10 Federal Reserve Note Other misc stats for 2006 ------------------------ Best Penny box for indian head pennies = 2 indian head pennies Best Penny box for wheat pennies = 69 wheat pennies (also had boxes of 63 and 56) Best Penny roll for wheat pennies = 8 wheat pennies Best Nickel box for pre-1960 nickels = 42 pre-1960 nickels Best Nickel box for war nickels = 4 war nickels Best Nickel box for Buffalo nickels = 3 buffalo nickels Best Dime box for silver dimes = 5 silver dimes Best Quarter box for silver quarters = 1 silver quarter Best Half Dollar box for silver halves = 1-90% Kennedy and 11-40% Kennedy Most Canadian pennies in a box = 88 pennies Total Pennies searched: Approx. 335000 pennies Total Nickels searched: Approx. 194000 nickels Total Dimes searched: Between 110000 and 200000 dimes (only have crude records) Total Quarters searched: Between 75000 and 120000 quarters (only have crude records) Total Half Dollars searched: 8350 half dollars Total coins searched for 2006: Between 714000 and 849000 coins searched. Can only hope 2007 is as good as 2006. HH
CRH: First, welcome. Second: Nice Job! A lot of work, but a very good job. Congratulations and I hope that you do as well this year.
When its a hobby that you enjoy, it doesn't really feel like work. I know I could buy most of what i find and invest a little more money but a lot less time. But part of the fun for me is thrill of the hunt. Not knowing what will be found. Kind of like pulling the lever on the slot machine, but never really losing. Since even after the coins are looked at, they're still worth what you paid for them, (unless of course there are a lot of foreign coins mixed in). And I almost always find something worth keeping.
You found a 1950-d Jefferson in roll searching very good find looks like you had a good year on the others also.:thumb: BRUCE "THE FRANK GROUP"
Checked out some 1/2 dollars today. Finds: Clad silver: 1966 (1); 1967 (10 1968 D (2) 1969 D (1) Proof: 1987 S cameo, but (naturally) slight marks. Best: 1948 P Franklin, AU condition. Also, earlier: from a client's cash register: 1957 P Washington quarter.
Thanks, these were the first (aside from a silver dime a month ago in another client's cash drawer) in a l-o-n-g time.
I started to look for a few of the varieties like double dies for a few coins a couple of months ago. I even looked in detail at every coin for a penny box or two. Basically I tried to find the different varieties listed on coppercoins.com. Either my eyes are not trained well enough or my magnification is not powerful enough, but I didn't have much success. On top of that I found that it just took way too long and was too much strain on my eyes. So I am back to mostly just looking for the varieties listed in the Red Book which ends up being around 100 pennies per box. The only true successful double die I have found was the 1974-D kennedy. Other than that just some mechanical doubling and such that isn't worth much, the couple of Wide AM pennies listed above. Regarding the amount of time, I don't sleep much as it is (maybe 4 to 6 hours a night), and I have always been that way. So I actually do a lot of the searching while listening to/watching tv shows/sporting events that have been tivo'd after my kids go to bed. Either that or I am doing it with my kids. My son, who just turned 8, already has filled his penny books back to 1941 (I bought him the three 1943's) and has almost finished his jefferson nickel books (only has 3 left: 1938-D, 1938-S, and 1950-D). All were found while searching in 2006 as I bought him the books in January of 2006. My daughter likes to help out as well, but she is only 5 and usually just likes to pour the coins between the cups of play tea set. Though she does know enough to pick out the canadian pennies and wheat pennies (at least if she sees the reverse). Once she learns her numbers just a little bit better, I am going to let her start filling a book as well whenever she finds the coins while helping me. Also, it only takes slightly over an hour for me to go through a box of pennies or nickels including looking for the common varieties, or about 1 show. The dimes and quarters I actually usually don't even bring home. The bank I go to most frequently has their rolls in clear plastic so I just ask the teller to look at whatever rolls of dimes and quarters they have when I am at the bank. Usually they will let me look, though I have met a few tellers who wouldn't. And I only buy the rolls that have the possibility of something older (that is also why my records aren't as accurate for dimes and quarters). Takes maybe 1 minute to scan 50 rolls of dmies or quarters. Half dollars are similar, but I didn't start getting them often until near the end of the year just due to the amount of money needed to get any volume, though I plan on getting them much more frequently in 2007.
