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Pictures please! I love those early year wheats!

 

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Ok I will get them soon.

 

3 boxes of Halves:
1 90%er (64)
3 40%ers

Not over an ounce so no picture. My girlfriend did 3 boxes with me and she got 8 40%ers. I was happy for her because that was her first silver find. She loves CRH now.

 

Awesome!

The box I got the 16-D in was very unusual... actually, I only got 40 of the 50 rolls (a man visiting from Georgia in front of me in line got at least 5 of the other rolls)... and there were a crazy 35 NIFCs, 4 40%-ers, and a 76S proof. So 1 keeper per roll!

 

John, it sounds like it was a fun box!

 

It was! I'm guessing I missed out on about 10 NIFCs and 1 40%-er based on what I found in those 40 rolls... I can't complain, and I'm sure the person(s) who got those other 10 rolls was/were happy.

 

Some updates... from my nickel finds. Now that I have found a 1943-D, my totals with rankings on the right. Also note how difficult the 2009-P is to find. Two War Nickels have actually been easier to find! Also (not on chart), I have only found TWO 1990-D NO FS nickels to date. That coin is much scarcer than people realize.

 

2 BWR boxes of Cents. Good boxes! First box was from MA and had 20 wheatbacks and 13 Canadians. I was worried about the box, as more than half of the rolls were nearly solid 2016 coins, but the few older rolls had 2 or 3 wheats in them. Second box was from NH and had 35 wheatbacks and 4 Canadians. The second box started out with a bang - 22 wheatbacks in 25 rolls! Then it got ice cold for 16 rolls, but the last rolls finished off steady. Fun box!!

Here are the combined totals:

1918, (2) 1934, 1935, 1936, (2) 1937, (2) 1939, 1940, (5) 1941, (4) 1944, 1945, (4) 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951-D, (2) 1952, 1952-D, (2) 1953, (2) 1953-D, 1954-D, (3) 1955, (4) 1956, (6) 1956-D, (4) 1957-D, 1958, 1958-D

Also: 1969-S, 1970-S, (4) 1971-S, 1972-S

The oldest Canadian was this 1940 George:



Oldest coin 1918:



Nicest finds:

 

Heavily worn. The only reason I knew it was a 1920 was catching the upper curve of the "2" under magnification.

 

$50 CWR Dimes - Skunk... but found a '64 Roosie in the coinstar.

$100 CWR Nickels - 27 pre-1960 coins, including a 39-D and 42-S which filled holes in my circulated set. Plus an additional 43-S for good measure.

$25 BWR Cents - 17 average circulated wheats and 479 copper cents

While I was at the CU, one of the tellers asked if I wanted "some old two's." I'm not usually a currency guy, but curiosity got the better of me. I ended up with $100 in $2 bills... $20 were series 1976, but the rest were almost all series 1963 and 1953. There were a few nice crisp bills, a few with consecutive serial numbers. The highlights were a relatively low serial number star note from '63 and a series 1928. The '28 isn't in great shape, but it's one of those things that I find cool just because it exists.

 

I'm always at the bank asking for 2's because I want to find a red seal one! Looks like you found where they were hiding!

 

I don't know a ton about currency. But, I also own some 2 Dollar bills dated... You guessed it 76, 63, and 53. What's with those years, were 2$ bills printed sporadically, or were those years just high runs?

 

well after a long break I finally picked up 4 boxes of halves.
1 40%, a 69, that's it.
Well not a skunk but ....
18 NIFC, 2 proofs. That's it.
These came in a different kind of box than my bank usually gets. I have not had good luck with this type box when I have gotten them at different banks. I asked if they switched truck companies but they said no. Hope my next order is back to the old style box and better pickin's.
till next time, happy hunting.

 

A 39-D? Those are REALLY tough to find. Congrats! Do you have a pic?

 

They print bills in a "series." Meaning that they will print the same year on them until (usually) there is some sort of change in the people whose names is on the bill, I believe. So you can have a series of bills dated one year, but printed over a 5-10 year period or more.

 

Ah, I see. Thanks for the clarification. Figured it couldn't be coincidental

 

My oldest coin was 1901

 

My oldest found Cent is my 1907 Indian Head. My oldest found coin is my 1883 (no cents) Liberty Nickel. I posted about these finds on this thread when they happened.

Have only found 2 IH Cents and 2 Lib Nickels. They certainly are not common around here.

 

A 39-D and those $2!!! Great score!!

 

Yup. To elaborate, small design changes add a B, C, etc. to the series. Big design changes (like a signature ) start a new series year.
For example, series 1934 bills were printed well into the 1950s.