Ready for bed

It's been a long day.  The last day of the month is always busy at a mortgage company - and today was no exception.  I'm wiped.

7 rolls of nickels

1940-S
1956-D

7 rolls of pennies

36 pre-1982 coppers

Not much to show for tonight

Considering I've spent the last several hours sneezing my head off, I feel good just being able to search tonight.

7 rolls of nickels

1941-D
1954-D

7 rolls of pennies

52 pre-1982 coppers

Decent searching tonight

I'm liking these boxes so far - they're so much better than last week.

7 rolls of nickels

1946
1948
1952-D
1952-S
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

1952-D

52 pre-1982 coppers

Still sore

I suppose I should just be grateful that things still work.  Let's face it.  I'm getting old.  I should start expecting things to ache.  That way, when they don't - I have a reason to be happy.

7 rolls of nickels

1941
1954-D

7 rolls of pennies

55 pre-1982 coppers

A little slip-n-fall at Wally World

Yep - I decided to see what it would feel like to fall on my keister.  I see the dude mopping the floor.  I see his little mop bucket/buggy/thing all the way down at the end of the main aisle where he started.  I did not see a yellow Caution Wet Floor thing.  I didn't even see one in Spanish.  Why?  Because there wasn't one.  Still, I knew the floor was wet.

Remember how I said it was a main aisle?  So it was wide - at least wide enough for two weight-challenged people in motorized carts to pass each other.  See, I can't call them fat lazy lardasses anymore - that's not politcally correct.  Ahem.  What I did not see was that the brain surgeon mopping the floor wasn't just mopping one side of the aisle.  In one little one foot section, he had crossed over and mopped both sides.

So there I am - flat on back, left knee bruised, right ankle twisted, right hip aching, right wrist on fire.  I look back at the rocket scientist.  He has this look of utter fear on his face - something between "I'm gonna get fired for this" and "That guy is eventually going to get up and come shove this mop where the sun don't shine."  I have pity on him, gather what little dignity I have left, and hobble slowly away.

7 rolls of nickels

1953-S
1982 Panama 5-centesimos

7 rolls of pennies

1955-D
1985 Canada 1-cent
36 pre-1982 coppers

A good start to the new boxes

Things are looking up for the new boxes.  They're already looking to be better than last week's.  At least the coins are cleaner so far.

8 rolls of nickels

1946
1955-D

8 rolls of pennies

1953-D
62 pre -1982 coppers

Thank goodness these boxes are done!

And here's to hoping I never get another set of boxes this dirty again.  Not finding much wouldn't have been so bad, but the coins were downright filthy as well.  When I first started roll searching, I decided to wear finger cots to protect the coins from fingerprints.  Now I wear them to protect my fingers from the coins.

7 rolls of nickels

nothing

7 rolls of pennies

53 pre-1982 coppers

These boxes are terrible

After last night, I thought they were getting better.  After tonight, I'm back to thinking these are the worst ever. 

7 rolls of nickels

1941
1954-D

7 rolls of pennies

1952-D

59 pre-1982 coppers

The boxes are getting a little better

Not much...just a little better.  Of course, I don't guess they could have gotten much worse.

7 rolls of nickels

1940
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

1953-D
1978 Canada 1-cent
57 pre-1982 coppers

Crummy boxes

I sure hope these boxes get better soon - there's not much to report.

7 rolls of nickels

1957-D (2 found)
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

47 pre-1982 coppers

Allergies

It looks like I went from a headache to not being able to breathe.  Meh.

7 rolls of nickels

1958-D (2 found)

7 rolls of pennies

1945
67 pre-1982 coppers

Worst. Headache. Ever.

It feels like someone has a red-hot icepick and is digging around behind my left eye.  I just want to crawl into bed and whimper.

7 rolls of nickels

1955-D
1957-D
1958-D (2 found)

7 rolls of pennies

57 pre-1982 coppers

Slow start to new boxes

So, we picked the kids up this monring and it was the cutest thing.  Clarissa was curled up in a corner asleep.  They enjoyed swimming in the dark and Samuel loved staying up until 2 am watching movies.  The little toot stayed up later than we did.

So, as soon as we picked them up, it was off to piano practice for Samuel.  Once he was done, it was time for the trips to the banks - dumping and picking up new boxes.  From there, we went across town and had lunch at the mall before heading over to the Austin Quilt Show.  We must have spent around 3 hours just walking around.  From there it was a trip to Chili's for supper and off we went home.

Everyone was exhausted and turned in early - except for me that is... :)

8 rolls of nickels

1949
1953-D
1958-D

8 rolls of pennies

53 pre-1982 coppers

When the kids are away - the parents will play

So, tonight we let the kids spend the night at the Y for their back-to-school campout.  Well, I suppose it's a campout - if you call sleeping in a sleeping bag on a gym floor a campout.  So far the parents have had a great time.  We'll see how the kids did tomorrow morning.

7 rolls of nickels

1947-D
1948
1952-D
1953-D
1954-D

7 rolls of pennies

1950-D

1955-D
63 pre-1982 coppers

My first Black Beauty

This is turning out to be one of the best nickel boxes I have had the pleasure of going through.  I've seen these before, but never this black.  Guess the Mint left this one in the oven way too long.

7 rolls of nickels

1940
1940-D
1946
1947-D
1949-S
1952-D
1954-D
1957-D
1959-D Black Beauty

7 rolls of pennies

1959 in MS-60 RD

47 pre-1982 coppers

A good night for nickels

Lots of good nickels tonight.  Finally finished watching Star Trek:  The Next Generation with the family.  On to Deep Space Nine!

7 rolls of nickels

1941
1944-P
1948-D
1955-D
1957
1957-D (3 found)

7 rolls of pennies

1999 Canada 1-cent

60 pre-1982 coppers

The older I get, the more sleep I need

Why is that?  It also seems like I need to get more done in less time.  Someone is seriously messing with my time sense.

7 rolls of nickels

1952-D
1956

7 rolls of pennies

1941

59 pre-1982 coppers

English coins and kids who won't sleep

So, apparently getting sick in the middle of the night means you get to sleep in the next morning - which means you're not tired the next night.  Who knew?

7 rolls of nickels

1946-S
1948-D
1949
1951-D
1952
1957-D
1996 Great Britain 20-pence

7 rolls of pennies

52 pre-1982 coppers

Happy Birthday to my wonderful wife!

Happy Birthday Honey

7 rolls of nickels

1939
1940
1948
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

1945-S
1978 Canada 1-cent
1989 Canada 1-cent
62 pre-1982 coppers

New boxes and a present from a teller

So, the teller at the bank where I deposit all the coins I didn't want for the week asked me what I look for.  I told her that I really just look for really old coins.  So she pulls out a couple of pennies and asks if I want them.  I say sure.  At worst, I'll just run them through the coin counter next week, right?  So, she hands me a 1943-D steel wheat penny and a 1941-D wheat penny.  Nothing spectacular - but it was a really nice gesture that I'll remember.

8 rolls of nickels

1943-P
1949-D
1956-D
1957-D (2 found)

8 rolls of pennies

50 pre-1982 coppers

Slow end to the boxes

Well, these boxes weren't quite skunks - but they weren't really roses either :)

7 rolls of nickels

1940

7 rolls of pennies

41 pre-1982 coppers

Where does the time go?

I look up - and it's tomorrow already.  Well, you know what I mean.  I'm beginning to feel like I need to either stay up extra long or spend a full day sleeping just to get back on track with the rest of the world.  It's like I'm operating with perpetual jet lag.

7 rolls of nickels

1955-D

7 rolls of pennies

1956-D
58 pre-1982 coppers

Long day

It seems like my days are more full than ever, with less down time where I can just relax.  I've only got 38-1/2 weeks of school left.  I've been going nonstop now for just over 4 years and I'm tired.

7 rolls of nickels

1952-S
1953
1957-D

7 rolls of pennies

1942
42 pre-1982 coppers

What's with all the water?

No sooner does the leak inside the house stop, than Hermine decides to drop more than 4.5" of rain (and still counting!)  I'm done with all this water.

7 rolls of nickels

1946
1952
1955-D

7 rolls of pennies

1946-D
1952-D
1955-D

So, the water leak appears to be contained

If we wake up tomorrow and everything is still dry, I'll cancel the appointment with the plumber.  Luckily, it looks like there was no real damage except a bit of superficial damage under the sink in the counter.  Nothing major though that I can see.

7 rolls of nickels

1948-D
1955-D
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

48 pre-1982 coppers

Water leaks - oh my!

So we wake up this morning to find that the sink in the bathroom is leaking - and has been all night apparently.  I put in a service call to the home warranty company and they assigned a plumber to come out.  Of course, it's Sunday and tomorrow is a holiday, so I don't expect a call until Tuesday.  In the meantime the leak stopped...go figure.

7 rolls of nickels

1957-D

7 rolls of pennies

1944-D
39 pre-1982 coppers

New boxes, silver, and slim pickings

Got my new boxes today, and while in the bank, two of the tellers recognized my son as being the "boy who collects foreign coins".  Apparently they've started saving them up all week for him.  He loves it!

8 rolls of nickels

1944-P (silver)
1946

8 rolls of pennies

54 pre-1982 copper

Another two boxes down

Yep, finished another box of cents and a box of nickels tonight.  Here's the results.

7 rolls of nickels

1946 (2 found)
1947-S
1948
1951-D
1958-D
1964 Canada 5-cent

7 rolls of pennies

1957 Canada 1-cent (that spent some time sliding around a parking lot)
41 pre-1982 coppers

These boxes just keep getting better and better

So - just how does a eurocent from Germany make it all the way to Texas anyway?  And once it does, how does it make through all the coin counters and sorters to wind up in a box from Brinks?  It's not even close to the same size as a penny after all.  Oh well - I'll take it!

7 rolls of nickels

1941
1946-D
1957-D
1958-D

7 rolls of pennies

1946
2004 Germany 1-eurocent
74 pre-1982 coppers

When it rains, it pours

Ok, now I sound like an old commercial for Morton's salt - now I'm showing my age :-)

So, now the wheat pennies just keep coming - but I can't find any old nickels.  Oh well, I'm still having fun and that's what matters I suppose.

7 rolls of nickels

1954-D

7 rolls of pennies

1944
1947-D
1950
1997 Canada 1-cent
59 pre-1982 coppers