Hello fellow YNs and YNH!

Well, I apologize! Looking back, I haven't done an update since late February! I have still been roll searching and everything, I just have been busy and haven't had the time to write out a nice blog for you guys, but I'm free, so I figured I'd go ahead and bite the bullet. Here we go! 

First of all, I wanted to (officially) announce that even though we are only 1/4 of the way through the year, we have already reached our target goal of 2 ounces of roll searching silver in 2022! We are now at 2.07 ounces, and I couldn't be happier. We've found three silver nickels (1942-P, 1942-S, and 1944-P), three silver dimes (1953-S, 1957-P, and 1964-P), one 90% silver half dollar (1964-P), and an ASTOUNDING 8 40% silver half dollars (1966-P {x2}, 1967-P {x2}, 1968-D {x3}, and a 1969-D)! This is a big improvement from last year's 1.7 ounces, and I can't wait until I see that next silver edge. We haven'y found a silver quarter yet this year, so I've still got some rolls to search until then, but boy, what a way to start the first fourth of the year off! 

Speaking of starting the year off, varieties have hit in huge storms this year, way more than I was finding last year. Some of this is due to my new digital microscope, but I digress. Cuds, die chips, DDRs and DDOs... it has been a great roll searching year thus far, and I'm sure it will stay that way for the rest of the year. I have a huge pile of possibles I have to attribute still, so I'll probably get on some of those once I finish this blog. 

Ws have been slow to come to the table this year, but I kind of understand that because I have been branching out into other denominations, not JUST sorting quarters like I did last year. However, I have acquired a Guam  2019-W since I last blogged about, and six Ws over the span of less than a year is certainly nothing to scoff at. 

That was written on the 4th of April. I'm now updating it on April 12. The GNA show was a big hit. I paged for the dealers all four days. My exhibit, 
"90% Silver, 100% History: GSA Morgan Dollars of the 1960's" on GSA Carson City Morgan Dollars won third place. After attending the YN program on Saturday, I (along with all the other YNs present) received a gift bag full of coins. Some of the highlights in my bag were an NGC PF-69 2011-S Jefferson Nickel, 1927 and 1929 Standing Liberty Quarters, two Buffalo nickels, and a coaster in the shape of a 1877 Shield Nickel. The prize for winning third place was $100 in credit to spend on the bourse floor. I ended up buying an AU-58 1941 Liberty Walking Half Dollar, a MS-63 1948-P Franklin Half Dollar that I later realized was FBL, the key date of the Franklin Halves 1949-S in about MS-64, a 1955 Franklin in MS-64 that most likly would get FBL if I sent it in, although it would be close. I also purchased a Canadian cents folder (small cents #2), so now I just need the first folder. I was also given an NTC graded PF-67 1964 Lincoln Cent proof for my slab collection. It was a great show, and I have TON of money I earned from paging (I managed to have the self control not to spend anything with the tip money).

Keep collecting,

Thatcoinguy

P.S. Pictures will be posted shortly. I'm on a computer right now, but the pictures should be up in a few days.