Hello all!

Sorry that it has been so long since I posted a blog. I haven’t had enough to write about for a while because I haven’t had any cool coin roll hunting finds or purchases. Now, I finally do! So let’s begin. If you remember, in my last blog I mentioned that I would be getting a bunch of coins to hunt through: my first ever dollar coin box and two boxes of nickels. You may also remember me mentioning that my bank was limiting customer coin orders to only one box and I hoped they weren’t still limiting orders when I ordered my 3 coin boxes; unfortunately, they were. So I was only able to order the dollar coin box. Luckily, when I picked up the dollar coin box, I was also able to pick up some halves. I was able to pick up 6 cool looking rolls that were twice as long and held twice as many halves as usual. Here is the list of what I found in the dollar coin box: a proof 2009-S John Tyler, a wide rim-near date 1979-P SBA, 2 golden plated coins (found in two rolls one right after the other), 40 NIFCs, and some coins that I have been needing for a long time (Millard Fillmore-D [for the longest time I couldn't find this one, the last circulating coin that I needed for the Presidential Dollars, and I only found one in the entire box!], 1999-D SBA, and other years/mints)�

After I hunted the dollar coin box, I went to my LCS and grabbed some coins and some E-z-est coin cleaner (I know it sounds bad, but I was careful, so bear with me!). Here is what I got: a nice 1872 Seated Dime for $13 for my type set, a beautiful AU 1918 Lincoln Cent with a lamination on the reverse for $10, and some coins I picked out of the junk silver bin (I hunted the entire bin!): G 1918-S half, AU/BU 1961 half, BU 1963 half, F/VF 1936 Half, 1936-S quarter, 1942-S quarter, 1948-S quarter, 1954 dime with pleasing golden toning, 1920-S Merc, and a monster toned 1964-D dime.�

About the e-z-est, I had some tarnished coins, some were proofs that I picked out of my LCS's junk silver bin and others. See the before/after pics. I think it worked really well! It only took a couple of seconds. Although it works really well for tarnished proofs, it doesn't work well on copper. See the before and after pics:

PS I got some cool birthday presents, including a coin collecting t-shirt and a coin pinger!

Overall, I think I did well! Let me know what you think, enjoy the pics, and have a great day!

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