Olehere and There: June 2016

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

I have decided that half dollar coin collecting is more fun than working.

(Not sure that I expected any singular occupation would overcome the joy of making money.)

So I am coin collecting half dollars - I am also motivating my three granddaughters to

appreciate the value of counting dollars by 4-bit increments.

The first couple of half dollar boxes were uneventful. However, the last two yielded

some 40% silver, some NIFC coins as well as a beautiful 2002 San Francisco Proof.

The highlight, in my mind was to find a 1951 Ben Franklin. It is pretty worn but I find

it kind of neat that my first Benjamin was dated the year of our birth. (Carol and I were

both born the same year.) So on we go down the coin collecting path. It would be much

easier to buy the coins... however, it seems to me that "discovering" the coins is much

more interesting.

Another baptized Grandbaby added to the Clan!

We worked the $240 that we got courtesy of Fed at

the BNA BAC (our home bank actually). No statistics

yet but we practically filled Panama's two coin books!

We found a 2001 and a 2005 but nothing else from the

years newer than 2000. These are years where the coins

are available from the mint in uncirculated condition - no

one dropped any of these more expensive coins in our box.

Nana thought this picture was funny. The squinting

makes my face more wrinkled than normal. It did

capture my general disposition however.

Wow is all I can say. We did pretty well

on the first coin haul. Good job all!!!

Panama came in 2nd in her first time trying this event.

Papa has been practicing jumping into the shower w/o falling.

Erica came in second in the Women's Rowing Time Trials at the Gym.

This was her first time. She is going to keep at it to see if she can get better.

Papa has taken up rowing too: 5000 meters today in 30-minutes. Not too fast!

His motto: I hustled at work for 30-years, time to stroll not roll...