NIFC List

[coindood]

$522 in dollars today yielded three NIFCs.

2012-D Presidential (Cleveland Var 2)
2013-D Nat Am (Treaty/Delawares)
2015-D Presidential (Ike)

Quite an interesting haul today. Nothing new, but in this batch I also got three bicentennial Ikes, four gold-plated 1999-P SBAs, one holed 2000-D Sac and a couple of proofs (see that thread for specifics). That will conclude my bank searching until after Thanksgiving, then it'll be one final push in December, although I'm toying with the idea of simply ordering boxes instead of driving to random banks. It will depend on how many I'm missing at year's end. I do like finding Ikes, proofs and other oddball things, and banks love it when I rid them of these pesky dollar coins. We'll see...

[coindood]

$210 in dollars today yielded one NIFC.

2003-P Sac

Five BU NF String & Sons rolls doomed this batch (Washington x3, John Adams & Jackson) they will get broken open and returned. Two Ikes came along for the ride so at least there were some keepers.

Ordered a box from my regular bank, they said 1-2 weeks. Hoping not to get all new. In the meantime I'll still do my off-bank visits and gather what I can. Been a couple of weeks since my last find and I'm itching for a discovery.

[coindood]

$101 in small dollars today yielded one NIFC.

2015-D Presidential (LBJ)

Ordered a box from my regular bank, they said 1-2 weeks.

10 days later and still no word if it's arrived, but then this branch has a 2.7 star (out of 5) Google review rating. I'll stop by tomorrow and check.

[cwgii]

Turned in $910 of sba,sac,pres.

[coindood]

$1,000 in small dollars today yielded nine NIFCs.

Bold is new to the collection.

2002-P Sac
2005-P Sac
2007-D Sac
2012-D Presidential (Harrison)
2013-D Native Am (Treaty)
2014-D Presidential (Hoover)
2014-P Presidential (FDR)
2015-D Presidential (JFK) (x2)

Ordered a box from my regular bank, they said 1-2 weeks.

And three weeks later it finally arrives. Though the results were less than stellar, one more gets crossed off the list.

Should be able to squeeze in a couple more big hunts before year's end. Big question is should I continue into 2024? Only 14 NIFCs left, not counting the tough Am Innovation's. Hate to bail when I'm so close to finishing certain series, and all from circulation. Maybe I'll go on until I complete one series, I dunno. We'll see how I feel after Jan 1st.

[coindood]

Big question is should I continue into 2024?

And the final answer is NO, I've decided to end dollar coin searching entirely, even for the rest of this year.

It was a lot of fun, and I found more than I thought was possible.

If anyone's curious I'll post some NIFC dollar stats in the coming days.

[Silver4face]

Coindood, are you going to search any other denomination? If so, I am guessing quarters and/or half dollars?

[coindood]

Coindood, are you going to search any other denomination? If so, I am guessing quarters and/or half dollars?

I'm not really sure.

Did quarters heavily in 2020-21. Once I found all the W's I pretty much stopped.

My chief source of halves was the last casino in Vegas with 50-cent slots, but there are only four machines left there and many, many attempts at searching produced maybe one or two silvers, so not really worth it. Besides, I'm on the other side of town and traffic isn't getting any better these days.

So that leaves me with nothing to search. I've toyed with the idea of opening a dump acct at a credit union that has a coin counter and simply buying nickel and penny boxes from my regular bank. But honestly, it doesn't sound all that appealing.

If anyone has any suggestions, please fire away.

Here are the promised stats from my small dollar searching:

Total searched (2023 only)
$15,742

Total small dollars found (all time)
139 out of 181 (77%)

NIFC found (all time)
81 out of 123 (66%)

Proofs
15

Not found (not including Am Innov)
1981-D SBA
2006-D Sac
2008-D Sac
2013-D Pres (Wilson)
2014-D Pres (Harding)
2016PD Pres (Reagan)
2012PD (Nat Am)
2015-D (Nat Am)
2018-P (Nat Am)
2020-P (Nat Am)
2022-P (Nat Am)
2023-P (Nat Am)

Tally of all NIFC Presidential found

2012-P (ARTHUR) - 5
2012-D (ARTHUR) - 6
2012-P (CLEVELAND T1) - 2
2012-D (CLEVELAND T1) - 3
2012-P (HARRISON) - 4
2012-D (HARRISON) - 1
2012-P (CLEVELAND T2) - 3
2012-D (CLEVELAND T2) - 2
2013-P (MCKINLEY) - 8
2013-D (MCKINLEY) - 1
2013-P (TEDDY R) - 3
2013-D (TEDDY R) - 1
2013-P (TAFT) - 4
2013-D (TAFT) - 1
2013-P (WILSON) - 4
2013-D (WILSON) - 0
2014-P (HARDING) - 2
2014-D (HARDING) - 0
2014-P (COOLIDGE) - 1
2014-D (COOLIDGE) - 4
2014-P (HOOVER) - 4
2014-D (HOOVER) - 2
2014-P (FDR) - 7
2014-D (FDR) - 4
2015-P (TRUMAN) - 5
2015-D (TRUMAN) - 1
2015-P (IKE) - 6
2015-D (IKE) - 8
2015-P (JFK) - 2
2015-D (JFK) - 4
2015-P (LBJ) - 1
2015-D (LBJ) - 2
2016-P (NIXON) - 4
2016-D (NIXON) - 1
2016-P (FORD) - 1
2016-D (FORD) - 2
2016-P (REAGAN) - 0
2016-D (REAGAN) - 0
2020-P (BUSH) - 3
2020-D (BUSH) - 2

Chronology of yearly new finds (PRE = 2019 and earlier)

[cwgii]

I regret not asking you ,if you wanted any of your missing ones...before I dumped everything. Sorry

[coindood]

I regret not asking you ,if you wanted any of your missing ones...before I dumped everything. Sorry

Ha, no worries, and I appreciate the thought. They won't break the bank to purchase at the next coin show.

[hobo finds]

https://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins ... ered-coins

[coindood]

Gave in to temptation today.

$500 in small dollars yielded 37 NIFCs.

(Bold is new to the collection)

2003-D Sac (x13)
2006-P Sac
2007-D
2012-D Presidential (Cleveland Ty 1)
2013-P Presidential (Teddy R) (x3)
2013-D Presidential (Taft)
2013-P Nat Am (Treaty)
2014-D Presidential (FDR)
2015-D Presidential (Truman)
2015-D Presidential (Ike)
2015-D Presidential (JFK)
2016-D Presidential (Reagan) <---
2016-D Nat Am (Code Talkers)
2020-P Am Innov (MA) (x8)
2021-D Nat Am (Am Indians in Space)
2021-P Am Innov (VA)

A really great batch, and hot damn was it great finding my first Ronnie! Not listed are two gold plated SBAs.

A few months have passed since my last hunt and I was curious what was out there. Doubtful this will become a regular thing again.

[cwgii]

$375 dollar.

Lol, first roll...solid 1980 sba.
Others mixed, but 3 more solid sba.

Ended up with 20 nifc, including one I had never gotten. Jim Thorpe. p , making it into the first to find category.