9....8.....

After my run, I was stretching and just walking around the bench near the park to cool down. I picked up two pennies. One was from 1968. I can't determine the date on the other one, it's in that poor condition.

T Minus 10

Closing in on another milestone. I found two pennies this morning as I picked up some groceries and a coffee. They were from 1978 and 2004.

Off to go running.

February 8

I couldn't think of a creative headline tonight. Just couldn't.

During lunch, I saw a penny near my usual soup place. It was from 1982. Then after work I found one of those elusive coins: a quarter. The date on the quarter is 1998.

This is going to be a short post as I'm rather tired this evening.

Blackjack

I did not win the NY Lottery last night. So despite my feverish efforts to obtain a hefty financial base in a relatively short amount of time, I did not participate in this.

This morning I located a dime at my subway station. It was from 1998. As I was doing laundry tonight, I saw a penny next to one of the washing machines. It was a "wheat penny"-- all the way back from 1944. I wonder if one of the original tenants dropped it. The design was done by a New Yorker. I also found another dime in the laundry room. This was from 2002.

Norsk

Jeg fant en penny og en dime i går. Da jeg tok treppen opp fra undergrunn tog stasjonen så jeg en dime neste treppen. Dimen var fra 1980. Penny-en var på golvet i bygningen hvor jeg arbeider. Den var fra 1970 (Titanic was a Norway rock band from that era).

Check these dudes out:



I dag var også en fin dag. Da jeg gikk til norsk kursen min i kveld så jeg to penny-er på 51st gate og 3rd Avenue. Etter kursen fant jeg en andre penny i toget.

Nå har jeg gjørt hjemmearbeid til norsk kurs. Her kan du lese om en norsk bibliothekar, Pliny. Jeg ønsker at jeg kunne arbeide i Norge.

(Obviously penny and dime are not Norwegian words.)

Später in der Woche schreibe ich "eine blog-Post" auf deutsch. Alles klar?

O Canada

Yes, it's Super Bowl Sunday. Advertisers are spending about $2.6 million dollars to air a 30-second spot. Some of the heavy hitters are sitting out though.

Well, I've found some money over the past couple of days. In fact, yesterday I found my first non-US coin. It was from Canada and minted in 1999.

What's happening in Canada? Maybe an earthquake in BC......won a few medals in speedskating at the World Cup.

So...that penny is worth currently about $.0084. I'll figure out a way to incorporate that at the end of the year.

Also yesterday I picked up 3 pennies and a nickel. I found a penny and the nickel at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Today I picked up a penny on 10th Avenue and Windsor Place.

Been a productive weekend.

Six Cents

Well, my streak of finding consecutive pennies has ended. But not before I found one more. Coming back from a friend's party, I spotted a 2002 penny near Broadway and 17th. Another avenue over, the streak ended. A lone nickel from 2000 lying there just waiting to be brought in from the cold.

And that was when my good fortune ended for that evening. It took me a little over 1.5 hours to get home from 6th Avenue and 14th. I waited for the F train for a good 45 minutes. And I thought I was going to have an early night.

Should've used my six cents. Thank you ladies and gentlemen. I'll be here for the rest of the year. ;)