[attachment 19975 centershot.jpg] Now I was looking through all my dimes and it gave me a sense of how the population, economy, and both political and world issues effected how coins were lost while people visited the parks here in New York. That the dime or 10 cent piece were the easist to be lost and found again, especially in grassy areas. Now, the Mercs...are in four groups... First the bunch to the right are Barbers....look at how many I found... It tells me they were less people around between 1900 to 1916. 
Then the Teens 1916-1919...notice how many more dimes were found and believe it or not, the mayority of them are dated 1917-1918, right after the first world war...Hmmmm.
Next, The Roaring Twentes...1920-1929, Shows a growth in population and much prosperity and leisure amoung families in the parks, the bunch grew a bit.
The smallest of the bunch were between 1930-1935, remember the population was still growing, but with the depression, not much activity in the parks and if they were there, they lost less of their coins because in all denominations of silver, the thirties coins between 1930-1935 were the least found.
Then the big boom...1936-1939 & 1940-1956 the mercs and rosies are plentiful, We see how much bigger the population has become and that the activities in the parks were at their greatest...the 1941-1949 are the most found merc and rosies that were dug up for me. The Quarters & Halfs show a simuliar census.
[attachment 19974 Reale.jpg]Well, here is my oldest Silver 1787 and very difficult to find in parks or anywhere for that manner. The piece of 8 Reale found 10" from a 1794 Large Cent. The Shoe Buckle is Dated by a historian at between 1752-1787...it's made of brass which tell us he had a few bucks, but not as much as a person wearing silver shoes buckles....WOW.
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[attachment 19973 halfs.jpg]Halfs & Dollars are the hardest to come by, but for some reason... this year they have been coming my way.[attachment 19972 quarters.jpg]Well, the quarters were plentiful providing they are larger coins and were harder to lose because they were easier to find once you knew you lost them.[attachment 19969 grpsilver.jpg] Here is all the Silver since I started Detecting again since 1999. Included is a Shoe Buckle from the 1700's which I almost through away.
Here are the dimes
Man, I was ready to get in the car and pay you a visit 