Anyone place older neat coins in CoinStar returns?

abcde12345

I do. Sometimes dateless Buffalo nickels or definitely wheatback cents. Sometimes silver dimes and neat foreign looking coins. I think it is a great way to start budding new and young collectors to discover this hobby. It's also fun to place the same type of coins in payphone coin returns and pinball machines.

I friend of mine give Kennedy clad half dollars he picks up at the bank as tips. Instead of say a worn out five dollar bill he gives a shiny au'ish clad Kennedy instead. I wish I could see the delight on that server's face when she picks it up and perhaps begins her quest with this fascinating hobby.

Coinstartled

Around here, you tip the server a Kennedy half on a $20 lunch, you better duck.

ilmcoins

A 50 cent tip!! Must have been poor service!

pocketpiececommems

They probably think you are giving them a worthless foreign coin. Pay with SBA's and they usually think they are quarters and want more money that's when I tell them they owe me

BillDugan1959

I might leave a presidential dollar or a sackie on top of several one dollar bills, but only with servers whom I know know what the coins are. You don't mess with tips, most of those servers really do need the money for their basic living expenses. The idea that they're going to turn into numismatists is something for when they are older and more prosperous.

winesteven

I always get from my bank, and keep with me, $2 bills, $1 coins (golden, SBA, and Ike), and Kennedy halves, and give them out/spend them. I always let the recipients know those small coins are not quarters, but dollars. While my main goal is to hope to spur interest in our wonderful hobby, regardless if that happens or not, virtual every recipient feels joy when they get these.

Jzyskowski1

What the heck is a payphone coin return and what was that other thing oh ya a pinball machine. What year are you living in and how do I get there🙀jzyskowski

abcde12345

Photos for those who had difficulty understanding this simple concept.

SaorAlba

I haven't put coins in there, but have put electrical box knockouts and washers there to see if anybody takes them. And they do.

ricko

I take coins out of a coinstar reject bin... not put them in.... Cheers, RickO

291fifth

The last thing workers need to receive as tips are "collectible " coins. They need real, spendable money to pay bills.

Hemispherical

@SaorAlba said:
I haven't put coins in there, but have put electrical box knockouts and washers there to see if anybody takes them. And they do.

Then the finders come here asking about what “errors” they have found.

Jzyskowski1

Bless you Hemi you’re such a calming effect around here🙀jzyskowski plus you don’t mind teaching us new guys thanks

COCollector

Pre-1982 cents in Coinstar. That's it. Nothing remotely numismatic.

johnny9434

@Coinstartled said:
Around here, you tip the server a Kennedy half on a $20 lunch, you better duck.

fity cent is not a good thing to leave here either