Yet Another Dug Out of the Trash Next to the Coin Machine Story....
SaorAlba
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I got jibbed for digging the ancient Roman out of the trash a couple of weeks ago, taking coin hunting to a new low.
Was at my credit union after work using the coin machine to get rid of my cent search castoffs and I take a peak into the trash can next to the machine. I noticed what looked like several corroded Zincolns on top of the plastic baggies and containers in the trash and well unfortunately most turned out to be permanently castoff to the rubbish heap coins.
But one of those narsty verminous "Zincolns" was actually this 127 year old coin:
Go ahead, laugh, cry or criticise, but I saved this old codger from the rubbish heap. 
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It's still .900 fine silver!
That's awesome. People are so lazy, in too much of a hurry in life to realize what they're throwing away is treasure
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Congratulations!
Wow. I find it so hard to believe people throw rejected coins into the little basket next to the coin counter...but it's true, I've seen it here too. I was counting change and saw coins in that little trash can, reached down and grabbed some...only came up with Canadian coins and a Bermuda one. This 1893 dime is a cool treasure!!!!
Pretty cool!
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Yes it's COOL! Still a 90 percent silver!
I've noticed the trash bucket full of 'coins' next to the coin machine at my CU.
Once in a while I reach in and grab some.........kind of awkward.
I'll post pics later if time allows.
But last week I noticed that the CU employees maintaining the machine throw any extras into the trash, from the reject bin and also from the magnets inside the machine
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Good stuff, makes you wonder how much change annually is thrown away here in the U.S.?
Yes! Congrats dude. I too dig. I don't care. I've been in a lot dirtier places. LOL Who cares, right? Just think, that could have been a KEY coin in the dime series, than what? Nice.
One more Thing... Check the last digit. The 3, it could be a 3/2. Bigger worth then?
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Great find! Nothing to criticize about finding a 127 yr old coin.
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Amazing!
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I would not criticize you for it.
I pick up money when I see it.
Last year I "found" slightly over $60.
That is a nice find.
I can dig it.
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congrats!
Great find
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Okay, yes, I've also seen this. A bank employee was inside the coin counter door, removing a piece of plastic or something, then closed it up, then reached inside the reject slot and threw out a handful of change.
Well, maybe not a handful, but at least half a dozen or so coins....without even looking at them! Whenever it spits out a quarter on me, I put it back through, and it usually accepts it the second time around.
Saved!
A nice save and its got a new home. Wtg
That is great...and old silver dime. I have checked the couple of Coinstars in my area...no trash can alongside. If there were, I would pick coins out of it....Who knows? Could be a '55 DDO in that trash....
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