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Coinstar Score!

$30+ face value, consisting of $22 in quarters, $6 modern dollars, and a few bucks in dimes/nickels/cents (didn’t count those). No silver coins, unfortunately. This is my second big score at the grocery store near my work, the first being last year when I found $40+ face in 90% silver (unbelievable, I know). I’m not sure why the CoinStar machine rejected all the clad coins this time. Perhaps the machine malfunctioned, since all of these coins appear to be undamaged and aren’t silver. However it may have happened, it led to an overfilled reject bin that I gladly emptied!

Lurking and learning since 2010. Full-time professional numismatist based in SoCal.

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  • CRHer700CRHer700 Posts: 1,919 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good find!

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's his soup money now 😋

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,714 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BINGO!
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  • SurfinxHISurfinxHI Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭✭✭

    zoinks!

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,108 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice score. Never found a dime or a cent.

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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,164 ✭✭✭✭

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:
    Nice score. Never found a dime or a cent.

    I usually find nothing! And I look practically every day. I happen to work right next to a store with a CoinStar machine, so I am in a unique position that allows me to check on a daily basis.

    Lurking and learning since 2010. Full-time professional numismatist based in SoCal.
  • goldengolden Posts: 9,598 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice score.

  • Well, I guess I won't bother to run next door to check the Coinstar next time I'm over at your shop.

  • rte592rte592 Posts: 1,670 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I usually find something, but $30 fv,
    What the heck would make someone leave that behind?
    Wow. Some people just are oblivious to their surroundings.

  • CregCreg Posts: 475 ✭✭✭✭
    edited September 29, 2024 9:15PM

    I thought that I found a lot last time, dang, wild!

  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,246 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wow. Some people just are oblivious to their surroundings.

    A very aware, very kind person stuffed that reject bin full with coins for a stranger to find. Paying it forward is what the practice is called.

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  • CoffeeTimeCoffeeTime Posts: 117 ✭✭✭

    Great find. I typically only find one coin. Finding that much is unique

  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,258 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think someone was high and couldn't figure out how the machine worked. Oops.

    Andy Lustig

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  • jacrispiesjacrispies Posts: 927 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BustHalfBrian Don't get too excited when you lose it at the poker table next week :D

    That's a hefty score, even for it being regular change, congrats!!

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  • 1Bufffan1Bufffan Posts: 642 ✭✭✭

    who do you think was watching?? waiting for someone to make a haul like that.

  • @rte592 said:
    I usually find something, but $30 fv,
    What the heck would make someone leave that behind?
    Wow. Some people just are oblivious to their surroundings.

    To be fair, it was Irvine. $30 is chump change for the average Irvine resident.

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