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Coinstar wishes me a happy Mothers Day

ProfLizProfLiz Posts: 276 ✭✭✭✭
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I have never found anything at our local Coinstar, but apparently it was waiting for the right occasion. Today, I scored $0.89 in modern cents, a beat up 1983 quarter, a Canadian quarter, and (drumroll) a well-worn 1944 Washington!

Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there!

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  • JedPlanchetJedPlanchet Posts: 909 ✭✭✭
    Great find - love getting silver in the wild!
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yooooo Hoooooooooo!!!!





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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 25,000 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I never realized you were a mother!
    Congratulations on the silver.
  • ProfLizProfLiz Posts: 276 ✭✭✭✭
    Yup, a mom of four, a grandmom of five! :-)

    The grandkids are used to getting coins for Christmas. The wheat cents were not interesting to them, but my youngest granddaughter carefully saves - and shows off - the big coins I give her. And my youngest grandson considers Ikes to be pirate treasure - he loves 'em!

    This year, there will be real silvers dollars in everyone's stockings! I've stocked up on nice white generic Peace dollars. Yeah, some of them will probably just spend them. (Maybe you guys will find them in a change tray somewhere!) But at least a couple will learn a lesson about face value versus silver value, and maybe delaying gratification. A grandma can hope!

  • goldengolden Posts: 10,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Score.
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have only ever found three silver quarters in Coinstar slots - so they are quite the find.
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations.... on the Coinstar find and giving coins to the grand kids... Every once in a

    while I get lucky at the Coinstar.... no silver yet ....Cheers, RickO
  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,969 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congrats. What a fantastic Mother's day gift. Check for any variety in the quarter. it can be worth even more than you think? Cool find, otherwise.image

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,708 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I saw a grandmotherly type putting her piggy bank money in that machine. Nice score for the kiddies. Congrats and happy mother's day , a day late and dollar short. image

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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    That '44 could have very well been my Dad's pocket piece during WWII

    Happy belated Mothers Day to all you Moms out there.
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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 24,072 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • COINS MAKE CENTSCOINS MAKE CENTS Posts: 1,879 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice haul
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    HAPPY COLLECTING


  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And now my two days past Mother's Day find from the coin machine at my credit union:



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    I really like finding quarters, dimes are occasional finds but quarters are few and far betwixt.
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • mustangmanbobmustangmanbob Posts: 1,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coin Star presented me with 2 Silver Roosies, 1 silver Canadian dime, a couple regular roosies, and a smattering of consoled Lincolns.
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,854 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My Coinstar finds consist of one US state quarter, one US nickel, one Candian dime and one Canadian quarter. No silver at all.
    All glory is fleeting.
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hear vacuum cleaners at the bank work well.
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: crazyhounddog

    I hear vacuum cleaners at the bank work well.




    They suck.
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Check out the coinstar find of Whitetornado in the metal detecind section. Parking lot finds thread. I've never seen anyone post a find like this. ??
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  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Check out the coinstar find of Whitetornado in the metal detecind section. Parking lot finds thread. I've never seen anyone post a find like this. ??.
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  • ProfLizProfLiz Posts: 276 ✭✭✭✭
    These are some great (and amazing) coin machine finds. Wouldn't it be fun if PCGS would attribute a Coinstar provenance? I know, I know, it's a silly idea.

    But it's just so fun to find a bit of treasure in the wild that I'd like to commemorate the occasion! ;-)
  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,969 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ProfLiz
    These are some great (and amazing) coin machine finds. Wouldn't it be fun if PCGS would attribute a Coinstar provenance? I know, I know, it's a silly idea.

    But it's just so fun to find a bit of treasure in the wild that I'd like to commemorate the occasion! ;-)


    Nice idea, but Coinstar would want a cut of PCGS's labeling it's name. Than probably, Coinstar would change the return mechanism. So, good bye to anymore change finds.image

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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,078 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not to Nitpick, but it does seem like "theft" in that the machine is inside a store no doubt and obviously the coins real owner or tge store have not given you permission to pocket them. ....or does the "finders keepers" thing (legally) apply here. A question for the Atorrneys on this forum.
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: ambro51

    Not to Nitpick, but it does seem like "theft" in that the machine is inside a store no doubt and obviously the coins real owner or tge store have not given you permission to pocket them. ....or does the "finders keepers" thing (legally) apply here. A question for the Atorrneys on this forum.




    That is an interesting topic to bring up - often times though it appears as though the store employees are the ones benefiting most from the coin machine reject finds. Which brings this thought into play: Could a manager terminate an employee they find picking coins out of the reject slot?





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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,149 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: SaorAlba
    Originally posted by: crazyhounddog
    I hear vacuum cleaners at the bank work well.


    They suck.


    Actually it really happened. I remember reading, on this forum about this activity envolving a vacuum cleaner and some guy sucking up money at the bank if you can believe that. I almost choked to death laughing so hard.
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,708 ✭✭✭✭✭
    CoinStar needs a security guard with a metal detector working the floor. image Ambro,... with your thought in mind, I'm thinking of having a lawyer post for me, in the future. I did tell a woman on the phone that I would pay her 2% more than coin star for her change, once. image Cost me almost 3 grand image

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  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,969 ✭✭✭✭✭
    We can take this further, If one finds a coin on the city street, that coin belongs to the city not the one that picks it up!image

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  • mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,270 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1964 Roosie in the Coinstar reject bin today!!!

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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: mbogoman

    1964 Roosie in the Coinstar reject bin today!!!




    I beat yours by one year, mine is a really dirty '63-D. I am pondering touching base with my attorney to see if I can keep it or if I should contact Coinstar, the store etc in an effort to put out an APB on the person that left it there!

    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • georgiacop50georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
    The Coinstar by me charges about 12% to count your coins. Is this the norm? Seems like a pretty hefty cut.
  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: georgiacop50

    The Coinstar by me charges about 12% to count your coins. Is this the norm? Seems like a pretty hefty cut.




    None of my three credit unions charge me so much as a cent to use their machines - and the cute blonde tellers do things like save me piles of coin machine rejects - foreign coins, silver etc.



    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!

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