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Two interesting Coinstar finds
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Just two tiny coins in the Coinstar reject tray today, but they are both interesting in their own ways.
The first is a South Africa 10c from the year after apartheid ended. Brass plated steel, a bit smaller than a US dime:
The second is a rare and coveted Nik-O-Lok token. It's also roughly dime-sized. Very few of these were saved from circulation, for obvious reasons:
The first is a South Africa 10c from the year after apartheid ended. Brass plated steel, a bit smaller than a US dime:
The second is a rare and coveted Nik-O-Lok token. It's also roughly dime-sized. Very few of these were saved from circulation, for obvious reasons:
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Speaking of strange finds in Coinstar, Today I found two coins in Coinstar as well. Both steel cents. One 1943 and the other 1943S. Kinda odd to say the least?
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I haven't found much recently in the local CoinStar, besides a few Chuck E Cheese tokens, although yesterday I did find a silver Canadian dime.
Cuba 10 Centavos 2013
CoinStar, being a patriotic American company, rejects coins from Cuba.
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A little off topic but the bathroom token brings to mind when I was in Poland and made my way in to a bathroom area near the train station in Krakow. They ask if you are going to do #1 or #2 and charge you accordingly OH and if you want paper well that's extra. Also at the McDonalds they had a gate keeper and if you didn't have a receipt for eating there you had to cough up a fee. Thank goodness I was on business and was diligent in keeping all my receipts. Strange place when it came to using a restroom.
Another Poland restroom story: During my first trip to Poland in the early '70's I excused myself from a dinner meeting with about a dozen Poles in Wroclaw. After using the facilities (meager to say the least) I simply walked by the elderly woman standing outside the restroom door. The next thing I knew she was beside me at the dinner table loudly berating me for I had no idea what. It seems I had neglected to leave her the required zlotys (money) for use of the facilities. I was somewhat embarrassed when one of the Poles had to dig out the required fee in order to resolve the situation. In numerous return trips to the country I Always made sure I had coinage to "pay the fee".
A little off topic but the bathroom token brings to mind when I was in Poland and made my way in to a bathroom area near the train station in Krakow. They ask if you are going to do #1 or #2 and charge you accordingly OH and if you want paper well that's extra. Also at the McDonalds they had a gate keeper and if you didn't have a receipt for eating there you had to cough up a fee. Thank goodness I was on business and was diligent in keeping all my receipts. Strange place when it came to using a restroom.
Another Poland restroom story: During my first trip to Poland in the early '70's I excused myself from a dinner meeting with about a dozen Poles in Wroclaw. After using the facilities (meager to say the least) I simply walked by the elderly woman standing outside the restroom door. The next thing I knew she was beside me at the dinner table loudly berating me for I had no idea what. It seems I had neglected to leave her the required zlotys (money) for use of the facilities. I was somewhat embarrassed when one of the Poles had to dig out the required fee in order to resolve the situation. In numerous return trips to the country I Always made sure I had coinage to "pay the fee".
Lol I was also in the Czech Republic and bought a handful of groceries (and they don't bag your stuff) so I point to the bags and she hands me one and says a few words that I didn't understand at the time. I just smiled and packed my bag and walked out. I learned in a few days you either bring your own bag or buy one on the spot. It was then I realized I walked out of the store in front of all those people stealing/not paying for my bag.
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She was tired and sat down on a chair.
In a moment, a man slapped a sticker on her thigh, and she (me) had to pay the "chair fee" to sit in the chair.
While not exactly a standardized fee,
I used to travel A LOT, to the point where rental car attendants knew me by name. Sometime, they would perk me.
I had traveled to Los Angeles, and got a BRAND NEW Cadillac, 12 miles on it. Did my work, and was on the way back to the airport on Century Blvd, and stopped for a bite to eat at a fast food place. I pulled in, and a homeless person came up to me and told me what a nice car I had, and how it was a bad area, and bad things can happen to cars, etc. And he was hungry, could I buy him a hamburger, and he would watch my car.
I figured I did not need a brick through the car, and how many burgers can the guy eat in 1 day, so I bought him a burger, fries and a drink. He sat on the wall by the car, happily eating away. While I was eating, I had to go back to my car, and another homeless person started to come up to me, at the first guy jumped up, and told person 2, HE was TAKING CARE of this car.
My wife and I were in England, she was pregnant, and it was a hot day for England, and we were walking in a public park.
She was tired and sat down on a chair.
In a moment, a man slapped a sticker on her thigh, and she (me) had to pay the "chair fee" to sit in the chair.
While not exactly a standardized fee,
I used to travel A LOT, to the point where rental car attendants knew me by name. Sometime, they would perk me.
I had traveled to Los Angeles, and got a BRAND NEW Cadillac, 12 miles on it. Did my work, and was on the way back to the airport on Century Blvd, and stopped for a bite to eat at a fast food place. I pulled in, and a homeless person came up to me and told me what a nice car I had, and how it was a bad area, and bad things can happen to cars, etc. And he was hungry, could I buy him a hamburger, and he would watch my car.
I figured I did not need a brick through the car, and how many burgers can the guy eat in 1 day, so I bought him a burger, fries and a drink. He sat on the wall by the car, happily eating away. While I was eating, I had to go back to my car, and another homeless person started to come up to me, at the first guy jumped up, and told person 2, HE was TAKING CARE of this car.
"A dog breaks your heart only one time and that is when they pass on". Unknown
Cool find! The "bathroom" tokens are the coolest! I have a few in my collection.
Speaking of strange finds in Coinstar, Today I found two coins in Coinstar as well. Both steel cents. One 1943 and the other 1943S. Kinda odd to say the least?
Dang. That's cool. Not really that odd that CoinStar would reject them, however, and they DO still end up in circulation (I got one in one of those "take a penny/leave a penny" dishes once (rusted to bits, of course). In fact, I've gotten steelies out of circulation twice.
Neat finds in the OP. I've gotten a modern South African coin before, but I think it was a 5c.
Saw WB2's Cuban coin over on the Darkside.
My all-time CoinStar finds still total exactly one horribly corroded zinc cent, and that's all.
PS- as to the homeless car-guardian scheme, it was well established where I visited in Mexico, except done with a bit more style. The guy who would watch your car for a few pesos had a fancy uniform with epaulets and all, as if he were a bell captain in a fancy hotel or a third-world military general. But as far as I know, he was an independent contractor.
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My wife and I were in England, she was pregnant, and it was a hot day for England, and we were walking in a public park.
She was tired and sat down on a chair.
In a moment, a man slapped a sticker on her thigh, and she (me) had to pay the "chair fee" to sit in the chair.
While not exactly a standardized fee,
I used to travel A LOT, to the point where rental car attendants knew me by name. Sometime, they would perk me.
I had traveled to Los Angeles, and got a BRAND NEW Cadillac, 12 miles on it. Did my work, and was on the way back to the airport on Century Blvd, and stopped for a bite to eat at a fast food place. I pulled in, and a homeless person came up to me and told me what a nice car I had, and how it was a bad area, and bad things can happen to cars, etc. And he was hungry, could I buy him a hamburger, and he would watch my car.
I figured I did not need a brick through the car, and how many burgers can the guy eat in 1 day, so I bought him a burger, fries and a drink. He sat on the wall by the car, happily eating away. While I was eating, I had to go back to my car, and another homeless person started to come up to me, at the first guy jumped up, and told person 2, HE was TAKING CARE of this car.
This is SOP in many poor countries. I have had to pay kids to watch (i.e. not vandalize) my car in Haiti, Ethiopia, and one or two other places.