I once took a large jar of coins to the bank for counting and noticed the female teller laughing and showing another teller something. When I received the rejects, there was a large toenail amongst the coins.
Three days later, same machine and another $1.32 added to the haul..... This time 2 copper cents, 1 cent that looked like someone tried to turn it into a dime and, TADA!!, a 1964 silver dime.
If I cashed in both day's haul I could buy a chile relleno and a can of Tecate at my favorite Mexican restaurant.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
On the loading tray of the coinstar, stuck when the machine stopped but I got them out with a key. The dime is a 1964, the Canadian cent is one of the earlier Canadian coins I have found on a coinstar machine.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
Found this in a machine. One pound, With a strange mint mark, and was educated on the history and the style, as these strikes are three crosses.
Thats all I remember. But I cant forget the reverse,fell off my chair, scared my cat, and the children ran for cover. Im kidding. lighten up!
The local Safeway store removed it's Coinstar machine in May 2019 and yesterday I visited a larger nearby store and made my first Coinstar find since then, an Australia 2 cent coin from 1980.
The three jewelry items were in the trash can next to the machine with a bent dime. The Catholic medal is some inexpensive metal, the earring appears to be silver. But the ring, it is marked 10K and is a wedding band. Whoops. I have been watching the lost and founds to see if anybody is missing their wedding band. But then again maybe they don't want it if it was in the trash next to the coin machine.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
@DiggerJim said:
My very first Coinstar find!!!
At Walmart.
I can’t believe you guys got me checking coin returns like I used to do when I was a kid checking phone booths.
But this hobby is great fun!!
This find was nothing special and very crusty. 😳
Your post reminds me of a time when I was about 8-9 years old and was grocery shopping with my mom.
She'd take me because she had only X amt. to spend and this was before calculators were common ( they were out there but a very simple one cost around $100) and I would keep a running total in my head for her.
If I got it exactly right (including tax) she would give me a quarter.
(That was a lot of money then....5 packs of ballcards or 5 candy bars).
So she was checking out and I went to the pay phone as I was prone to do and jiggled the return handle and a flood of nickels and dimes rained out. I mean....two handfuls......
I was so excited.....until she made me return them to the store manager.
But I digress.....coinstar has been a wasteland around here..
Nothing.
I suspect the store employees make regular checks.
I have found more $$ walking from my parking spot to the store than in the reject bin.
Once again.... a long drought at the coinstar.... nothing at all for weeks now. I am sure the store people check it all the time... I have seen a manager scoop coins out and pocket them.... and the attendant for the self checkout stands right by the coinstar.... Cheers, RickO
Finally.... Two quarters, two dimes, three cents and two small foreign coppers...No silver, no wheaties. The drought has ended... now another will start.... Cheers, RickO
The 1956 Roosie and the Swiss 20 rappen were the craziest find, I had to go to the grocery store literally at 4am on Sunday and they were lying on the counter part of the coin machine.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
@ricko said:
Finally.... Two quarters, two dimes, three cents and two small foreign coppers...No silver, no wheaties. The drought has ended... now another will start.... Cheers, RickO
Have been in quite a drought myself......
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Two whole cents today! As I walked in the grocery store I saw a guy with a huge basket of coins putting them through and thought to myself that I would give it a couple of minutes and cruise back on by - well, out of the corner of my eye, I saw him scoop out ALL of the items in the return!
Damn! I checked anyway after buying my milk, tuna and coffee beans, and there were all of two not very shiny pennies!
Oh, well better than anything for the last month.LOL
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They were just lying there on the counter on the machine.
At least they weren’t in the tray with some coin to hide them while you pick them up.
Did you look first or just grabbed what was in the reject slot?
I know myself. Grab and go... then feel... then... what the heck! ... then look.
They were already on the counter.
The more I look at them the more I think they are not human or anything else.
They are plaster or enamel for educational purposes.
Now that is different.... I have found tokens, foreign coins and slugs... never teeth....
Cheers, RickO
I once took a large jar of coins to the bank for counting and noticed the female teller laughing and showing another teller something. When I received the rejects, there was a large toenail amongst the coins.
I found two US cents, 40 Canadian cents, and 10 Centavos for Guatemala.
Three days later, same machine and another $1.32 added to the haul..... This time 2 copper cents, 1 cent that looked like someone tried to turn it into a dime and, TADA!!, a 1964 silver dime.
If I cashed in both day's haul I could buy a chile relleno and a can of Tecate at my favorite Mexican restaurant.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Today’s haul. 😳
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1954 and a 1963-D silver roosies, and a 1935 cent and the rest is just clutter - but better than narsty humanoid teeth looking things!
I just pulled out $0.72 of perfectly good modern change. No idea why it was in the tray at the bottom. Maybe just overloaded?
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One crusty zincoln and a judging stare.
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Nice finds... silver is always welcome.... Anything would be welcome here to end this long drought....Cheers, RickO
A rolled penny from Rainforest cafe, a Canadian 5c coin and a Caymans 10c coin.
@SaorAlba ...What is a 'rolled penny'?? Cheers, RickO
@ricko One of those machine rolled coins that people pay 50c and a lousy cent for.
On the loading tray of the coinstar, stuck when the machine stopped but I got them out with a key. The dime is a 1964, the Canadian cent is one of the earlier Canadian coins I have found on a coinstar machine.
Works a lot better with a pre 1982 cent.
Found this today:
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@asheland .....Wow... gave me palpitations there for a minute....
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This should be it's own thread! I bet most of the forum is unaware of this find and would appreciate hearing about it
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Found this in a machine. One pound, With a strange mint mark, and was educated on the history and the style, as these strikes are three crosses.
Thats all I remember. But I cant forget the reverse,fell off my chair, scared my cat, and the children ran for cover. Im kidding. lighten up!
The local Safeway store removed it's Coinstar machine in May 2019 and yesterday I visited a larger nearby store and made my first Coinstar find since then, an Australia 2 cent coin from 1980.
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A German 2 pf from 1983, two Canadian cents all hiding on top of the machine.
The rest, including 93c in US, a Loonie and 4 Mexican pesos were in the reject slot.
@SaorAlba....You are doing very well lately.... Hope it continues... Cheers, RickO
More change for the donation bucket.
You did it again,.... Keep this up and you can retire....
Cheers, RickO
@ricko my retirement plans got one huge boost yesterday at the QFC Coinstar
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@Swampboy.... You are on a roll.....
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wow!! a 1/10 oz gold Krug?!! I need to start looking in CoinStar bins again!!
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Three different machines over the period of 1.5 days:
My wife grabbed 9 SBA $1 today
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@JimW .... WOW!! Nine SBA's....Now that is a haul....Congratulations to your wife....Cheers, RickO
Thanks @ricko - she doesn't know (or care) anything about coin collecting... but knows to check the coinstar for me
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At my credit union's coin machine, larger silver in the reject slot is always a nice surprise!
Last couple of days worth of finds:
The three jewelry items were in the trash can next to the machine with a bent dime. The Catholic medal is some inexpensive metal, the earring appears to be silver. But the ring, it is marked 10K and is a wedding band. Whoops. I have been watching the lost and founds to see if anybody is missing their wedding band. But then again maybe they don't want it if it was in the trash next to the coin machine.
Your post reminds me of a time when I was about 8-9 years old and was grocery shopping with my mom.
She'd take me because she had only X amt. to spend and this was before calculators were common ( they were out there but a very simple one cost around $100) and I would keep a running total in my head for her.
If I got it exactly right (including tax) she would give me a quarter.
(That was a lot of money then....5 packs of ballcards or 5 candy bars).
So she was checking out and I went to the pay phone as I was prone to do and jiggled the return handle and a flood of nickels and dimes rained out. I mean....two handfuls......
I was so excited.....until she made me return them to the store manager.
But I digress.....coinstar has been a wasteland around here..
Nothing.
I suspect the store employees make regular checks.
I have found more $$ walking from my parking spot to the store than in the reject bin.
Last 60 days, sum total of maybe $1.30 common change over four occasions at Coinstar.
Nothing more rarefied than a 1969 Canada 25 cents.
Once again.... a long drought at the coinstar.... nothing at all for weeks now. I am sure the store people check it all the time... I have seen a manager scoop coins out and pocket them.... and the attendant for the self checkout stands right by the coinstar....
Cheers, RickO
Finally.... Two quarters, two dimes, three cents and two small foreign coppers...No silver, no wheaties. The drought has ended... now another will start....
Cheers, RickO
The last three days worth of finds
The 1956 Roosie and the Swiss 20 rappen were the craziest find, I had to go to the grocery store literally at 4am on Sunday and they were lying on the counter part of the coin machine.
Have been in quite a drought myself......
A good day @coinstar. My drought ended with 2 silver dimes. 1946 & 1964.
@Tomthemailcarrier....That is quite the eclectic group of coins... but two silver is great. Cheers, RickO
Two whole cents today! As I walked in the grocery store I saw a guy with a huge basket of coins putting them through and thought to myself that I would give it a couple of minutes and cruise back on by - well, out of the corner of my eye, I saw him scoop out ALL of the items in the return!
Damn! I checked anyway after buying my milk, tuna and coffee beans, and there were all of two not very shiny pennies!
Oh, well better than anything for the last month.LOL
Well, just Love coins, period.