Not actually COINSTAR but just as exciting. Yesterday I not only got a $2.00 Tuesday pint of Culver's Turtle ~~yogurt~~ (make that custard) but received this in change.....
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
I never even check for star notes.....I know people collect them....I have seen a few in change, but just spend them. A fellow who used to work for me collected them. Had quite a collection....His mail order bride took them all when she divorced him.... Cheers, RickO
@Smudge said:
Got a $20 star note in change yesterday. It went high on the scarcity chart. Bill is in good shape, but I have no idea of the real value.
Curious feature of British farthings is that they are very similar in size and weight to the 1st gen bronze decimal pennies. By the time of the changeover from £SD to decimal the farthing had been out of circulation for over 15 years.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
Jackpot! First find in a long ~~tie~~ time at my local grocery. Upper right corner is a 1963 quarter. The ugly dime on the bottom row is a 1971-D, thought it was silver for sure.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Got one silver dime today. First thing in years other than a few foreign minors.
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Pennies are still legal tender in Canada. All Canadian money ever made, bills or coins is, and hopefully will always be, perfectly legal tender. Fact that it is recommended by the Feds not to circulate the pennies is simple. They want to remove them from circulation as they cost more to make than they are worth. And it is so much easier to do without them.
Any transaction can still include pennies. However, it is up to the merchant to accept or not. Banks are technically "not allowed" to give them out any longer.... but, some still do if you ask and they know you.
paper only transactions are still done "to the penny".
Again, Canadian pennies of any age, are legal tender!
They may be legal tender, but merchants won't accept them, nor give them out any longer.
87 cents in regular non-numismatic change in a couple of machines today. Nothing else other than a couple of Canadians in the reject slot in the past few weeks.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
It has been a drought here the last couple weeks....no coins at all, not eve Euro's...I have not even seen anyone using the Coinstar..... Cheers, RickO
Was at one grocery store today and someone had their voluminous posterior parked there at the coin machine scratching off their farking lottery tickets. I hate it when people use the coin machine to scratch off lottery tickets.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
I have seen that several times.....Once, when I saw coins in the return, I asked the person to move, they did, I scooped the coins and left. Cheers, RickO
@Smudge said:
Got a $20 star note in change yesterday. It went high on the scarcity chart. Bill is in good shape, but I >have no idea of the real value.
since you can always just spend it, no harm in keeping it around. a good conversational piece at a minimum.
that is weird. this was in drafts. thought i submitted it 2x 1-2 days ago. odd
@ricko said: @Mrbarlint.... Wow... that is a major haul.....any silver in that pile? Cheers, RickO
If memory serves correctly, one Washington and two Roosevelt dimes with a few wheat cents and foreign coins mixes in for good measure. My youngster ran up to the machine ahead of me and gasped. Shocked that someone would leave that much coinage in the tray. I walked out of there with my pockets full like Kramer/Seinfeld episode at the pizzeria paying for a calzone in change! Always had good luck at that same machine with goodies left behind. Same supermarket on another trip we found a silver Washington on the floor in front of the ice cream freezer. Strange.
Found this beauty along with a few recent Lincoln pennies this morning at the Jewel before work this morning! Maybe the early bird sometimes DOES get the worm.
The other day I checked in the return box, I felt a huge coin! Right away thought,"Alright, either a Morgan or Peace?" Guess what? lol
Pretty bad when you find a free Dollar and you are sad about it, huh? It's not even the good type! We're spoiled. At least I am.
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I was wiping down shopping carts at my local grocery store when a lady came in.I handed her a cart and noticed 3 glass jars full of coins.I joked "I know where you're headed."She laughed.I checked the machine later on.....a ton of lincs plus a 1942-S washie and a 1962-D roosie.
Went to the credit union to cash out the $26.50 in halves that were left over from the silver mining expedition of the $30 in CWR, no goodies in the reject slot but then checked the trash can next to the machine:
A '43-S steelie and a '51-D roosie saved from the landfill.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
@SaorAlba said:
Went to the credit union to cash out the $26.50 in halves that were left over from the silver mining expedition of the $30 in CWR, no goodies in the reject slot but then checked the trash can next to the machine:
A '43-S steelie and a '51-D roosie saved from the landfill.
@SaorAlba said:
Went to the credit union to cash out the $26.50 in halves that were left over from the silver mining expedition of the $30 in CWR, no goodies in the reject slot but then checked the trash can next to the machine:
A '43-S steelie and a '51-D roosie saved from the landfill.
You must either live in the grocery store or credit union; it seems like you find a haul every other day.
A few days later I met another person who had a bag full of coins going into the store.
I checked the machine 10 minutes later and found an 1865 nickel-type three cent.
I had a jackpot day yesterday,.....Two dollar coins (prezzie and Sac), twelve quarters, ten dimes and six cents.... No silver but two wheaties (1944,1912)... and one European coin. Cheers, RickO
@1040taxman said:
A few days later I met another person who had a bag full of coins going into the store.
I checked the machine 10 minutes later and found an 1865 nickel-type three cent.
@ricko said:
I had a jackpot day yesterday,.....Two dollar coins (prezzie and Sac), twelve quarters, ten dimes and six cents.... No silver but two wheaties (1944,1912)... and one European coin. Cheers, RickO
Good haul.....pocket fuzz, buttons and paperclips here in the Coin Star.
Grabbed a snack with my kid after school yesterday. In the age of Covid I'm not reaching into returns, and it pains me to walk past a machine that I KNOW has a gold $2.5 Indian or proof Morgan in it.
But this time I saw silver from a mile away. 1954 D dime, 1964 dime, 2002 Greek 2 euro cent, and plus some sticky clad:
We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last. --Severian the Lame
@Weiss said:
Grabbed a snack with my kid after school yesterday. In the age of Covid I'm not reaching into returns, and it pains me to walk past a machine that I KNOW has a gold $2.5 Indian or proof Morgan in it.
But this time I saw silver from a mile away. 1954 D dime, 1964 dime, 2002 Greek 2 euro cent, and plus some sticky clad:
Maybe you can afford a new Rubik's cube for the kid now.
I don't care if there is a virus... a coinstar return slot full of change gets my attention... I reach right in and scoop it out. Plenty of wipes and/or sanitizer available.... and acetone for the coins... Has worked so far... Cheers, RickO
Finding a random bill of smaller denomination, when no individual in the area that may have dropped it, is usually a keeper. I came through a checkout lane a few weeks ago... behind an older gentlemen (ha...no one is older than me anymore ) who was just leaving.... Though I did not see him drop it, there was a folded $20 bill on the floor. I picked it up and called to him as he was passing through the door.... Said "Here, I think you dropped this."... He was amazed... actually teared up a bit... said "Oh thank you, thank you, so very much." I could tell he could not afford to lose that money. Cheers, RickO
Damn you guys made me do it!I Told myself I wasn't gonna start checking the Coinstar but curiosity got the best of of me yesterday at the local Walmart. Sure enough 2 modern quarters in the reject slot. I did make my 8 year old son grab the coins though.
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I have not been near a machine in months. I sure miss looking at them as I walk by.
Not actually COINSTAR but just as exciting. Yesterday I not only got a $2.00 Tuesday pint of Culver's Turtle ~~yogurt~~ (make that custard) but received this in change.....
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Got a $20 star note in change yesterday. It went high on the scarcity chart. Bill is in good shape, but I have no idea of the real value.
I never even check for star notes.....I know people collect them....I have seen a few in change, but just spend them. A fellow who used to work for me collected them. Had quite a collection....His mail order bride took them all when she divorced him....
Cheers, RickO
I am thrilled to post my very first Coinstar find! Actually got a Canadian silver dime and an old watch battery
It will be worth money when you die!
After no interesting finds for some time, found this British farthing last Sunday at my local Walmart all by itself.
@theseos ....Welcome aboard... I think I have a farthing just like that from my Navy days in Scotland...I remember the bird....Cheers, RickO
Curious feature of British farthings is that they are very similar in size and weight to the 1st gen bronze decimal pennies. By the time of the changeover from £SD to decimal the farthing had been out of circulation for over 15 years.
Jackpot! First find in a long ~~tie~~ time at my local grocery. Upper right corner is a 1963 quarter. The ugly dime on the bottom row is a 1971-D, thought it was silver for sure.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Latest find since the Coinstar machine returned last month was about $1.00 in US modern change and this:
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Brass, 29 mm, 8.94 gm
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
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Got one silver dime today. First thing in years other than a few foreign minors.
Have not been able to get to the Coinstar for months because they have all the carts shoved in that corner.
Last night there was some space and I found several coins on the counter, including this:
Checked Walmart twice last week. Nothing. Hopefully my luck will improve
They may be legal tender, but merchants won't accept them, nor give them out any longer.
87 cents in regular non-numismatic change in a couple of machines today. Nothing else other than a couple of Canadians in the reject slot in the past few weeks.
It has been a drought here the last couple weeks....no coins at all, not eve Euro's...I have not even seen anyone using the Coinstar..... Cheers, RickO
Was at one grocery store today and someone had their voluminous posterior parked there at the coin machine scratching off their farking lottery tickets. I hate it when people use the coin machine to scratch off lottery tickets.
I have seen that several times.....Once, when I saw coins in the return, I asked the person to move, they did, I scooped the coins and left. Cheers, RickO
Had always decent luck at my local supermarket. Last year, on one trip I found over $13.00 sitting in the reject tray for the taking.
since you can always just spend it, no harm in keeping it around. a good conversational piece at a minimum.
that is weird. this was in drafts. thought i submitted it 2x 1-2 days ago. odd
@Mrbarlint.... Wow... that is a major haul.....any silver in that pile? Cheers, RickO
If memory serves correctly, one Washington and two Roosevelt dimes with a few wheat cents and foreign coins mixes in for good measure. My youngster ran up to the machine ahead of me and gasped. Shocked that someone would leave that much coinage in the tray. I walked out of there with my pockets full like Kramer/Seinfeld episode at the pizzeria paying for a calzone in change! Always had good luck at that same machine with goodies left behind. Same supermarket on another trip we found a silver Washington on the floor in front of the ice cream freezer. Strange.
@Mrbarlint.... Thanks for the reply... Amazing haul.... I have had a few 'large' one's, but never that much. Cheers, RickO
Agree.
Found this beauty along with a few recent Lincoln pennies this morning at the Jewel before work this morning! Maybe the early bird sometimes DOES get the worm.
Momma said there’d be days like these.
You can see where my left foot was when the box said Bucket!
The other day I checked in the return box, I felt a huge coin! Right away thought,"Alright, either a Morgan or Peace?" Guess what?
lol
Pretty bad when you find a free Dollar and you are sad about it, huh? It's not even the good type! We're spoiled. At least I am.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Been a bit of a drought of late, until my last stop of the day:
Mostly non-numismatic and foreign, but a '43-P silver five cent coin was a nice find, my first silver in months.
I was wiping down shopping carts at my local grocery store when a lady came in.I handed her a cart and noticed 3 glass jars full of coins.I joked "I know where you're headed."She laughed.I checked the machine later on.....a ton of lincs plus a 1942-S washie and a 1962-D roosie.
Went to the credit union to cash out the $26.50 in halves that were left over from the silver mining expedition of the $30 in CWR, no goodies in the reject slot but then checked the trash can next to the machine:
A '43-S steelie and a '51-D roosie saved from the landfill.
nice trash
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Strangely enough, none of the three coinstars in this area have trash bins next to them...Nice finds there. Cheers, RickO
You must either live in the grocery store or credit union; it seems like you find a haul every other day.
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A few days later I met another person who had a bag full of coins going into the store.
I checked the machine 10 minutes later and found an 1865 nickel-type three cent.
I had a jackpot day yesterday,.....Two dollar coins (prezzie and Sac), twelve quarters, ten dimes and six cents.... No silver but two wheaties (1944,1912)... and one European coin. Cheers, RickO
That is crazy!
Good haul.....pocket fuzz, buttons and paperclips here in the Coin Star.
Grabbed a snack with my kid after school yesterday. In the age of Covid I'm not reaching into returns, and it pains me to walk past a machine that I KNOW has a gold $2.5 Indian or proof Morgan in it.
But this time I saw silver from a mile away. 1954 D dime, 1964 dime, 2002 Greek 2 euro cent, and plus some sticky clad:
--Severian the Lame
Maybe you can afford a new Rubik's cube for the kid now.
I just got a 2004 Chuck E. Cheese token, 2 stuck together cents, and a road rash roosie.
I don't care if there is a virus... a coinstar return slot full of change gets my attention... I reach right in and scoop it out. Plenty of wipes and/or sanitizer available....
and acetone for the coins... Has worked so far... Cheers, RickO
Wasn’t in the coin star, but I found a 10$ bill at the store.
Did you turn it in to lost and found? Bad karma if you didnt.
No, there was no one around and it’s only 10$. Anyways a lot of the time when you turn in a small amount to lost and found the employees pocket it.
Finding a random bill of smaller denomination, when no individual in the area that may have dropped it, is usually a keeper. I came through a checkout lane a few weeks ago... behind an older gentlemen (ha...no one is older than me anymore
) who was just leaving.... Though I did not see him drop it, there was a folded $20 bill on the floor. I picked it up and called to him as he was passing through the door.... Said "Here, I think you dropped this."... He was amazed... actually teared up a bit... said "Oh thank you, thank you, so very much." I could tell he could not afford to lose that money. Cheers, RickO
Damn you guys made me do it!I Told myself I wasn't gonna start checking the Coinstar but curiosity got the best of of me yesterday at the local Walmart. Sure enough 2 modern quarters in the reject slot. I did make my 8 year old son grab the coins though.