Well, today I stopped at two Coinstar machines... The first = nothing. The second, well, a nickel and two Roosevelt dimes.... One was a silver 1964. The other a 1985 P. Yeeeaaayyy, broke the drought and got silver. Cheers, RickO
When I check the Coin Star, I look all over as you never know where you may find the coins. I once kicked a "Tide" bottle sitting next to the machine and it was still full of coins!
Here a tip:
Many times, I will find coins still logged in the entryway where the coins slide into the machine (See photo)
Using a standard business card fold in half (see photo) and use it like twisters. With the card folded in half, slide it so that one side of the card is under the coin, and one side is over, clamp down and remove the coin easily - They might be silver?!?
@milbroco said:
Well, any silver in that Tide bottle? What was the total in the bottle?
Hi Bob,
Yes, from (found) my original post on Feb 22, 2022 with picture
Post: interesting Sunday. coin slot empty. Saw Tide bottle on the floor next to the machine, kicked it and heard the rattle of change. Open and poured the hand full of coins in hand-pocket. Home got one silver (54) dime (# 5 for February), two wheat pennies (41 & 44) and 5 60's nickels. Plue some coins for the bank...
@Joe_360 said:
Using a standard business card fold in half (see photo) and use it like twisters. With the card folded in half, slide it so that one side of the card is under the coin, and one side is over, clamp down and remove the coin easily - They might be silver?!?
twisters = tweezers?
i'm not picking, just trying to visualize in case i run into a situation like you mention, which seems feasible.
I went to the supermarket today and walked by the Coinstar machine.
There was a gray dime in the reject bin and I picked it up.
It was a 1944 Mercury in pretty good shape.
Where has it been for the past 78 years?
@Joe_360 said:
Using a standard business card fold in half (see photo) and use it like twisters. With the card folded in half, slide it so that one side of the card is under the coin, and one side is over, clamp down and remove the coin easily - They might be silver?!?
twisters = tweezers?
i'm not picking, just trying to visualize in case i run into a situation like you mention, which seems feasible.
I actually used this Tweezer technic today for my 1st 2023 silver find! A 1963D Dime. Nothing in the return, 3 coins in the tray-slot. One Canadian cent.
I had been reading about coin-star finds, but had been reluctant to look. Eventually I did,
and found a 1933 dime and a canadian penny. Next time , nothing. My wife thinks I'm nuts. Then nothing for weeks. This is a Stop & Shop. Last time, honest to God, a double handful, pennies, nickels,
dimes, mostly recent. BUT, a 50 eurocent from the Netherlands,1999,
and a 100 Kronur from Iceland, 2011. I came away with a total of $2.73 American spending money!
@Spawnfreek.... Yep... feast or famine mostly.... Once in a while, a huge pile is found... usually only a few... or none - as the last week or two has been for me. Cheers, RickO
da Trifacta is in!!! Not only 3 silver dimes in 3 days, todays, but 1948S found today covers all 3 decades of the Rosie's in silver!
Raining here in CA, let it pour more silver!!!
Today's haul:
The 3 decades of silver Rosie's:
Reverse:
First finds in a long time, but definitely the largest coin I have ever found in the bin. I am assuming someone thought it might pick it up as a half dollar??? The Roosie is a 21-P.
Big day for me. Publix Coinstar had a handful of change in it including 1961 and 1964 quarters. As i pulled out the handful I heard the sound of silver.
Was rewarded with 57 cents(no silver) today when dumping in some Kennedy halves.
I had one Kennedy that just kept getting rejected so I put it back into my coin jug for a future try.
Well guess who left the jug in the shopping cart when loading my groceries into the car?😫
So I am only plus 7 cents for the day.
Well, the drought is broken... Yesterday, one quarter, three Roosevelt dimes... The quarter is a super dryer coin.... That's ok though... Cheers, RickO
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Nice finds... My market machines have been totally empty lately.... Longer than usual drought. Cheers, RickO
Perhaps the jackpot is right around the corner. Patience and persistence always seem to pay off. RGDS!
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2nd 64D dime find this month! Acetone bath forthcoming. Only shut-out two months (Mar/Nov) this year, good 2022!!
Silver from the Coinstar reject slot is always welcome... and usually a Rosie dime..... Cheers, RickO
I found a clad dime glued to a zinc cent. Pic in “don’t mix” thread. Don’t miss it!
Well, today I stopped at two Coinstar machines... The first = nothing. The second, well, a nickel and two Roosevelt dimes.... One was a silver 1964. The other a 1985 P. Yeeeaaayyy, broke the drought and got silver. Cheers, RickO
A couple of zincolns and an Australian cent from 1966.
A single 64 Rosie today in the reject bin at Kroger.
When I check the Coin Star, I look all over as you never know where you may find the coins. I once kicked a "Tide" bottle sitting next to the machine and it was still full of coins!
Here a tip:
Many times, I will find coins still logged in the entryway where the coins slide into the machine (See photo)
Using a standard business card fold in half (see photo) and use it like twisters. With the card folded in half, slide it so that one side of the card is under the coin, and one side is over, clamp down and remove the coin easily - They might be silver?!?
Photo coin star entryway:
Photo of folded card:
Well, any silver in that Tide bottle? What was the total in the bottle?
Bob
email bcmiller7@comcast.net
Hi Bob,
Yes, from (found) my original post on Feb 22, 2022 with picture
Post: interesting Sunday. coin slot empty. Saw Tide bottle on the floor next to the machine, kicked it and heard the rattle of change. Open and poured the hand full of coins in hand-pocket. Home got one silver (54) dime (# 5 for February), two wheat pennies (41 & 44) and 5 60's nickels. Plue some coins for the bank...
Sweet. Nice little find there.
email bcmiller7@comcast.net
Note to self.... 'Look for Tide bottles by the Coinstar.'.....
Cheers, RickO
Well... yesterday... two dimes and one nickel.... no silver.... Cheers, RickO
Nice 2009 Lincoln Presidency Coin Star find. And Philly to boot!!
twisters = tweezers?
i'm not picking, just trying to visualize in case i run into a situation like you mention, which seems feasible.
@LanceNewmanOCC
No worries, you are correct Sir. I've done it 2 or 3 times since this post. Thanks
In this case the D is actually the more valuable one. But I think either of the Presidents P or D are tough to find in 67.
I went to the supermarket today and walked by the Coinstar machine.
There was a gray dime in the reject bin and I picked it up.
It was a 1944 Mercury in pretty good shape.
Where has it been for the past 78 years?
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Two cents and a nickel.... Nothing special yesterday. Cheers, RickO
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True, but I live in CA so I mostly get D coins. Thanks
Nothing in the Walmart Coinstar today, but 26 cents in the parking lot.
I actually used this Tweezer technic today for my 1st 2023 silver find! A 1963D Dime. Nothing in the return, 3 coins in the tray-slot. One Canadian cent.
I had been reading about coin-star finds, but had been reluctant to look. Eventually I did,
and found a 1933 dime and a canadian penny. Next time , nothing. My wife thinks I'm nuts. Then nothing for weeks. This is a Stop & Shop. Last time, honest to God, a double handful, pennies, nickels,
dimes, mostly recent. BUT, a 50 eurocent from the Netherlands,1999,
and a 100 Kronur from Iceland, 2011. I came away with a total of $2.73 American spending money!
@Spawnfreek.... Yep... feast or famine mostly.... Once in a while, a huge pile is found... usually only a few... or none - as the last week or two has been for me. Cheers, RickO
I always say, "Ride a hot streak" Back-to-back silver finds, this time a 1954S.
da Trifacta is in!!! Not only 3 silver dimes in 3 days, todays, but 1948S found today covers all 3 decades of the Rosie's in silver!
Raining here in CA, let it pour more silver!!!
Today's haul:
The 3 decades of silver Rosie's:
Reverse:
Way to go Joe!
Been a while since I found anything in the local Coinstar machine. Did pretty well today.
1964 and 1946 quarters. 11c in US change, C$2.50 in change, 1963 Belgium 1 Fr, and two tokens.
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First finds in a long time, but definitely the largest coin I have ever found in the bin. I am assuming someone thought it might pick it up as a half dollar??? The Roosie is a 21-P.
This penny was not a Coinstar find but came from a supermarket change dispenser:
US Cent 1919-S (Weight 3.00 gm)
It lost some weight during the past 100 years.
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Big day for me. Publix Coinstar had a handful of change in it including 1961 and 1964 quarters. As i pulled out the handful I heard the sound of silver.
Hit the supermarket at the right time and was rewarded with this 57 Frankie! My first half dollar found in all the years checking the reject slot.
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
@DCW... Nice finds. In all my years of checking the Coinstar, I have found only one half dollar... a 1971 Kennedy half. Cheers, RickO
64 dime today. Ends a loooong dry spell.
.38 at Walmart yesterday. Just modern stuff.
No silver, but some US coinage and two Deutsche Marks (1950 & 1972). Also a 1971 2 Pence. Still looking for January Silver
@Joe_360... Nice haul... No luck for me... been quite a drought now.... Cheers, RickO
Was rewarded with 57 cents(no silver) today when dumping in some Kennedy halves.
I had one Kennedy that just kept getting rejected so I put it back into my coin jug for a future try.
Well guess who left the jug in the shopping cart when loading my groceries into the car?😫
So I am only plus 7 cents for the day.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
The two month silver drought has broken - hallelujah! Pics later.
The dime by itself is actually a 1963-D and was found in store #2 today.
Here's a strange one:
2 Five Ruble Coins
95 Cents US (no silver)
and 3 euros, 40 cents
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Well, the drought is broken... Yesterday, one quarter, three Roosevelt dimes... The quarter is a super dryer coin.... That's ok though... Cheers, RickO
Silver dime, steel penny, 0.27 other US, 0.50 Canadian, 0.05 Euro, 2 Caribbean dimes.
No silver but $1.56 US change, 30 British Pence and 50 Euro Cent. First find in a long time.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Nice groups of coins @dhikewhitney and @tommy44 .... My haul yesterday consisted of one modern U.S. cent....
Oh well... Cheers, RickO
Nothing for a couple of weeks.
Struck out today.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Modern stuff this week. .38. I can continue my retirement.
1st find in February 1958D dime; back-to-back months start of 2023 - Ride a hot streak I always say!
