Hard to believe yet true, 3 days straight with silver finds. This time Nob-Hill store coming back from haircut, 2 quarters, a 41 and 52, both Philly, plus, not1, not 2, not 3, but 4 Wheat cents which one was a 1916. Let's hope May continues were April left off, nice ending!!
@Joe_360 said:
Hard to believe yet true, 3 days straight with silver finds. This time Nob-Hill store coming back from haircut, 2 quarters, a 41 and 52, both Philly, plus, not1, not 2, not 3, but 4 Wheat cents which one was a 1916. Let's hope May continues were April left off, nice ending!!
That’s interesting to be finding so much silver. Must be something going on to get people to cash in there silver coins in a coinstar rather that take them to a dealer to get at least spot prices.
@MtW124
Agree, doesn't surprise me anymore... I am consistent, I search the 3 locations (close together, within 1 and 1/4 blocks) every day on my way to feed the cats at the post-office and Home Depot. Yesterday just happen to be after a haircut...
Maybe God is blessing me for feeding stray cats...?!?
@MtW124@tommy44
MtW124 said, "That’s interesting to be finding so much silver. Must be something going on to get people to cash in there silver coins in a coinstar rather that take them to a dealer to get at least spot prices."
1st, I do not believe these folks even know (identify) what silver coins are, and/or to take them to a dealer for spot! 2nd, think about it, the Coinstar takes 10 cents on every dollar so these people do not care about the value, they just want some quick cash. 3rd, when I see 2 silver quarters mixed with 4 wheat cents (and other odd coins), I have to believe that some kid searched grandpa's/uncle's decks and grabbed the loose change. 4) they leave more then only silver, I get hand full of quarters, dimes and foreign coins all the time...
I can not explain why people are leaving silver coins behind and/or why it happens at the (3) stores that I hit regularly? It used to amaze me, but not any more...
Now understand, I work from home and can make my own schedule, there are 3 stores close together and all have coinstars (1 Safeway, 1 Nobhill and a Mexican store) I feed cats at 2 locations and since there are 5 cats at the Home Depot I mostly go there 2 times a day - the coinstars are on the way so I check, so I check every day, rain or shine.
The clerks at the stores know me as a coin collector as I have trade quarter boxes/rolls with them when I roll hunt. I have no issue with checking the coinstar machine, saying hi and leaving, Plus most coinstars are next to lotto machince and people are in and out all day buying lotto tickets...
BTW, I found a silver dime and wheat cent today, that is 4 finds in 5 days, so that is another reason to search, there are many days that come up empty also...
Feeding Kelly the Home Depot cat, she is a sweetie and I would feed her every day even with no coinstar machines...
Went to my local grocery and first looked in the return catch tray. Nothing there so I looked up top and here is what was there. It looks like someone didn’t want there change and just dropped it in the top counter tray. The 2005 Lincoln cent has a little toning to it.
@Conshyboy said:
All foreign coins today the Welsh coin with edge lettering is cool
That £ is worth over $2 I believe.
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Big score at the Coinstar yesterday; in fact, it’s the most that I’ve ever gotten. The first try yielded a zincoln and a Columbia 50 pesos. I went back about 5 hours later and got $3.18 in random change! Nothing interesting though, just sticky money.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Went to the store and received a 1964 Nickel in
mint condition. It is PL and I initially thought it
was a Proof. But with a D mintmark it may have
come out from a mint set - very nice clean coin,
very sharp strike with nice mintmark registration,
and with light blue to rainbow toning.
Enjoy !
Here it is - - -
Picked up just under $4.00 plus a couple of foreign coins at the local Walmart. No silver and nothing of interest. First time finding something in several weeks. With what I have accumulated over time, I need about $5.00 more and will be able to take wifey out to dinner, courtesy of coin star.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Ok, so I started looking at these more often. I've found about a dollar in change, a silver dime, and a chinese coin, which was 4 separate finds in about 20 tries. So a 20% find rate of at least something (one find was 2c). Is 20% normal?
@Manifest_Destiny said:
Ok, so I started looking at these more often. I've found about a dollar in change, a silver dime, and a chinese coin, which was 4 separate finds in about 20 tries. So a 20% find rate of at least something (one find was 2c). Is 20% normal?
That’s good. I probably average about 10%, except the past week and in December.(Think Christmas)
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
The it pays to wait saga. So I was going to Ralph’s to pick up a few things.
As I walked in I saw a fella putting a huge jar of coins into the machine.
I didn’t want to look obvious waiting…
But on the other hand I didn’t want anyone else to get first dibs at the reject bin.
I took my time gathering the few things, then self checked out.
The fella was gone….and…and…
here is my haul
Coming back from feeding the Cats, Mexican store nothing, Nob Hill nothing. Safeway, no silver but $2 in quarters, some change, a 10 Pasco and a 25 cent Canadian piece...
Never find anything ... last night wife had to run into Walmart to pick up photo order, checked the coin star, 42 cents, 4 dimes , 2 pennies, one of the dimes was a 64D. Photo order was not ready as order was never processed. Went back this morning, 27 cents, 1 quarter, 2 pennies. The quarter was a shiny 64D.
@jmb said:
Never find anything ... last night wife had to run into Walmart to pick up photo order, checked the coin star, 42 cents, 4 dimes , 2 pennies, one of the dimes was a 64D. Photo order was not ready as order was never processed. Went back this morning, 27 cents, 1 quarter, 2 pennies. The quarter was a shiny 64D.
Today’s find: 1962-D! This is my second Coinstar silver this year and my sixth overall. It was all by itself on the ground about a foot in front of the machine.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Found this and others in a machine as me and a friend were given over 50 coin machines to trash.
Or for a better word, to recycle. Coins were everywhere in side the housing and attached to a very , very powerful magnet. I really don't want to explain the who, what, or where and how part.
I may have told and showed this years ago but all are still in hand. This steel
coin looks great for it's age.
@Creg said:
The teller next to the Coinstar intercepted these (halves and smalls) for me.
One 40% Kennedy, the Ikes are heavily circulated. No speared eagle SACs nor wide-rim Sues.
Those were in the coinstar!!??
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
It's 56 Day! Just found 56 cents worth of coins with a dead rubber band stuck to them so we know why they were rejects;
56 cents worth of absolutely normal coins that should NOT have been rejected;
and the Grand Champion dryer coin of all time that anybody would reject:
But Abe abides!
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
and the Grand Champion dryer coin of all time that anybody would reject:
But Abe abides!
It's a three cent coin!
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
First, we now have 59-year old coins in change again, and
Second, I can remember when I got my first 1965 Quarter. Late 1965 or early 1966 up at our corner candy store. The lady who ran it was nice, and she sometimes had her elderly father helping out at the cash register while she stocked the shelves. He was ancient (to me then) with really thick glasses.
A couple of us went up there after school, and I bought something that should have given me a dime and a nickel and three cents in change, but when I went outside and looked at my change (hey, I was a collector!) I found a dime, three cents and a bright and shiny COPPER-NICKEL quarter. I quickly guessed that the old guy had mistaken it for a five cent piece because of his bad eyesight, and it was grey like a nickel instead of white like a silver quarter. Because the lady was nice I went back in and showed it to her and explained the change in color to her, so she could figure out how to get her father to look at the change more closely. Back then 20 cents was worth something, and she could have lost a lot of money if her Dad gave away a whole roll of clad quarters as nickels.
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
@CaptHenway
and the Grand Champion dryer coin of all time that anybody would reject
.
Must have used Arm and Hammer soap.
"Roll Tide" !
Just a FAB,ULOUS find.
Cheer's
That's "all" folks.
Today at the WM I did a quick check of the CS and found this behind the lift tray, against the back wall. All I saw at first was the 55 and my mind began to instantly fantasize about snagging a 1955 DD from a CS. Then I saw the D and my hopes were dashed. It was an exhilarating 1.2 seconds though.
Having fun while switching things up and focusing on a next level PCGS slabbed 1950+ type set, while still looking for great examples for the 7070.
Lightning strikes twice!
Same Coinstar, same store, twice in a row! This time it was under the front edge of the machine. This 1963 is my third Coinstar silver of the year and my seventh overall.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
@CRHer700 said:
Lightning strikes twice!
Same Coinstar, same store, twice in a row! This time it was under the front edge of the machine. This 1963 is my third Coinstar silver of the year and my seventh overall.
Ride a hot steak I always say! Keep searching... Good luck!
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I found 87c in regular pocket change the other day. First time I've ever found anything after checking probably 20-25 times.
Hard to believe yet true, 3 days straight with silver finds. This time Nob-Hill store coming back from haircut, 2 quarters, a 41 and 52, both Philly, plus, not1, not 2, not 3, but 4 Wheat cents which one was a 1916. Let's hope May continues were April left off, nice ending!!
That’s interesting to be finding so much silver. Must be something going on to get people to cash in there silver coins in a coinstar rather that take them to a dealer to get at least spot prices.
@MtW124
Agree, doesn't surprise me anymore... I am consistent, I search the 3 locations (close together, within 1 and 1/4 blocks) every day on my way to feed the cats at the post-office and Home Depot. Yesterday just happen to be after a haircut...
Maybe God is blessing me for feeding stray cats...?!?
@MtW124 @tommy44
MtW124 said, "That’s interesting to be finding so much silver. Must be something going on to get people to cash in there silver coins in a coinstar rather that take them to a dealer to get at least spot prices."
1st, I do not believe these folks even know (identify) what silver coins are, and/or to take them to a dealer for spot! 2nd, think about it, the Coinstar takes 10 cents on every dollar so these people do not care about the value, they just want some quick cash. 3rd, when I see 2 silver quarters mixed with 4 wheat cents (and other odd coins), I have to believe that some kid searched grandpa's/uncle's decks and grabbed the loose change. 4) they leave more then only silver, I get hand full of quarters, dimes and foreign coins all the time...
I can not explain why people are leaving silver coins behind and/or why it happens at the (3) stores that I hit regularly? It used to amaze me, but not any more...
Now understand, I work from home and can make my own schedule, there are 3 stores close together and all have coinstars (1 Safeway, 1 Nobhill and a Mexican store) I feed cats at 2 locations and since there are 5 cats at the Home Depot I mostly go there 2 times a day - the coinstars are on the way so I check, so I check every day, rain or shine.
The clerks at the stores know me as a coin collector as I have trade quarter boxes/rolls with them when I roll hunt. I have no issue with checking the coinstar machine, saying hi and leaving, Plus most coinstars are next to lotto machince and people are in and out all day buying lotto tickets...
BTW, I found a silver dime and wheat cent today, that is 4 finds in 5 days, so that is another reason to search, there are many days that come up empty also...
Feeding Kelly the Home Depot cat, she is a sweetie and I would feed her every day even with no coinstar machines...
Went to my local grocery and first looked in the return catch tray. Nothing there so I looked up top and here is what was there. It looks like someone didn’t want there change and just dropped it in the top counter tray. The 2005 Lincoln cent has a little toning to it.
All foreign coins today the Welsh coin with edge lettering is cool
That £ is worth over $2 I believe.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
I found a 64-d dime, car wash token, and 32c in pocket change today at Kroger.
Big score at the Coinstar yesterday; in fact, it’s the most that I’ve ever gotten. The first try yielded a zincoln and a Columbia 50 pesos. I went back about 5 hours later and got $3.18 in random change! Nothing interesting though, just sticky money.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Went to the store and received a 1964 Nickel in
mint condition. It is PL and I initially thought it
was a Proof. But with a D mintmark it may have
come out from a mint set - very nice clean coin,
very sharp strike with nice mintmark registration,
and with light blue to rainbow toning.
Enjoy !
Here it is - - -
Picked up just under $4.00 plus a couple of foreign coins at the local Walmart. No silver and nothing of interest. First time finding something in several weeks. With what I have accumulated over time, I need about $5.00 more and will be able to take wifey out to dinner, courtesy of coin star.
Found 2c and a chinese 1 jaio.
Got $0.88. Twice in a row!
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My first find in a couple of months, 30 cents, but I will have to travel to spend it.
A Cuba 25 centavos 2006 and a Canada 5 cents 1975.
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Ok, so I started looking at these more often. I've found about a dollar in change, a silver dime, and a chinese coin, which was 4 separate finds in about 20 tries. So a 20% find rate of at least something (one find was 2c). Is 20% normal?
That’s good. I probably average about 10%, except the past week and in December.(Think Christmas)
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
My Walmart this morning. I have been coming up empty the last few weeks until today.
After a long dry spell a British 5 Pence today. WooHoo!
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
A lone 57-D 10c at the Safeway coin star right after a successful coin show 🙂
Left side is from the Mexican store, right is Nob-Hill, no silver but a 1956 Wheat cent and change....
The it pays to wait saga. So I was going to Ralph’s to pick up a few things.
As I walked in I saw a fella putting a huge jar of coins into the machine.
I didn’t want to look obvious waiting…
But on the other hand I didn’t want anyone else to get first dibs at the reject bin.
I took my time gathering the few things, then self checked out.
The fella was gone….and…and…
here is my haul
probably my bestestest coin star haul ever
All US coins, no foreign, no tokens
After an EXTREMELY long dry spell, the reject bin was flush today. $3.05, including two 1964 Kennedy halves!!!
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho
PICS or it DIDNT HAPPEN!!!!
As you wish...
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho
Found 2c and a car wash token today.
1954 Philly, sitting in the return slot all alone, was so bright and shiny I had to turn my head while I reached in... The streak continues!!!
Coming back from feeding the Cats, Mexican store nothing, Nob Hill nothing. Safeway, no silver but $2 in quarters, some change, a 10 Pasco and a 25 cent Canadian piece...
2 cents, I didn’t bother to pick them up.
Leave no coin behind....
Very Surprised to find a giant Yap stone coin in the reject slot at the HappyMart!
Never find anything ... last night wife had to run into Walmart to pick up photo order, checked the coin star, 42 cents, 4 dimes , 2 pennies, one of the dimes was a 64D. Photo order was not ready as order was never processed. Went back this morning, 27 cents, 1 quarter, 2 pennies. The quarter was a shiny 64D.
Photo's please...
Zilch at Publix this morning. Hoping the dry spell ends soon. Good luck everyone.
68 cents with no obvious reason why it was in rejected
Today’s Coinstar finds
Today’s find: 1962-D! This is my second Coinstar silver this year and my sixth overall. It was all by itself on the ground about a foot in front of the machine.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Found this and others in a machine as me and a friend were given over 50 coin machines to trash.
Or for a better word, to recycle. Coins were everywhere in side the housing and attached to a very , very powerful magnet. I really don't want to explain the who, what, or where and how part.
I may have told and showed this years ago but all are still in hand. This steel
coin looks great for it's age.
The teller next to the Coinstar intercepted these (halves and smalls) for me.
One 40% Kennedy, the Ikes are heavily circulated. No speared eagle SACs nor wide-rim Sues.
Those were in the coinstar!!??
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
She asks the customers to pull them for her. The Ikes go to the tills.
It's 56 Day! Just found 56 cents worth of coins with a dead rubber band stuck to them so we know why they were rejects;
56 cents worth of absolutely normal coins that should NOT have been rejected;
and the Grand Champion dryer coin of all time that anybody would reject:
But Abe abides!
It's a three cent coin!
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Two things about that 1965 Quarter.
First, we now have 59-year old coins in change again, and
Second, I can remember when I got my first 1965 Quarter. Late 1965 or early 1966 up at our corner candy store. The lady who ran it was nice, and she sometimes had her elderly father helping out at the cash register while she stocked the shelves. He was ancient (to me then) with really thick glasses.
A couple of us went up there after school, and I bought something that should have given me a dime and a nickel and three cents in change, but when I went outside and looked at my change (hey, I was a collector!) I found a dime, three cents and a bright and shiny COPPER-NICKEL quarter. I quickly guessed that the old guy had mistaken it for a five cent piece because of his bad eyesight, and it was grey like a nickel instead of white like a silver quarter. Because the lady was nice I went back in and showed it to her and explained the change in color to her, so she could figure out how to get her father to look at the change more closely. Back then 20 cents was worth something, and she could have lost a lot of money if her Dad gave away a whole roll of clad quarters as nickels.
@CaptHenway
and the Grand Champion dryer coin of all time that anybody would reject
.
Must have used Arm and Hammer soap.
"Roll Tide" !
Just a FAB,ULOUS find.
Cheer's
That's "all" folks.
I have not seen anything in the Coinstar machine in a long time. I think the employees get there first.
Today at the WM I did a quick check of the CS and found this behind the lift tray, against the back wall. All I saw at first was the 55 and my mind began to instantly fantasize about snagging a 1955 DD from a CS. Then I saw the D and my hopes were dashed. It was an exhilarating 1.2 seconds though.
Having fun while switching things up and focusing on a next level PCGS slabbed 1950+ type set, while still looking for great examples for the 7070.
Lightning strikes twice!
Same Coinstar, same store, twice in a row! This time it was under the front edge of the machine. This 1963 is my third Coinstar silver of the year and my seventh overall.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Ride a hot steak I always say! Keep searching... Good luck!