I post my silver finds, and I do find a lot of silver. Some members may not believe but I have no reason to lie. I thought that I would post some of my lates non-silver finds... Some are interesting....
@Joe_360 said:
Not me, my wife! Late evening my daughter wanted the wife to make waffles (picture) but she didn't have sugar so they went to Safeway. She came back and handed me this... 3 nice silver quarters 52, 60 and 63....! I trained her well...
Hey Joe, is that Mexican coin a an early 1950s 25¢ ? If so it is worth about a dollar in 25% silver.
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@Joe_360 said:
Not me, my wife! Late evening my daughter wanted the wife to make waffles (picture) but she didn't have sugar so they went to Safeway. She came back and handed me this... 3 nice silver quarters 52, 60 and 63....! I trained her well...
Hey Joe, is that Mexican coin a an early 1950s 25¢ ? If so it is worth about a dollar in 25% silver.
Hi Joe, The 50 pfennig coin is from West Germany. (a pfennig is roughly a "penny") 1972 was the year the Olympics were held in Munich. The F mint mark on the coin indicates the Stuttgart mint. I found out recently that the image of the lady planting a young tree sapling was meant to be symbolic of a new beginning for the country and hope for tomorrow after World War II.
@Joe_360 said:
I post my silver finds, and I do find a lot of silver. Some members may not believe but I have no reason to lie. I thought that I would post some of my lates non-silver finds... Some are interesting....
@Joe_360 said:
Not me, my wife! Late evening my daughter wanted the wife to make waffles (picture) but she didn't have sugar so they went to Safeway. She came back and handed me this... 3 nice silver quarters 52, 60 and 63....! I trained her well...
Hey Joe, is that Mexican coin a an early 1950s 25¢ ? If so it is worth about a dollar in 25% silver.
@Joe_360 said:
Not me, my wife! Late evening my daughter wanted the wife to make waffles (picture) but she didn't have sugar so they went to Safeway. She came back and handed me this... 3 nice silver quarters 52, 60 and 63....! I trained her well...
Hey Joe, is that Mexican coin a an early 1950s 25¢ ? If so it is worth about a dollar in 25% silver.
Hey CR,
1952. Thanks for the heads-up!!!
You are welcome. I recently found one of these in a bin of cheap foreign coins, and that's what made me think of it.
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No gutter metal but at least I didn't get skunked. 17 cents US, a British half penny and 11 cents Canadian. Someone holed the 1970 Canadian cent and counterstamped it with Free Mason logo. RGDS!
Other miscellaneous coins, including a Canadian $2 coin.
Roughly $60 worth of coins for a few seconds of lost dignity.
Wow, that's quite nice. I have only found a zincoln and an elongated zincoln this year so far.
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2023- Four dimes, 1919, 1942-S, 1963, 1964-D (I only started keeping track of random change in October, but I noted $1.45 for those three months.
2024- Two dimes, 1962-D, 1963-D, one quarter, 1953-D. Plus $9.60 in random change, and a few foreign coins.
2025 so far $0.02.
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.
Other miscellaneous coins, including a Canadian $2 coin.
Roughly $60 worth of coins for a few seconds of lost dignity.
Wow, that's quite nice. I have only found a zincoln and an elongated zincoln this year so far.
I figured someone knew about pre-65 90% silver but not about 40%. Oh well, I'm the victim. 😀
Yep, those in my area know better!
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 out for a loaf of bread and found these at a Safeway Coinstar today.
$11.52 Canadian
$3.61 U.S including the 7 silver dimes
5c Euro
1 pfennig
and a Chucky Cheese token
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
@Swampboy said:
Went out for a loaf of bread and found these at a Safeway Coinstar today.
$11.52 Canadian
$3.61 U.S including the 7 silver dimes
5c Euro
1 pfennig
and a Chucky Cheese token
That's quite a haul.
I save my Canadian, and even though the Canadian Dollar is very low right now, the few hundred dollars worth that I've built up should get me something on a future trip to Canadia.
@ambro51 said:
I made a quick grab at “something “ in the coinstar tray,……….
No way! I think that you just got our oldest coin star recovery badge!
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.
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.
Not a Coin Star find, "per say". On Saturday stopped at Safeway to check the CS machine and there was nothing. I saw the Customer Service Rep that I know well (my Son used to work there), back in 2019, 2020, she used to exchange quarter rolls with me when they got NEW quarter rolls in, I was hunting for W coins and she would call me when new rolls came in.
I asked her if she had any half-dollar coins that they received from customers (I would check with her from time to time because they separate half-dollars out when received), until now never found anything worth exchanging/buying. She went to her office to check and came back with a coin-tin and pour out the coins onto the counter, About 25ish total coins poured out... Well, right time, right place, I could not believe my eyes when I saw Franklyn's! Total 6 Franklyn's and 3 40% silver Kennedy's 68, 69, and 70, all 3 S proofs! The rest were of no interest for me..
My guess is some kid took Grandpa's coin jar and when the CS machine rejected these coins, that this person took that to the customer service station for a $ to $ exchange...?
The lesson is making relations with anyone that touches coins/money has it's pay-off from time to time...
@ricko said:
At one time, for kids, that nine cents was significant.... I recall penny candy and five cent candy bars.... Cheers, RickO
I remember when candy bars went from 5c to 10c.
What a kick in the n*ts for a kid!
I remember Cokes being a quarter and you got 5 cents back on a bottle.
Made alot of spending money searching for bottles.
I remember 10 cent Cokes and 2 cent bottles.
The last dime Coke machine I saw was in Colorado in 1971 or 1972. It was a surprising find back then. Two cent deposit bottles were common when I was a kid. I recycled them for 1 cent Tootsie Rolls when I was 5 years old.
Now at 68, I go out at night to raid dumpsters for cans at parks, bars, and boat landings. During the daytime, I ride my recumbent bike and pick up cans along roadways.
I 've checked Coinstars every now and then but have only gotten a few US coins and some foreign change. On the other hand, two hours at Ginnie Springs will yield >$30 worth of cans.
About six months ago a customer brought in and sold a 1/4 oz gold Canada Maple Leaf bullion coin that they claimed they had recently found in a coinstar. Their amazement at it’s value jived with the story.
The setting up of other roads To travel on in old accustomed ways I still remember the talks by the water The proud sons and daughter That knew the knowledge of the land Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways
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A lone, 2009 dated, 5c euro in the Coinstar this week. Has a cool image of the Colosseum on the obverse.
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"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
I post my silver finds, and I do find a lot of silver. Some members may not believe but I have no reason to lie. I thought that I would post some of my lates non-silver finds... Some are interesting....
I do not know where this coin is from?>
Another
Hey Joe, is that Mexican coin a an early 1950s 25¢ ? If so it is worth about a dollar in 25% silver.
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;[[ check and let you know...Thanks'
Hi Joe, This coin is a 1 German Mark coin from the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) The G mint mark is for the Karlsruhe mint.
Hi Joe, that is quite a diverse foreign coin collections - congrats!
Hi Joe, The 50 pfennig coin is from West Germany. (a pfennig is roughly a "penny") 1972 was the year the Olympics were held in Munich. The F mint mark on the coin indicates the Stuttgart mint. I found out recently that the image of the lady planting a young tree sapling was meant to be symbolic of a new beginning for the country and hope for tomorrow after World War II.
Hey CR,
1952. Thanks for the heads-up!!!
Found this beat up dime, could not read the final digit, Go home and under a light and magnification and saw it was a 4! Ugly but silver!!
No silver and I'm guessing that this person just got back from Mexico...
Foreign coins found at CS over the years. See anything good? Oh, all Canadian and Pesos removed...
$3.01 found, only one silver dime and a proof quarter, and a dime that seems to be missing its coating.
You are welcome. I recently found one of these in a bin of cheap foreign coins, and that's what made me think of it.
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.
No silver, but after months of a dry spell, I got 2 Quarters and a Dime today.
No gutter metal but at least I didn't get skunked. 17 cents US, a British half penny and 11 cents Canadian. Someone holed the 1970 Canadian cent and counterstamped it with Free Mason logo. RGDS!
I am still coming up empty.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...
Hang in there Wayne!
Bank coin counting machine:
(12) 40% halfs
(7) clad halfs
Other miscellaneous coins, including a Canadian $2 coin.
Roughly $60 worth of coins for a few seconds of lost dignity.
Walmart this morning. 4 foreign coins. $1.15 in clad and memorials. And a 1961-D Roosevelt dime. First silver in over a year.
A picture would be nice. Ride a hot streak...
Wow, that's quite nice. I have only found a zincoln and an elongated zincoln this year so far.
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 figured someone knew about pre-65 90% silver but not about 40%. Oh well, I'm the victim. 😀
Here are my totals for silver from the coin star.
2023- Four dimes, 1919, 1942-S, 1963, 1964-D (I only started keeping track of random change in October, but I noted $1.45 for those three months.
2024- Two dimes, 1962-D, 1963-D, one quarter, 1953-D. Plus $9.60 in random change, and a few foreign coins.
2025 so far $0.02.
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.
Yep, those in my area know better!
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 made a quick grab at “something “ in the coinstar tray,……….
Went out for a loaf of bread and found these at a Safeway Coinstar today.
$11.52 Canadian
$3.61 U.S including the 7 silver dimes
5c Euro
1 pfennig
and a Chucky Cheese token
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
That's quite a haul.
I save my Canadian, and even though the Canadian Dollar is very low right now, the few hundred dollars worth that I've built up should get me something on a future trip to Canadia.
No way! I think that you just got our oldest coin star recovery badge!
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.
Not even close...
Oh yeah, back atcha:
From the Roman colony of Carmo in the Iberian Peninsula ca 200 BC found in the reject slot at my credit union a few years ago.
You guys are heavy hitters.
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My meager finds from today:
No, the medaluon is not gold
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Yesterday at my local Kroger, $1.24 in spending money plus a Disney Conservation Fund elongated cent.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
71c in the bin. No silver
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
A nice old Lincoln is always a good find...
I think the weirdest thing I've found in a coinstar machine, and this was in the last month, was a Mexican 1921 50 Centavos coin in VF.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
I found around $1 loose change but no silver so I chunked it back in the slot.
Not a Coin Star find, "per say". On Saturday stopped at Safeway to check the CS machine and there was nothing. I saw the Customer Service Rep that I know well (my Son used to work there), back in 2019, 2020, she used to exchange quarter rolls with me when they got NEW quarter rolls in, I was hunting for W coins and she would call me when new rolls came in.
I asked her if she had any half-dollar coins that they received from customers (I would check with her from time to time because they separate half-dollars out when received), until now never found anything worth exchanging/buying. She went to her office to check and came back with a coin-tin and pour out the coins onto the counter, About 25ish total coins poured out... Well, right time, right place, I could not believe my eyes when I saw Franklyn's! Total 6 Franklyn's and 3 40% silver Kennedy's 68, 69, and 70, all 3 S proofs! The rest were of no interest for me..
My guess is some kid took Grandpa's coin jar and when the CS machine rejected these coins, that this person took that to the customer service station for a $ to $ exchange...?
The lesson is making relations with anyone that touches coins/money has it's pay-off from time to time...
Took this picture when I got into my car
Picture from when I got home...
The last dime Coke machine I saw was in Colorado in 1971 or 1972. It was a surprising find back then. Two cent deposit bottles were common when I was a kid. I recycled them for 1 cent Tootsie Rolls when I was 5 years old.
Now at 68, I go out at night to raid dumpsters for cans at parks, bars, and boat landings. During the daytime, I ride my recumbent bike and pick up cans along roadways.
I 've checked Coinstars every now and then but have only gotten a few US coins and some foreign change. On the other hand, two hours at Ginnie Springs will yield >$30 worth of cans.
About six months ago a customer brought in and sold a 1/4 oz gold Canada Maple Leaf bullion coin that they claimed they had recently found in a coinstar. Their amazement at it’s value jived with the story.
To travel on in old accustomed ways
I still remember the talks by the water
The proud sons and daughter
That knew the knowledge of the land
Spoke to me in sweet accustomed ways
Dry spell is over!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Not one but TWO Canadian dimes! Congrats! 😆
I think those are Canadian dimes @JBK
But I was more excited about the merc!
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
I thought dime-sized nickels were more exciting. 😵💫
But I suppose a Merc is not bad, either.
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
Well, that didn't take long, March 1st, Safeway, 1st year of issue, 1946-S dime and $2 plus change... The streak rev's on...
