19 cents US yesterday, no silver, a 1968 Canadian dime a 2 Eurocent. A couple of weeks ago I got a nice 1964-D Roosie and about 30 cents US and another Canadian dime.
Proud recipient of the coveted "You Suck Award" (9/3/10).
2 different machines, first one had the .31c Canadian, 2nd had the gold plated quarter and 2 OPA tokens? I believe these were some kind of war rationing tokens used during WWII.
41c in change, and then I promptly dropped it on the floor after counting it and the dumb quarter rolled under the machine - just out of reach of my pen.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
No luck for quite a while now..... I saw people scooping up their rejects a couple of times... Oh well... good fortune is great... finding nothing is nothing lost. Cheers, RickO
Today the machine produced two clad dimes in the reject slot - so I checked under the machine to see if anything was hiding there and it sure was - a 1964-D Roosie got clever and hid under the machine so only I would get it.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
@SaorAlba said:
Today the machine produced two clad dimes in the reject slot - so I checked under the machine to see if anything was hiding there and it sure was - a 1964-D Roosie got clever and hid under the machine so only I would get it.
An amalgamation of several finds over the past few days:
57 cents in regular US change
42 cents in regular Canadian change
a 5c casino token - huh, really?
a Chuckie Cheese token
a 1958 wheat
and a 1942 Canada cent.
In memory of my kitty Seryozha 14.2.1996 ~ 13.9.2016 and Shadow 3.4.2015 - 16.4.21
After a two month dry spell I found 16 cents today, three nickels and a penny.
The penny was stuck to one of the nickels which possibly caused the rejection.
Nothing again. I'm in a weeks-long drought but the next best thing is reading about everyone else's finds. Too many people that know and are checking often in this area.
Collector and dealer in obsolete currency. Always buying all obsolete bank notes and scrip.
@sellitstore said:
Nothing again. I'm in a weeks-long drought but the next best thing is reading about everyone else's finds. Too many people that know and are checking often in this area.
Same here. But I've recently changed my Coinstar attack strategy to a two-prong approach. Rather than just passing by it after shopping on my way out of the store, i've added to my shopping route to also walk by it on the way in.
Nothing thus far, but i hate the thought of someone else possibly getting that 1877 Indian cent because I didn't also check the Coinstar slot on the way in.
Nothing in the machine, however, I went to an appointment at the Doctor's office today... and, being the only one in the waiting room, I found a dime on one of the seats.....not silver though.... but a nice surprise. Cheers, RickO
@Thor11 said:
seems to me store employees are hip to the hunt and are now cutting me off at the pass
Well then we may have to join them. I've been considering taking a job at the supermarket as a bagger just to have first dibs at the Coinstar machine. In the job interview, i'm going to tell my prospective boss that i'll take the job, even if it's below minimum wage, even if there's no pay, but on one condition that I always work at the register closest to the Coinstar machine.
Today I saw a father and teenage son dumping a big load into the local Coinstar. I was ready to check out but instead hung around reading magazines waiting for them to leave. I kept hearing the pinging of coins hitting the
reject bin.. After about 5 minutes I saw they wanted the coins getting rejected into the bin so I left....
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Yep.... when you see them realize the coins are dropping into the reject slot, it is over.... they scoop them out, re-send them through...and if any reject again, they pocket them to spend. Cheers, RickO
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19 cents US yesterday, no silver, a 1968 Canadian dime a 2 Eurocent. A couple of weeks ago I got a nice 1964-D Roosie and about 30 cents US and another Canadian dime.
2 cents today. Really been dry here.
Lots of snow here... been housebound.... going out today, maybe the change has all accumulated and waiting for me.....
Cheers, RickO
47c Canadian change
49c in USA change
Nothing numismatically wonderful.
2 different machines, first one had the .31c Canadian, 2nd had the gold plated quarter and 2 OPA tokens? I believe these were some kind of war rationing tokens used during WWII.
yes, for gas, i believe.
The OPA tokens were for food. I believe the blue points were for canned goods and the red ones were for meat.
ugh!
Good luck
BHNC #203
$1.24 total today.
41c in change, and then I promptly dropped it on the floor after counting it and the dumb quarter rolled under the machine - just out of reach of my pen.
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I've found a bit over a buck in US non-numismatic change in the last week. Only foreign besides Canadian is a Mexican Peso from 1994.
No luck for quite a while now..... I saw people scooping up their rejects a couple of times...
Oh well... good fortune is great... finding nothing is nothing lost. Cheers, RickO
Found this today at my local supermarket.
61 cents US today. No silver or Canadian.
Two Canadian 5c coins - the older ones that were 100% nickel.
Nice silver quarter.... It has been weeks since I found anything.... Cheers, RickO
Today the machine produced two clad dimes in the reject slot - so I checked under the machine to see if anything was hiding there and it sure was - a 1964-D Roosie got clever and hid under the machine so only I would get it.
Today's find. The 2000 has had a rough life.
Whilst I was intended to have been the recipient of the loverly 1940 washer above all I managed today was a measly 2015 Bahamas mini cent.
Same here.
Who do i write and complain to?
Now that's some dam clever Coinstar hunting!
An amalgamation of several finds over the past few days:
57 cents in regular US change
42 cents in regular Canadian change
a 5c casino token - huh, really?
a Chuckie Cheese token
a 1958 wheat
and a 1942 Canada cent.
Four dimes...one Canadian and two silver .....
Yipppeeee... Cheers, RickO
11 crusty or dirty cents including a 1947-D
A Saskatchewan 25c from Canada.
After a two month dry spell I found 16 cents today, three nickels and a penny.
The penny was stuck to one of the nickels which possibly caused the rejection.
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
16c in American coins - nothing numismatic
60c in Canadian - nothing numismatic.
And a cent that looks like it got flattened on railroad tracks by a locomotive.
March 1 at the local Coinstar:
2 Denver Bicentennial Halfs
2017 Denver Ozark Riverways Quarter
1999-P Connecticut Quarter
2006-P Nebraska Quarter.
Not bad. Broke my dry spell.
Pete
Rumor confirmed.
This morning I was shopping at the local (Northern California) Safeway.
I watched an employee walk up to the CoinStar machine and check the reject bin (she didn't find anything).
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
Been home-bound all week.... sick most of the time and a nasty major storm today....... so no finds at all. Cheers, RickO
Only one thin dime....but it was a '64 Roosie!
Ends a long dry spell.
My Mother-in-Law found me a 1951-D Washie in change the other day............ ends a long, dry spell for me as well !
One thin dime for me late yesterday.... not even silver..... However, at least I found something...
Cheers, RickO
That could come in handy if ya ever had to make a phone call.
Or maybe I'm thinking of a different century.
Nothing again. I'm in a weeks-long drought but the next best thing is reading about everyone else's finds. Too many people that know and are checking often in this area.
Same here. But I've recently changed my Coinstar attack strategy to a two-prong approach. Rather than just passing by it after shopping on my way out of the store, i've added to my shopping route to also walk by it on the way in.
Nothing thus far, but i hate the thought of someone else possibly getting that 1877 Indian cent because I didn't also check the Coinstar slot on the way in.
52c in US change - nothing numismatic.
a 1939 Canadian GVI 5c coin to break the numismatic find drought.
All this from three different machines.
Nothing in the machine, however, I went to an appointment at the Doctor's office today... and, being the only one in the waiting room, I found a dime on one of the seats.....not silver though.... but a nice surprise. Cheers, RickO
1 zincoln
1 dime
1 Canada 10c
From two different machines.
50c in assorted normal change in one machine.
a 1943 blob mintmarked steel cent and an even more corroded 1943 steel cent in another.
Well then we may have to join them. I've been considering taking a job at the supermarket as a bagger just to have first dibs at the Coinstar machine. In the job interview, i'm going to tell my prospective boss that i'll take the job, even if it's below minimum wage, even if there's no pay, but on one condition that I always work at the register closest to the Coinstar machine.
I find lots of stuff because my job takes me in and out of a lot of stores.
@SaorAlba -I find lots of stuff because my job takes me in and out of a lot of stores.
I thinks that's called "fringe benefits".
Today's tiny windfall:
Canadian 1978 Quarter
Euro 2000 2 cent
Cayman Islands 1990 coin
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
I got $1.71 with no silver.
It has been barren for a while now.... a big zero in both coinstar machines....I need to go to the store more often....
Cheers, RickO
Today I saw a father and teenage son dumping a big load into the local Coinstar. I was ready to check out but instead hung around reading magazines waiting for them to leave. I kept hearing the pinging of coins hitting the
reject bin.. After about 5 minutes I saw they wanted the coins getting rejected into the bin so I left....
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Yep.... when you see them realize the coins are dropping into the reject slot, it is over.... they scoop them out, re-send them through...and if any reject again, they pocket them to spend. Cheers, RickO