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Coinstar find with a twist
CaptHenway
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Ran up to the supermarket yesterday morning to get my wife some cold medication, and naturally checked the Coinstar machine and found a 1941 cent. Do they reject pre-1982's because they weigh more?
Anyways, at Noon I went up Pikes Peak on the cog railway with my brother, his daughter, her husband and their two 5-year old boys. After we got down the boys wanted to squash some pennies in the machine on the train platform. I gave them two nice shiny 2014-D's and the quarters to roll them. Afterwards my neice's husband remarked on how the copper plating had split, showing the zinc inside. I said watch this and whipped out the 1941 and rolled it to show them the difference. Gave it to my neice.
Anyways, at Noon I went up Pikes Peak on the cog railway with my brother, his daughter, her husband and their two 5-year old boys. After we got down the boys wanted to squash some pennies in the machine on the train platform. I gave them two nice shiny 2014-D's and the quarters to roll them. Afterwards my neice's husband remarked on how the copper plating had split, showing the zinc inside. I said watch this and whipped out the 1941 and rolled it to show them the difference. Gave it to my neice.
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<< <i>Ran up to the supermarket yesterday morning to get my wife some cold medication, and naturally checked the Coinstar machine and found a 1941 cent. Do they reject pre-1982's because they weigh more? >>
No, they do not. If they did, I would think you would find more than just one stranded cent. I still find pre-1982 cents on more than 75 percent of every purchase in change.
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Copper makes a great keepsake, Zinc turns to crude.
You may be confusing two different cog railways. Tom DeLorey mentioned riding the Pikes Peak (CO) cog railway. USMarine6 apparently saw 'cog railway', and like any self respecting New Englander immediately thought of the cog railway on Mount Washington, in New Hampshire (the world's first, by the way). If you have never done so, I would strongly suggest you make a point to do so. And squish a cent while at the top.
You must have known the answer before you asked. The Mount Washington cog railway ends at the top of Mount Washington, the highest peak east of the Mississippi, at 6288 feet, or twelve feet lower than where the Pikes Peak cog railway begins.
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<< <i>Good educational story. I've always wanted to do the same with a steel cent but never had one at the right time. >>
I'll bet a steel one would be tough to mash.
Coin machines have hiccups, too. Occasionally, they reject brand new coins.
I recently put my acid attacked cent through a counting machine and it took it despite being ~.25 grams light.
<< <i>"How high is the top end of the NH cog railway? Ours starts at about 6300 feet."
You must have known the answer before you asked. The Mount Washington cog railway ends at the top of Mount Washington, the highest peak east of the Mississippi, at 6288 feet, or twelve feet lower than where the Pikes Peak cog railway begins.
More can be seen here . >>
You know what we call 6,288 feet out here? A valley!
Most of the machines reject pre 1944 wheat cents around here. The 1942 and under in the tray and the 1943 on the magnet
<< <i>Cool story! I was at the Animal Park (Escondido, CA) where there are also those rolling machines. I put a chinese counterfeit "1909-S VDB" in and was mildly surprised to see it roll still with a visible date/MM and VDB under the other design
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So, my friend asked me why I was buying them. My response was , "Pardon me sir, have you any Grey Poupon ? "
He laughed, as did I.
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Very interesting. That might be related to the higher tin content of pre 1943 cents.
<< <i><<Most of the machines reject pre 1944 wheat cents around here. The 1942 and under in the tray and the 1943 on the magnet>>
Very interesting. That might be related to the higher tin content of pre 1943 cents. >>
I somehow doubt that a Coinstar machine could distinguish between a pre-war wheatie and a post-war wheatie.
<< <i>A friend of mine invited me to the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder's meeting this past year, where I bought elongated cents as we roamed the concourse enjoying a visit with other investors/business people, etc., etc.,
So, my friend asked me why I was buying them. My response was , "Pardon me sir, have you any Grey Poupon ? "
He laughed, as did I.
The dinosaur ones look cool with the torn skin