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Found a Colonial Coin In The Coinstar Today

hyf88hyf88 Posts: 294 ✭✭✭
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Sort of. Todays leftovers at the local Coinstar machine consisted of a toasted 2001 cent, a 2006 Canadian dime, a 1965 quarter and a Pine Tree shilling.


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But, upon closer inspection it is actually a token from 1930 honoring Massachusetts Bay Colony's tercentenary. You just never know what will turn up in the reject bin!

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    erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,454 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice find. You should go buy a lottery ticket as its your lucky day!
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,618 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 11,051 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Still pretty cool find!
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
    An 85-year-old token with a Pine Tree Shilling motif? Man, how cool is that? What a sweet find! image

    PS- the Coinstar reject slot in the machine where I do my grocery shopping is always empty. Only one time have I ever found anything in it, and it was a corroded Zincoln not unlike the one you have there.

    Never anything fun, but I keep looking.

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    rheddenrhedden Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would love to see someone get an actual pine tree shilling out of a Coinstar or in change. Even better, let's see one come out of the take-a-penny, leave-a-shilling tray at McDonalds. It was a happy meal, indeed.

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I got a '43-S steel cent out of one of those "take a penny, leave a penny" trays, once.

    It was a pretty rusty critter, though.

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
    wow
    how cool is this
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wow... at first glance, that would be an adrenaline rush..... neat find. Cheers, RickO
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    keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Wild!
    "If it's not fun, it's not worth it." - KeyMan64
    Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner. :smile:
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    ms70ms70 Posts: 13,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
    WOW! Nice find. I would've shipped my pants if I saw the Pine Tree laying there face up!
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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,247 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Trying out the math on the backside of the token; "his daughters dowry was her weight in pine tree shillings"

    How much does a Pine Tree Shilling weigh?

    How much did she weigh?

    Amazing find!
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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Wow... at first glance, that would be an adrenaline rush..... neat find. >>



    no kiddin'
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,260 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a lot easier than having to cherry pick the junk box at a coin shop. image

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    OldEastsideOldEastside Posts: 4,602 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's just too cool image

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    pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's a cool find. My lifetime totals at Coinstar are 2 memorials and one wheat.
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    joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 18,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good for you! That's one, if not the best, CoinStar find I ever heard. Very cool.image

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    TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    It's still a nice thing to find.
    Maybe one day you'll get a Fugio cent.
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 24,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool! image

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    TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
    good deal.
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    NickDangerNickDanger Posts: 73 ✭
    I check the Coinstar machines by me all the time and over the years I have scored pretty well.
    I find a lot of Mexican & Canadian coins, found a counterfeit British 1 pound coin, as well as Euro coins and other foreign items.
    I've even found some US silver coins but not too many, and some steel Lincolns.
    My prize find was a Triborough Bridge Authority toll token (it's about the size of a half dollar).
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 34,407 ✭✭✭✭✭
    wouldnt that be an awesome find if real. nice find any who
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,391 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Trying out the math on the backside of the token; "his daughters dowry was her weight in pine tree shillings"

    How much does a Pine Tree Shilling weigh?

    How much did she weigh? >>

    Though I didn't go so far as trying any math, those questions came to my mind as well.

    Surely the story must have been apocryphal? If not, that's an arseload of Pine Tree shillings, even if she was a dainty little gal!

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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