The OFFICIAL COINSTAR FINDS THREAD

mark_dak · February 8, 2021 11:44AM

A lonely dime... but a good one

ricko · February 9, 2021 8:22AM

Wow... Nice silver finds there... Dimes seem to be the most frequent silver finds...Cheers, RickO

SaorAlba · February 9, 2021 9:38AM

Only a Canadian 5c coin and an Italian 1 eurocent.

mrcommem · February 9, 2021 11:40AM

Has anyone found a gold coin at a coin machine or in a roll of bank coins?

EagleScout2017 · February 9, 2021 12:10PM

@mrcommem said:
Has anyone found a gold coin at a coin machine or in a roll of bank coins?

A user over on Cointalk reported finding a 1/10oz Krugerrand in the Coinstar reject slot back in October. Moreover, if I recall correctly, somebody found an Indian Head $2.50 almost a decade ago.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-star-reject-bin-finds-this-am.367836/

Edit: Scroll down to post #170.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/reject-tube-coinstar-finds.201092/page-9

SaorAlba · February 9, 2021 1:46PM

@mrcommem said:
Has anyone found a gold coin at a coin machine or in a roll of bank coins?

No gold coins, but I did find a size 10 14k wedding band a little more than a year ago in the trash can next to the machine. The largest silver coin I have found, another trash can next to the machine find - a Spanish 100 pesetas from 1966 - a bit smaller than a silver dollar.

ricko · February 10, 2021 7:35AM

Wow... finding a gold coin in the coinstar reject slot would make my year....maybe the decade even. Finding one in a roll seems more likely, but still it would be the find of a lifetime. Cheers, RickO

MaineJim · February 13, 2021 6:05PM

First find worth posting in a long time. Canadian dimes are spendable here so that is a bonus!

Jim

ricko · February 14, 2021 6:09AM

Nice... A silver Rosie.... I have not found anything in the coinstar for a couple of weeks...Cheers, RickO

sellitstore · February 14, 2021 6:36AM

@ricko said:
Wow... Nice silver finds there... Dimes seem to be the most frequent silver finds...Cheers, RickO

After a few years of searching and seven or eight individual silver dime finds, my wife finally found her first silver quarter. Like others, plenty of foreign including Canadian silver but no silver U.S. Quarter until now.

JedPlanchet · February 14, 2021 9:10AM

Normally I see an empty bin, but a couple of weeks ago I found an ugly, dateless Standing Liberty Quarter and elongated cent which was fun. Silver is silver!

MaineJim · February 14, 2021 3:07PM

After a long drought - 2 days in a row. Same location, someone must be on vacation there this weekend.

Jim

ricko · February 14, 2021 3:41PM

@MaineJim .... Very nice... two silver dimes....Is that BN cent a wheatie?? Cheers, RickO

MaineJim · February 14, 2021 3:54PM

Not a wheat cent but does look like one. I thought that also at first glance. I think I better take a walk through the store tomorrow!

Jim

joeykoins · February 15, 2021 1:43PM

A Lonely Dime as well. My first silver find in a long, long time.
1961d

steveben · February 15, 2021 2:11PM

this thread is pure coin collecting. i love it

nwcoast · February 16, 2021 7:36AM

@DBSTrader2 said:
nwcoast: Looks like a decent number of old & new Canadians in that dishl! Would be fun to learn what their breakdown was.

Maybe one of these days, or weeks, I’ll take it all apart and go through the dish- sharing the results.
It’s been a hard past handful of years but I’m retired now and finally catching up some after moving.

WillieBoyd2 · March 2, 2021 12:31PM

After a two-month drought:

Netherlands Aruba 25 cents 2000

joeykoins · March 2, 2021 12:41PM

@WillieBoyd2 said:
After a two-month drought:

Netherlands Aruba 25 cents 2000

Lol. Just found one of those the other day.

joeykoins · March 2, 2021 3:04PM

Just picked this up...

I love this design the best out of all 5 2020's. I already decided, no matter what, I'm going to place these 40 quarters aside. W or not. I'm anticipating my first W Somoa Quarter. Maybe it's lurking in this roll? Lol

No Headlights · March 2, 2021 3:15PM

@joeykoins said:

Just picked this up...

I love this design the best out of all 5 2020's. I already decided, no matter what, I'm going to place these 40 quarters aside. W or not. I'm anticipating my first W Somoa Quarter. Maybe it's lurking in this roll? Lol

Wrong thread I believe. good luck with your search.

joeykoins · March 2, 2021 3:20PM

Lol.lol.lol. Sorry, getting old.

mannie gray · March 2, 2021 7:53PM

Finally my long Coin star dry spell has ended.

Coinscratch · March 2, 2021 8:39PM

@mannie gray said:
Finally my long Coin star dry spell has ended.

Now use those tools to MacGyver your way into the machine - Your treasure awaits
Edit: be sure to wear your coinstar shirt.

mannie gray · March 2, 2021 8:40PM

@CoinscratchFever said:

@mannie gray said:
Finally my long Coin star dry spell has ended.

Now use those tools to MacGyver your way into the machine - Your treasure awaits

Why didn't I think of that?

ricko · March 3, 2021 7:21AM

The paper clip and bobby pin are more than I have found in about a month.... definite extended dry spell. Cheers, RickO

No Headlights · March 3, 2021 7:35AM

I found a South Carolina quarter on my walk yesterday. I guess I can stay retired.

SaorAlba · March 3, 2021 7:49AM

35c in one and 11c in another. All to the donation bin.

WillieBoyd2 · March 8, 2021 11:35AM

Oh Canada!

This morning checked the Coinstar and found four dimes of which three were modern US dimes.

The other had a ship on it which meant Canada and King George VI which meant old.

Canada 10 cents 1938

Poseidon89 · March 13, 2021 8:30PM

1947 - D
1937 Wheatie

ricko · March 15, 2021 9:52AM

One SHQ Saturday in the reject slot.... Oh well... Have not found anything in a couple of three weeks...Cheers, RickO

ZoidMeister · March 19, 2021 5:40AM

My first find in weeks, and it's an interesting one . . . . . .

Z
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Joe_360 · March 19, 2021 11:21AM

Good week, two 1964D dime, one on St. Patty's Day and one today... Good start to the weekend.

On a side note, Coin Show just north of SFO today and tomorrow. Stated 16 vendors will attend.

May go tomorrow, I will post if I do. Joe

ZoidMeister · April 12, 2021 6:33AM

I think this qualifies as my best find of the year, and other than a Canadian bi-metallic looney I found last year, this may be my best find ever . . . . . .

Now, to see if they're still in business or have a location near me . . . . .

Found the glued together Zincolns too . . . . .

(I wonder if their quality is similar to Taco Bell . . . . ?)

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YQQ · April 12, 2021 7:05AM

Here is an interesting question:
to whom does the money in the reject slot legally belong to?

ajaan · April 12, 2021 7:06AM

11 cents yesterday.

WillieBoyd2 · April 12, 2021 7:13AM

@YQQ said:
Here is an interesting question:
to whom does the money in the reject slot legally belong to?

I would guess the person who put the coins into the machine and left the rejects.

ajaan · April 12, 2021 8:24AM

@WillieBoyd2 said:

@YQQ said:
Here is an interesting question:
to whom does the money in the reject slot legally belong to?

I would guess the person who put the coins into the machine and left the rejects.

I guess you can say the same for the person who drops a quarter in the Home Depot parking lot.

YQQ · April 12, 2021 11:23AM

NO HDEP is different
The machines are located within someones property and are under their care.
it is like taking something from their shelves and walking out??? is it not?
I do not believe that the money just simply belongs to anyone who takes it, because it is there.

ricko · April 13, 2021 8:05AM

I have seen store employees scoop up the change in the reject bin and put it in their pocket. It belongs to whomever picks it up. I did, however, have a woman come up to me as I was scooping coins out and said "Oh, I did not realize there was a reject slot... I just dumped my coins and got my receipt cashed in." I gave her the coins. Cheers, RickO

ZoidMeister · April 13, 2021 9:07AM

@ricko said:
I have seen store employees scoop up the change in the reject bin and put it in their pocket. It belongs to whomever picks it up. I did, however, have a woman come up to me as I was scooping coins out and said "Oh, I did not realize there was a reject slot... I just dumped my coins and got my receipt cashed in." I gave her the coins. Cheers, RickO

Most folks couldn't care less about the "stuck together" Zincolns I seem to find . . . . . .

Z

EagleScout2017 · April 15, 2021 8:20PM

My first find in a few months, still better than a Zincoln.

Modwriter · April 15, 2021 10:53PM

@291fifth said:

@Modwriter said:

@Modwriter said:
I just got a 2004 Chuck E. Cheese token, 2 stuck together cents, and a road rash roosie.

Found out the Chuck E. Cheese tokens are keepers. They are selling on the bay.

If that is the case then I'm rich!

lol. I send the tokens and foreign coins I find in coinstar to a friend of mine. As a non collector she seems to enjoy them.

Mr_Spud · April 16, 2021 3:31PM

I stopped by Walmart at lunchtime today and checked the Coinstar. No silver, but 90 cents is better than nothing 🌞

Modwriter · April 16, 2021 5:46PM

Nothing in the reject bin today at the supermarket BUT the shopper in front of me left his change in the coin dispenser bin and walked away. I paid cash and just scooped it all up.

USSID17 · April 16, 2021 8:42PM

ricko · April 17, 2021 6:04AM

I have been in a real drought for a few weeks now....Got to be a treasure in the slot soon... Cheers, RickO

blitzdude · April 17, 2021 10:40AM

@ricko said:
I have been in a real drought for a few weeks now....Got to be a treasure in the slot soon... Cheers, RickO

I've been striking out left and right lately and today the Coinstar Gods finally answered. Don't lose faith. Amazing how a single silver dime can get the blood pumping. RGDS!

ZoidMeister · April 17, 2021 2:33PM

@blitzdude said:

@ricko said:
I have been in a real drought for a few weeks now....Got to be a treasure in the slot soon... Cheers, RickO

I've been striking out left and right lately and today the Coinstar Gods finally answered. Don't lose faith. Amazing how a single silver dime can get the blood pumping. RGDS!

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Dang, especially a BIRTH YEAR silver dime . . . . . .

Z

ricko · April 17, 2021 3:10PM

@ZoidMeister....Not for me, I was in high school then.... Cheers, RickO

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