The OFFICIAL COINSTAR FINDS THREAD

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  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Coinscratch said:
    Coinstar was built with the coin collector in mind :D
    I found these today after dumping 14 boxes in. Yes it was empty when I arrived.

    .
    now i'm curious. if someone got out the roosevelt, washington, lincoln etc from 64 forward, just how long it would take to fill up the albums from coinstar alone. perhaps even a type album. really only for those that regularly find coins in coinstar.

    my skill set, good fortune etc resides in just buying type/collector coins outright. i have virtually no abilities to get stuff from banks, coinstars etc so i cannot participate. i'm honestly trying to think of a single time i found anything in a coin reject slot. bank, pop machine, vending machine, bank, coinstar, telephone or whatever. i honestly think i'd do better just looking for street/parking lot coins ironically.

    there is a coin/currency exchange at an airport well over an hour away i think i could do something with but that is too far for my desire to try. if i lived with 10 min or so, i for sure would be meeting with them weekly.

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  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    This with a bunch of commonwealth coins:

  • ricko
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    @Fraz... That quarter spent a lot of time in the ground... Likely a metal detector find. Cheers, RickO

  • Fraz
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    @ricko — I like to imagine that it toured the world in the bilge of a guano barge since it was in such cosmopolitan company. A good match for the sewer set.

  • ricko
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    @CoinHoarder ... Nice pile of coins.... 1959 was a good year, I joined the Navy then. ;) Cheers, RickO

  • tommy44
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    $1.74 in change including 3 pre-1982 copper cents and this.....

    My first ever COINSTAR find of a elongated cent (or "squished penny" as my daughter calls them).

    This one from a pennycollector.com machine at Madame Tussauds San Francisco depicting Coit Tower.

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @EagleScout2017 said:
    Found this in the return slot of the coin machine at my credit union today.




    considering the "haphazard" way you imaged that coin, gotta say, NICE JOB!

    looks like a great camera phone.

    gratz

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  • EagleScout2017
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    @LanceNewmanOCC said:

    @EagleScout2017 said:
    Found this in the return slot of the coin machine at my credit union today.




    considering the "haphazard" way you imaged that coin, gotta say, NICE JOB!

    looks like a great camera phone.

    gratz

    Yeah much better than my last camera phone. The camera on my last one was nothing more than hot garbage.

  • ricko
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    Constar's have been devoid of reject coins for a while now.... :'( About due for a big find... Cheers, RickO

  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ricko said:
    Constar's have been devoid of reject coins for a while now.... :'( About due for a big find... Cheers, RickO



    have u asked the establishment IF they accumulate rejects or the like.

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  • WillieBoyd2
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    Today was the first good day at the Coinstar machine in a long time.

    I found around $3.00 in modern US coins and six modern foreign coins.

    The foreign coins were:
    Canada 25 Cents 2013 Arctic Exploration Centennial (An unusual coin)
    Croatia 50 Lipa 2006
    Czech Republic 5 Korun 1993
    Czech Republic 10 Korun 2010
    Morocco 2 Dirhams 2002
    Morocco 5 Dirhams 2002

    :)

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  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @WillieBoyd2 said:
    Today was the first good day at the Coinstar machine in a long time.

    I found around $3.00 in modern US coins and six modern foreign coins.

    The foreign coins were:
    Canada 25 Cents 2013 Arctic Exploration Centennial (An unusual coin)
    Croatia 50 Lipa 2006
    Czech Republic 5 Korun 1993
    Czech Republic 10 Korun 2010
    Morocco 2 Dirhams 2002
    Morocco 5 Dirhams 2002

    :)

    we'll probably never know why but there is no way having 2 sequential denominations for 2 different countries like that as a coincidence!

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  • Joe_360
    Joe_360 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm in a drouth, no finds since October. still have some time in December...

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Joe_360.... Silver is always welcome.... and in the Coinstar reject slot, it is almost always dimes... Cheers, RickO

  • WillieBoyd2
    WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 17, 2022 3:01PM
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    Today was the second good day at the Coinstar machine recently.

    I found around $2.00 in modern US coins and four modern foreign coins.

    The foreign coins were:
    Britain 20 Pence 2011 (Royal shield)
    Canada 10 cents 2018, 1987, and 1960 (silver!)

    The find included two United States 2019-S American Memorial Park Quarters clad

    :)

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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Nice finds... My market machines have been totally empty lately.... Longer than usual drought. Cheers, RickO

  • blitzdude
    blitzdude Posts: 7,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ricko said:
    Nice finds... My market machines have been totally empty lately.... Longer than usual drought. Cheers, RickO

    Perhaps the jackpot is right around the corner. Patience and persistence always seem to pay off. RGDS!

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  • Joe_360
    Joe_360 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    2nd 64D dime find this month! Acetone bath forthcoming. Only shut-out two months (Mar/Nov) this year, good 2022!!

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Silver from the Coinstar reject slot is always welcome... and usually a Rosie dime..... Cheers, RickO

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I found a clad dime glued to a zinc cent. Pic in “don’t mix” thread. Don’t miss it!

  • SaorAlba
    SaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A couple of zincolns and an Australian cent from 1966.

  • Joe_360
    Joe_360 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    When I check the Coin Star, I look all over as you never know where you may find the coins. I once kicked a "Tide" bottle sitting next to the machine and it was still full of coins!
    Here a tip:
    Many times, I will find coins still logged in the entryway where the coins slide into the machine (See photo)

    Using a standard business card fold in half (see photo) and use it like twisters. With the card folded in half, slide it so that one side of the card is under the coin, and one side is over, clamp down and remove the coin easily - They might be silver?!?

    Photo coin star entryway:

    Photo of folded card:

  • milbroco
    milbroco Posts: 2,799 ✭✭✭✭
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    Well, any silver in that Tide bottle? What was the total in the bottle?
    Bob

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  • milbroco
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    Sweet. Nice little find there.

    ebay seller name milbroco
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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Well... yesterday... two dimes and one nickel.... no silver.... Cheers, RickO

  • LanceNewmanOCC
    LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Joe_360 said:
    Using a standard business card fold in half (see photo) and use it like twisters. With the card folded in half, slide it so that one side of the card is under the coin, and one side is over, clamp down and remove the coin easily - They might be silver?!?



    twisters = tweezers?

    i'm not picking, just trying to visualize in case i run into a situation like you mention, which seems feasible.

    <--- look what's behind the mask! - cool link 1/NO ~ 2/NNP ~ 3/NNC ~ 4/CF ~ 5/PG ~ 6/Cert ~ 7/NGC 7a/NGC pop~ 8/NGCF ~ 9/HA archives ~ 10/PM ~ 11/NM ~ 12/ANACS cert ~ 13/ANACS pop - report fakes 1/ACEF ~ report fakes/thefts 1/NCIS - Numi-Classes SS ~ Bass ~ Transcribed Docs NNP - clashed coins - error training - V V mm styles -

  • Joe_360
    Joe_360 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @LanceNewmanOCC
    No worries, you are correct Sir. I've done it 2 or 3 times since this post. Thanks

  • Coinscratch
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    @Joe_360 said:
    Nice 2009 Lincoln Presidency Coin Star find. And Philly to boot!!

    In this case the D is actually the more valuable one. But I think either of the Presidents P or D are tough to find in 67.

  • WillieBoyd2
    WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,410 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I went to the supermarket today and walked by the Coinstar machine.
    There was a gray dime in the reject bin and I picked it up.
    It was a 1944 Mercury in pretty good shape.
    Where has it been for the past 78 years?

    :)

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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Two cents and a nickel.... Nothing special yesterday. Cheers, RickO

  • Coinscratch
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    @ricko said:
    Two cents and a nickel.... Nothing special yesterday. Cheers, RickO

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  • Joe_360
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    @Coinscratch said:

    @Joe_360 said:
    Nice 2009 Lincoln Presidency Coin Star find. And Philly to boot!!

    In this case the D is actually the more valuable one. But I think either of the Presidents P or D are tough to find in 67.

    True, but I live in CA so I mostly get D coins. Thanks

  • No Headlights
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    Nothing in the Walmart Coinstar today, but 26 cents in the parking lot.

  • Joe_360
    Joe_360 Posts: 1,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @LanceNewmanOCC said:

    @Joe_360 said:
    Using a standard business card fold in half (see photo) and use it like twisters. With the card folded in half, slide it so that one side of the card is under the coin, and one side is over, clamp down and remove the coin easily - They might be silver?!?

    twisters = tweezers?
    i'm not picking, just trying to visualize in case i run into a situation like you mention, which seems feasible.

    I actually used this Tweezer technic today for my 1st 2023 silver find! A 1963D Dime. Nothing in the return, 3 coins in the tray-slot. One Canadian cent.

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Spawnfreek.... Yep... feast or famine mostly.... Once in a while, a huge pile is found... usually only a few... or none - as the last week or two has been for me. Cheers, RickO

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