Got this fine specimen in change this morning shopping
for bagels and cheese in the local grocery store.
Looks like it was partially processed by a roller, and
wonder when this happened.
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@Joe_360 said:
What's 1919? Lincoln cent, GUESS THE DATE ?
Can't be, it's not a Wheetie....
Well, you might say that I wasn’t up to date, and might have posted referencing your post of the merc of the 17th. The truth is that I hadn’t logged on in a few days and thought that it was the most recent post.
Sorry.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Here's a postscript to the rolled cent I posted earlier -
the date / mintmark appears to be a 1968 D as far as
I can tell under high magnification. Perhaps, the
"engineer" who created this cent may find this, and tell.
I grow heirloom tomatoes and also posted an
"error tomato" for your enjoyment.
Recent: 8 zincolns in one slot, one in another with a nickel underneath. All corroded or scraped except one cent and the nickel.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Out with the wife, Farmers Market, T-Joe's and she wanted to stop at Joanne's fabric so I went to the Safeway next store just for the Coin Star. A lone silver dime sitting twilling in the center of the return like the North Star! 63D
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@DCW said:
Every coinstar I've seen for the last two weeks has an "out of order" sign hanging from it.
People must be overwhelming these machines during the holiday season
The one at my local Walmart is out of order I believe, because of a wing nut that someone jammed in the slot. It was stuck there one week, and the machine was out of order the next.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
I think my largest face vale haul ever. No silver but $4.30 US including my first ever COINSTAR "Golden Dollar", a James Garfield, 2.22 British Pounds and 50 Centavos Mexico. Took three handfuls to scoop it all out of the reject bin.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
@nwcoast
Not quite the treasure find that nwcoast got in October, but the biggest find that I ever had.
Most know that there 3 Coin Star machines within a 1,5 block distance that I hit daily on my way to feeding stray cats at the Home Depot. But yesterday my wife said that she had a taste for pizza for lunch. She ordered and I went to pick them up, on the way were those same 3 Coin Stars, so I decided to check..
The Mexican store was empty, next was Nob-Hill. Well the return was so stuffed, I could barely get my hand in. Pulling out some of the change I saw mostly corroded pennies. They looked so bad, I thought about leaving, but I put them in my pocket and grabbed another hand full, and saw silver. It took about 6,7, 8 handfuls to finish... Getting home, after washing up and eating, I went back to the coins.
Wow, with all the pennies, I did not realize just how much silver there was!
Obviously, some kid swiped Grandpa stash...
51 silver dimes total! All dates were from 1950 to 1955 with 1 outlier a 1957 and 3 Mercury dimes. I removed the corroded pennies and there were ~60 wheat cents. 1 1927 Canadian Nickel.
I thanked my wife and gave her full credit for wanting pizza that this time! Hard to believe, but yet true!!!
Today’s find. First silver for 2024.(From a coinstar that is)
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@Joe_360 said: @nwcoast
Not quite the treasure find that nwcoast got in October, but the biggest find that I ever had.
Most know that there 3 Coin Star machines within a 1,5 block distance that I hit daily on my way to feeding stray cats at the Home Depot. But yesterday my wife said that she had a taste for pizza for lunch. She ordered and I went to pick them up, on the way were those same 3 Coin Stars, so I decided to check..
The Mexican store was empty, next was Nob-Hill. Well the return was so stuffed, I could barely get my hand in. Pulling out some of the change I saw mostly corroded pennies. They looked so bad, I thought about leaving, but I put them in my pocket and grabbed another hand full, and saw silver. It took about 6,7, 8 handfuls to finish... Getting home, after washing up and eating, I went back to the coins.
Wow, with all the pennies, I did not realize just how much silver there was!
Obviously, some kid swiped Grandpa stash...
51 silver dimes total! All dates were from 1950 to 1955 with 1 outlier a 1957 and 3 Mercury dimes. I removed the corroded pennies and there were ~60 wheat cents. 1 1927 Canadian Nickel.
I thanked my wife and gave her full credit for wanting pizza that this time! Hard to believe, but yet true!!!
@Joe_360 said: @nwcoast
Not quite the treasure find that nwcoast got in October, but the biggest find that I ever had.
Most know that there 3 Coin Star machines within a 1,5 block distance that I hit daily on my way to feeding stray cats at the Home Depot. But yesterday my wife said that she had a taste for pizza for lunch. She ordered and I went to pick them up, on the way were those same 3 Coin Stars, so I decided to check..
The Mexican store was empty, next was Nob-Hill. Well the return was so stuffed, I could barely get my hand in. Pulling out some of the change I saw mostly corroded pennies. They looked so bad, I thought about leaving, but I put them in my pocket and grabbed another hand full, and saw silver. It took about 6,7, 8 handfuls to finish... Getting home, after washing up and eating, I went back to the coins.
Wow, with all the pennies, I did not realize just how much silver there was!
Obviously, some kid swiped Grandpa stash...
51 silver dimes total! All dates were from 1950 to 1955 with 1 outlier a 1957 and 3 Mercury dimes. I removed the corroded pennies and there were ~60 wheat cents. 1 1927 Canadian Nickel.
I thanked my wife and gave her full credit for wanting pizza that this time! Hard to believe, but yet true!!!
That’s a GREAT score Joe!
Gotta love it! Pizza too!
Congratulations :-)
Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
WOW, great find. There only 2 CoinStar machines in my area that I'm aware of. I do check them when i go past them. I found some loose change in, but no silver. I just don't understand how people don't check the coin return drawer. I guess they in in too big of a hurry to look there. Nice find.
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Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
I've tried different strategies. Using my right hand, using my left hand, closing my eyes and then feeling around the reject slot, etc. Nothing seems to work. 🤔
@stevek said:
Dry as a bone for me, at least for over a year.
I've tried different strategies. Using my right hand, using my left hand, closing my eyes and then feeling around the reject slot, etc. Nothing seems to work. 🤔
maybe you are not holding your tongue in the proper position.
Last night’s finds: 1 cent at one coinstar, and 89 cents at another plus 12 cents on the ground for a total of $1.02.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Solid finds! - Silver has never been more difficult - just
one 1960's dime in the last two years. But here are
some interesting finds from grocery change machines
output, just this last week :
Yesterday I tried my hand at a vending machine, putting $3.15 in it . I hit the change back button, but I only got a $1.05 back. It wouldn't give me any more. I had to go to the front desk to get my money back, and someone got a free soda. I feel blessed to get my money back.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Alright, February 1st, nice start, nice haul, 3 silver dimes, 1 64D and 2 63D's. and pocket full of change... At the top are two coins stuck together...
I had a good haul on Jan 31 at a grocery store.
There were 2 small peanut butter jars blue lid and pink lid variety wondering if they were in a hurry to leave the containers behind.
The reject slot took 2 plus handfuls and I dropped some on the floor that quickly found their way under the machine (DOH)
You just know something good escaped
$3.84 in US coinage and some from across the border.
A 1956 quarter and a 1944 wheat cent.
Never found a coin at the "Star". But probably due to I only see one infrequently. Maybe I should scan the parking lot more intently on the way in/out of the Walmart.
Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
The "Great one" Wayne Gretzky once said, "You will find no silver coins in 100% of the Coin Star machines that you don't check" Okay, maybe he was really talking about taking shots and scoring goals, but the principle still applies here...
Talked myself into stopping at the CS at the Nob Hill on the way home. Glad I did, He shoots, he scores!! There it was a lonely Mercury dime left by. It wasn't even in the return slot, it was still sitting on the lift-arm for loading coins.
Ugly Mercury, cannot even see the date yet, so I have it soaking in Acetone. I'll post another picture to see the results...
Did two different coin stars on Thursday.
The one at the credit union yielded a clad quarter and the grocery store yielded 3 quarters of which one was Canadian and the other 2 were clad. No silver.
Wayne
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Priceless find
Got this fine specimen in change this morning shopping
for bagels and cheese in the local grocery store.
Looks like it was partially processed by a roller, and
wonder when this happened.
GUESS THE DATE ?
Rain here in CA, but the Mexican store delivered a nice 1954D Rosie silver dime, love free silver!
Cuban Pete with the Coinstar beat:
Cuba 25 centavos 2018
Nickel-steel, 23 mm, 5.65 gm
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
I'd say it is a 1919.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
What's 1919? Lincoln cent, GUESS THE DATE ?
Can't be, it's not a Wheetie....
Well, you might say that I wasn’t up to date, and might have posted referencing your post of the merc of the 17th.
The truth is that I hadn’t logged on in a few days and thought that it was the most recent post.
Sorry.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
The left side is from Safeway, the right side is from Nob Hill, no silver... added up to over $3...
Got a 1929 S Lincoln cent that looks XF 40 last week. And a Mexican 50 centavo coin.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Here's a postscript to the rolled cent I posted earlier -
the date / mintmark appears to be a 1968 D as far as
I can tell under high magnification. Perhaps, the
"engineer" who created this cent may find this, and tell.
I grow heirloom tomatoes and also posted an
"error tomato" for your enjoyment.
Another nice little haul and this time a silver dime, 1964D. $2.75 in quarters and some Euros...
Recent: 8 zincolns in one slot, one in another with a nickel underneath. All corroded or scraped except one cent and the nickel.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
35 cents stuck in the hinge of the tray (plus another quarter that got away from me when I let go while it was half way out)
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Out with the wife, Farmers Market, T-Joe's and she wanted to stop at Joanne's fabric so I went to the Safeway next store just for the Coin Star. A lone silver dime sitting twilling in the center of the return like the North Star! 63D
Yesterday’s finds:
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
First silver find for 2024. A 1964-P at Safeway was sitting alone in the return slot. To the left was the Nob Hill find just prior.
Every coinstar I've seen for the last two weeks has an "out of order" sign hanging from it.
People must be overwhelming these machines during the holiday season
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
The one at my local Walmart is out of order I believe, because of a wing nut that someone jammed in the slot. It was stuck there one week, and the machine was out of order the next.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Went to our local Walmart tonight and checked ours. Retrieved a 2008 Dime and a 2017 nickel.
Per the right side. How did that guitar pick get in the coin star?
I've found guitar picks in machine wrapped rolls of half dollars.
I was not there to watch, so your guess is as good as mine....
I've found those plastic spacer/counter things that tellers use in BWR. But the strangest are the play money plastic cents.
I think my largest face vale haul ever. No silver but $4.30 US including my first ever COINSTAR "Golden Dollar", a James Garfield, 2.22 British Pounds and 50 Centavos Mexico. Took three handfuls to scoop it all out of the reject bin.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
2 for 2024, lone dime, 1963-D. This one from Nob Hill
@nwcoast
Not quite the treasure find that nwcoast got in October, but the biggest find that I ever had.
Most know that there 3 Coin Star machines within a 1,5 block distance that I hit daily on my way to feeding stray cats at the Home Depot. But yesterday my wife said that she had a taste for pizza for lunch. She ordered and I went to pick them up, on the way were those same 3 Coin Stars, so I decided to check..
The Mexican store was empty, next was Nob-Hill. Well the return was so stuffed, I could barely get my hand in. Pulling out some of the change I saw mostly corroded pennies. They looked so bad, I thought about leaving, but I put them in my pocket and grabbed another hand full, and saw silver. It took about 6,7, 8 handfuls to finish... Getting home, after washing up and eating, I went back to the coins.
Wow, with all the pennies, I did not realize just how much silver there was!
Obviously, some kid swiped Grandpa stash...
51 silver dimes total! All dates were from 1950 to 1955 with 1 outlier a 1957 and 3 Mercury dimes. I removed the corroded pennies and there were ~60 wheat cents. 1 1927 Canadian Nickel.
I thanked my wife and gave her full credit for wanting pizza that this time! Hard to believe, but yet true!!!
Today’s find. First silver for 2024.(From a coinstar that is)
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
That's incredible!
That’s a GREAT score Joe!
Gotta love it! Pizza too!
Congratulations :-)
Happy, humble, honored and proud recipient of the “You Suck” award 10/22/2014
WOW, great find. There only 2 CoinStar machines in my area that I'm aware of. I do check them when i go past them. I found some loose change in, but no silver. I just don't understand how people don't check the coin return drawer. I guess they in in too big of a hurry to look there. Nice find.
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
Successful Transactions with more than 100 Members
Dry as a bone for me, at least for over a year.
I've tried different strategies. Using my right hand, using my left hand, closing my eyes and then feeling around the reject slot, etc. Nothing seems to work. 🤔
Two Jefferson nickels and two Memorial pennies this week. Still staying retired though!
maybe you are not holding your tongue in the proper position.
Full return slot, No silver, $4.00 in quarters, and a key, lol!!
One clad dime.
After a long dry spell many coins left in bin: no silver, one wheat cent, 7 Euros and quite a few other coins
Nice finds
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Bad transactions with : nobody to date
A French Euro cent dated 2014.
The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin
Coins in Movies
Coins on Television
Last night’s finds: 1 cent at one coinstar, and 89 cents at another plus 12 cents on the ground for a total of $1.02.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
1946 silver dime plus assorted coins
Nice, first year of issue... P or D?
1946 P
I do my share of buying, but finding silver makes this hobby fun.
Solid finds! - Silver has never been more difficult - just
one 1960's dime in the last two years. But here are
some interesting finds from grocery change machines
output, just this last week :
Clad dime and 2c Euro today.
DPOTD-3
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Yesterday I tried my hand at a vending machine, putting $3.15 in it . I hit the change back button, but I only got a $1.05 back. It wouldn't give me any more.
I had to go to the front desk to get my money back, and someone got a free soda. I feel blessed to get my money back.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Alright, February 1st, nice start, nice haul, 3 silver dimes, 1 64D and 2 63D's. and pocket full of change... At the top are two coins stuck together...
I had a good haul on Jan 31 at a grocery store.
wondering if they were in a hurry to leave the containers behind.
There were 2 small peanut butter jars blue lid and pink lid variety
The reject slot took 2 plus handfuls and I dropped some on the floor that quickly found their way under the machine (DOH)
You just know something good escaped
$3.84 in US coinage and some from across the border.
A 1956 quarter and a 1944 wheat cent.
Never found a coin at the "Star". But probably due to I only see one infrequently. Maybe I should scan the parking lot more intently on the way in/out of the Walmart.
The "Great one" Wayne Gretzky once said, "You will find no silver coins in 100% of the Coin Star machines that you don't check" Okay, maybe he was really talking about taking shots and scoring goals, but the principle still applies here...
Talked myself into stopping at the CS at the Nob Hill on the way home. Glad I did, He shoots, he scores!! There it was a lonely Mercury dime left by. It wasn't even in the return slot, it was still sitting on the lift-arm for loading coins.
Ugly Mercury, cannot even see the date yet, so I have it soaking in Acetone. I'll post another picture to see the results...
Posted 4/5
Before soak:
After Soak:
Did two different coin stars on Thursday.
The one at the credit union yielded a clad quarter and the grocery store yielded 3 quarters of which one was Canadian and the other 2 were clad. No silver.
Wayne
Kennedys are my quest...