Do any other coin weenies do this when faced with a vending machine?
Longacre
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Literally seconds ago, I decided to get a Diet Coke from The Man's vending machine. It cost $1.25. I have a pile of change in my desk, so I grabbed a bunch, and headed over to the machine.
As I was feeding the change into the machine, I started with the nickels. Then I realized if I used all of the nickels, I would be forced to use a dime as my last coin, thereby putting $1.30 into the machine, rather than the $1.25 needed. Had I put some dimes in first, I could have ended up with the exact amount in the machine.
I actually got intrigued by the fact that I would soon be getting a nickel in change. I started to wonder if some excessively rare nickel would be spit out, or just some regular modern. Unfortunately, I got a 1982 nickel back, though for a second, there was excitement in the air.
This is about as exciting as it gets during the day for a tax lawyer, so I was wondering if anyone else does the same thing when faced with a vending machine, and the prospect of getting a rare coin from the black hole known as the change box.
[Question for the vending machine experts-- did I just get one of my nickels back in change that I just put in, or do the machines dispense change on a FIFO basis?].
As I was feeding the change into the machine, I started with the nickels. Then I realized if I used all of the nickels, I would be forced to use a dime as my last coin, thereby putting $1.30 into the machine, rather than the $1.25 needed. Had I put some dimes in first, I could have ended up with the exact amount in the machine.
I actually got intrigued by the fact that I would soon be getting a nickel in change. I started to wonder if some excessively rare nickel would be spit out, or just some regular modern. Unfortunately, I got a 1982 nickel back, though for a second, there was excitement in the air.
This is about as exciting as it gets during the day for a tax lawyer, so I was wondering if anyone else does the same thing when faced with a vending machine, and the prospect of getting a rare coin from the black hole known as the change box.
[Question for the vending machine experts-- did I just get one of my nickels back in change that I just put in, or do the machines dispense change on a FIFO basis?].
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Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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You didn't look at the nickel before spending it?
i even look through those leave one take one trays too
side note is one of the last 92-d close am's was found by looking through those trays
Clearly, the optimal strategy is to drop in $1.20, followed by a quarter. With
luck, you will get back a CC 20c piece in high grade AU.
And no, I never think about this stuff...
I like to check everything when I receive it however, sometimes the cashier's ask if the amount they gave was correct!
It can be embarassing at times!
The name is LEE!
.............i hear you, lee.
<< <i> like to check everything when I receive it however, sometimes the cashier's ask if the amount they gave was correct! >>
I do the same thing.
Have you ever eyed something up in the drawer and had the nerve to ask for it?
The thrill of "maybe" getting something good, for free, is wonderful. I only check pennies...everything else is blah to me. I scan the register drawer at the supermarket when the girl opens it, and if I see some of the (rare and valuable) dollar coins, I always ask for them.
The kid I know at the WaWa told me last month he got an 1892 IHC. Of course, hes a collector, so it was all his!~
OP, if that was the high point of your day at work....you need a new job!
Chris
<< <i>Yes!
I like to check everything when I receive it however, sometimes the cashier's ask if the amount they gave was correct!
It can be embarassing at times! >>
Same here...
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Usually I don't carry change in there at all, when I get change I go through it each night, and what I don't want to keep goes into my spending jar, which will likely just be deposited at the bank eventually. I pull out quarters as they go towards the laundry, as we don't have a washer/dryer anymore. I like to carry around half dollars and small dollars to spend, it's fun
I too will hit the coin returns when I can...I just found two cents in the coin return of a video game along the NYS Thruway last night-unfortunatly, both were mid-80s and I didn't need them-when I get home, they shall go in the spend jar!
S
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I don't do change anymore with plastic. Only keep enough for the daily tolls, and too cheap to by anything from a vending machine.
It's almost certainly a Philly mint '82 and with your luck probably a
nice AU of the type I variety. Here's a coin that will be worth fifty
bucks in a couple decades and you complain.
Almost all modern vending machines have a change dispenser and
never return a customer's coin unless it is rejected.
<< <i>What a neophyte.
It's almost certainly a Philly mint '82 and with your luck probably a
nice AU of the type I variety. Here's a coin that will be worth fifty
bucks in a couple decades and you complain.
Almost all modern vending machines have a change dispenser and
never return a customer's coin unless it is rejected. >>
OK, Mr. Cladking, it is a Philly '82. I grade it a nice XF, with no conspicuous nicks or marks of note. Much of the original mint lustre remains. How do I tell if it is a Type 1????
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>I bet you but a $20 in the machine at the postoffice to get a bunch of $1 coins back!!! >>
Too funny- I always do that.
-Randy Newman
I don't bother with excitement over any change I might get.
Dollars from a vending machine?
I purchased enough of those golden dollars from the mint; sheesh. I could probably take a coin bath if I wanted too. Yeck.
Did you know that a Gold Eagle has the same diameter as a Golden Dollar? Question is, will a vending machine give you a dollar credit for that eagle? I'm not trying it.
<< <i>
How do I tell if it is a Type 1???? >>
Any nice '82-P nickel is worth saving so long as it's sharply struck by good
dies and undamaged without excessive wear. Even VF's aren't common in
this condition.
On the type of 1981 (type I) the two curved lines to the top of the dome are
indistinct and the lettering is closer to the rim.
There were a few modifications to the design of both the obverse and reverse
this year. Rolls are very uncommon and there were no regular mint sets. The
hobby is still sorting out which of these are toughest. When it comes to attrac-
tive coins the type I gives me the most trouble.
I will get my soda from the market, 0.99 for 2 liters.
<< <i>Yes!
I like to check everything when I receive it however, sometimes the cashier's ask if the amount they gave was correct!
It can be embarassing at times! >>
Me to Lee, but now I wait until I am at least 5 to 6 feet away or in my car
<< <i>
<< <i>
How do I tell if it is a Type 1???? >>
Any nice '82-P nickel is worth saving so long as it's sharply struck by good
dies and undamaged without excessive wear. Even VF's aren't common in
this condition.
On the type of 1981 (type I) the two curved lines to the top of the dome are
indistinct and the lettering is closer to the rim.
There were a few modifications to the design of both the obverse and reverse
this year. Rolls are very uncommon and there were no regular mint sets. The
hobby is still sorting out which of these are toughest. When it comes to attrac-
tive coins the type I gives me the most trouble. >>
Thanks. I left this excessively rare nickel at the office. I will check tomorrow and report back!
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Anyway, although I am not a vending machine expert, I will try to answer the original question posed. First of all, I am certain that there are many, many coin mechanisms out there so there could possibly be a machine that will return your own coins back to you if you overpay. But the mechanism I looked at years ago had a 'buffer' of each denomination of coins (less the cents of course) ready to dispense as change. They were stored in a mechanism similar to the change machines vendors wear on their belts. If the buffers were full, any excess deposits would go directly to the coin bin below the change mechanism for collection later. If the buffers were not full, the deposits went to replenish the buffers and did not go into coin bin.
So with this type of mechanism, it would only be possible to get your original coins back if the buffers were completely empty. If not, you got a new coin from the buffer.
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<< <i><snip>I actually got intrigued by the fact that I would soon be getting a nickel in change. I started to wonder if some excessively rare nickel would be spit out, or just some regular modern. Unfortunately, I got a 1982 nickel back, though for a second, there was excitement in the air.<snip> >>
There is medication available for this sort of thing...
Actually I do too. However I don't recollect ever getting anything interesting from a vending machine.
I think I once had trouble forcing a 1969 D dime into a vending machine. I later found out there were dimes of that year struck on quarter stock similiar to the more common and famous quarters struck on dime stock. Live and learn.
It's rumored that in the Wolfeboro offices of Stack's, Fran Van Valen keeps a candy dish full of Liberty Seated silver for his morning coffee and weekly copy of Leslie's Illustrated Chronicle of the Financial Times.
* Okay, they're actually dateless and partial dates, but still.
<< <i>Longacre, next time you're visiting the plush, mahogany-paneled offices of Whitman Publishing, stop by the luxuriously appointed Refreshments Lounge. I keep a few rolls of Buffalo nickels handy to ply the vending machines, so you never know what you'll get in change.*
It's rumored that in the Wolfeboro offices of Stack's, Fran Van Valen keeps a candy dish full of Liberty Seated silver for his morning coffee and weekly copy of Leslie's Illustrated Chronicle of the Financial Times.
* Okay, they're actually dateless and partial dates, but still. >>
If the machine has a separate coin dispenser like someone else mentioned, only the guy collecting the change will be happy. Now there is a job for you real coin geeks.
Also, as luck would have it, in this thread, I mentioned that I put an MS nickel from the 1980's in a jar 25 years ago wrapped in tissue paper. Well, last night, I finally looked at it again, the lo and behold, it was a 1982 Philly (every lusturous to boot). I think this one is a Type 1.
Did you say I have to wait another 30 years before this nickel is worth something?
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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<< <i>[Question for the vending machine experts-- did I just get one of my nickels back in change that I just put in, or do the machines dispense change on a FIFO basis?]. >>
You do not get the same change that you put in. The change you put in goes into a central 'bucket'. The change received comes from a different area.
OP: I often seed my local machine with no-date buffs, I can usually get them for no more than 6 or 7 cent each. The other day I actually received one back in change!
<< <i>Wow, now I know we're headed for a deep recession. A few months ago, no upscale attorney would have had to suffer the indignity of getting up out of his chair to go to a vending machine for a beverage (he would have just rang for office service). If I hear about brown-bagging tuna sandwiches for lunch (to be sullenly munched out of eye-shot of the MAN), then I will plan on bracing myself for a national depression. >>
Tell me about it, man. I was working on a deal and spent a few weeks in Istanbul a few years ago. The place had a coffee boy. Whenever you wanted a cup of coffee, you simply rang up the coffee boy, whose sole job it was to bring you a fresh cup of joe. For those who don't know Turkish coffee, it is about 2 inches of coffee grounds, and about 1 inch of water. It makes Italian espresso seem like tap water.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
<< <i>
Did you say I have to wait another 30 years before this nickel is worth something? >>
Uncs are worth a few dollars now and gems get very pricey. The chances that
your coin is gem is very poor if it's just by chance. Perhaps, though, you saved
it because it was unually nice.
I was hoping for a smoothie
but I will still look at the date.
I remember a Coke machine that would occasionally run out of change. An exact change light would come on. If you didn't have it yourself, you hung around and someboy else would put in exact change. The light would then go off and the machine would make change. Evidently that one was recycling coins received.