Coinstar Finds! (Including Bank Counters And Other Machines)

Nice surprise in the reject bin today.

Excellent!

First picture is from a machine a couple of days ago. Second picture is from today..

Great finds, cabowabo! Do I see silver too?

Nice!

Cool find, Chiapas!

Interesting token Chiapas

Numista has it listed:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ex...a246166.html

A google search revealed some interesting information...
I won't post the site because it's not secure and the author claims no guarantee of accuracy, but the site claims no copyright, so text is below:

"Another group of Space tokens that Weinberger has researched are a series of fun Space Tokens, called "Moon Money ", that were sold in the heyday of the Apollo program. The penny size Moon Money tokens feature cartoon fantasy images and slogans and have become popular with collectors, even though their exact origins had not been certain. They were just fun.

Moon Money - Apollo 15 card, Moon Money - Apollo 11 card
Following in the footsteps of advertising premiums that began in the 1930s, these fun prizes helped attract and keep the attention of America's youth.

Various versions of the tokens have popped up at flea markets, garage sales and ebay over the years. They were most often touted as vintage gumball prizes or even as modern fantasy pieces because no one knew for certain.

It has been determined that they were issued within multiple products, so being issued as a gumball prize is possible although no evidence has yet been found to confirm that.

Weinberger's research finds that these "Moon Money" tokens were sold on a store card at dime stores, drug stores and other variety shops for .50 and .75 cents each, a pricey sum circa 1970 and certainly a greater value than a gumball prize.

Moon Money - Apollo 15 cover
One Apollo 15 Moon Buggy Penny's was also discovered as part of a Rocket Mail Launch Cover from 1971, so these Moon Money tokens were used in more than one promotion.

There are four variations of the "Moon Money" token. Only recently, a number of these have come to collector's attention when they began to emerge from the now famous (Neil) Armstrong Family Collection, which were certified by NGC's affiliate CAG. Even then, the background of these tokens had been mostly unknown to collectors, however, collectors eagerly gobbled these up and for impressive prices."