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Pillar of the Community
United States
1944 Posts |
anytime I see left behind coin - min a counting machine...i take them...
it never ocured to me that there might be something wrong about doing that...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
As a Bell tech, I got to service pay phones. M only 58 but it seems like yesterday. They still have party lines.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Moderator
 United States
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One time haul two years ago, 30+ silvers at a WM CS. Cup was overflowing, I believe people just passed it up.  Quote:
For today's young 'uns on the opposite end of the spectrum, I'll tell that my youth held telephones with coin slots... I know for a fact I have obtained more loose change from payphones than Coinstars.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
I have no idea why but almost every night I have dreams about finding change in Coke machine coin returns . Mostly Quarters and some Dimes .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2492 Posts |
dreams do come true, T-BOP.. I scored twenty new nickels from a coke machine coin return back in may..  sweeeeeeeet dreams are made of this. i check every soda machine or coinstar, I don't care who spots me doing it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3098 Posts |
About two years ago I pulled 990 coins out of the Coin Star machine at my local grocery store. I filled up every pocket I had. I check it every time I go in. My best find was a 1907 Barber dime in October 2020.   Paul Bulgerin
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Valued Member
 United States
137 Posts |
I remember one time seeing some stuff in a Coinstar in Raley's once, wish I knew this info before
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Rest in Peace
United States
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About two years ago I pulled 990 coins out of the Coin Star machine at my local grocery store. I filled up every pocket I had. Wait a minute Paulie , are you saying you pulled 990 coins out of coin star at one time , how is that possible ?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
I posted about this on the Coinstar link back on March 22, 2019. (I will always remember that fun date.) The coins were jammed up way up the rejection shoot and just kept falling down into the slot as I scooped them out. Here's the link. If it doesn't work right, it's on page 240 of the Coinstar Finds! topic. http://goccf.com/t/128850&whichpage=240Paul Bulgerin
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
Thanks , I just read it , never saw that post . If I was there watching you I would have laughed my Butt off . Was anyone around looking at you pulling all those coins out ?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
983 Posts |
I believe the coins left behind in the reject slot are fair game, but I would not recommend trying to pry the machine open to get all the coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
Fortunately, the Coin Star is sort of hidden off in a corner of the lobby with some shelves around it. I can do my dirty work mostly out of sight.
Paul Bulgerin
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United States
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Quote: About two years ago I pulled 990 coins out of the Coin Star machine at my local grocery store. I filled up every pocket I had... My best find was a 1907 Barber dime in October 2020 |
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Valued Member
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
68 Posts |
Coinstar machines are the modern equivalent of pay-phone booths back in my day as a kid: Always check the coin return, because you never know if someone left something behind. Reason being that Coinstar machines cannot process silver coins, or things like foreign coins and tokens. I've found my share of ordinary silvers in them, as well as some really odd foreign stuff.
And best of all, you feel like you score whenever you do find something(s) in the coin return.
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Valued Member
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
68 Posts |
Also, if you have a whole mess of junk silver, you're better off sending them off to a commercial refinery (as opposed to those "we buy gold" shops) to have them melted down (it's 100% legal to melt USA coins) and get a nice check in return based on the current spot rate for the actual silver content.
Besides coin collecting, my other geeky-dad hobby is metal detecting. At the end of the season, I'd pack up all my junk silver coins and sterling and gold jewelry pieces that I dug up and be rewarded with a nice fat check that paid the rent on occasion.
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