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Pillar of the Community
United States
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After buying groceries last night I visited the store's Coinstar machine, as is my wont. I didn't see anything in the reject tray immediately, but then saw a couple of small coins along the edge. I fished them out, saw a cent and a dime, and put 'em in my pocket. Didn't think much about them until I got home and took a closer look.   A beautiful 84-year-old Wheatie and a nice helping of 90% silver! Abe and FDR never looked so good. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice score! I haven't checked out a vending machine reject/return tray since I was a kid. That will change now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7613 Posts |
Nice! You never know what all goes in to the counter and doesn't get rejected!
I just wonder if CoinStar ends up fishing thru everything or do they just roll it all up and send it to the bank?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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Excellent!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2829 Posts |
Very nice, congrats! |
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Valued Member
United States
450 Posts |
Nice snag jpsned, Silver is always welcome.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10470 Posts |
Nice! Giant Eagle removed the Coin Star machines from their stores around here -  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19930 Posts |
Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73575 Posts |
Great score!
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
6448 Posts |
Silver in the wild is always nice! =)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6987 Posts |
A word of warning...never do that while people are using the machine......  Not a bad return for the effort... |
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United States
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Great snag jpsned! Is that 41 a woody?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2200 Posts |
The reverse does indeed look like a woodie, the obverse not so much.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1887 Posts |
My understanding of coinstar is that they hire private individuals to sort
and process their bulk coins from various locations.
One local dealer I know well keeps his 4-for-a-dollar foreign tub constantly
full with coinstar rejects. It's a great source for moderns in high grade;
especially the cool bi-metallics that are seldom seen.
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Valued Member
United States
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Little over 20 years ago I found a 1917 Mercury dime jammed into a coin star machine. |
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Posted 01/16/2025 1:02 pm
