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At my community college campus, I have found a vending machine or two that returns my change in nickels for each dime I put in. I only put one dime in at a time and when I press the change return button, it spits out two nickels each time. Yeah it seems pointless to do, but this is a small way to slowly build my nickel collection for when they finally change the metallic composition of the nickel. Before anybody tells me that I can just go to a bank and exchange paper money for nickel, I currently do not have a job, nor do I have lots of money. So whatever pocket change I get, I can usually exchange just some of it for nickels. Another thing I did was put one nickel in at a time and press the reject button until I find a nickel that I like. With this method, I have found a 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942 (not the War Nickel, but the 75/25), 1948, and a few from the 1950s. I haven't gotten any of the 2009 P and D nickels this way, but when they change the metallic composition of the nickel, I can change any of my worthless nickels for one that's 75/25. |
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Valued Member
Canada
311 Posts |
Great Idea. I did the same thing to accumulate Poppy Quarters and Breast Cancer Quarters in Canada.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
Hehe.. I did this with the vending machines when I was with my quizbowl team at various tournaments, except it was quarters for quarters.. Most of them thought I was crazy!  lol |
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 United States
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When I use a vending machine at work, I try and put in 40-cents more than my selection so in change I get a nickel, a dime, & a quarter. I get the money value back, but I find a keeper about 10% of the time.
Edited by Fuzzy317
03/26/2011 10:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
850 Posts |
I did that in Denver for awhile. I would through in quarters and it would shoot a new set of quarters. take the D I wanted and put the rest back in the vending machine. When I ran out of quarters I would toss in two dollar bills and it would give me 4 quarters and a dollar bill back. REPEAT UNTIL SATISFIED. I know. I got a few D's that were impossible to obtain in Ohio and a few new 2009. (did this in 2010)
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United States
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I did something similar as a child... My dad would buy postal stamps at the post office machine . It was about a 15 minute drive into town. So He would walk across the street to winndixie and shop . I'd stay at the post office and put a nickle in the machine and hit the return buttom and a new nickle would shoot out. Id check the date and do it over and over for 30 minutes or longer. I prob have 75 pre 1959 nickles as a result that I collected from age 8-10 during my coin phase before I started video games If have a chance also and its late at night look under the convayer machines in stores for change that falls when people pull stuff out their pockets to pay for things... When I was in my teens at the end of the night while sweeping a kashnkarry store id usually get abuck in change from unr them each night.. Another way is wishing wells... The Wal-mart by me had a fountian by the drive out. One night some friends and I hoped in swim trunks walked around in the water with brooms and swept all the change into a quarter Then piled it into a bucket.. The total loot ws around 30$ bucks..... |
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United States
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That's a neat trick DanMan. I've found that some night cashiers at convenience stores prefer to take the dimes out of their register and pay back change strictly in quarters, nickels, and pennies. The lady that comes in for overnights at our store does this, so I can buy a pop at the end of my shift and acquire four nickels without being a nuisance to her.
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Also, I've learned to do this method ONLY with candy machines and not the soda ones. The reason why is because soda machines have this little hole on the left of the in the change return slot for some reason. Depending on how the coin is dispensed, it bounces and lands over that hole which makes it irretrievable. I've lost 6 nickels this way.
Also, I try to get clean looking nickels this way and I try to exchange the more recent nickels for some older ones. I sometimes take any nickel from the 1980's regardless of date. I don't like any nickels 1990-present unless they look to be AU or VG. I take any nickels from the 1970's. Those are still very common dates and aren't really worth more than 5 cents, but I don't get as many of them in circulation as I used to. And also all the nickels I get from the 1960's are that dreaded 1964 date. I'm getting sick of those things.
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New Member
United States
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how long do you sit there? I bet you get some weird looks. lol
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Valued Member
United States
134 Posts |
I tried it here at work with our soda machine and it didn't give me two nickels but it exchange my dime with a 2009 D.
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
When I was young my brother's father-in-law owned 50 weight machines that gave you a weight for a penny. He would empty these probably once a month. I was too young and not into collecting at the time but often think about what he got in those bags he brought to the bank. SIGH !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
632 Posts |
I think I might try that and see if I can annoy my wife? ;)
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New Member
United States
15 Posts |
before I finished reading your post I ran to my vending machine at work, no luck! gave a dime got a dime, gave a quarter got a quarter. oh well, it was wotrth a try
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New Member
United States
24 Posts |
I think it is time for me to visit the vending machine at work
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New Member
United States
24 Posts |
How much change do you think the average vending machine holds?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3592 Posts |
Never counted but my Pepsi machine holds about a roll and a half of nickels,and all the change slots are the same height.
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Posted 03/26/2011 10:49 pm
