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Valued Member
United States
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I was reading some where on the net, the company figures to take your coins, they are making some 20 dollars per hour to take your coins for you. That figure on average is a lot to pay someone to take your coins for you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
I've been told by several people, including Coinstar, that the machines will not accept silver.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Yep, Coinstars reject foreign coins for the same reason they reject silver coins- they do not match the electrical signature of modern circulating US coinage. |
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Valued Member
United States
369 Posts |
At the Wal-wart I work at they installed a Coinstar about 3-4 months ago. Every time I went to the service desk I would glance at it; usually there was nothing, but sometimes there were a few coins. I was never able to really see what they were, though, because I was working. But recently I discovered why there was seldom anything in the reject tray. The ladies at the service desk take them and put them in a plastic box behind the counter. (I guess they're not allowed to pocket it) So now I check the box and I'm going to "buy" anything that I want out of it. Upon discovery of this "plastic box of goodness" I pulled a 1964 D silver dime.  I wonder if you bolder guys, and gals, might try asking to look through this box. I bet they would let you, as long as they're not busy and have time to watch you.  This also assumes that all Wal-marts have Plastic Boxes of Goodness. Let us know if anyone tries this.  |
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Valued Member
United States
408 Posts |
I went to the credit union the other day to run some coins thru the Coinstar because they don't take wrapped coins anymore. I started with quarters and some coins came into the reject slot. I looked and found a 1980 Bermuda one cent and a nice 1929 Wheat cent and a nicer 1943 Wheat cent. It was strange because they must have been somewhere in the machine and the quarters loosened them up and dropped them in the reject slot. |
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Valued Member
United States
103 Posts |
just came back from my local Shaw's supermarket, and after checking the coinstar, I am the proud new owner of a 1998 Washington quarter in "excellent" shape...oh happy daze...   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
Just found a 43 Wheat cent in the Walmart Coinstar machine. I love finding treasure!! |
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Valued Member
United States
369 Posts |
I guess I can understand people not checking the reject slot. They figure the coins are really damaged or ugly or something. But at some point those 1943s went from their pocket to their jars...How could someone not notice a silver colored penny!?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
It is a very dark colored toning on it. If I didn't know cents the way I do I would have thought it was nothing unusual too!
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Valued Member
United States
146 Posts |
maybes its a 1943 copper penny!! :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
No chance of that, my luck for 2009 is already used up,I found a1999 WAM a couple weeks ago! You can see the steel showing through the wear but not enough for the casual observer who doesn't even know steel pennies were ever made to recognize. |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Valued Member
United States
327 Posts |
Found three 2000 dimes, two pennies stuck together and a Canadian Nickel in my local Coinstar machine reject slot yesterday.
Don't know why it rejected the dimes, they were fine.
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New Member
United States
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My credit union uses a DeLarue mach 9cd machine...I emailed them asking about the silver reject(s) but they never replied...BUT I have found two silver dimes and a almost AU 1963 silver quarter...Coin-star at WM has yielded one 10 bhat Thai coin so far...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1055 Posts |
My bank has a machine similar to Coinstar but It doesn't charge you 10% which was a big selling point. I use it to get rid of generic change... Last time the ticket was for 267.00... I saved 26.70 over using coinstar!
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Posted 04/06/2009 4:27 pm
