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Valued Member
United States
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I was at my local Kroger last week and have this habit of reaching into the coin return to see if any old coins were rejected. It's actually quite hilarious because my girlfriend always leaves me in the dust because she thinks its embaressing!  ...Anyways, as I passed I saw a few in the return chamber. I reached in and pulled out BOTH OF MY NEW SILVER 1964 Dimes  Not bad! |
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Valued Member
United States
446 Posts |
My fiancée has gotten quite used to my checking Coinstar returns (as well as my change back from any cashier). I scored a 1964 dime at one once, and another time a UK 5 pence coin. I've also found states quarters and Lincoln cents; coins that should have been accepted.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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YEP, you got. I've taught my 6 year old son well. Yesterday with his mother in Walmart, he pulled out a handful of change from the Coinstar reject tray. A buck or so of mostly Canadian, but there was a 1953S Roosevelt dime  |
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Valued Member
United States
330 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1795 Posts |
My wife won't let me in the store with her if I did that so to keep the peace I don't do it. I don't use em anyway so no reason to bother.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
Lots of coin stars are tooled to reject silvers due to their extra weight. A member on another forum worked either for coinstar or at a store where he could sneak in behind customers as they dumped their change. His finds were nothing short of staggering- hundreds of silvers, buckets worth of foreigns from modern to early 19th century, and even a few gold Krugerrands.
Whether or not the wife likes it, I check every coinstar I see!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
Puerto Rico
778 Posts |
Keep embarrassing your girlfriend. Nice find.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1795 Posts |
Silver huh well maybe in that case as long as she is not around....he he!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Your lucky. By me coin counting type machines are almost non existant. Even in most banks, no counting machines anymore.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Nice finds! I've dumped thousands of dollars in coins through counters in the past, haven't found more than a zincoln or two in the reject bin...so much for my efforts -
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2168 Posts |
Funny I feel embarrassed as well but back a few years ago in the 'day of the pay phone' we always checked!
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Valued Member
United States
161 Posts |
This also embarrasses my wife so I have my 7 year old son do it. Haven't found anything yet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7375 Posts |
I'm "a little" embarrassed, but I'm more concerned that people will see me doing it, and they in turn will start doing it, and decrease my odds.  |
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Valued Member
United States
301 Posts |
No shame in that at all. My wife calls me a nerd and makes fun of me for doimg it, I just tell her: "when I finally cash in all my silver and buy a new boat, you dont get to sit on it unless your cleaning it!" Maybe I will name the boat COINSTAR just as an added jab.....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice score! ::yoink::  |
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Posted 09/04/2014 1:01 pm
