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Valued Member
United States
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I always look forward to finding coins in the coin tray at the local Publix Coin Star Coin counter. Typically foreign coins. But today a real treasure. A nickel, a BU 2019 cent in really nice condition. And this 1966 Kennedy half dollar! Really nice find 40% silver waiting for me. My coolest find yet. Sharing since it cool to see one in circulation still, let alone in a tray as a kick out. Wonder did it kick out due to composition, that Kennedy's can't be counted in those machines, or because it was already overloaded counting Kennedy halves.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Very cool find! I have yet to use those but have heard folks have had good luck with finding older stuff from time to time.
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Moderator
 United States
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Free silver in the wild is always makes it a good day.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Coinstar take half and small dollars so likely it's the composition. I have found though that they have real trouble not kicking out BU coins as rejects and they have to be run 2 or 3 times for some reason.. and BU 1999 SBA dollars... it just won't take mine for some reason but it might be specific machine issue. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congratulations on the sweet find.
Edited by CitationSquirrel
07/14/2019 6:04 pm
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Valued Member
United States
101 Posts |
Go buy a lottery ticket now! Very nice find.  |
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United States
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Nice. We have a section for CoinStar finds. Did you check it for varieties? John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice! Machine kicked it out due to it's weight difference. Back at the first of the year, I found a Franklin half in a Coinstar reject tray, along with 30 other silver coins, mostly quarters. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great find and congratulations! A silver JFK is always a welcome sight - especially when it makes your day, like I am sure this one did.
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Valued Member
 United States
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It did make my day I felt like I found $100 even though it's just $2-3 in silver. Great find fistfulladirt you had to feel like you won the lotto with that win.
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Nice find!  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Nice find. A beautiful coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Most likely kicked out due to weight. While the mint tolerance for half dollars is pretty wide and the clad and 40% weight ranges overlap a LOT, I would suspect the Coin Star has set their acceptance tolerances a lot tighter and the heavier weight of the average 40% half is outside the allowed tolerance for the CuNi clad halves.
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07/15/2019 9:55 pm
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