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My local Bank has a Coin star machine in the lobby and the Tellers are more than happy to sell me $50 bags from the machine. This is where all the piggy banks, buckets and jars of coins get dumped. A very good source for finding coins that have been out of circulation for awhile. Two nice finds from the coin-star machine bags. 1- 1974 D LMC with Cud2- 1988 RDV-006     |
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 I'd ask for the dimes and quarters instead. Think of how much silver gets dumped in those things every day...especially with people needing more money lately |
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow...both are nice finds.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Especially like that 74d - got a thing for Cuds, I guess! |
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My local grocery store has two coin star machines...I have found 4 wheat cents and 3 dimes (not silver) in the coin return slots.. Always check those slots if youre walking by a machine  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Checked the machine at the grocery the other day, two dimes, one nothing special and the other a 1948.
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Hi GraceOutcast,
Searching dimes & quarters for silver does not get me excited. Finding old wheat Lincolns for the grand kids is what I like best.
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United States
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I recently just started a new tactic with some fairly fruitful results. Depending on where I shop at; if I use my debit card to buy something, I'll ask for a dollar cash back in 50 cent penny rolls. Now.......depending on how many times you use your debit card a day you can take home a good day/nights worth of hunting. It only works with debit though, since most shops won't let you get cash back with credit r/t their bank fees. Eric |
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Thanks for the clarification. But what exactly is that. I'm fairly new to coin collecting and there are alot of things that I still don't understand.
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The CCF Glossary sums it better than I can. I am not a real variety collector, but I am sure one of the members can expand on this. varietyA coin of the same date and basic design as another but with slight differences. PCGS recognizes all major varieties while there are thousands of minor varieties, most of which have significance only to specialists of the particular series. After hubbed dies, introduced in the 1840s, varieties are mainly variations in date and mintmark size and placement. die varietyA coin that can be linked to a given set of dies because of characteristics possessed by those dies and mparted to the coin at the time it was struck. In the early years of U.S. coinage history, when dies were made by hand engraving or punching, each die was slightly different. The coins from these unique dies are die varieties and are collected in every denomination. By the 1840's, when dies were made by hubbing and therefore were more uniform, die varieties resulted mainly from variances in the size, shape, and positioning of the date and mintmark. |
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I was watching the local news yesterday and there was a story of a person who turned over a $20 gold eagle that once belonged to his grandfather for cash at a pawnshop type store!  How much he was given for it wasn't mentioned. With the economy the way it is people are bringing in all types of coins for cash lately. |
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cconrad said; "Thanks for the clarification. But what exactly is that. I'm fairly new to coin collecting and there are alot of things that I still don't understand." The RDV mentioned is the 1988 with a 1989 reverse, the engravers initials are different.
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12/31/2008 7:55 pm
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 those new to this forum. |
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My Fiance was walking by a Coin Star machine today and found in the rejection tray a 1964-D Roosy in AU! Tons of luster! I wonder if the Coin Star thought this was Foreign because of weight?
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Posted 12/31/2008 12:49 am
