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Has Anyone Else Noticed A Drop In Coinstar Finds?

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 Posted 12/12/2024  01:33 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add CoinAdvocate to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey all,

So, if I go through my collection's 2x2's I see a lot of silver coins marked with a year and 'CS' for Coinstar. I've noticed that since 2019 my finds have not just dropped a little, they've dropped precipitously. I have actually not found one silver coin in a Coinstar since 2019 and I check every time I go into several different locations. I live in the SF Bay Area, so coin-roll hunting for silver has always been a bit dry, but the Coinstar's were still paying out until 5 years ago.

What happened?
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For me in the UK, Coinstar finds in general fell during and after COVID when the use of cash suffered a dramatic decline.
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I haven't seen anything in, on or around the Coinstar machines I pass by for quite some time.
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I got lucky a couple of times, but it seems now everyone who passes by a coinstar, checks the tray.
The odds of finding anything at all, even weird foreign pieces, have dropped precipitously.
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Zippo for me from the start of CS machines...I got a better payout from Pay Phones..
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I got a better payout from Pay Phones..
What is a pay phone?

I kid... for the kids.
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