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New Member
United States
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I have recently started a new collecting strategy that has started to pay off. Whenever I buy something from a vending machine, I always put in more money than what I need to so I receive some change. (even if I have exact change) A couple weeks ago I got a 41S Jefferson and yesterday I got a 1960D Washington... great finds from vending machines. Does anyone else do this? P.S. I was also very excited to see that I got a 44P War Nickel in my change from Walgreens today. Edited by pennywise
08/20/2009 11:30 pm
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Valued Member
United States
317 Posts |
my girlfriend and I have been doing this very thing for quite a while now, and it has sent some great stuff our way. The best finds I can think of right now are a 1979 Wide Rim SBA, a 2002-P and 2007-D Sac dollars and more than a few War Nickels ( which are one of my favorite U.S. coins ). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've only done this once.I didn't even buy anything, I just put in 1 nickel at a time, and hit the return before I put in the next nickel. I got a 42-D and was very pleased with this new, Change Exchange, I started doing.
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Valued Member
United States
321 Posts |
I use to own a vending machine co. Thats how I started my quarter collection. lolol
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
I do this myself. This is how I got my AU 1964 dime last week!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1082 Posts |
I am not sure of the model of vending machine, but it's one of those "coil" candy machines, big glass window, buttons on the right hand side, big round white coin return button above them.
Take a couple of coins and mark them so you'll know them if you see them again (indelible marker). The value of the coins should not equal anything for sale in the machine. Put the coins in, and then hit the coin return button.
You will get two coins different than the ones you put in. Repeat.
What you can do is cycle through all of the coins held in the machine and check them all. When you come to your original two coins, you're done!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Seems to me that if you wanted to search through coins...buying a couple of rolls would take a heck of alot less time! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
Exactly, I am confused as to why your finds in a vending machine would differ from stuff in rolls.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1745 Posts |
So, I stood at the vending machine, wanting to buy a bag of Peanut M&Ms for $1, and in the course of cycling my 4 quarters I was able to pull out 6 I wanted to keep for my kids' State Quarter book. Not sure I will stand there all day, but it is a pretty easy way to cycle through 20-30 quarters in no time without a trip to the bank. Nice idea.  |
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Valued Member
United States
429 Posts |
I think it all comes down to who owns the machines and what they do with the change. One of my jobs was working in a warehouse that had 6-8 vending machines owned by the same owner. He would fill/empty them once a week and would reuse the coins he already had and put them back into the machines. At the time I did not collect coins but remember a lot of older coins going through there, I just wish I could rewind time and go through them when I had a chance.
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Valued Member
United States
136 Posts |
I do this every so often at work. Put a few coins in the snack machine and then hit return to see what dates come out. I'm not sure how these machines work, but I have a sneaky suspicion that if you stood there long enough and went through bunches of nickels, you might run the machine out of nickels for change. I'm not sure that the ones you deposit go into the change making area. I might be wrong, but you might have some upset coworkers and/or vending company!
Penny Pincher - do you know?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1082 Posts |
 I know for certain that these ones "reuse" the coins you deposit as change after one full cycle through the coins that are inside. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mopar, you are 100% correct.
Eventually the machine will run out of change. It does not "recycle" it. What is put in is stored in a separate bin.
Haven't you ever put money in and you can hear a empty metallic ring and yet the machine is full of change. It's just been refilled.
Yes, coworkers who are PO'ed. Don't forget about the poor guy who comes to refill the machine and finds out that almost nothing was sold because some guy drained the machine.
Real cool.
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Posted 08/20/2009 11:28 pm
