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Valued Member
United States
106 Posts |
Nothing super special, but upon leaving a parking garage at the university I work at, I received these beauties from the parking validation machine. It's too bad that the 2010 Sac dollar has a huge nick on the reverse. I think I will visit this garage every so often and "park" for a while. It cost me $1 for about thirty minutes. I gave it a $10 and it gave me back a $5 and 4 $1 coins. Not too bad. The $5 was almost epic, it's serial was IL 11223442, so close.  |
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Valued Member
 United States
106 Posts |
Other than a local coin shop I can't think of a single way to get $1 Sac's or Kennedy's without going online. This parking garage validation machine at least solves my $1 coin problem. Kennedy's, that's going to be a tougher deal.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
 My wife got lucky and someone spent a 2010p Sac at the store a few weeks ago. I had to go see my local dealer to get the D mint to go with it. |
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 United States
187862 Posts |
My main source of baby dollars disappeared when all of the area Post Offices when cashless.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
573 Posts |
In Michigan, some of the rest areas don't accept bills in the vending machines. Instead, you break or exchange the bills in a change machine that gives out dollar coins. I guess that's one way to get them into circulation.
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United States
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Looks like I need to drive down to the nearest rest area and buy a Pepsi.  I had to stop by the store on the way home last night. A rarity, and when I do, I usually use my credit card in the self check. Well, last night I decided to feed a five dollar bill in for my less than three dollar hamburger buns, hoping for a dollar coin or two. No such luck. I got Two Cents and a message on the screen to "Please see cashier to complete this transaction." The cashier had my two dollar notes waiting for me. Feeling dejected, I looked in the CoinStar reject bin on the way out. Nothing. At least one of those cents was copper.  |
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United States
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The paradox: every self-checkout I've seen accepts (26.5mm) Dollar coins for payment, but they dispense $1 change amounts only in notes. If I could find a machine (besides Light Rail ticket dispensers) that dispensed Dollar coins, I would save a few trips to the bank. I've been using Dollar coins to wash my car for years, and now Denver's new parking meters all accept modern Dollar coins. I'm going through a fair amount of these coins per month. The new parking meters take credit/debit cards but not notes, so Dollar coins are the smart way to go. A $25 roll of Dollar takes up much less space than $25 in Quarters, and I'm not paying bank/card fees just to park my car.  |
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United States
420 Posts |
i guess I'm really lucky then, our vending area change machine takes &1 - $5 - $10 and gives you dollar coins i get SBA's , all presidents , and even the new Sac's i try not to sit there and feed it bills until it's empty , but it has happened  |
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United States
106 Posts |
twincam_04 - that must be great! I would totally empty that sucker.
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United States
420 Posts |
 I have a couple of times ( right after it was filled ) the people on my shift think it's funny, come laughing to me for change, i'll be looking at the coins as I count them out, just to make sure I didn't miss something |
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United States
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We have vending machines that use $1 coins also. You can put in a 5, 10 or $20 and get all dollar coins back. Oftentimes, you will see many BU coins. I keep a folder at my desk and fill it up with the gems I find.
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United States
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The paradox: every self-checkout I've seen accepts (26.5mm) Dollar coins for payment, but they dispense $1 change amounts only in notes. Exactly! This is what prompted me to give it a try, only to be left wanting. |
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United States
497 Posts |
i usually find my dollar coins at foodstores and at fastfood places. and is it the tone or the camera that makes it look nice?
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Valued Member
United States
106 Posts |
The coins I received are full of luster, and all look BU, but the lighting in the picture I took is making them look more spectacular than they really are.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1952 Posts |
i try not to sit there and feed it bills until it's empty , but it has happened
that's too funny. try the post office too. them stamp machines run strictly on $ coins or I should say they give out only coins
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Valued Member
United States
366 Posts |
I've found that the light rail ticket machines are great sources for both sacs and presidents, but all of the banks I have checked have only had presidents. I wonder if the presidential series has more hope than the sacs, and perhaps there is (slightly) more demand for them? Or perhaps that's just what the banks get..
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Posted 10/07/2010 4:00 pm
