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crownman Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 01:28 am Ever since I started working as a part-time cashier at the grocery store at age 16 I had the ability to search for old coins in my drawer. I could only glance quickly when giving or getting change as the manager didn't really like me holding my drawer open too long, but I have been able to accumulate roughly 400 wheaties over the past several years this way. Since moving up to the position of "cashier department head" (as it's called), I now have access to every cash drawer in the front end and the "master drawer" (used to replenish the other ones). That's access to 75 rolls of pennies, 59 rolls of quarters and dimes and 21 rolls of nickels. Of course I'd have to buy any rolls I wanted to look through but I'll look through the loose change in these drawers as I'm counting them. Additionally, I have the key to the CoinStar machine so I can pop that open any time I want and often have to anyway when a customer shoves their change in too fast or has a hair clip/flattened penny in their jar. You'd be surprised at what people toss in there! One lady looked at me while dumping change into the machine from a large plastic jar that I would guess held pretzel rods at one time and said, "I hope this is a lot of money because I'm going to send it to my son. I have some gold dollars at the bottom so that should raise the price." My jaw literally dropped and I thought to myself I hope they're not actual gold dollars as CoinStar will probably only give you a dollar if it accepts them. I walked over and checked and they were Presidential dollars! You got me all excited for that?! Anyways I thought I'd share some of my random finds from the grocery store. Enjoy! Yeah, someone put a silver eagle in the CoinStar machine... An interesting gold colored quarter. Not sure who made it that way lol Report this Post to the Staff

AlmostCollectible Valued Member United States 384 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 02:44 am Cool finds! That gold quarter reminds me of the 2000 dollar/quarter mule. Report this Post to the Staff
eddiespin Pillar of the Community United States 1547 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 05:57 am Crownman, cool! Got a question. On that CoinStar machine, aren't you folks required to turn that coin over to CoinStar? In other words, if you wanted, could you sell it to a customer, unaudited? I guess I'm wondering how that relationship works between the store and CoinStar. Hey, I'll say it, I'm not proud. I want one of those bags! Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 06:52 am That 1996 ASE is a low mintage, should be worth a premium. Those are some nice finds crownman. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
rachums107 Pillar of the Community United States 3345 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 08:08 am I like the Peace dollar! and the WLH! Report this Post to the Staff
Chriscoinmaster Valued Member United States 337 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 09:05 am i got my start searching my cash register at work after I gave away a proof quarter and the customer told me about it I got a bunch of silver and wheats from my job too I worked at a convenient store though so I could hold my drawer open all night to search I also pulled bills out. I spent a lot of time in the drawer and when people paid I would put there money in the extra slots for big bills and dollar/half dollar coins to search when the left Report this Post to the Staff
eddied62 New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 09:06 am Nice going there. My daughter works in a little country store and she gets some pretty good finds from time to time. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinstar Pillar of the Community United States 1510 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 09:10 am My boss now looks at his change-- I got him doing that! key to the coinstar machine! I hate you! Retired USAF 1983-2003 Edited by Coinstar 04/30/2011 09:11 am Report this Post to the Staff
crownman Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 12:31 pm @eddiespin I'm just seeing the coins in the "jam area" before the coins drop down into the big metal boxes with wheels on them. At that point they're CoinStar's property but before that they're however wants em hehe. Whenever I open the machine to help a customer and see the pile of change that can't go through the sifter I will have to assume it's the customers change there (even though it could have been a previous one) and ask, "Did you have this Peace dollar in your jar?" or whatever else of interest is in there. Of course I hope they say no, but if they say yes (which I can't prove if they REALLY did) I hand it to them. Most of them don't know it's worth a lot more than a dollar. Otherwise it goes in a jar on the inside of the door with all the other rejected coins (95% are bent coins) but since I've never seen a CoinStar employee empty that jar in 10 YEARS I assume it's of no interest to them. A few years ago CoinStar updated their machines to sort coins more efficiently and ever since then I have found a lot fewer finds. Maybe people are just not throwing as many silver coins in there anymore. I'm still jealous of my friend who opened the machine one night and found 6 Peace dollars in there! Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 1:43 pm What is the date and state on that gold coloured quarter? There is an experimental rinse planchet type that a small number of quarters were struck on. Report this Post to the Staff
Collecta83 New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 2:21 pm "Yeah, someone put a silver eagle in the CoinStar machine..." EPIC! Report this Post to the Staff
eddiespin Pillar of the Community United States 1547 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 4:36 pm Thanks, crowman. I didn't think it was easy to get those bags, but, given your position in the store, I just had to ask you. Report this Post to the Staff
Gothic Florin Pillar of the Community United States 2541 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 7:13 pm A 1996 silver eagle in a coinstar machine. Some things will never cease to amaze me... Report this Post to the Staff
rkrj Valued Member United States 277 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 8:59 pm The gold quarters are nothing special they are just plated Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 04/30/2011 10:07 pm Nice finds! And it is always good to see an Eisenhower dollar posted. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
boatman Valued Member United States 109 Posts	Posted 05/01/2011 6:46 pm Nice Finds Let Me Know When you are ready To Give Up The Key HaHa Boatman Report this Post to the Staff
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