Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:12 am

low expenses , low quality of life, survival food on the table, gas in the 20 yo truck. a beer at the end of the day
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:27 pm

nickel on the ground at my recycling place.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:16 pm

nickel on the parking lot at work.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Wed Jul 26, 2017 2:00 pm

dollar bill in dumpster yesterday
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby Recyclersteve » Sun Jul 30, 2017 8:49 pm

Found 11 cents at a place where I wouldn't normally expect to find money, on the ground at the local scrapyard. And it wasn't near the cashier either. It was out near the piles of stuff that are scattered about the yard.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:49 pm

quarter in a box of beer bottles.... bartenders tip gone down the trash. lol
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:57 am

parking lot pen ny
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby Recyclersteve » Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:03 pm

Last night- 12 cents (dime and two pennies) on the ground outside the entrance to the movie theater.

Today- 23 cents on the ground in front of a trash dumpster- a dime and 13 pennies.

Today- 10 cents in the change return part of a vending machine.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Sun Aug 06, 2017 2:00 pm

penny and nickel from one dumpster

quarter from a box of bottles
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Wed Aug 09, 2017 8:08 pm

A dime inside of a shot chilling machine that I parted out and scrapped. It probably fell through one of the cracks at the top of the unit while being used in the bar.

It was a shame to junk this unit; it was only out of refrigerant and missing the light on top. It would have cost more to recharge it and replace the light than I could sell if for used.

Fortunately I only paid $10 for the unit. I'm already over $6.00 in scrap value, plus the dime. The parts I saved will sell for at least $40.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:58 am

dollar in the dumpster yesterday. love the sight of green, instead of maggots.lol
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Thu Aug 24, 2017 2:57 pm

dime in the driveway of the recycling center
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Thu Aug 24, 2017 5:36 pm

lhmm, my bad. the drunk gent infront of me at the store , buying his next 12 pack. dropped a dime. NORMALLY i would have given it back. as i picked it up , i saw it was a 1965 canadian. and i just know the drunkard had no idea what he had. so again. bad boy. i put it in my burnign pocket
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:00 am

a dollar in my own flower shop dumpster....... shared with a game store.i pull out a bag of plastic and cans each day. theyl refuse to recycle
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:05 pm

penny in the tire shop parking lot.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Sun Sep 10, 2017 12:03 pm

another parking lot penny at a bar.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Tue Oct 03, 2017 9:19 am

penny and nickel in the flower shop parking lot
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:50 am

nickel at one bar and a penny at another. another quarter in the cases of beer bottles
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Sat Oct 14, 2017 11:10 am

yet another penny from our own parking lot
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby Rosco » Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:40 pm

2 cents on steps at Library
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby JadeDragon » Sun Oct 15, 2017 5:12 am

About a cup worth of nickles and pennies mostly from a storage locker. Spent hundreds on trash costs on that locker, plus hundreds in unrecoverable Storage fees, so not really a win. I kept a few nickel nickels from the cup.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Sun Oct 15, 2017 7:18 pm

Found a box of loose change scavenging at the flea market. About $0.75 in a garbage pile dumped by a dealer.

Gave them to another vendor's kid for his piggy bank.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby hobo finds » Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:04 pm

Dr. Cadmium wrote:Found a box of loose change scavenging at the flea market. About $0.75 in a garbage pile dumped by a dealer.

Gave them to another vendor's kid for his piggy bank.


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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby Dr. Cadmium » Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:08 pm

I never thought I'd see dealers there throwing away money. I've seen them toss almost everything else, but this was a first.
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Re: Where Have You Found Coins/Currency?

Postby cwgii » Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:02 pm

parking lot nickel
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