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All from one trip to a CS at my local Walmart….

.83 in (U.S. coins- 3 pennies, 2 nickels, 2 dimes and 2 qtrs.).
1 Canadian qtr. (2008)
1 Mexican peso (2007)
1 Mexican 50 centavos (2021)

One U.S. quarter was mutilated. A bunch of the others were stuck to each other.

P...5
D...9
CDN Q, 2007, special Olympics.
Rolled penny, 1620, the Mayflower.

July Coinstar and found on ground

$ .46 USD

.01 - 1
.05 -
.10 - 2
.25 - 1
.50 -
$

Misc
$ .89 casino credit

My son got 2 silver dimes from a CS machine last week.

He's not getting any more trade secrets XD

From the coin counter at my bank:
a beat up quarter
a dime
and a 1974 canadian quarter.
From the Wal Mart Coinstar
a bicentennial quarter that looked to be in perfect shape.

1964 Dime from Coinstar at Meijer.

July's totals, delayed because of emergency eye surgery at the beginning of the month. I'm still on the mend but the prognosis is good. A weird coincidence was that I found the Armenian coin the day before everything happened, and my surgeon ended up being Armenian. Crazy. Hope to be back to normal before the end of the August and back to reporting regularly. Thx to my brother in stats hobo finds for checking on me.

July totals (2023 totals)

1¢ - .24 (4.95)
5¢ - .10 (2.90)
10¢ - .90 (13.90)
25¢ - 1.00 (21.50)
Total - 2.24 (43.25)

Apartment complex parking lot: 4.16

Armenia
100 dram (2003)

Canada
5 cents (2004)

Tokens
2 cherries (no date)

1.20 today, including silver 64 dime, what looks like a 70d dime, and a chewed up dime I can't read the date on.

.45 today including a 60d dime! That's 2 silvers in a week!!

From the coin counter at my bank on Tuesday 08-29
a beat up copper cent-date not legible
2-Zincoln
1969 and 2008 Canadian 5 cent
1979 Canadian dime.
Yesterday at Arby's a 2023-D cent on the floor.

August Coinstar and found on ground

$ .45 USD

.01 - 5
.05 -
.10 - 4
.25 -
.50 -
$

Canada $
01

Misc
$ 1.00 lottery machiene credit bought a ticket won $2.00

Good Times Token

2 car wash tokens today face value 1.00 each.

Now to figure out where they might work, lol

Hit the jackpot today at a grocery store Coinstar.
$1.00 in change which consisted of:
1 state quarter
2 US nickels
1961 Canadian nickel
3 US dimes
1974 Canadian dime
5 copper cents
and 15 Zincolns!

August was a completely lost month, but sometimes life happens. Not a single Coinstar run since July, ugh! I eked out a few finds, including a lucky new country, but Sept thru Dec have some serious making up to do.

August totals (2023 totals)

1¢ - .10 (5.05)
5¢ - .10 (3.00)
10¢ - .40 (14.30)
25¢ - .50 (22.00)
Total - 1.10 (44.35)

Apartment complex parking lot: 4.43

Sweden <--30th country for 2023!
1 krona (2016)

2023 Countries (30)
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

I love it!

Another .53 today plus foreign coins! 1 coin was a 1960 dime!

I watched as some kid dumped in his coins, used his phone to get his scan code and/or receipt, and then took off. As I approached the machine I could see it rejecting coins. Kid should have waited!

Finally got something from the local Walmart coinstar machine: a 2005 Canadian quarter

thecrazyone wrote:Another .53 today plus foreign coins! 1 coin was a 1960 dime!

I watched as some kid dumped in his coins, used his phone to get his scan code and/or receipt, and then took off. As I approached the machine I could see it rejecting coins. Kid should have waited!

Funny you said this, because on Wednesday the 20th I ALSO found 53 cents plus 2 foreign coins (1 from Argentina- the other is hard to figure out). Nope, I didn’t get any silver like you did.

Twice in the last two weeks I've been sniped by someone else as I walked up to a machine. One older gent scooped three coins off the ledge and the other looked like store mgmt. The latter is worse since he probably does that all day.

I have no doubt that the staff are watching and partake. I used to pick up change dropped when shoppers would leave Toys R Us. I worked security.

thecrazyone wrote:I have no doubt that the staff are watching and partake. I used to pick up change dropped when shoppers would leave Toys R Us. I worked security.

Same. For five months I used to work at a grocery store and regularly raided the Coinstar. I guess this is karma.

.48 today which included a 71-d cent and a 56 dime!

Back to somewhat normal this month. Though I didn't do as many Coinstar circuits as I would've liked, the results were acceptable. I still have an outside chance to get back to my 2¢ a day average for parking lots finds thanks to my neighbors constantly dropping change. Less likely is passing my record of 38 countries, unless there's a surge in the last quarter. Good news is I have plenty of extra time off work in the near future, especially in Nov, to make up the slack.

September totals (2023 totals)

1¢ - .65 (5.70)
5¢ - .30 (3.30)
10¢ - 2.10 (16.40)
25¢ - 1.25 (23.25)
Total - 4.30 (48.65)

Included in Sept total - 1956-D wheatie

Apartment complex parking lot: 5.19

Australia
10 cents (2016)

Canada
10 cents (2004)
1 dollar (2006)

Japan
1 yen (1996)

Mexico
50 centavos (2021)
1 peso (2016)
5 pesos (2016)

Singapore <---31st country for 2023!
10 cents (1991)

Thailand
1 baht (2004)

2023 Countries (31)
Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

And where are you located, so we dont cross CS paths?