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Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:06 am
by hobo finds
June Coinstar and found on the ground finds

$4.67 USD including 1910 wheat found on ground

$1958 D wheat pocket change
$.10 Canada pocket change

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 12:18 am
by Recyclersteve
A very worn clad Roosy dime in a Walmart Coinstar today. Almost looked counterfeit, but just heavily worn. Date is hard to read, but the mint mark is on the obverse, so it is definitely clad.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 11:56 pm
by Recyclersteve
Yesterday at the Coinstar machine in the local Walmart...

Late date Jefferson nickel
Late date Roosy dime

1930-P Lincoln cent
1962-D silver Roosy dime

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:38 am
by Recyclersteve
Thought I'd add a little tidbit about finding silver dimes in Coinstar machines...

Since Feb. 2012 I've been tracking silver that I've found or gotten for face value from various sources, Coinstar, vending machines, finding on the ground, etc.

I figure that I go to Walmart approx. once every three days or so. That is roughly 121 times a year. Since I've found 6 silver dimes in Coinstars at grocery stores (mostly Walmart) (no quarters by the way), that means that I check approx. 108 Coinstar machines before finding silver.

Anyone else have any stats on this?

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:32 am
by cwgii
sat at the cu there were 2 pennies an 2 nickels

friday netted me 5 carwash tokens , penny and nickel

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:28 pm
by cwgii
sat. when i was turning in nickels dimes and quarters .... it rejected a gold dollar. and gave me credit for 6 pennies.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:05 pm
by hobo finds
July Coinstar and found on the ground finds
$2.33 USD
Reid Park Zoo Smashed cent
$.50 mexico peso
Restroom Token
$.05 Canada found on ground
$.01 Canada pocket change

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:45 pm
by coindood
July totals (2017 totals)

1¢ - $.17 ($3.15)
5¢ - .10 (1.95)
10¢ - .20 (3.70)
25¢ - .25 (8.50)
50¢ - .00 (0.50)
Total - $.72 ($17.80)

1943-P Steelie was among the cents :thumbup:

Canada
25 cents (1989)

China
1 jiao (2009)

Misc
Clear plastic penny & nickel

I'm definitely being out-scooped at my regular Coinstar. I stop there 2-3x a week and the pickings have been quite sparse this summer.

2017 countries (9)
Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 2:58 pm
by cwgii
2 cents and a nickel

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Thu Aug 10, 2017 6:10 pm
by Recyclersteve
Coinstar at the local Walmart...

Went when I first arrived at the store- nothing. Checked again when leaving and found the following:

4 dimes
1 nickel
4 pennies
Total of 49 cents

No good dates, except that one of the pennies is a pre-82 Lincoln (copper).

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:36 am
by Recyclersteve
Yesterday at a Coinstar at Safeway found a token which said "No Cash Value".

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2017 3:06 pm
by cwgii
beat up nickel at the cu this morning

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:27 am
by Recyclersteve
Mutilated penny at the Coinstar at Walmart today.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:52 pm
by silverflake
First coinstar find in a while for me. Local Kroger. 2 pennies. One is a 1979 copper. Woooo hoooo!


Keep stacking.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 12:59 am
by Recyclersteve
Coinstar at Walmart- 11 cents (dime and penny)- no good dates.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 10:48 pm
by AuStruck
2 cents at Food Lion coinstar. One damaged zincoln. One 1943 steel Lincoln cent. First score in months.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Sat Aug 26, 2017 3:14 am
by Recyclersteve
1943 steel cents, although not rare or particularly valuable, are VERY HARD to find in the wild. I'm not sure if I've seen one in circulation or a bank roll in the last 40 years or so. It is much easier to find War Nickels or Buffalo Nickels or even Indian Cents in my opinion.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:52 pm
by coindood
August totals (2017 totals)

1¢ - $.35 ($3.50)
5¢ - .80 (2.75)
10¢ - .20 (3.90)
25¢ - 4.75 (13.25)
50¢ - .00 (.50)
Total - $6.10 ($23.90)

Nice mid-month Coinstar score of 39 coins gave August a good total.

No foreign or tokens

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2017 8:26 am
by hobo finds
August Coinstar and found on the ground finds.

$.57 USD

Great Britain Pound $.10
French Euro $.02

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:02 pm
by AuStruck
$1.23 at Food Lion coinstar. Four quarters, two dimes, three zincolns. All common coins.

Note: I have found maybe 3 steel cents (1943) in coinstars over last 5 years. See above entry.
Indian head cents I have never found in circulation. My uncle says that when he was in grade school, in about 1955, a classmate showed him an Indian penny his parents had given him from circulation. But since then he doesn't recall an Indian penny in circulation. Not sure about the rarity of each in circulation. Steel pennies seem somewhat more common in circulation, perhaps only for me. (2017-1955 that's 62 years)

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 10:53 pm
by Recyclersteve
1987 Canadian dime- technically it was on the floor in front of the Walmart Coinstar machine.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:04 pm
by cwgii
heat expamded zinclon.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:18 pm
by Recyclersteve
41 cents (quarter, dime,nickel, penny) in the Coinstar at the local Walmart.

No good dates... That last comment is not meant to refer to my college days.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 8:59 pm
by silverflake
Jackpot for me at Kroger Coinstar. 34 cents. 3 dimes and 4 Lincolns. One copper. Most I ever found at a coinstar.

Keep stacking.

Re: coinstar finds

PostPosted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 10:27 pm
by coindood
Dunno how often you guys see this, but lately I've been encountering "Machine Full" or "Out of Order" quite a bit. I visit 3-4 times a week (Smith's also has an ATM, post office, etc). Uber frustrating.