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9 pennies and a battery

I don't normally post on this thread, except when finding something a bit unusual. Yesterday at a Coinstar machine I found 45 cents (4 dimes and a nickel). No big deal except that there was also:

1 Canadian dime (late date)
Also a bunch of Swiss coins (totaling 4 francs + 70 rappen) (20 Swiss coins total- largest was 1 Franc- smallest was 5 rappen)

By the way, the Swiss 5 rappen coins look like they are made of gold, even though they obviously are not. They are 92% copper, 6% aluminum and 2% nickel. Pretty coins!

I guess I could say rappen happens!

bent quarter

September totals (2018 totals)

1¢ - .26 (2.51)
5¢ - .00 (1.55)
10¢ - .70 (7.00)
25¢ - .50 (5.75)
Total - 1.46 (16.81)

Included above were the following wheaties:
1941-S (Large S), 1942-D, 195?

Austria
5 euro cents (2003)

Canada
10 cents (2001 Volunteers, 2003P Uncrowned, 2016)
25 cents (2009 Caribou)

Germany
1 euro cent (2004A, 2018A)*

Great Britain
1 penny (2006)

Token
Holiday Cruises/Paradise, Florida
25 cent casino token (Type 2) (No Date)

*First ever non-Canadian foreign coin I've found in the wild in its original year of release. 9/7/18 is the new date to beat. Canada still has three earlier same-year discoveries - all cents - when I found a 1999 on 6/2/99, a 2003-P Crowned on 8/21/03 and a 2006 on 7/17/06.

And speaking of Canada cents, I haven't found one in the wild since June 2017. In fact, since Sept 2016 I've only found two. Is collector hoarding and the unofficial govt recall starting to affect their frequency in circulation?

2018 Countries (12)
Aruba, Australia, Austria, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Russia, United Arab Emirates

coindood wrote:September totals (2018 totals) And speaking of Canada cents, I haven't found one in the wild since June 2017. In fact, since Sept 2016 I've only found two. Is collector hoarding and the unofficial govt recall starting to affect their frequency in circulation?

I'm going through a $25 box of pennies that I got on 8/31/18- I'm about half way through and have already gotten 3 Canadian pennies.

They are 1959, 1964 and 1978.

And I'm well over 300 miles from the border.

September Constar and found on the ground finds

$24.66 USD
1c - 41
5c - 4
10c - 3
25c - 7
50c -
$ - 22 (2-1 & 1-20)

Canada .05
Malaysia 1 sen

Tokens
2 fun for all good times

Found on ground
China brass coin square cut out 1 cash
$1.50 US postage

Recyclersteve wrote:

coindood wrote:September totals (2018 totals) And speaking of Canada cents, I haven't found one in the wild since June 2017. In fact, since Sept 2016 I've only found two. Is collector hoarding and the unofficial govt recall starting to affect their frequency in circulation?

I'm going through a $25 box of pennies that I got on 8/31/18- I'm about half way through and have already gotten 3 Canadian pennies.

They are 1959, 1964 and 1978.

And I'm well over 300 miles from the border.

here in tucson az , 60 miles to mexico i get 1-4 canucks in 10$

1978 canada dime

3 ugly pennies and 3 dented nickels

dime that had a divot

1 zincoln cent.

2 Deutschmark
100 lire
1 quarter

Does anyone know if a Coinstar machine will accept copper cents ('82 and before) or does it send them to the reject bin? I would think it would accept them. Otherwise, I'd have likely found a lot more in the reject bin over the years.

Recyclersteve wrote:Does anyone know if a Coinstar machine will accept copper cents ('82 and before) or does it send them to the reject bin? I would think it would accept them. Otherwise, I'd have likely found a lot more in the reject bin over the years.

Of course it accepts them. Something like 20-25% of all cents (except in S Cal and anywhere near Portland) are still copper.

Found a Dime and a brass 25 cent token for a Casino. Had a large M on it

October totals (2018 totals)

1¢ - .36 (2.87)
5¢ - .00 (1.55)
10¢ - .20 (7.20)
25¢ - .75 (6.50)
Total - 1.31 (18.12)

Included in the above were 1937 & 1941 wheaties.

Canada
10 cents (2006 RCM)
25 cents (2008 RCM, 2012 Caribou)

China
1 yuan (2017)

Mexico
1 peso (2017)
2 pesos (2017)
5 pesos (2017)

2018 Countries (13)
Aruba, Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Russia, United Arab Emirates

October Constar and found on the ground finds

$10.20 USD
1c - 15
5c - 12
10c - 7 including 1959 d rosie
25c - 7
50c -
$ - 7 (1 $5 bill 2 $1 bill)

China .01


Tokens

Found on ground

$1.50 US postage

Checked the reject chute on Tuesday night and saw a few coins. I grabbed them and got 60 cents. 1 dime and 2 quarters, one quarter was a 1964-D!

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I always check the coin star never any coin to be found there....until last week BAM! 4 dimes, 1 nickel and 4 cents...all clad but hey what a haul! The time on my computer is 2:53

Sometimes I just can't spell.

another 3 pennies that were too beat up for the machine

November totals (2018 totals)

1¢ - 1.12 (3.99)
5¢ - 1.45 (3.00)
10¢ - 3.80 (11.00)
25¢ - 1.75 (8.25)
Total - 8.12 (26.24)

Included above are 1962-D & 1964 silver dimes

$1 bill (not included in coin total...since it's not a coin )

Had a 12-day staycation and hit at least one Coinstar a day, which bumped up my totals quite nicely, almost doubling my nickels for the year. Added two more countries also which tops 2017's total of 14 countries. Can I pass 2016's total of 17 by Dec 31st? Time will tell...

Bahamas
1 cent (2015)

Canada
1 cent (1998) <--- 1st one in 18 months!
10 cents (1983, 1992, 2008)
25 cents (2011 Caribou, 2013)

Germany
1 euro cent (2008D)
2 euro cents (2008F)
10 euro cents (2002G)

Philippines
1 piso (2015)

2018 Countries (15)
Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, United Arab Emirates

November Constar and found on the ground

$2.73 USD
.01 - 8
.05 -
.10 - 4
.25 - 1
.50 -
1 $2 bill

Tokens
USMC toys for tots

December totals (2018 GRAND TOTALS)

1¢ - .52 (4.51)
5¢ - .40 (3.40)
10¢ - 1.00 (12.00)
25¢ - .50 (8.75)
Total - 2.42 (28.66)

Included above were 1934 & 1955 wheaties and a 1958-D dime

Canada
10 cents (1964)
25 cents (1989)

Great Britain
5 pence (1990)

Mexico
50 centavos (2016)

Switzerland
5 rappen (2008B)

Carwash token (antique auto)
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OTHER TOTALS & STUFF

2018 Wheaties (13)
1930, 1934, 1937, 1941, 1941-S (Large S), 1942-D, 1943 (x2), 1944-S, 1945-S, 1953, 1955, 195?

2018 silver dimes (6)
1946, 1958-D, 1962-D, 1963-D, 1964, 1964-D

2018 oldest find:
1930 wheatie

2018 oldest foreign find:
1964 Canada 10 cents

Canada face value: C$5.16

......plus various tokens, flattened pennies, etc.

Coinstar/ground searching 2009-2018 ---> $268.70

Largest 2018 hoards:
11/5 - (74 coins/$2.32) 1¢x47, 5¢x15, 10¢x11, Canada 1 cent (1998)
2/14 - (23 coins/$1.17) 1¢x12, 5¢x1, 10¢x10 (1963-D silver)
6/19 - (17 coins/$1.51) 1¢x6, 5¢x3, 10¢x3, 25¢x4, UAE 1 dirham (1428/2007)
5/13 - (16 coins/$1.01) 1¢x6 (1953 wheatie), 5¢x2, 10¢x6, 25¢x1, Aruba 1 florin (2016)

2018 Countries (16)
Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates

All countries 2016-18 (33)
Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, China Rep (Taiwan), Cuba, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Macao, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Is., Uganda, United Arab Emirates


And the occasional non-coin item!

Special thx to hobo finds for keeping pace for another year.

Bring on 2019!

82c today. A 1962 dime a few days ago

decemberr Constar and found on the ground

$4.06 USD
.01 - 16
.05 - 5
.10 - 9
.25 - 7
.50 -
1 $1 bill

Tokens
Cobra Arcade Bar Tucson AZ
Chuckie Cheese

Will post YTD numbers later! Happy New Year