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@Coindood - You found that Eiffel tower in a reject slot? That's wild!

Mercuryman wrote:@Coindood - You found that Eiffel tower in a reject slot? That's wild!

No, it was on the ledge.

2018 Year end Coinstar and Found on the ground finds

$174.99 USD including
1959 D rosie

$.54 Canada
$10.00 Pesos Mexico
$.01 China
1 sin Malaysia
$.05 Guatemala

Obsolete coinage / note
United Kingdom 6 pence
Italy 50 lire
Mexico peso .20
China 1 cash
Ireland punt note

Tokens
Cobra Arcade Bar Tucson AZ
Wildcat car wash
Chuckie Cheese
USMC Toys for Tots
Fun for all good times - 2
Peter Piper Pizza - 4
Freedom - 2
Angel - 2



Misc
US Postage $4.00
Lake Taho smashed cent
Religious medallion marked Italy not silver
$7.00 winning lottrry tickets

Pocket Change Finds
1957 wheat cent
$.01 Canada

First Day of the Year Finds

My three usual stops (Smith's, Albertson's, Smith's) yielded some good stuff today and a hopeful start to the Coinstar year of 2019. In addition to $1.01 in zinc, copper and clad, got me a flattened penny from the Houston Zoo and a Thailand 1 baht (2551/2008). Amazing thing about the Thai coin is that while it's the first foreign coin I've found in 2019, it's also a new country for my 2016-2019 list. Had I found it yesterday it would have brought my country total to 17 for 2018 and tied the record for most countries in one year. Instead it's the first of hopefully many more to come this year.

I love Coinstar!

Nice way to start the year!

nickel with rollled edge

Coinstar and Found on the Ground, 3-6 January:

$0.10 Roosevelt
$0.05 Jefferson
$0.16 zinc Lincs
$0.04 Cu Lincs

$0.35 2019 to date

2nickels with rolled edges

2 beat up pennies

in the reject tray...one plastic penny.

I meant to say that I found a 1947-P Roosy dime at a CS machine at a grocery store about a week ago.

Had to stop and pee at the store, even though I was on my way somewhere else. Was frustrated at first because I was in a hurry, but then I realized there was a reason why I stopped. So small bladders can actually have advantages!

And, just like last January when I found two silver dimes about a week apart at Coinstar machines, the same thing happened again. This time I found a 1962-D at a CS machine at the local Walmart. I wonder what this means...

Rip-roaring start to Coinstar 2019 with a little bit of everything showing up: wheat penny, silver, some surprise proofs and a record-smashing eight countries found in the first month.

January totals
1¢ - .49
5¢ - .25
10¢ - .90
25¢ - 1.50
Total - 3.14

Included in the above total ~ 1939 wheatie, 1990-S & 1991-S proof cents, 1964 dime

Flattened penny (Black Bear/Houston Zoo)

Australia
5 cents (1993)

Canada
1 cent (2008, 2011 Mag)
5 cents (2013)
25 cents (2010)

Germany
1 euro cent (2012A)

Great Britain
½ new penny (1971)
1 penny (1993, 2010)
5 pence (1991)

Mexico
5 centavos (1974)

Philippines
1 piso (2014)

South Africa
10 cents (2017)

Thailand
1 baht (2551/2008)

2019 Countries (8)
Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand

January Constar and found on the ground finds

$.54 USD

.01 - 9
.05 - 3
.10 - 3
.25 -
.50 -
$ -

$.50 Mexico Peso

Tokens
Peter Piper Pizza - 2

Misc
St, Joseph Religious Medallion (not silver)
$2.00 winning lottery ticket

Okay okay- here are my total Coinstar (and other places like on the ground and at car washes) finds for calendar year 2018:

U.S. COINS:
Pennies $8.34
Nickels $3.05
Dimes $22.20 (this included 6 silver dimes- all six were from Coinstar machines) (46-P, 46-D, 53-D, 64-D x 3)
Qtrs. $28.00
Halves $3.00
$1 coins $15.00
Currency $13.00
TOTAL $92.59

FOREIGN COINS (A BIT SLOPPY):
Canada $1.47 total incl. (2) 1 cent, (4) 5-cent (2 of those .999 nickel), (5) 10-cent, (3) 25-cent
Mexico 19.5 pesos incl. (1) 50 centavo, (5) 1 peso, (2) 2 peso, and (2) 5 peso
Euros only 70 cents (surprising) incl. (1) 20 cent and (1) 50 cent

Tokens of all types: 19

Australia .06 (1c plus 5p)
Bahamas 25c
Belgium 20f
Brazil .50
China 5 Jiao
Columbia 900p (6 coins total)
Croatia kuna (1)
Dominican Republic 5p
Ecuador 5c
India 1 coin
Malaysia 10 sen
Qatar 25d
Swiss Francs 4.70 (20 coins)
United Arab Emirates (1 coin)
At least 17 countries found plus...

Other countries (haven't had time to look up yet): 3 coins

A sticky penny and a nickel yesterday

6 pennies, a dime, mexico 50c

10 pence 2013 in another coinstar

Two cu and a two c euro

Three pennies, a dime, token from Utah mass transit ....an oriental , maybe Japan as it shows what I think is an island

1947 SILVER dime

One shiny, lonely, little dime - looking for a new home! Found in a Coinstar reject bin on the way out of WalMart.

I have Coinstar competition! Was at Wal Mart last night and going to check the reject chute. As I was approaching the machine two little girls (probably about 5 and 7) ran from the machine to their mom and told her there was no money. I had to laugh. Good for them!

Feb's findings were both good and bad. Good because of five new countries plus a US silver dime. Bad because of a dry spell in the final week that gave up only three coins out of ten Coinstar stops. Foreign countries are now up to 13 for the year, a fantastic total that bodes well for breaking the record of 17. Included in that group was Estonia, a completely new nation to my collection. Five nations have made an annual appearance from 2016-18 (Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico) and only China is left to make it four years straight for all five. The US total has already surpassed March of 2018, so I guess Feb was mostly good.

February totals (2019 totals)

1¢ - .23 (.72)
5¢ - .10 (.35)
10¢ - 1.20 (2.10)
25¢ - .50 (2.00)
Total - 2.03 (5.17)

Included in Feb's total is a 1964-D dime

Austria
2 euro cents (2003)

Bahamas
5 cents (1998)

Canada
1 cent (1966) <--- New oldest foreign for 2019

Estonia
20 euro cents (2011) <--- My 12th Euro nation found in the wild

Italy
1 euro cent (2009)
2 euro cents (2013)

Poland
10 groszy (2009)


2019 Countries (13)
Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Thailand

February Constar and found on the ground finds

$1.37 USD

.01 - 17 including 1938 wheat & 1943 steel
.05 - 2
.10 - 10 including 1954 rosie
.25 -
.50 -
$ -

Switzerland 1/2 franc

Tokens


Misc
$16.60 US postage

I don't regularly post my finds but today I hit a big score that I thought you guys might find interesting. I was dumping $127 in zinc cents at the CoinStar machine inside my credit union and someone that used the machine before me left behind the following:

1 - Argentina 10 centavos (2004)
2 - Canada 5 cents (1973, 1979)
2 - Canada 10 cents (2007, 2010)
1 - Canada 25 cents (1984)
1 - Colombia 200 pesos (2012)
1 - Georgia 10 tetri (1993)
1 - Georgia 50 tetri (1993)
1 - Germany 5 euro cents (2002)
1 - Italy 2 euro cents (2006)
1 - Mexico 50 centavos (2016)
2 - Mexico 1 peso (2004, 2007)
1 - Philippines 1 peso (2011)
1 - Poland 1 zloty (1995)
1 - Thailand 5 baht
1 - U.S. cent copper wheat (1930 )
3 - U.S. cents zinc - extremely corroded junk
2 - U.S. nickels
32 - tokens of various types (Car wash, arcade, restroom, etc.)