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What a revolting development. This COVID-19 mess has put a damper on Coinstar-ing but I still try to get out a couple of times a week. Before at-home time became the norm I was able to score a decent March. US totals are right at $5/month, foreigns are chugging along at 17 countries, tying 2016 for the 2nd best annual total. Some silver also showed up to claim the oldest foreign so far in 2020. We have another month of this homebound craziness so I'm not too enthusiastic about April.

Something else I decided to track this year was coins found on the ground in my apartment complex. So far the tally is 90¢, almost a penny a day. Let's see if I can keep up that average all year.

March totals (2020 totals)

1¢ - .43 (1.53)
5¢ - .70 (2.30)
10¢ - 1.80 (5.00)
25¢ - 1.25 (6.75)
50¢ - 0.00 (.50)
Total - 4.18 (16.08)

Included in March's total: 1937 wheatie


Australia
3 pence (1960) <---Silver!
10 cents (2006)

Canada
10 cents (2009, 2013)

China
1 yuan (2014)

Great Britain
5 pence (2008)
10 pence (2014)
20 pence (1982, 1987)

Ireland
2 euro cents (2002)
5 euro cents (2002, 2005)

Mexico
1 peso (2006)

New Zealand
10 cents (2014)

Tokens

Summit/Crown
Mr Car Wash/Flag
Car Wash token/Sin Valor
Coin Meter token

2020 countries (17)
Australia, Canada, China, Croatia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago

March Constar and found on the ground finds

$1.63 USD

.01 - 68
.05 - 4
.10 - 5
.25 - 1
.50 -
$ -

15.50 Mexican peso ($10, $5, $.50)
.10 Switzerland Franc
$.01 Euro
$.10 Canada

Tokens
5 Dynamite Car wash
1 Cool Drive car wash

Obsolete
1 French Franc (2 1/2 francs)

Misc


Pocket Change find

Today got a dime that was si ttiing on the tray.

I cannot believe my luck lately.

Walking by, never anything there, I'll just look from 15 feet away as I walk by, never anything anyway...Now hold on a sec...

10 quarters
9 dimes, 1 of which is a 1964!
2 nickels
2 pennies
in the coin reject tray

Nice score!
Good things happen when you rejoin the RC community.

TXSTARFIRE wrote:Nice score!
Good things happen when you rejoin the RC community.

LOL. Ain't that the truth, brother!

shinnosuke wrote:I cannot believe my luck lately.

Walking by, never anything there, I'll just look from 15 feet away as I walk by, never anything anyway...Now hold on a sec...

10 quarters
9 dimes, 1 of which is a 1964!
2 nickels
2 pennies
in the coin reject tray

Great score- and silver to boot! I wonder if the other person was emptying a piggy bank or coffee can and was afraid to touch the reject chute...

Recyclersteve wrote:

shinnosuke wrote:I cannot believe my luck lately.

Walking by, never anything there, I'll just look from 15 feet away as I walk by, never anything anyway...Now hold on a sec...

10 quarters
9 dimes, 1 of which is a 1964!
2 nickels
2 pennies
in the coin reject tray

Great score- and silver to boot! I wonder if the other person was emptying a piggy bank or coffee can and was afraid to touch the reject chute...

Could be my first Covid-19 blessing. I just went home and washed my hands.

Found .72 at a CS machine at the local Walmart a couple days ago. Included was a 1941-P Mercury dime.

April Constar and found on the ground finds

$.89 USD

.01 - 14
.05 - 2
.10 - 4
.25 - 1
.50 -
$ -


Tokens

Obsolete
.05 Mexican peso

Misc


Pocket Change find

Recyclersteve wrote:Found .72 at a CS machine at the local Walmart a couple days ago. Included was a 1941-P Mercury dime.

Excellent!

This could've easily been a lost month. In fact the first two weeks produced nothing except a few pennies found in the parking lot of my apartment complex. But by the third week I was itching for some Coinstar time, and yikes was I rewarded big time. Two of the largest single-visit hauls in months came on back-to-back days (23 coins, then 16 coins) and produced a bevy of juicy foreign finds, including some new countries. 36 foreigns in one month may be a new unassisted record, and the 24 nation total for the year is pretty impressive given the current searching limitations. The US total was naturally lagging behind the monthly average, which was expected, but I was still happy with it.

April totals (2020 totals)

1¢ - .47 (2.00)
5¢ - .25 (2.55)
10¢ - .80 (5.80)
25¢ - .50 (7.25)
50¢ - .00 (.50)
Total - 2.02 (18.10)


Austria
2 euro cents (2013)

Bahrain <--new Coinstar country
100 fils (2000, 2007, 2010 x2)

Canada
1 cent (2008)
5 cents (1972, 1979, 2008, 2011)
10 cents (1973, 1974, 2010, 2012)
25 cents (1984)

Germany
10 euro cents (2003A)

Great Britain
2 pence (2001)
5 pence (1990)

Italy
1 euro cent (2002)
2 euro cents (2009)
5 euro cents (2002, 2006)

Philippines
5 sentimos (1980)
5 sentimo (1983)
10 centavos (1962)
10 sentimos (1975)
10 sentimo (1984x2)
25 sentimos (1977)
25 sentimo (1984x3)

Romania <--First time country in my collection!
5 bani (2012)

Singapore
10 cents (1986)
50 cents (1995)

Spain
1 euro cent (2008)

Illinois Empress casino token (25 cents, no date)

2020 countries (24)
Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Canada, China, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago

Turned in sis in laws change. 2 pennies, nickel, quarter were sitting in reject t
ray.

1957-D silver Roosy dime in the reject tray at the CS at my local Walmart the other day.

Another month, another national crisis. Hard to keep focus on coins with what's going on but I'm perservering. Funny how each month tends to have a different theme, May's seemed to be tokens evidenced by some choice and diverse examples. All the other categories were fairly represented too - the US total bounced back nicely; foreigns had a decent showing, and the wheatie-silver rivalry flared up, complete with a Merc discovery, my first since 2015.

My apartment "Found-in-the-parking-lot" tally is $1.53, still on a penny-a-day pace.

May totals (2020 totals)

1¢ - .68 (2.68)
5¢ - .35 (2.90)
10¢ - 2.30 (8.10)
25¢ - .75 (8.00)
50¢ - .00 (.50)
Total - 4.08 (22.18)

Included in May's totals - 1952-D wheatie, 1944 Merc, 1952-S Roosie

Canada
1 cent (1999, 2008, 2012)
10 cents (2006, 2012x2)
25 cents (2015)

China, People's Rep
1 jiao (1993)

Great Britain
10 pence (1992)

Ireland
1 euro cent (2011)

Singapore
5 cents (1997)


Misc
Flattened penny
Denver Zoo / Toyota Elephant Passage

Carwash token/antique car
Mr Car Wash/Flag (x2)
The Jungle token
School Money plastic cent
Dandy Amusement token
Eagle/No Cash Value token

may Constar and found on the ground finds

$.95 USD

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

Tokens

Obsolete

Misc
$1 lottery ticket

Pocket Change find

Not sure why June was sort of sub-par all around but at least there were some interesting finds, including a couple of demonetized foreigns. Now that the summer heat is here and this pandemic stuff doesn't seem to waning anytime soon, I'm dispensing with any real attempt to surpass any of my Coinstar 2020 goals. Normally I'd do a mid-year estimate to see where I am, but I'm just not in the mood lately.

"Found-in-the-parking-lot" total is sitting nicely at $2.21, which covers my penny-a-day goal thru Aug 8th.

June totals (2020 totals)

1¢ - .45 (3.13)
5¢ - .20 (3.10)
10¢ - 1.60 (9.70)
25¢ - 1.50 (9.50)
50¢ - 0.00 (.50)
Total - 3.75 (25.93)

Included in June's total --> 1929 wheatie


Canada
10 cents (2016)
25 cents (2008)

Germany
1 pfennig (1974D)

Great Britain
5 pence (2004)

Mexico
5 centavos (1968)


Flattened penny
Cosley Zoo (IL) (Bird)

ODO/No Cash Value token (x2)

June Constar and found on the ground finds

$.31 USD

.01 - 11
.05 -
.10 - 2
.25 -
.50 -
$ -

Tokens

Obsolete

Misc
lottery ticket credit $2.00 (won $10) & $3.00 won nothing

Pocket Change find

Found 6 nickels, oldest was the famous 1964-d

Found a 1964-D dime at a CS machine at the local grocery store. Also there were a couple Zincolns and a couple of minor foreign coins.

A nickel and a dime at local bank lobby machine.

A few factors conspired to make this a low month - one of my Smith's stores going temporarily coinless, and Coinstar finds have dried up like the beastly Vegas heat. In addition, while walking back from the mailbox in my apartment complex and looking for change on the ground, I was stopped and questioned by the property's security patrol. Apparently, glancing into empty parking spaces as I walked by them qualifies as suspicious behavior. Despite their paranoia, one of the better coin spills of year happened this month (ten pennies and a dime) and raised my year-to-date total to $2.65. Questionable whether I'll pursue apartment parking lot fishing anymore since it's now attracting attention.

July totals (2020 totals)

1¢ - .42 (3.55)
5¢ - .00 (3.10)
10¢ - 1.00 (10.70)
25¢ - .50 (10.00)
50¢ - .00 (.50)
Total - 1.92 (27.85)

Included in July's total - 1944-S wheatie

Spain
1 euro cent (2010)

Namco token (2000)

July Constar and found on the ground finds

$.65 USD

.01 - 25
.05 - 2
.10 - 3
.25 -
.50 -
$ -

Tokens

Obsolete

Misc



Pocket Change find

sisuraha wrote:I noticed a coin on the coinstar countertop. It was a 1983 Canadian quarter that nobody wanted! I found a Franklin Half in another machine a while back.

I used to work in a complex that had a grocery store next door. It had a Coinstar machine. I would always find stuff on the top of it. Foreign coins, dirty U.S. coins. My fave was when there would be U.S. coins sitting there because they were stuck together by gum or something. Rather than take a moment to separate the coins that were rejected by the machine, people would just leave them there. My Dad would say that's missing the forest for the trees...

Two pennies today.

Taco place, had to go to 5 banks to get coin.