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Found a bag of pennies I’d forgotten to sort after picking the discontinued coins up from a bank about 3 years ago. Went to Credit Union to dump about $16 worth of not copper pennies. Checked the reject tray to find:

7 1967 Centennial silver Canadian dimes?
1 Loonie

I also noticed a couple pennies stuck under the sort wheel so I asked them to open the machine. That gave me another small win:

1 Copper Cdn penny
1 Copper US penny
3 Cdn dimes
2 non-copper Cdn Pennies.

Also bought put their oddity stash but that was only a $0.50 non-silver Canadian today. So skunk there. It’s been many years since I found silver in the wild.

Found the following at the CS machine at my local Walmart yesterday…

US Coins: 3 pennies, 2 nickels and 1 dime (23 cents)- no good dates
(2) 2021 Mexican 50 centavos coins
(1) 2007 British 10 pence coin

October Coinstar and found on the ground finds


$.26 USD

.01 - 11
.05 - 1
.10 - 1
.25 -
.50 -
$



Obsolete

Pocket Change

Nothing extraordinary in October. Steady finds led to a perfectly average month. One interesting note was I tallied my Canadian finds and they totaled $100/face, which probably represented years of accumulating, and that was just the extras/duplicates. Foreign duplicates total 134 coins (54 being Mexican) since I last sold a bunch in 2019.

October totals (2022 totals)

1¢ - .46 (5.07)
5¢ - .40 (7.20)
10¢ - 1.40 (15.00)
25¢ - 2.75 (24.00)
50¢ - 0.00 (1.50)
Total - 5.01 (52.77)

Included in Oct total - 1940-S wheatie

Apartment complex parking lot (year to date): 3.15

Canada
10 cents (1968, 2001 Friendship, 2003-P Crowned, 2015)

Japan
10 yen (1969)

Token
Emporium Arcade & Bar (Chicago, IL)

Presume this thread covers all coin machines, not just the branded one.

I don't normally look anymore (having found little in the past) but I happened to be standing next to a machine while standing in line at the service desk, something caught the corner of my eye and I stuck my hand in the chute and pulled out a Canadian nickel quarter and 36 cents in US coin.

Sixteen cents (U.S. coins) found yesterday in a CS machine. Dime, nickel and penny. No good dates.

Quarter,dime,penny.

Forgetful. Yesterday’s funds were at a branch I had not been in for years. It had a coin machine I had not seen before. Coin stream. Odd but makes sense. No belt to feed coin. You had to push it into a slot. Think coin star. Without being able to lift the screen.

It sucked. Not going there again ever

In the last few days I got a 1960 French franc- made of nickel. With it was a 2020 Mexico 50 centavo coin and a zinc U.S. penny.

1960 was the first year of the French nickel franc. I have a full tube of them (they fit quarter tubes perfectly).

Turned in some of last weeks, haul.
Pennies x 5
Nickel x 1
Dimes x 4
Quarter x 2
Junk.... Washer, nut, screw, car wash token, small metal piece.

One bent dime today

3 pennies
6 dimes

November's US total came within a nickel of tying October, but the real star this month was foreigns. Four new countries were added to the year total, including and two all-time new ones. 30 nations is a possibility if I have a good December, so we'll see. I also learned (or re-learned - maybe I already knew but forgot) that the weekend after Thanksgiving is terrible for Coinstar-ing, since the grocery store is the last place people need to go. But we all know people cash in their coinage before Xmas so let's hope December ends 2022 with a bang!

November totals (2022 totals)

1¢ - .51 (5.58)
5¢ - .55 (7.75)
10¢ - .90 (15.90)
25¢ - 3.00 (27.00)
50¢ - 0.00 (1.50)
Total - 4.96 (57.73)

Included in Nov's total - 1956-D quarter

Apartment complex parking lot (year to date): 3.36 (Need 29 cents for my penny-a-day average. It's gonna be close!)


Bermuda <---27th country for 2022! <---74th country all time!
25 cents (1973)

Canada
5 cents (2004)
10 cents (1981, 2006 RCM, 2009)
25 cents (1977)

Ethiopia <---25th country for 2022!
1 birr (2016)

Great Britain
6 pence (1967)
10 pence (2010)
20 pence (2016, 2019)
1 pound (2017)

Japan
100 yen (1969)

Mexico
50 centavos (2016)
2 pesos (2004, 2018)

Serbia <---26th country for 2022! <---73rd country all time!
2 dinara (2020)

Spain
10 euro cents (2008)

Sweden <---24th country for 2022!
1 krona (2016)

Tokens/Misc
Dave & Buster's (2015 x2)
Mr Car Wash/US Flag (No date x2)
Plastic play money penny (2016-D and dateless)
Plastic play money dime (dateless)


2022 countries (27)
Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland

November Coinstar and found on the ground finds


$.40 USD

.01 - 5
.05 - 1
.10 - 3
.25 -
.50 -
$

Misc
$10 lotto credit won nothing


Obsolete

Pocket Change

OK, haven't reported in a while, but always check and pull anyting I find from the local coinstar. My closest one is in a Winn Dixie grocery store. Over the past 3 weeks, I have found silver on 3 occasions. The day after Thanksgiving - Black Friday, $1.83 in the tray, 2 silver Roosies (46 & 54). The next day, $.38, one silver Roosie (64). Then this past Sunday, $.81 in the tray, another Roosie (63). Finally, I got a silver dime in change at Wawa for the first time in ages as well. Perhaps people are dumping some stuff as we approach Christmas and they're maxing out the credit cards and need to cash in change for groceries and gas. It almost makes me wanna start searching dimes again.

.37 in the WInn Dixie coinstar today. Washington state quarter, dime, & two zincs. Then found a nickel in the parking lot behind my truck.

A penny. An ugly 1989 zincoln, brown and worn. But hey, it's cash and it's mine. Coinstar at Kroger.

Keep stacking....(one penny at a time)

2022 was a pretty good year, Coinstar-wise. While I didn't eclipse any records, there were solid totals in all areas (US tally, silver, foreigns, even tokens). Best find of the year was clearly the 1907 Philippine/US 20 centavos, which is now my oldest Coinstar find in three categories: US, foreign and silver. And speaking of foreign, lots of totals bested last year's figures, with Canada and Britain being the standouts. My apartment complex parking lots finds came thru in the 11th hour to pass my penny-a-day goal, with the 3-year tally also above that threshold. I've added another stop to my searching route, so I'm back to eight Coinstars to check. Can't wait to see what they give up in 2023. Best of luck everyone!

December totals (2022 GRAND TOTALS)

1¢ - .63 (6.21)
5¢ - .20 (7.95)
10¢ - 3.30 (19.20)
25¢ - 3.25 (30.25)
50¢ - .50 (2.00)
Total - 7.88 (65.61)

Included in Dec total - 1955 wheatie, 1958-D dime, 1964 half

Apartment complex parking lot: $3.93 ($12.14, 2020-22)

Canada
5 cents (2014, 2018)
10 cents (1987, 2006-P, 1921/2021 uncolored)
25 cents (1999, Dec)

France
5 euro cents (1999)

Germany
2 euro cents (2018-F)

Great Britiain
5 pence (1990)
10 pence (2007)

Italy
5 euro cents (2002)
2 euros (2002)

Pakistan <---28th country for 2022!
5 rupees (2004)

Tokens
Aladdin's Castle
Mr Car Wash/US Flag
Antique Auto/No Cash Value
Bourbon Street/No Cash Value
Ilias Slot Park (x2)
Eagle/No Cash Value

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2022 stats

Oldest
US/foreign/silver - 1907 (Philippines/US Admin - 20 centavos - .0965 ASW)

Wheaties (10) - 1929, 1939-S, 1940 (x2), 1940-S, 1941 (x3), 1942-S, 1955
Silver dimes (6) - 1936, 1947, 1953-S, 1958-D, 1962-D, 1964-D
Silver quarters (3) - 1956-D, 1964, 1964-D
Silver half - (1) - 1964
Silver tally - 1.4344 oz. = $34.41 melt (at current $23.99/oz)

Biggest CS hauls
45 coins - 7/17 - US: .01 (x26), .05 (x10), .10 (x9)
43 coins - 4/1 - US: .01 (x6), .05 (x13), .10 (x1), .25 (x23)
36 coins - 5/1 - US: .01 (x23), .05 (x2), .10 (x6), .25 (x4), religious medal (x1)
31 coins - 3/9 - US: .01 (x28), .05 (x1), .25 (x1), Canada (x1)
31 coins - 12/14 - US: .01 (x17), .05 (x1), .10 (x8), .25 (x5)
27 coins - 4/2 - US: .01 (x16), .05 (x5), .10 (x1), .25 (x5)

Face
Canada - C$7.33 (C$33.00)
Euro - €2.68 (€11.37)
Great Britain - £1.93 <--6p old currency converted to 3p new (£5.50)

2022 countries (28)
Australia, Austria, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland

All countries 2014-22 (74)
Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, China Rep (Taiwan), Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Is., Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela

Five countries that have always appeared since I began monthly tallies
Canada, China, Germany, Great Britain, Mexico

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

Coinstar/ground searching 2009-2022 ---> $573.00


And finally, some of the always interesting non-coin stuff found in and around Coinstar machines this year.

December Coinstar and found on the ground finds


$1.03 USD

.01 - 13
.05 -
.10 - 9
.25 -
.50 -
$

2.00 Mexico peso (4 x .50)
$.05 Canada

Misc

Obsolete

Pocket Change

2022 Year end Coinstar and Found on the ground finds

$10.96 USD includes 1943 P cent
$.05 Canada
$5.50 Pesos Mexico
.01 Euro
1 China yuan
1 Philippines Piso

Obsolete coinage / note

Tokens
1 Century theater

Misc
$10 lottery credit
$3.48 postage stamps

Pocket Change Finds
Nifc dollar coins 2013D, 2014P & 2019P

Does anyone know for sure if Coinstar machines accept silver coins?

Recyclersteve wrote:Does anyone know for sure if Coinstar machines accept silver coins?

The only way to know "for sure" is to dump in nothing but silver and see if anything gets counted, which I never plan on doing.

From what I've seen, the discriminators can vary widely from machine to machine. I pull tons of clad and zinc that looks perfectly fine. Might some silver get counted with the clad if the discriminators are a bit off? Probably, but I think most is rejected. Hard to know definitively unless you talk to a tech. Pre-1940 wheaties seem to be rejected as much as silver.

I meant to add that I got a 2007 Canadian nickel from my local CS machine.

Found $1.11 at my local Walmart and all but 25 cents was at the CS machine.

I saw a guy at the CS machine and attacked it right as he left.

Quarters: 1
Dimes: 7
Nickels: 1 (1941-D)
Pennies: 11
Car wash tokens: 2

Don’t forget all those people who made New Years resolutions to work on their finances. Some of them will be using CS machines to empty piggy banks, etc.