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Re: coinstar finds

Postby henrysmedford » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:18 am

OtusLotus wrote:Found an 1889 US 3-Cent Nickel today!!!

You have no idea how siked I am !!!!

That looks like the big bucks of free see http://www.numismedia.com/cgi-bin/coinprice.cgi?script=3ncnt&searchtype=any&searchtext=fmv&search4=any&nmcode=11312100&guide=prices&guide2=pricesms can you post a photo.
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby SilverEye » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:31 am

I've been checking 2 different Coinstar machines, each once a week. I've found exactly 1 clad dime so far. Not quite the money maker I was hoping for..
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby merchoarder » Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:06 pm

Been a while since I found anything at a coinstar but today I was greeted by 3 Ca dimes, 1 US CuNi Nickel and a zinc penny! I'll take it!
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby MUTiger » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:23 pm

I was dumping $95 in zinc to get a Lowe's card for a bathroom project. My daughter always checks the reject tray and throws the pennies back in the hopper. I noticed a few dimes as she was doing this. We found the following.
3 clad dimes (made up for the 20 something zincs that disappeared)
1950-D Roosevelt
1984 Canadian dime

They must have been stuck in the chute from the reject tray because they were not in bottom when we walked up. I guess that is where my missing zincs went. We were syched about the free silver.

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Re: coinstar finds

Postby plus1hdcp » Thu May 10, 2012 9:13 pm

Add 1 nickel and 2 zincs

Total 2012
1 - Quarter
0 - Dime
1 - Nickel
2 - Zincs
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby corky569 » Mon May 21, 2012 8:06 pm

I found 37.25 in quarters in the coin return in the bank lobby. Explain that one...please.
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Wed May 30, 2012 12:13 pm

I needed to order something online from Amazon this past weekend so I walked to the local grocery store with a bag of zinc cents to dump in their coinstar machine and get an Amazon gift card. What did I find in the machine? Two dimes and a nickel. :D
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby NotABigDeal » Thu May 31, 2012 7:19 pm

I never use these machines for several reasons, but I always check the two by the exit from the store. Hit or miss, usually just a coin or two. Nothing special. Two weeks or so ago in one of the machines I found 37 dimes, 37 pennies (odd I know) one Canadian 25¢, and eight tokens from the local mini golf (25¢ each).

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Re: coinstar finds

Postby bookshelf » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:19 am

Found a 1964 US quarter in the return tray yesterday morning.
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Sun Jun 10, 2012 11:40 pm

Found a '64 silver Roosevelt dime in the Coinstar machine today. :D :D :D
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby NHsorter » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:41 pm

TwoAndAHalfCents wrote:Found a '64 silver Roosevelt dime in the Coinstar machine today. :D :D :D
Nice :shock:
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby kestrelia » Wed Jun 13, 2012 8:28 am

I found a 1905 Liberty Nickel in the reject tray of a coin counter. It's the best one I've found in some time. A new date for me too. :)
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby NotABigDeal » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:43 pm

Nice find.

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Re: coinstar finds

Postby tulaneoutlaw » Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:23 am

Walked into a grocery store last night and as usual checked the return bin of the Coinstar machine. No luck. On the way out, just happened to look down at the edge of the machine and what do I see? A 1927 Merc just laying there. Easily the best Coinstar find I've ever had. Can't believe I missed it on the first pass.
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby woodyh » Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:35 am

2 clad dimes
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby kestrelia » Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:29 am

I found this in a coin counter reject pile! I think I was nervous for about 20 minutes afterwards. Amazingly this is the second gold coin I've found. The other I found in a penny roll, but this one was free and has more than 2x the gold. It's the best thing by far I've found in 5 years of coin searching. My blog has a bigger picture up.

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Re: coinstar finds

Postby TXBullion » Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:32 am

kestrelia wrote:I found this in a coin counter reject pile! I think I was nervous for about 20 minutes afterwards. Amazingly this is the second gold coin I've found. The other I found in a penny roll, but this one was free and has more than 2x the gold. It's the best thing by far I've found in 5 years of coin searching. My blog has a bigger picture up.

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Re: coinstar finds

Postby Rodebaugh » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:08 am

Gold ........just fantastic.

just silly lucky.
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby NHsorter » Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:06 am

Every time I am at Wal-Mart of the grocery store, I'll shuffle over and peek at the coinstar. I have never even seen a zincoln. Zilch. And you got a gold coin. Crazy! Incredible find, nice job.
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby 68Camaro » Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:15 am

Wow.... incredible on the gold coin....
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby JerrySpringer » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:28 am

Wow!
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby chris819 » Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:36 pm

Found a 1953 silver dime today. It was my first silver coin i found in a coinstar.
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby Saabman » Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:37 pm

A 1994 Brasil 5 centavos for my 2nd find at a coin star......

WTG kestrelia!!!! Simply amazing!!!!!
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby Matt B » Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:58 am

These coin sorters sound much more promising than checking payphones for change, especially when the latter are all but gone now. I'll have to get with the program...
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Re: coinstar finds

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:21 pm

Took a bag of zincs to the Coinstar today to exchange for a Lowes gift card. Someone before me had left behind two pennies that were stuck together. I pried them apart and put the copper one in my pocket and the zinc one in with the batch I was dumping. :lol:
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