coinstar finds

[cwgii]

Again today .02

[cwgii]

Dime
Pennies x 4

[cwgii]

New Zealand 20 ?? Cent pence

[thecrazyone]

Dang the store ppl must recognize you!!

[hobo finds]

December coinstar and found on the ground finds.

$.39 USD
.01 4
.05
.10 1
.25 1
.50
$

.01 Great Brittan
$17 mexico pesos (10, 5, 2)

[coindood]

October-December totals (2024 FINAL TOTALS)

1¢ - .71 (3.05)
5¢ - .55 (2.30)
10¢ - 1.90 (9.80)
25¢ - 2.25 (11.50)
Total - 5.41 (26.65)

Apartment complex parking lot - 2.70

Included in the Oct-Dec total: 1918, 1919, 1925-D wheaties

Canada
10 cents (2010)
25 cents (2003-P uncrowned, 2024)

Cuba <--25th country for 2024!
5 centavos (2016)

France
1/2 franc (1967)

Ireland <--26th country for 2024!
5 euro cents (2007)

Italy
5 euro cents (2010)

Mexico
50 centavos (2019)

Philippines
25 sentimo (2018)

Portugal <--24th country for 2024!
5 euro cents (2009)

Spain
5 euro cents (2016) <--27th country for 2024!

Thailand
1 baht (2004)
5 baht (2014)

Tokens/Misc
Andamiro (1992, South Korea)
Big League Dreams (no date)
Jiaxin pachinko (no date)
Nik-O-Lok restroom token (no date)
Toys for Tots (no date)
Flattened penny (Rainforest Cafe/Las Vegas)

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2024 stats

Oldest US - 1918 wheatie
Oldest Foreign - 1967 (France, 1/2 franc)

Wheaties (7): 1918, 1919, 1925-D, 1936, 1940-S, 1942-S, 1956
Silver nickel (1): 43-P
Silver dimes (3): 51, 59-D, 64-D

ASW: 0.273284 oz. = $7.89 melt (at current $28.86/oz)

Face (all time)
US - $26.65 ($655.42)
Canada - C$3.80 (C$42.18)
Euro - €.50 (€14.23)
UK - 9p (£7.26)

Biggest CS hauls
44 coins - 12/27 - .01 (x29), .05 (x2), .10 (x8), foreign (x3), token (x2)
25 coins - 9/22 - .01 (x4), .10 (x2), .25 (x1), foreign (x12), token (x6)
23 coins - 4/14 - .01 (x13), .05 (x4), .10 (x2), .25 (x3), plastic penny
15 coins - 1/15 - .01 (x12), .25 (x2), Costa Rica (x1)
15 coins - 7/21 - .01 (x2), .05 (x2), .10 (x3), .25 (x1), foreign (x6), Chuck E Cheese token

2024 Countries (27)
Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, East Caribbean States, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates

All countries 2014-24 (79)
Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, China Rep (Taiwan), Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, East Caribbean States, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, 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

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

Biggest CS hauls
44 coins - 12/27 - .01 (x29), .05 (x2), .10 (x8), foreign (x3), token (x2)
25 coins - 9/22 - .01 (x4), .10 (x2), .25 (x1), foreign (x12), token (x6)
23 coins - 4/14 - .01 (x13), .05 (x4), .10 (x2), .25 (x3), plastic penny
15 coins - 1/15 - .01 (x12), .25 (x2), Costa Rica (x1)
15 coins - 7/21 - .01 (x2), .05 (x2), .10 (x3), .25 (x1), foreign (x6), Chuck E Cheese token


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

[Silver4face]

December coinstars were awful - one crusty zincoln for the whole month. However, December dump machines did well, but those are reported in a separate thread. I really think we should combine these "finding change" threads into ONE single thread.

[cwgii]

Q x1
D x 3....oomph...a 59

N x q
D x 3

[thecrazyone]

Nice

[Silver4face]

Hit a good coinstar machine yesterday. It gave me 34 cents as follows:

Three dimes (one Canadian)
Four pennies (one Cu)

[cwgii]

Machine 1 gave w ugly zinc

#2. 2 ugly zn,, one even uglier cu
And 2 Pressed from tombstone

[Silver4face]

Two coinstars yesterday produced.

#1 35 cents (U.S. quarter & cad dime)

#2 2 zincolns

[cwgii]

2..halves
1.. dime
1.. nickel
5.. pennies.

One penny.. England

[mtalbot_ca]

SILVER !!!! 1 x dime (1958), on its edge against the front of the tray. Thankfully a shiny nickel was there to catch my eye. Only when I stuck my greedy fingers, the dime fell on my hand. First time with silver. Made my day!

[Country]

10c at my local Food Lion coinstar:

1 clad dime.

[Silver4face]

Walmart coinstar produced 18 cents as follows:
a dime, a nickel and three zincolns.

[cwgii]

.50 mex

[coindood]

Started off 2025 with a new source for consistant finds. It's a coinless casino's customer-accessible coin counter, similar to ones I've checked downtown for many years. Despite being the only machine there, I've found something on every visit. Most of the time it's foreigns stuck to the interior magnets, which is why January's US total is just okay, but the foreigns were great. Fully expect this to be a banner year for other country's coinage.

January totals (2025 totals)

1¢ - .21
5¢ - .20
10¢ - .70
25¢ - 1.50
Total - 2.61

Apartment complex parking lot: .17

Canada
5 cents (2012)
10 cents (2001 Volunteers, 2010, 2016)
25 cents (2006-P, 2006 RCM)

Great Britain
1 penny (2001)

Ireland
1 euro cent (2003)

Mexico
2 pesos (2012, 2023)

Philippines
1 piso (2019)

Thailand
1 baht (2014, 2019, 2021)


2025 Countries (6)
Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Mexico, Philippines, Thailand

[hobo finds]

January coinstar and found on the ground finds.

$.14 USD
.01 4
.05
.10 1
.25
.50
$

$.14 worst month ever.

[thecrazyone]

You'll do better in Feb

[68Camaro]

I rarely find anything, but did find 3 zincs and a dime in the reject tray on Sunday.

[Country]

1c at my local Food Lion coinstar:

1 banged-up 2005 Zincoln.

[cwgii]

Cdn dime 1974

[cwgii]

3 zincs

[shinnosuke]

First find in a long time...

Grocery store Coinstar:
1 Qtr & 2 dimes all 3 clad
1 zincoln
1 Cu from the 60's

Total that up and you get 47 cents. 47 is my favorite number since way back. I later learned that 47 is also the atomic weight of Ag. Double the reason to like it. What amazes me about 47 is the frequency with which I find it or 74 on the license plates of cars I see while waiting at a red light.