How Bad Were Those Stnk'n Zinc Pennies? So Bad They Choked The Coinstar Machine

[John-Edmonton]

-Put in pennies
-After 1,833 pennies machine chokes
-Machine says call store attendant

-Store attendant comes 10 minutes later

-Store attendant has wrong set of keys

-Store attendant, after 10 minutes has right set of keys.
-Store attendant opens machine, pulls out bent, cut, rusted, holed, 1/2, 1/3 etc. pennies

-Store attendant apologizes for inconvenience, gives writer $17.34 voucher

-Detectorist buys this:

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[enamel7]

That's what hammers are for!

 

[John-Edmonton]

That's what hammers are for!

You-betcha! I needed the Coinstar Machine to screen out the undesirables first, then then they will be recycled.

 

[Carolina Tom]

The first time I dumped dug coins in the machine, I dumped a bunch of bad ones... the first grocery store could not figure out how to fix the machine, after I jammed it up. The second grocery store had to fix the machine twice before I was completed.

I sort out the damaged zinc cents now... it's easier on ME that way.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Kinda like when Al Bundy plugs up the toilet !
Gary

 

[cruiserkev]

I wash the clad I dig in vinegar for a few minutes then rinse it good. Cleans it well enough. No jams in the coinstar today but I did sort out the crusty zincolins first. 6 months of digging got me $113.23. More than enough to get that RnB AT rechargable battery and say goodbye to AA's. I love this hobby.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Ok....wait a minute.
Forgive me, but I just had a thought.....an epiphany if you will....

So, Canadian coinstars reject rotten coins, eh?
Do they reject American coinage?....as my coinstars down here reject Canadian coins....hmmm.....