Coinstar has been hot lately and today it literally turned into a GOLD MINE

[ToddsPoint]

This is the 1926 gold commemorative that @Sandog found in the coin-star. I purchased it from him. My only “treasure coin”.😉 I’m getting ready to buy another one though, stay tuned.

 

[CJ9]

Went to the post office and dropped it on the scale. Also got a better picture in natural light
Over the coming days I am going to go to a coin dealer to settle this out once and for all

 

[CJ9]

This is the 1926 gold commemorative that @Sandog found in the coin-star. I purchased it from him. My only “treasure coin”.😉 I’m getting ready to buy another one though, stay tuned.View attachment 2248149

Yes. Really nice coin and wow it graded very high. Also it was a timely find (150 year anniversary and now its 250).

 

[Red-Coat]

Went to the post office and dropped it on the scale. Also got a better picture in natural light
Over the coming days I am going to go to a coin dealer to settle this out once and for all

Although US Post Office (USPS) scales are legally mandated to meet accuracy standards and regularly inspected, they won’t do better than ±0.1 oz or ±0.05 oz depending on the model. Perhaps less accurate still at lower weights, so that doesn’t help much. A weight of 0.28 ounces is 7.9g, which would be significantly overweight versus 6.45 for a genuine coin and counterfeits or replicas are really unlikely to be heavier than genuine coins.

Fingers crossed for you if you can find a digital scale designed for accurate weighing small items. I have one that cost around $15 which is accurate to ±0.1 g. It was a good investment.

As @ConceptualizedNetherlandr pointed out dimensions are important too, and a genuine coin should be 21mm in diameter and 1.25mm thick. Counterfeits are sometimes made a little wider and/or thicker to get the correct weight when alloys lighter than .900 gold are used.

 

[AstralDruid]

Excellent ...........
I have some of those, ten i think , will look at mine and see if they are the same, mine are real....
Amazing stuff.........

 

[CJ9]

Although US Post Office (USPS) scales are legally mandated to meet accuracy standards and regularly inspected, they won’t do better than ±0.1 oz or ±0.05 oz depending on the model. Perhaps less accurate still at lower weights, so that doesn’t help much. A weight of 0.28 ounces is 7.9g, which would be significantly overweight versus 6.45 for a genuine coin and counterfeits or replicas are really unlikely to be heavier than genuine coins.

Fingers crossed for you if you can find a digital scale designed for accurate weighing small items. I have one that cost around $15 which is accurate to ±0.1 g. It was a good investment.

As @ConceptualizedNetherlandr pointed out dimensions are important too, and a genuine coin should be 20mm in diameter and 1.25mm thick. Counterfeits are sometimes made a little wider and/or thicker to get the correct weight when alloys lighter than .900 gold are used.

I am just going to bring it to a coin shop over the coming days/week and get this figured out

 

[CJ9]

The place keeps producing. I popped into the same Stop & Shop just now and pulled a 1942 merc and an Isreali coin. Took the pic on top of the kindling wood they sell right outside the store.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Anybody that reloads firearm cartridges will have a powder scale that is accurate. Some are only accurate to 1 grain others to .1 grain

 

[CJ9]

Just walked out of the coin shop and it weighs 6.4 grams and they said its the real deal.

 

[Red-Coat]

Well done, then... and I'm voting 'Banner Find'.

 

[CJ9]

Well done, then... and I'm voting 'Banner Find'.

Thanks. And thanks for asking all the questions about it. I learned a lot about these coins (which I had never seen before) and gold coins in general.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Not a bad days work CJ!

 

[Swaveab]

Thanks. And thanks for asking all the questions about it. I learned a lot about these coins (which I had never seen before) and gold coins in general.

In your area many foreigners probably dumped some of the money they had on them from other countries. A bigger source are the thieves that rob a place and don't know the true worth of what they stole. Some may know, but try to dump hot items for quick cash.

In any case you did very well and I think there should be a banner classification for coin stars, but separate from our standard metal detecting banners.

 

[doverturtle]

If it were me, I would be checking that Coinstar machine every day.

 

[NSR60]

Nice score! I found a 1922 French coin once...but it was a 1 franc, no precious metals.

 

[Rob 183]

Awesome finds! I guess I am uninformed about this topic, are you just checking the reject bins?

 

[CJ9]

Not a bad days work CJ! View attachment 2248515

Thanks

 

[CJ9]

If it were me, I would be checking that Coinstar machine every day.

Ha yeah I check it pretty often. It is only about a mile from my house so nearly every time I drive by I go in and take a peek

 

[CJ9]

Awesome finds! I guess I am uninformed about this topic, are you just checking the reject bins?

Yep. Just looking in the reject bin. You dont even have to put your hand in there unless there is something because you can literally just see the coins in there from a short distance.