Mercury Dime Suprise!

[UnderMiner]

Went to the grocery store to buy some bread today but the solitary staffed checkout line was a mile long and the whole self-checkout system was broken. Not wishing to spend an hour attempting to buy an 87 cent loaf of bread I decided to not even bother. On my way out of the dysfunctional store I noticed Mr. Coinstar had a hand full of coins waiting for me:

Clearly just a bunch of crusty old zinc pennies but I took them anyway just to be sure.

I forgot about the handful of crusty pennies for about an hour when I took them out of my pocket to finally assess what I had found, and to my suprise this is what I saw:

A San Fran 1943 Merc sitting face up among the gross pennies.

 

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[Gare]

I am glad someone does ok at the coinstar machines

 

[detectorcowboy]

You got to love that.
Yesterday I checked the one at my grocery store & found these

 

[Digger RJ]

Went to the grocery store to buy some bread today but the solitary staffed checkout line was a mile long and the whole self-checkout system was broken. Not wishing to spend an hour attempting to buy an 87 cent loaf of bread I decided to not even bother. On my way out of the dysfunctional store I noticed Mr. Coinstar had a hand full of coins waiting for me:
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Clearly just a bunch of crusty old zinc pennies but I took them anyway just to be sure.

I forgot about the handful of crusty pennies for about an hour when I took them out of my pocket to finally assess what I had found, and to my suprise this is what I saw:
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A San Fran 1943 Merc sitting face up among the gross pennies.
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Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[UnderMiner]

I am glad someone does ok at the coinstar machines

Not as good as that T-net user who found a gold sovereign in there the other day. Imagine finding a 150 year old gold coin in a return slot! That post inspired me to look more frequently! 🥳🕺💃👑🥳

 

[Gare]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

87 cent loaf of bread ! WOW here a load of bread is 2 dollars or more .

 

[Gare]

Not as good as that T-net user who found a gold sovereign in there the other day. Imagine finding a 150 year old gold coin in a return slot! That post inspired me to look more frequently! 🥳🕺💃👑🥳

150 YEAR OLD GOLD SOVEREIGN WOW !! FANTASTIC maybe i I will have to start checking them better
that is an AMAZING find in there

 

[oldmxrat]

Sweet surprise indeed!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

What I really need to know is, where can I get an 87 cent loaf of bread?