Weirdest Coin Star Haul Ever!

[Ed-D]

Yes, much to my wife's embarrassment, I always check the Coin Star machines... I've always found just clad. This time was, well, different.

2 wheats, one is a '43 steel. A NYC transit token, a washer, two other tokens of some kind, and the dime/memorial pennies.

 

[ScubaDetector]

Still adds to your finds count. Nice tokens. Even though newer.

 

[Carolina Tom]

You need to get your wife to check it FOR you... that would be a good trick!

Best of luck, and congrats on the steelie!

 

[scott9050]

Top 2 are arcade tokens.

 

[TRanegar36]

Whats the trick to checking the coin star? I always walk by and never see anything in the slot... do you reach up in there?

Thanks & nice finds!

 

[Ed-D]

Whats the trick to checking the coin star? I always walk by and never see anything in the slot... do you reach up in there?

Thanks & nice finds!

No tricks. I see something in there one in 10 times I check. It's just in the reject tray.

 

[TRanegar36]

No tricks. I see something in there one in 10 times I check. It's just in the reject tray.

Ok thanks. The coinstar I see in Walmart is next to the customer service line... prolly why I never see anything, but I'll keep looking =)

 

[trapperart]

Very cool congrats

 

[SusanMN]

Great set of rejects.

 

[Johncoho]

I do the same thing to my wife when I go shopping with her. Always check the Coinstar. I have found coins 4 times this winter with one being a 1954 Washington quarter.

 

[baspinall]

Nice. I have never seen a coin in one of these machines ever. They are always empty.

 

[Johncoho]

This past winter the Walmarts moved all their Coinstars around the Phoenix area to the Customer service area. Probably so they can watch the rejects themselves.

Ok thanks. The coinstar I see in Walmart is next to the customer service line... prolly why I never see anything, but I'll keep looking =)

 

[Ed-D]

I do the same thing to my wife when I go shopping with her. Always check the Coinstar. I have found coins 4 times this winter with one being a 1954 Washington quarter.

One day I'll get a silver. But a silver Washington?! Way to go.

 

[BigWaveDave]

So I get home from work today, and my wife confesses that she peeked in the coinstar at Walmart....while she didn't find anything....

I had never been so proud.

 

[thrifty76now]

I check those coin-star machines also,but for me the finds have been slim.

 

[Loco-Digger]

That steel penny sure is a sweet find. They sure don't look that pretty after being buried for 7 decades.

 

[Ed-D]

So I get home from work today, and my wife confesses that she peeked in the coinstar at Walmart....while she didn't find anything....

I had never been so proud.

That is awesome.

 

[treblehunter]

That's cool

 

[SusanMN]

Grocery stores that have small branch banks in them often have a coin counting machine for their customers. Different machines than coinstar but with reject bins. The one I check most frequently has a little plastic door you need to push in and then feel around for coins. Found over $20 in coins inside that door a few years back, so I always check it, but it's usually just filled with nasty bits of crud requiring hand washing immediately afterwards.

 

[nsdq]

only a rusty nail is what i find