Make sure you read the fine print on the CoinStar machine and follow ALL the instructions!

A friend of mine saw this on his local CoinStar terminal and thought it was pretty hilarious. I agree.

Betcha they’ve gotten every one of those items on the banned list… and then some!

(Zoom in for the fine print)



Wheat is banned, but corn and barley aren’t mentioned. And no Eisenhower silver dollars. But what about the clad ones?

 

That banned items list, if you had trouble reading it, is:

1943 US pennies, acorns, alcohol wipes, animal crackers, animal or human teeth, bandages, batteries, beads, bells, belt clips, bent coins, bolts, bottle caps, broken glass, bullets, buttons, candy, candy wrappers, cardboard, cat litter, chains, clay, commemorative coins, confetti, contact lenses, cotton balls, cotton swabs, crayons, cuff links, damaged coins, dirt, dirty coins, dog food, drill bits, ear plugs, earthworms, Eisenhower silver dollars, erasers, feathers, finger nails, flash drives, foam objects, foreign coins, fossils, French fries, fruit snacks, glitter, gold fish, grass, guitar picks, gum, gum wrappers, gummy worms/bears, hair clips, hay, jar lids, jewelry, key chains, keys, lint, marbles, matches, miniature dice, mints, mud, nails, name tags, nuts/ bolts, paper clips, pen caps, pencils, pills, pine cone parts, pins, pipe cleaners, Play-Doh, playing cards, POGs, pop can tabs, popsicle sticks, quilt. squares, ribbons, rocks, rubber bands, rubber lid seals, sand, screw driver bits, screws, SD cards, seeds, shells, soap, soda, springs, stickers, tape, tie tacks, tire caps, tissues, tokens, tooth picks, tree bark, twigs/sticks, vegetables, wall hooks, washers, watch bands, wheat, wires and yarn.​

 

I found three extremely greenified, lumpy, crumbling Zincolns and a bobby pin in the reject slot, once. Oh, and a rubber band (one of those small elastic hair bands).

Alas, no 1/10 oz gold Eagle (yes, from reading the coin forums, I know of at least one person finding one of those.)

 

Flatworms should be allowed, though. Surely they can fit through the slots?

 

Ahh, but the reject bin is a basket on the outside of the machine. I’m sure most of the interesting items on this list were found inside, trapped in the guts of the machine.

Another friend of mine reports seeing a razor blade, so yeah, you’re not gonna wanna go groping around up the chute…