Reject Tube & Coinstar Finds

2 nickels in the reject of the water vending machine, a cent on the floor next to the self checkout and a Ghana coin on the floor next to the coinstar.

 

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A sort of exciting day at the coinstar machine - I found a newish Canadian coin, but also a 1943 steel cent and a 1941 cent. Steel cent has some rust spots, but still a neat find.

 

One silver dime in a coinstar.

 

Only a single zinc penny yesterday at work.
Some days are definitely better than others.

 

One very pretty quarter from 1964 at the credit union's coinstar this weekend!

 

The coin star gods are fickle. Although it is in sparkling condition.

 

Found in the "coinstar" at the bank this morning, an Australian 2006 10-cent (generic image from wikipedia)

 

Still haven't been to a Coinstar.
But got 40 cents at work today.

 

Starting to become the Holiday season! remember to check your Coinstars regularly!

 

A couple coinstars gave up the following a couple days ago...
1.32 Canadian
1 Mexico peso
1.09 Euro
and .54 US

 

1968 cinco centavos, unidentified Asian coin, and 7 cents.

 

It seems to be a 1 yen Japanese aluminum coin. Will try to date it.
Good site. http://portlandcoins.blogspot.com/2012/11/reading-japanese-numbers-and-dates.html
But still not easy to date. I am sure it's modern. I was just curious on the date.

 

This was a nice surprise last night



Found it in a coinstar reject.

Thanks,
Jacob

 

Great find! It always amazes me that people don't check that return. I think it even tells you to do it before it prints your ticket out. The one at my credit union tells you to check. I guess they can't be bothered....... Ohh well. We'll take them, right?

 

Haha yea there was a really interesting story to it, you can read it here- https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coinstar-and-interesting-story.305713/


Thanks,
Jacob

 

dates on the other side

 

A dime in the slot yesterday, and 20 cents on the grill today. Secrets exposed after the photo.

Secret #1 Don't just check the slot. I find a lot of coins on the grill. Usually in the inside left hand corner which is not visible. The dimes are often camouflaged by the gray color of the grill.
Secret #2 Sometimes there is money stuck in the slot at the end of the grill before it gets dumped into the machine. Usually, I can key those out. The key fits snuggly on the rim of the coin and you pop it back towards you.
Secret #3 Sometimes you can't get those stuck coins out. Just turn on the machine, lift the grill, dump them into the belly of the beast and get a receipt. Either cash it out at customer service or if you are spending money in the store anyway, give it to the cashier after your purchase.

 

I know those secrets

Coinstar today:

2 - 5 euro cent
12 cents canadian
1 - 5 pence
3 cents us
2 quarters us, one is silver

 

Went by one branch to dump mixed coins (no halves) and the Tech was working on the Cummins Allison Coin Machine, so got a picture of the inside (note plastic internal reject cup in foreground). He said the machine uses an optical laser to read each coin. I gave the Branch Manager an AU Bi-Centennial Kennedy in a plastic case because she lets me buy the half coin bag off the machine. I asked if there was an internal reject cup and she said yes, and showed me a handful of bent modern clad coins plus this 1940 Wheatie which she gave me. Kind of beat up, but free!

 

Wow!
Very cool.


Thanks,
Jacob