1909 Wheat found in coin reject bin

So every time I leave my grocery store, I always make a quick stop at the coin counter machine on my way towards the door. Usually there's nothing left behind. Sometimes there's a few coins in there....

But recently, I found this:


It looks much better in-hand than in the photos (curse my old 4.0 MP Minolta diMage camera).

I guess that's not a bad reject find.

 

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Wow! And it has V.D.B. too!

 

Great find! And in good shape.

 

Hey, don't knock the DiMAGE! I had a 7 (5MP?), it was a beast in its time.

Nice find, a good six times older than the camera, too...

 

Thanks everyone. I was surprised too. I had to do a double-take on the reverse to make sure I actually was seeing "VDB."

Yeah, it was a great camera back in its day. Mine is a S414 I think. Optical zoom. It works great on a tripod pointed over my coins in macro mode. Not the sharpest or highest resolution coin images, but it's the best I have at the moment.

They used to have a CoinStar, but they switched to a more generic machine, which looks more like the machines at my local bank (Fulton).

I've asked myself why machines reject what they do. With this penny it had also rejected a nickel from the 80s and a dime from the 90s. Not sure why as they were not damaged at all.

It's a mystery.

 

Sometimes the machines jam, because people over load them too quickly.
And it will put out coins that are not damaged or off metal, or foreign.
Perhaps someone just accidentally took the others and left that one.
Sometimes that will happen, it will be tucked into a corner of the slot and so the person doesn't see or feel it, and leaves it in there. This must have been part of someone's collection at one time. I don't see this circulating for over 100 years, it would be worn smooth.

 

Legally , any left over coins from a machine that is located on the store premises belong to that store and should be returned to the office or you can be charged with shoplifting. This seldom happens ,but it is the same for finding a coin or other item on the store floor.

 

On the other hand, the first time I found a pile of change in the return slot at the Harris-Teeter CoinStar, I took it to Customer Service, and they said "finders keepers".

I'm guessing most stores actually don't have an accounting procedure for collecting change they find on the floor, and that dealing with an unexplained surplus in the register is almost as much of a pain as dealing with a shortfall.

 

Wow. Nice find and it's in great condition.

 

I'll say. My lowest is a 1910. And 1919p+s. Then a 1924. My my would i love one of those

 

What is a 7. 5mp

 

Matte proof? Oh camera

 

Awesome find!!

 

Cuz it has no class

 

I'm so glad for you. Bet no one can match finding a 09. Reject find of the century. Bravo

 

But I'm old. Who's gonna mess with me. For a 09. I'd fake a heart attack and swollow it

 

Your a saint. Straight to heaven you be

 

Nice find. Maybe a quick acetone soak to remove the verdigris.

 

Acetone removes organic matter. I don't think it will remove verdigris.
Coin looks pretty good the way it is. I wouldn't mess with it.