Hello everyone, A few days ago I went to check out the reject bin of a CoinStar machine near my church. I was excited to see the bin full so I grabbed all the coins, stuck them in my pocket and quickly left the cashier place! There were the normal finds such as .79 Cents in US Coins. I don't know why most of these were rejected.. A mix of foreign coins - Obverse & Reverse sides.. And then there was this craziness 52 Copper Plated Zinc Cents But all of them were altered in such a way that were a bit wider than a normal Cent. I have no idea why someone would do this. They were bent in such a way that some were cup shaped and/or twisted. Kind of reminded me of altered Texas Cents where they put a Cent between 2 pieces of leather and hit it with a hammer to make them wider. I just thought it was a very strange find so I wanted to share
I find cents like that in coin rolls occasionally. I have never checked them for diameter. I don't think anyone would do that intentionally. What source could produce so many, car wash, laundry, parking lot? Fun thought puzzle.
Color is off, as though the zinc diffused into the copper -- I wonder if they melted? It doesn't take much to melt zinc, and the copper plating is just tough enough to let them hold their shape if they aren't jostled.
@paddyman98 …2 really simple reasons: 1. They were combating inflation! …and 2. They were stretching their budget…(yeah, I know…pretty awful). Happy Fourth of July, Edwin, my man. And that was a really nice haul from that CoinStar…everytime I check one someone has already beaten me to the punch. …Spark
Ed, you gotta stop stuffing tissue up the reject chute. Too many coins to just be one persons rejects. LOL
