I was at my "dump" bank well.....dumping....I mean taking a du....nevermind. The penny bag in the coinstar machine became full so someone from behind the counter had to come to the machine and change out the coin bag. On a whim, I asked if there was also a reject tube on the inside of the machine. I was surprised when the guy said yes and he pulled out the bucket about the size a large coffee cup or so. I asked him if I could have the contents and he said yes. So he dumped them in the plastic bag I had with me. So, that was new information for me and maybe some of you. Thought I would share. Came away with some bent up pennies, a few nickels and quarters stuck together with various substances, a .50 cent piece (no silver) , 4 foreign coins and a bunch of other trash. Happy hunting.
Stuff that should have gone back into the regular reject slot - there is something a bit disingenuous about not getting credit for a coin and not getting it back.
I used to work at a bank and I was in charge of changing the bag and cleaning it out when it got jammed. It's not fun. More times than not that inner catch had broken glass, nails, fragments of metal, etc.
I had a coinstar find today that is talked about in that thread... Anyway, when I got there the machine was open and the clerk was removing Ikes from a tray inside the machine. No credit to the customer and they did not make it to the reject bin. Who is getting these coins? I assume the maintenance person does... maybe they get tossed? Your not supposed to run ikes through the coinstar but we all know it happens. Interesting.
Zooming ahead to 2024… I caught a close look at the internal (secret) “reject” bin at my banks machine while it was being unjammed… it was loaded with the most incredible assortment of US dollar coins I’ve ever seen outside of a proper collection. Silver Ike’s, Peace dollars, Morgans, there were even AT LEAST 2 Seated Liberty dollar coins in there, all mixed in together with the gum wrappers, bandaids, batteries, and varied residues. Although it wouldn’t work at this branch (given my regular presence there), I’ve come up with a crude plan to get my hands on that stuff… I walk into a strange new branch in the neighboring county, dump $300 in halves, quarters, nickels, dimes, cents, etc… THEN I start to reach the bottom of the bag, which HAPPENS to contain 15 clad Ike dollars, but OH NO, most of them got dumped in… please mister can you help me? I’m sorry I didn’t read the sign that says “NO EISENHOWER DOLLARS”… surely you can help me get them back, right sir?? Pretty soon I’ll be sifting through that bucket pulling out anything with the slightest hint of a glare…. So… flaws? Feedback? What could go wrong here? Worst case, it’s a rude “nice try doofus do I look like I was born yesterday?”
So what did they do with the contents? I've heard people say that bank workers were instructed to throw away anything that wasn't credited as actual money. I sure hope that didn't happen here! Oh, and welcome to CoinTalk!
