I didn't know Romans used Coinstar

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  1. Cucumbor

    Cucumbor Well-Known Member

    Cool find, even though it's damaged
    Maybe the guy/gal thought they had fooled the bank while throwing in their "junk"

    Ignorance...
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    Cucumbor, Mar 6, 2021
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Collecting for 49 years Moderator

    Actually, I didn’t even have my detector with me that day. I eyeballed it in a dirt road next to a colonial churchyard, where it had been washed out by erosion.

    (Drat, yet another dead-picture post I have to fix. *grumble*) :(

    Somebody found a Roman antoninianus in a CoinStar machine?!? Wow, that is indeed epic! I came into the end of this thread since I was tagged. Gotta go check out the original post now!
     
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Collecting for 49 years Moderator

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  5. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Or Ingenuus or Jotapianus. Don't think that will happen.;)
     
    ancient coin hunter, Mar 6, 2021
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  6. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    My wife has done it. When we first got married she would go around tidying up, not knowing I leave such stuff laying around. Anything round and coinlike she tossed in the change jar. I had to go through the jar coin by coin. She had junk silver, pandas, all sorts of ancients, (one was a Hadrian Pharos lower grade drachm), etc.

    I am guessing similar here. Someone's wife, girlfriend, or mom just tidied up. I seriously doubt it was true circulation.
     
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  7. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Did ya ever wonder what a Corgi would look like without any legs ?

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    Not that much different really :D :D
     
    GDJMSP, Mar 6, 2021
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  8. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    You lucky devil...
     
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  9. CoinCorgi

    CoinCorgi Tell your dog I said hi!

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  10. Randy Abercrombie

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  11. scottishmoney

    scottishmoney Buh bye

    I am not kidding, I literally found this "lump" in the trash next to the coin machine at my credit union can along with a small pile of other foreign coins a bit more than a year ago:

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    It is an early Roman era coin from Carmo in what is now Spain, was minted ca. 200 BC. After I found it it took a couple of days to identify it - mainly the legend on the reverse and the sheaf of wheat.
     
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  12. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    What are these people thinking?! Wow!
    You've got me beat for the oldest coinstar find now :p
     
    furryfrog02, Mar 6, 2021
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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Collecting for 49 years Moderator

    Amazing.
     
    lordmarcovan, Mar 6, 2021
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  14. 1865King

    1865King Well-Known Member

    Nice score.
     
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  15. Theodosius

    Theodosius Fine Style Seeker

    Hmm, I wonder where the nearest coinstar is...

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    :troll::jawdrop::happy:
     
    Theodosius, Mar 6, 2021
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  16. Exodus_gear

    Exodus_gear Well-Known Member

    Very nice find, over the last year of so I have noticed several users posting roman coins that have been found in coin star machines. I assume a grandchild or someone gets into a collection and just tosses the stuff in. Sad for them but great for you!
     
    Exodus_gear, Mar 7, 2021
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  17. Cheech9712

    Cheech9712 Every thing is a guess

    News at 11
     
    Cheech9712, Mar 8, 2021
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  18. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    I was excited yesterday to find a 1938 Canada dime in a Coinstar machine reject tray.

    :)
     
    willieboyd2, Mar 9, 2021
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