Reject Tube & Coinstar Finds

The coinstar at my credit union spit this out at me this morning. It definitely wasn't from my bucket. A touch more brass for the pile, I guess.

 

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Goto my credit union to cash out nickels from last weeks searches, turn on the machine and start pouring coins in - hear a clanking on the sorting drum inside the machine then it kicked out into the reject slot as soon as my nickels pushed it out-

a 1947 Roosie. Silver baby.

 

An Austrian 2 eurocent coin dated 2005
A Canadian 5 cent 1974
And a 1946 Roosie.

Only bright spot in an otherwise very crappy day.

 

Went to the Coinstar to get an Amazon credit, and there's a trash can next to the machine. Sitting comfortably on top is a coin - turned out to be a 2011 Canada quarter, orca design, mintage 6 million & change.

I get why people leave unwanted coins, particularly foreign ones, on top of the machine or in the reject tray, but fishing it out just to throw in the garbage? I don't get that move.

 

Saw that at the bank the other day. 3 or 4 Canadian coins in the trash by the coin machine. Somebody dumped a coffee in there too, though, so I didn't grab them.

 

I found a silver Roosie in the trash a couple of months ago.

 

Well, this wasn't in the trash... just in the reject bin...

 

A Canadian 10c coin from the early part of the second millennium

 

And the CS day got even better! I decided to do a late afternoon run, and found a common LS cent at my first machine...

At the second machine, a couple about 5 years or so older than me was dumping what would turn out to be over $1,250 of change into a machine... I sat and waited for a few minutes and then struck up a conversation with them. They were both friendly. I noticed he would scoop the rejects and put them in a jar. He let me look and I saw some normal clad American quarters in there along with the requisite Canadian and Mexican coins and offered to give him half dollars to put through the machine in exchange for the rejected quarters. So he took them and was happy. I also found a thrashed 1954-D Wheat cent. He let me exchange that too... then he started putting the rejects on the top of the machine's counter... I gave them some more half dollars... and amongst the coins was a 1963-D dime... the machine them decided that it had enough and told them they had to finish their transaction when they had cashed in about $1,075 dollars worth. They then started over and he let me pull the coins out of reject bin as they came out... A One Pound coin like the one I found the other week came out and I told him it was worth about 1.30 U.S... Then a 1954-D dime came out and he asked if it was silver... I said it was and he told me to keep it. Needless to say, I was very happy! We exchanged names and bid farewell.

I then went to my 3rd machine and, believe it or not, more dumping was happening... 46 cents was in the reject bin... I offered to give them "normal" coins for it, but they said keep it. There was nothing special in there, but it was more free money!

 

A 1947 Roosie, second 1947 this week and the third silver. And from a machine that has never given up more than a narsty Zincoln before.

 

The coin I am going to show spent some time in the Coinstar reject slot. I though, did not find it myself. But, the story of where it has been is verified. This happened about a month ago. My brother collects his change in a "jar". He does not collect coins. When the jar is full he takes it to the Coinstar. I am working with him one day and he goes, "the coinstar wouldn't take these, I tried a couple times and it kept rejecting these coins. Here you can have them." Bunch of Canadian and Mexican coins. But, this one small coin looks like I struck gold. So for those of you who wondered here it is Coinstar will not accept this gold coin.

 

Where did the gold coin come from? My other bother. It was his coin. My brother scooped up his change also to take to coinstar. Unbeknownst to him my brother had this gold coin in there. Actually, two gold coins. He doesn't know where the other one is now. Neither of my brothers collect coins. How the gold coin came into my other brother's possession is yet another story.

 

Found $2.16 in regular US change at the grocery store coinstar yesterday.

 

Found these assorted late foreign coins.
1892, 1834, 1916, 1967, 1938,1899.

 

That's awesome. Bit they aren't all foreign...

 

Also, I'm sure you know that the George V and VI are silver. The Elizabeth looks like it might be too. Cutoff is 1967 I think.

 

As i pulled each one up there not usa. I am new to this and would love any input. Thank you

 

There's a V nickel there.

 

1899? Its beat up on the back side did not know that thanks for your help. About a month of collecting so very green.

 

Visit #1 - nothing in the reject slot, but a bunch of coins on top of the Red Box kiosk next to the Coinstar.

Mostly South African coins - 2010 Five Rand, 2004 & 2013 Two Rand, 2007 One Rand, 2013 Fifty Cent, 1 car wash token, 2004 Canada quarter.

Stopped at a bank and got $11 loose halves - 1 NIFC (2004-D)

Visit #2 to the same Coinstar (30 minutes after first visit): beat up 1918 wheat cent, modern US nickel & penny