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<p>[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 7684376, member: 12789"]I've actually found some stashes of coins at coin machines the past couple of weeks. Lots of regular change, about $3 in Canadian dosh, a coin from British Honduras, some tokens, some Euro coins etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>But these were the memorable finds:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319630[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1319631[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The tiny half centavo was found last night in a coinstar with some asst Canadian and some Euro coins. At first I thought it was a one centavo from ca. 1960s Philippines based on the common design of the reverse - then I turned it over and saw the United States of America and the eagle and shield and realised this was special.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dime, I wouldn't have looked for it but there was a small coin spill under the coin machine at the credit union when I went in to make a withdrawal. I picked up the cent and nickel and decided to take a peak under the machine to see if there was any more under the machine. Sure enough, I thought maybe it was a Canadian 10c coin and I had to use a pen to pull it out from under the machine - imagine my surprise when I saw FDR instead of HRH and just knew it was silver.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scottishmoney, post: 7684376, member: 12789"]I've actually found some stashes of coins at coin machines the past couple of weeks. Lots of regular change, about $3 in Canadian dosh, a coin from British Honduras, some tokens, some Euro coins etc. But these were the memorable finds: [ATTACH=full]1319630[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1319631[/ATTACH] The tiny half centavo was found last night in a coinstar with some asst Canadian and some Euro coins. At first I thought it was a one centavo from ca. 1960s Philippines based on the common design of the reverse - then I turned it over and saw the United States of America and the eagle and shield and realised this was special. The dime, I wouldn't have looked for it but there was a small coin spill under the coin machine at the credit union when I went in to make a withdrawal. I picked up the cent and nickel and decided to take a peak under the machine to see if there was any more under the machine. Sure enough, I thought maybe it was a Canadian 10c coin and I had to use a pen to pull it out from under the machine - imagine my surprise when I saw FDR instead of HRH and just knew it was silver.[/QUOTE]
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