Bagelbites
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I've separated and cashed in my nickels, dimes and quarters at my local Safeway using the CoinStar machine, and have gotten back over $350 in the 1.5 years I've been in the hobby. I also have spent about $50 in dirty quarters for laundry. I never cleaned them, aside from a quick water-down. Let them dry, and straight into the machine. Only a few were ever rejected.
I have maybe 1000 pennies in a container...so dirty, corroded, bent, chipped, etc. Considering my success with the other coins, I decided to give the pennies a shot today. After 57 cents was accepted, the machine told me "we cannot continue with this transaction, please see customer service". I flagged down the customer service guy...he looked right at my dirty gallon jug of horrible pennies, and sighed. He opened up the machine and began cleaning out a bunch of stray coins (and I was able to snag a few foreign coins that were inside the machine). After about five minutes of trying, he gave up and put an "out of order" sign on the machine. I think one of the bent pennies must have clogged it. Oops!
On a side note, I'm in a huge slump. As a gold hunter, I haven't found gold since December. Whatever, it will come. I still enjoy every minute I'm able to get out.
I have maybe 1000 pennies in a container...so dirty, corroded, bent, chipped, etc. Considering my success with the other coins, I decided to give the pennies a shot today. After 57 cents was accepted, the machine told me "we cannot continue with this transaction, please see customer service". I flagged down the customer service guy...he looked right at my dirty gallon jug of horrible pennies, and sighed. He opened up the machine and began cleaning out a bunch of stray coins (and I was able to snag a few foreign coins that were inside the machine). After about five minutes of trying, he gave up and put an "out of order" sign on the machine. I think one of the bent pennies must have clogged it. Oops!
On a side note, I'm in a huge slump. As a gold hunter, I haven't found gold since December. Whatever, it will come. I still enjoy every minute I'm able to get out.
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