Gold coin found in Coin Star machine

[RIdetector]

Went to the local the local grocery store and as usual a give the Coin Star machine coin drop a look and sitting there was this gold 1901 1/2 eagle.NO NO JUST KIDDING I WISH !!.I picked it up at a local antique auction I go to.I've started a coin collection for my son and I got this for his 1st birthday which is next week.I sure hope he like's the hobby,because by the time he's old enough to get into it he'll have alot just from my MD finds and what I've brought at auctions.I had to show the coin off to people who enjoy coins.My wife thinks I'm nuts,but that go's without saying

[James Huffman]

That would have been an eye popping mind blowing find

[Stang1968]

Stranger things have happened than gold in a coinstar. I recall a few months back a young woman tried to spend $300 in $20 gold coins at a Walmart and was turned down and told to exchange them at the bank. A few weeks later, same young woman went into bank, was recognized, and arrested. Of course, all the double eagles were stolen.

People always say that gold and silver coins are a great investment, and that even if the markets tank, they'll still be worth face value. I'm not so sure, if Walmart didn't even want them!

[metlhed]

Got my attention!Very nice coin and a very good investment for you and your son.:tumble:Thanks for sharing! Happy Hunting!

[sectshun8]

Sweet coin no matter how you got ahold of it

[Robin D]

Originally Posted by Stang1968

People always say that gold and silver coins are a great investment, and that even if the markets tank, they'll still be worth face value. I'm not so sure, if Walmart didn't even want them!

There will always be people, banks, or other institutions that will recognize the value of silver and gold.
I don't put a lot of stock in the fact the employees in Walmart didn't accept the coins. They've probably never seen a gold coin, except when it's covering milk chocolate.

RD

[RickO]

Nice coin... Gold is always neat - and going up in value again. RickO

[searcher64]

Talking about finding gold. A teller, at a bank inside a Kroger store, I know ask me to look at a coin she got. A teenager, not known to her, showed a $10 gold coin to her and wanted to cash it in, because no one would accept the coin. So she gave him a new $10 bill for it. She ask me what it was worth and if it was real. It was real and worth about $350 at that time.(:-)

[Stang1968]

I was a cashier at a grocery store when I was 19 or 20. While I don't recall anyone ever spending gold coins in the store, I did see one or two gold certificates, lots of silver certificates, lots of red seal 2's and 5's, occasionally silver coins... Most of the cashiers collected coins like me, so unless they came through my drawer, "seeing" those items was as close as I got. I did end up with a series 1934 $100 bill, several 1928 $2's of various series, some silver certs, and Series 1963 $2's.

[Enso999]

Nuts.. I think it's smart actually.. have you seen the price of gold lately and most importantly where it's heading. Beatiful coin by the way.

[booker]

Very nice coin!