FLOOD
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I had to go to Hannaford today to pick up the 18 lb fresh turkey for the Thanksgiving dinner. Got it, all set, and went to the self-checkout. There is a Coinstar machine against the wall, and until recently, I never really even looked at the thing because I never use it. However, since joining the forum, I see members who regularly hit the Coinstar and find things. So, I have looked at it twice before in the last couple of weeks but it has been empty...up until today.
I finish the self checkout, and walk past the machine, and can see the change receptacle is loaded with change. I could see silver coins, and pennies. The place was busy and I kind of felt like a thief, so I scooped out all the coins as quickly as I could, shoved them in my pocket and headed out the door carrying the turkey.
I get to the car, load up the turkey, and pull the wad of coins out of my pocket to see what is there. What I grabbed was a total of 26 coins and one Guardian Angel token. There were 9 clad pennies, a couple nickels, and quite a few dimes and 1 quarter, but there were coins in the mix that I had never seen before.
I pull out my iphone and use the magnifying glass to look at them closer to see what I have...and I proceed to view, then snap pictures and use Google Lens, to figure out what they are. To my amazement, I have an excellent condition coin that turns out to be an 1897 Austrian Franz Josef 2 Heller! Next coin is a 1942 British Half Penny! Next one is a 1955 Portugese 10 Centavose. Last, but not least, out of the 10 dimes in the change receptacle, one of them is a 1962 silver Rosie.
I don't even know what to make of this whole thing. All I can think of is that someone went to the Coinstar and emptied a coin jar or something, and took the converted currency and just left the rejected coins in the receptacle.
I was thinking a Coinstar might have one or two coins rejected, but this was a fistfull of coins, and I am shocked to have found a pre-1900 Austrian coin among the rejects. Holy She She! I am going to start looking more often!
I finish the self checkout, and walk past the machine, and can see the change receptacle is loaded with change. I could see silver coins, and pennies. The place was busy and I kind of felt like a thief, so I scooped out all the coins as quickly as I could, shoved them in my pocket and headed out the door carrying the turkey.
I get to the car, load up the turkey, and pull the wad of coins out of my pocket to see what is there. What I grabbed was a total of 26 coins and one Guardian Angel token. There were 9 clad pennies, a couple nickels, and quite a few dimes and 1 quarter, but there were coins in the mix that I had never seen before.
I pull out my iphone and use the magnifying glass to look at them closer to see what I have...and I proceed to view, then snap pictures and use Google Lens, to figure out what they are. To my amazement, I have an excellent condition coin that turns out to be an 1897 Austrian Franz Josef 2 Heller! Next coin is a 1942 British Half Penny! Next one is a 1955 Portugese 10 Centavose. Last, but not least, out of the 10 dimes in the change receptacle, one of them is a 1962 silver Rosie.
I don't even know what to make of this whole thing. All I can think of is that someone went to the Coinstar and emptied a coin jar or something, and took the converted currency and just left the rejected coins in the receptacle.
I was thinking a Coinstar might have one or two coins rejected, but this was a fistfull of coins, and I am shocked to have found a pre-1900 Austrian coin among the rejects. Holy She She! I am going to start looking more often!
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