Check the reject bin at CoinStar, may not be your coins!

[VAB2013]

Odd experience today at CoinStar. I don't always check the reject bin before I get started dumping coins, but for some reason today I did. Found an extremely flat 1977 Lincoln cent, sure it's a garage job, weighs 1.4 grams. So I proceeded to push the Lincoln's down the chute and this weird yellow disk dropped in the reject bin. Slightly larger than a cent with yellow see through plastic in the center. Have no clue what it is. Anyway... my thoughts are... if the machine will hold onto other people's rejects in the middle of processing the next person's coins, well some of the rejects could be from the person who was last there. Maybe we should take a loupe with us to CoinStar and check them out before we just assume they are ours and toss them in with the rest.

[Frank]

Looks like a Bingo marker!

Yeah, and nvm how I know that hahaha!


I always check first...got around 79¢ (some in CDN) one time I didn't have before!

[VAB2013]

So I got nvm (never mind) but what is CDN? After today I am going to check before and after, may just bring the after's back home with me LOL

[Frank]

... but what is CDN?

That would be Canadian

[GrumpyEd]

I'd spend that 77 next time shopping, still a cent!

Always check them and look around it and glance at the top and reject tray as I walk by.

[jfines69]

That 77 looks ground down... The other thing is yellow and just like yellow snow don't eat it They are good for bingo tho

[VAB2013]

LOL Jim, yes I did eat the white snow as a kid I have always had this tad of distrust with Coinstar machines, like... wonder if they are really counting correctly. Then when I got something that wasn't mine, I thought... yep just like I suspected this thing messes up.

[jfines69]

LOL Jim, yes I did eat the white snow as a kid I have always had this tad of distrust with Coinstar machines, like... wonder if they are really counting correctly. Then when I got something that wasn't mine, I thought... yep just like I suspected this thing messes up.

I trust those machines about as far as I can throw them

[uglycent]

I used one once, I dropped 198.00 of Lincolns into it. I had an audience just to see what the total of my shopping cart full of boxes was going to be.

[VAB2013]

I used one once, I dropped 198.00 of Lincolns into it. I had an audience just to see what the total of my shopping cart full of boxes was going to be.

LOL uglycent, Bet you got tired of seeing the "my you have a lot of coins, please wait while we catch up" message! Do you roll and deposit now?

[uglycent]

Yes, I roll my own now an trade them at my bank. They are more willing to trade cents than sell their commercial stock to a private individual.

[Petespockets55]

I used one once, I dropped 198.00 of Lincolns into it. I had an audience just to see what the total of my shopping cart full of boxes was going to be.

Or in other words, 136 lbs. That's alotta coppa!