Idea: Dirty Coins and COINSTAR

[DrJoeprime]

After going the acid, vinegar, olive oil, tumbler route I realized that getting my coins clean is not a very productive pastime.

Now I keep a COINSTAR jar and toss in all my discolored quarters and dimes and nickels and the better pennies (post '82). Coinstar accepts them very easily. This month they even have a promotion...cash in $30 and they mail you a $10 certificate. OH..and to avoid the 8.9% counting fee I just get their Amazon certificate ..NO FEE! They also have other certificates but Amazon is my favorite.

Only one certificate per household (but fortunately have extended family all over the place )

HH Joe

 

[GraveDiggerMax-VaBch-Va]

here do not like the fee

i would not ever take the time to clean and wrap those damn pennies ever again

dump into the hopper and go......................gone forever - receipt pops out................go get the cash

but like i said, some on here would prefer to wrap and clean

whatever floats your boat and makes u happy - life will go on around us all

good luck

 

[Mike (Virginia Beach)]

I've been using it for years. I could care less about the fee...it's FOUND money and there's no hassle of cleaning, rolling, etc. I do wash it all though...when I get back from an outing I simply wash it in the sink with some warm water, toss it on a paper plate, and when it dries I dump it into a big plastic treasure chest. When it's full it's good for about $150. I just cashed in $150 last month, which was my beach coin haul for the summer. Of course the coins are simply a necessary nuisance to get to the gold and diamond rings, chains, etc. "Icing on the cake"

 

[nanwate7]

when in the store. I once found over $2 and a GOLD RING! Some people don't realize it dumps unwanted coins out at the lower right side. That was my biggest score, though. It's usually foreign coins.