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What’s Your Best Recent CoinStar Find?

o you habitually check the reject bin of any CoinStar you encounter? Do you go to specific stores that you know have CoinStars (CS) just to check their machines even though they’re not stores where you do most of your shopping? And if you’re a frequent reject bin checker, what’s your best recent find? This is a question that I asked recently on CoinTalk (CT), and I found the answers interesting. I began by recounting my best recent find, a F-VF 1943 Mercury dime. Of course, we all know that this coin is neither rare nor particularly valuable, but I like it for a couple of reasons. First, I rarely

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