Apparently some people have some odd things in their coin jar. Here's Coinstars list of unacceptable items.
https://coinstar.com/howcoinstarworks


1943 US pennies
acorns
alcohol wipes
animal crackers
animal or human teeth
bandages
batteries
beads
bells
belt clips
bent coins
bolts
bottle caps
broken glass
bullets
buttons
candy
candy wrappers
cardboard
cat litter
chains
clay
commemorative coins
confetti
contact lenses
cotton balls
cotton swabs
crayons
cuff links
damaged coins
dirt
dirty coins
dog food
drill bits
ear plugs
earthworms
Eisenhower silver dollars
erasers
feathers
finger nails
flash drives
foam objects
foreign coins
fossils
french fries
fruit snacks
glitter
gold fish
grass
guitar picks
gum
gum wrappers
gummy worms/bears
hair clips
hay
jar lids
jewelry
key chains
keys
lint
marbles
matches
miniature dice
mints
mud
nails
name tags
nuts/bolts
paper clips
pen caps
pencils
pills
pine cone parts
pins
pipe cleaners
Play-Doh
playing cards
POGs
pop can tabs
popsicle sticks
quilt squares
ribbons
rocks
rubber bands
rubber lid seals
sand
screw driver bits
screws
SD cards
seeds
shells
soap
soda
springs
stickers
tape
tie tacks
tire caps
tissues
tokens
tooth picks
tree bark
twigs/sticks
vegetables
wall hooks
washers
watch bands
wheat
wires
yarn

The Wonderer said:

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How bored are you today?

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Very. Plus, I've got about $500 worth of coins that I've been needing to get rid of.

First, my bank started charging a fee for counting coins. Then, they simply eliminated their counting machine. I guess dealing with coins was too much of a bother for them.

awwwh skeet skeet skeet skeet...

EagleFordEarl said:

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What's up with 1943 pennies?

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The zinc coating wears off easily and the steel core rusts. I imagine they don't want rusty metal in their machines.

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gold fish

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real gold fish, or snack food gold fish?

Wouldn't it be easier for them to list what they DO accept instead of trying to come up with an exhaustive exclusion list!?

Vernada said:

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Wouldn't it be easier for them to list what they DO accept instead of trying to come up with an exhaustive exclusion list!?

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I agree, makes me think that anything not explicitly listed is acceptable. Like feces.

Sounds like a lot of people empty out their vacuum cleaners into coinstar machines.

Who the hell uses coinstar anymore?

Your bank will cash it with zero fee.

What about fat chicks?

condoms okay?

I use Coinstar to get gift cards since there is no fee for the cards. It is a lot easier to chunk a bunch of coins into the machine on the way to Lowe's than it is to waste an evening rolling them since I'm going to spend at least that much money at Lowe's anyway.

Tailhookin Devilpup said:

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I use Coinstar to get gift cards since there is no fee for the cards. It is a lot easier to chunk a bunch of coins into the machine on the way to Lowe's than it is to waste an evening rolling them since I'm going to spend at least that much money at Lowe's anyway.

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Banks have auto counters. Nobody rolls coins anymore.

Is this thread from the 90's?

****ing rolling coins.

Tailhookin Devilpup said:

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I use Coinstar to get gift cards since there is no fee for the cards. It is a lot easier to chunk a bunch of coins into the machine on the way to Lowe's than it is to waste an evening rolling them since I'm going to spend at least that much money at Lowe's anyway.

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Did not know that the gift cards was a thing and they didn't take a fee for them. They have Amazon as well as some others.

Most banks have auto counters. I discovered that mine does not when I showed up at the bank one day with a container full of coins.

edit: I guess that explains why there is a Coinstar machine in the store across the street from the bank.

Esteban du Plantier said:

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Who the hell uses coinstar anymore?

Your bank will cash it with zero fee.

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Mine wont, unless I roll it all myself. Further, they won't even take large amounts of coins, since they don't have a counting machine.

What about tokens from Chuck E Cheese?

I got yer coin purse right here

Guilty on the pine cone parts. I thought they were worth more than a penny each.

Human said:

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I got yer coin purse right here

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Not even enough to rub two pennies together.

I hear that marriage has a way of emptying your coin purse

EagleFordEarl said:

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I hear that marriage has a way of emptying your coin purse

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Funny, I've heard quite the opposite applies your "coin purse".

would never patronize any company that has a problem with fruit snacks.

I was making a joke that humans wife took his balls, which way are you going with it?

EagleFordEarl said:

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I was making a joke that humans wife took his balls, which way are you going with it?

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Marrieds don't have sex, so the change tends to build up.

Of course, then you could just make a deposit at the local sperm bank.

10-4, lets switch to a more active topic than humans old balls

EagleFordEarl said:

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10-4, lets switch to a more active topic than humans old balls

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Probably has wheat pennies or some **** in 'em. Best to move to currently topics/currency.

The Wonderer said:

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EagleFordEarl said:

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What's up with 1943 pennies?

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Made of steel due to wartime related metal shortages.

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Except for a small batch of copper pennies that are prized collectors items today.

Banks have online sites and apps. Haven't been to a teller since maybe 2008.

Is this thread from the early aughts?

***ing banks.

So they think someone who is too lazy to roll their own coin is going to sift through a **** load of coins and pick out the 1943 pennies?