The Vending Machine Business Owner’s Guide to Finding and Selling Rare and Valuable Coins in Your Change

If you own or operate vending machines, you may already be handling hundreds or even thousands of coins without realizing that some could be worth more than their face value.Every time customers feed change into a vending machine, coins from everyday circulation enter your business. Most will be ordinary quarters, dimes, nickels, and other common change. But mixed among them can occasionally be older coins, silver coins, collectible varieties, mint errors, and other unusual pieces that deserve a closer look before they are deposited at the bank.The Vending Machine Business Owner’s Guide to Finding and Selling Rare and Valuable Coins in Your Change introduces vending operators to the basics of searching the coins their machines already collect. Rather than turning coin collecting into another time-consuming part of running a route, this practical guide shows you how to develop a simple process for recognizing coins that may warrant further examination.You will learn what makes certain coins collectible, which dates and characteristics deserve attention, how to distinguish genuine mint errors from ordinary damage, and how to examine potentially valuable finds without unnecessarily slowing down your normal coin-counting and deposit routine.The guide also explores what to do after you find an interesting coin. Learn the basics of researching value, handling and storing collectible coins, avoiding common identification mistakes, and deciding when a coin may be worth keeping, professionally evaluating, or offering for sale.Whether you operate a few machines as a side business or manage a larger vending route, this book will help you look at the change your machines collect differently. You are already handling the coins. The opportunity is simply learning what to look for before they go to the bank.