Scrapple
Jr. Member
Probably too busy staring at their smartphones & updating their twitter or facebook to notice.
In a store, the cash registers "belong" to the store, and are operated by the employees. I have heard that a store employee may also service some coin machines, but the store doesn't "own" them. Just like the soda and gumball machines, they are usually owned by some independent vendor. So, if the vendor isn't there and makes no plans for abandoned coinage, and if the store doesn't own the machines, and if the person who dumped the coins doesn't claim them, then in MY very limited capacity, I would assume they are first-come, first-serve ownership.