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Valued Member
United States
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I used to hand count them. It takes FOREVER to hand count two boxes of cents. Now I fill a plastic tube that holds exactly 50¢ in it, then I fill up a paper roll with the 50¢. Its A LOT quicker.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2521 Posts |
I use banks coinstar...except for half dollars. I roll rhe halves and cash them in at another bank. the bank with the coinstar is the one I order halves from.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1151 Posts |
What is the percentage that Coinstar takes?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1231 Posts |
Coinstar typically hits you for 8 or 9 cents on the dollar
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Pillar of the Community
United States
532 Posts |
You want the actual branch locations I go to?
I have accounts with several different banks but what is more important is to open a busniess account. Fargo, and Bank of America both offer these services for dropping off coinage in large bulk.
The business account is what lets you just dump everything off in bags. They never even check the contents. I imagine down the road if there were an issue they do have my info and access to my account to make a correction if needed. But has never happened.
Another important factor to having everything smooth with your relationship at the bank is to mind your self when picking up or dropping off. You dont have to go out of your way , but dont drop off bags with duct tape covering holes or sloppy written displays. Dont try walking in with a wheel barrow and make a fool of yourself.
A small handtruck like the ones used for luggage is best. Stack 6 bags per trip and you can be in and out without causing a scene or making the bank regret having you for a customer. 4-6 bags is a clean and stable stack that should accomodate enough roll searching volume for most anyone.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
huh... where in California are you?
oh... so you have the business account? That's why it's free. Otherwise, it's $8
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Valued Member
United States
61 Posts |
The banks here have courtesy counters that aren't run by tellers. Thus it is really easy to dump massive amounts of coins, take the receipt, and hand it to the teller.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
532 Posts |
Hey doctor- it hurts when I do this!
Doctor- well then stop doing that!
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Open a business account.
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Moderator
 United States
56855 Posts |
I hand count and put into wrapper, I go through about ten rolls a day so it's no big deal to wrap the rejects. I put all the coppers loose in the box that the rolls come in until I have 2500 in it then close it up and put it away. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
In NJ I dump them at TD bank's Penny Arcade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1026 Posts |
RBF you must have some bank that will take that volume of coins back.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1882 Posts |
BOFA gives me plastic bags for bulk dumping of coins. Personal account (not business), but I am a regular customer at that branch.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
Thanks for the idea on the business account. I could really up the amount I'm searching through with that. What kind of fees do banks charge for the business accounts?
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Valued Member
United States
104 Posts |
When I get a box, I push out the coins with a pencil, sort through them and put them back in the roll. I've lived in New England all my life and have never seen a courtesy coinstar in a bank. My current bank won't accept more then a couple coins outside of a roll.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
I think for Wells Fargo a business account is free if you keep a constant $2500 in it.
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Posted 07/15/2009 8:36 pm
