Banks

I use to have a head teller at one bank (Frist Bank-local) that would order me halves, pull coins out for me, etc. I took her out to lunch and became friends. Sucks to be me but 6 months after that I helped her move out of town because her and her hubby got a divorce. Swear if I hadn't been married I'd of dated that gal. I still go into that bank even today but not had the same relationship with anyone there. They are nice enough but isn't the same. I dump all my coins at Suntrust. They have made me mad on more then a few times. Of course now Suntrust has glass partitians between you and the counters. So it makes it even more of a pita to turn in large amounts of coins, etc.

Customer wrapped rolls. Forget boxes unless you are searching cents.

I've done a lot of boxes and never gotten customer wrapped rolls. what do you say? do you say "do you have any customer wrapped rolls of dimes? may I purchase all of them".

jdavis18!

Asking "which bank" is a lot like asking "UPS or USPS", "McDonalds or BK"?

Smaller banks and especially credit unions may work harder to fill your needs, but they may also find it easier to just tell you "it can't be done".

It's really just a matter of the people running that office.

Your questions are valid, but only you can answer them since all locations are different. Do a bit of footwork and you'll soon have your answers. Start with the banks closest to you or those you do business with, and even within those banks, you'll find some tellers more friendlier than others. It certainly helps if you have an account with whatever bank you'll be obtaining your coins and dumping them again. They want happy customers!

I have only been searching boxes of cents for a few weeks now... I was a bit apprehensive at first too, but it was really no big deal to the bank. I went to a branch of PNC which is the closest bank physically to me, and the bank I have all my accounts with. Before I approached them wanting boxes of pennies, they had no clue if I was a customer or not, because I never went into the bank, but they know me now! I went to a cute young teller and confessed I had no clue as to what I was doing, but my son wanted to get into coin collecting and asked if was possible for me to purchase a box of pennies? (I didn't have to guts to admit the pennies were for me... it was easier to blame my son, lol) The teller asked first if I had an account there, and then could not have been friendlier! Now every time I go into this bank for a new box of pennies, this same teller goes out of her way to greet me and ask about our search! I usually get about a box a week (I'm slow) and I just trade in one box of pennies for a new one, there are no problems at all. They even give me a big batch of new penny wrappers to re-roll them (they don't have a coin counting machine). So, I have no issues or problems with my roll searches... find a friendly bank and teller, and you won't either!

Good luck... keep us informed, and welcome!

Les

If your single and don't want to blame it on an imaginary son, I used the line "I quit smoking and this keeps my hands busy while watching tv, I just like to collect the old ones".

Now I don't care, I think once you start getting past one box a week they think you are weird regardless.

I used to make up excuses. I thought it made me feel better and not so weird. I used to say it's for my dad who collects coins. Or for a school project. Something different each time. Now I just tell the truth and I'm glad I do. The last teller I got 2 boxes from was excited and said she's a collector too, and she showed me some stuff she found that day. Tellers don't really care, honestly. Be honest and you will feel better, and you might meet some cool tellers who collect as well.