I Believe Coin Roll Hunting Is A Dying Pastime In Canada.

This happens from time to time.... One bank that I "pick" at ... the business wicket teller there will always call me when interesting coins and any older bills come in.... however I know that she holds any foreign coin & notes for another individual there. I'm okay with that..

I have seen other tellers put "aside" silver coins and then tell me to my face they had none.... I hear ya man.. it sucks it's a slap in the face but know that there's nothing you can do that will get them to change right then and there... I feel it's always best to leave the situation with a cool head and integrity intact.

Know that most of these bank run opportunities for silver are few and far between now a days... You're far better off changing your tactics and figure out how to get a hold of the coins... BEFORE they get to the bank.. ;)

I'm in Ottawa right now and it seems coins circulate much faster here. Already I've found three 2013 loonies that I hadn't found any of for 6 months in Edmonton...

But - remember, we'll always have America!

I hate to say it, but CRH is dying in the US as well; even if most Americans do not realize it yet.

Canada is, as per usual, ahead of the curve.

Increasingly, banks are realizing that CRH costs them money. They have been increasing fees and/or turning people away, and are well within their right to do so. The end is inevitable, but I wonder if that end will be hastened when (not if) we discontinue our cent.

All I can say is enjoy it while you can, because at some point in the nearer-than-you-think future, we will only be able to tell stories about CRH.

I meant American coins in our rolls - especially with favorable exchange rates and (hopefully) the upcoming dollar coin regime. I had lots of fun finding State Quarters in Canada, because they were challenging to find... (except in spring, when the migrating Canadians return with pockets aweighted)

I think physical money will be phased out in our lifetime so unfortunately yeah, CRH will die soon.

Yeah I think America will last a fair bit longer with CRHing. Not to add to the downer but I always have been jealous of the fact that you can get some old coins in the states still in circulation. For canadian pennies(when they were circulating) you could never get anything older than 1920's as they penny was larger and the same for the 5 cent piece in Canada.(except it was smaller) We never really can get easy access to halves and even if we could again, the silver halves were larger than the non silver halves.

On that note it looks like I need to return my hoard of pennies and nickels to the bank as well as American pennies. Some unfortunate financial circumstances came up. I much rather someone who wants them and appreciates them get them than the poor things get metled. Off the top of my head they would be from 1964 and more recent. I would have checked them for major rare varieties but not minor ones, ie hanging three's and the like. I have them sorted already. Still in the process of rolling them. I would only be getting fave value at the bank so that's fine by me...if anyone wants to give me more, great, if not like I said at least they'll be appreciated. I live in Sudbury but travel to Toronto once in a while. As long as I don't have to go out of my way I'm ok. With dropping them off or meeting up somewhere.

The American pennies would be all excpet wheaties. Never checked for errors as I'm un familiar with American errors. They are not sorted for the most part either.

Send me an email if interested.

They are worth something right now too! One cent!

That is horrible, the teller taking the silver from under your nose. Totally wrong! I always say that would be like me owning a restaurant, and a customer orders the most expensive steak; when it comes to the table to be served, I as the owner see it, decide I want it, take it to my own table and eat it, right in front of the customer who ordered it.