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joeturbo26 Pillar of the Community United States 1193 Posts	Posted 05/12/2012 6:57 pm Found out something interesting at TD Bank the other day, as I was returning some halves that I had searched. If any of you have returned halves to TD Bank Penny Arcade, you will know that you virtually have to have a bank employee stand there with you to constantly empty the bag every 25 dollars worth of halves or so LOL Anyway, the actual tray that you pour your change into normally happens to be magnetic. They make it that way so that way all magnetized foreign currency can not pass through! Well, as we know 1943 steel cents are magnetic! The guy at my bank is nice enough to let me keep the foreign change, and there happened to even be a few steel pennies attached! Report this Post to the Staff

Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 05/12/2012 9:08 pm Sweet! That kind of makes it worth the effort to stand there and dump all those bags. LOL Report this Post to the Staff
smokeriderdon Pillar of the Community United States 3755 Posts	Posted 05/12/2012 9:11 pm Actually it is every 100 dollars. They have the capability to change that to 500, but most of them wont do that. The TD we use the mosts just keeps lifting the spout and snapping back in the same bag until there is 500 in the bag. We just walk in and pull that tray right out since they will do that anyway to pull the machine out. Then again, all the people there know us and know we know as much as they do about those machines. LOL I think they like that we clean that magnet for them. Report this Post to the Staff
joeturbo26 Pillar of the Community United States 1193 Posts	Posted 05/12/2012 9:13 pm Hahahaa! I'm laughing picturing the snotty staff at my TD being that kind (other than this one guy). Report this Post to the Staff
hammerrob Valued Member United States 98 Posts	Posted 05/13/2012 10:02 pm I always include a steel foreign coin when I'm using the penny arcades. After I feed the coins in I check the magnet ... if one of the TD employees gets snooty at me checking the magnet I can say "I think I accidentally had some foreign coins in my container". Seeding it with a foreign steel coin ensures that there's always something there. Sometimes there's lots of coins on that magnet! Next time I go to Canada I'm buying myself something nice with all the Canadian coin I've picked off the magnet ... Report this Post to the Staff
joeturbo26 Pillar of the Community United States 1193 Posts	Posted 05/13/2012 10:10 pm Hammer I like your style Lol Report this Post to the Staff
wquinn Pillar of the Community United States 2295 Posts	Posted 05/14/2012 2:10 pm Very interesting to know. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188342 Posts	Posted 05/14/2012 2:48 pm Quote: The guy at my bank is nice enough to let me keep the foreign change, and there happened to even be a few steel pennies attached! Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
akane17 Valued Member United States 404 Posts	Posted 05/14/2012 3:12 pm I'm sure everyone here is smart enough, but just a quick warning... be careful if you're going to reach your hand into the magnet area, I have pulled out MANY clothes pins, nails, screws, among other pointy shiney objects... I have 4 TD's by me and all of them have their machines at different half dollar settings, 2 are set to $50 until the halves are full, 1 is set to $100, the last TD has 2 machines one is set to $50 the other is set to $400. My sister's BF does halves also, and he has found about $400 in canadian money attached to the magnets. They're planning on taking a trip to Niagara Falls once they reach $1000. Report this Post to the Staff
tzarmarko Pillar of the Community 614 Posts	Posted 05/14/2012 3:21 pm I found a Dominican 5 Pesos and a Euro cent on the penny arcade just last week! Report this Post to the Staff
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