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Valued Member
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After I search all the rolls, do I roll them back up, or dump into one of the coin counting machines? Would it be rude if I gave them a bucket full of pennies and I told them to run it through the coin counter?
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Valued Member
United States
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Everyone probably has a different method - but my mine is I dump them at my credit union, they have a free coin counter, but I don't dump boxes after boxes. I'm a variety searcher so it takes a lot more time searching than say looking just for wheat pennies... #1 rule is don't take coins back to the same bank where you got them from...I get coins to search through from family members & friends and some boxes from a family members bank
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Moderator
 United States
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I roll them and take them to my "dump" bank,not the bank I get them from. Two or three boxes at a time. John1  |
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Valued Member
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My bank has a coin counting machine (I got the rolls there) where you dump the coins yourself. Is that ok then because then the tellers don't have extra work. The bank is a Wells Fargo.
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Moderator
United States
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Do not dump the coins at the same bank you got them. It is bad form and you risk getting your dump coins back the next time you get rolls.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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What is the best items you have found at your credit union? And if you search for copper how good are your returns? because I go to M&T and I search penny boxes for copper and 20-25 percent of the pennies are copper.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5828 Posts |
I use CoinStar for cents. Just sayin.
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United States
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Coinstar is great if you use one that offers gift cards you can use.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1191 Posts |
For pennies Coinstar is by far your best option. You don't have to deal with anyone and you can get an Amazon gift card with 0% fees. You can apply the credit to your account right away so no one else can try and guess the code and steal your gift card. I don't think they ever expire either. I have read where coin counters such as coin star will rip you off by counting the wrong totals however I have never tested that theory. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I notice that more and more banks are only accepting rolled coins and no longer offer a counting machine as an option.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
That is interesting Coinfrog (and idk if I had mentioned it here or another site) but every bank I have ever had doesn't accept rolled coin they have to be run through the counter due to people using washers in place of the coins
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
Why, you spend them.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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United States
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I notice that more and more banks are only accepting rolled coins and no longer offer a counting machine as an option. Every grocery store in my area has a Coinstar and they all offer gift cards for the store they are in. It has actually come in handy a few times.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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jbuck, those stores charge you the 10.8% fee for counting when you use the money in that store. only worth it for pennies in small numbers. If you have a grocer somewhere that has 0% fee for using the coins counted at the same store, then I am moving where you live!
I roll them and spend them, or spend them unrolled. If I have a box of halves and want another and haven't finished spending the box I have, then the odds of me getting the bx back are 0%.
if it is a lot of Zilcolns you have left after searching, you could always superglue them to a table and get some clear acrylic resin to coat and seal them and watch them rot over time without having the mess to clean up later.
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United States
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Gift cards have no fee. I put $10 in, I get a $10 card. There is a fee if I want to cash that card, but I am not sure what it is since I am already in that store to shop.
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Posted 09/04/2015 2:25 pm
