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United States
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I am also in the st. louis area. I have had a couple customers come in and say that they have been to banks in the area who have the coin counter in the lobby. I'm in south county area, so I dont know if its just in that area or if they do it all over the city. I personally haven't ever seen one though.
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 United States
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Well, if they're not that prevalent in STL, what small glimmer of hope do I have here in Warren County? Not much, except the 8.9% at the store. It sure takes the edge off of the fun of roll hunting to have to hit such a challenge in returning them.
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United States
270 Posts |
My suggestion is to either go out and buy a coin counter to have at home, or ask them if they have any branches in the area that have a coin counter. The bank I work for, we have one branch that has a coin counter for when people bring in large amounts of coin, so they can take the coin there. The other think you can do is call a couple other banks in your area and ask them if they have a free coin counter. If they do then open an account with that bank, you can do like a free checking account where you only have to keep $1 in it and then you can take your coin there since you will be a customer.
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I dont know what bank you are currently with but a lot of the National City's have free coin counters or try US Bank. You wont always be able to see the coin counter when you walk in the door, if its a free one normally its back by the vault so just call around and ask.
Also next time you go into your bank ask if any of their branches have coin counters, you might find one of their branches they end up having one where you could take your coin to.
Edited by imanangel0686
03/22/2008 01:34 am
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Valued Member
United States
85 Posts |
My friendly neighborhood coin dealer told me today he takes his to National City. So I'll check on that plus the other one you mentioned. Thanks.
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I tried to look to see what other banks there were in that area, but most of them seem to be smaller banks. The only branch we have that has a coin counter is our Des Peres branch, but thats way too far just to have coin counted.
Also by calling the banks rather than going in you wont have to deal with the are you a customer question.
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United States
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I'm in north county. the farthest I usually go is 270 and olive. none of the 5 commerces or so that I go to don't have a coin counter in the lobby
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I'm zeroing in, but haven't hit total bullseye yet. I am phoning, but not going in. One bank said they have free counters in towns 30 miles east and 30 miles west. I figure at the price of gas to drive there ($3.05 when I filled yesterday), I may as well save my time and go to the machine at the grocer. I'm not giving up yet, as I have found a couple of different outlets for at least part of my rolls. And I still have one bank to phone.
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Sully like I suggested to Bobbi, if you want to find a bank that does have a coin counter I would try National City. They dont have it in the lobby, but a lot of the branches have them in the back, so if you take the loose coin in they can have it counted for you. I really dont care too much for National City, but it is worth it to be able to keep a dollar in an account just to have them count and roll my coins.
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