Went To The Bank Today

Your situation sounds normal to me, as my bank has been 'dry' for the past two years. Others have mentioned that I should try other banks but I don't want to go through all the work of leaving my bank to open an account in another one. I don't have enough funds available to have two accounts.

On the 'plus' side, I never have any trouble getting rid of any rolled coins now-a-days. My area stores are always looking for more change.

Well I think I should have told you where I'm from I'm from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. I'm with a union bank.

@atticguy
You don't have to have an account with a bank to get rolls of coins or bills. Now if you want your coins counted at the banks coin machine then if you're not a member of the bank they'll charge you a fee so you'll just stick with your own bank to return the coins that you're not keeping. I know when I was in law enforcement I would stop at this one main bank during my break at the teller window because this bank was the bank that received all the coins from their other Banks and rolled them there so I knew I was guaranteed to get silver and that's what I was looking for at the time to give to my dad. Now times have changed and they sub everything out. I don't know where you're from but you should be able to go to any Bank and they'll take your money and ask for coins I was able to do it through the drive-thru window instead of walking in. If they've changed in your area and you can probably answer grocery store person if you're friendly and say hey when you go to the bank and you get me blah blah blah coins and I'll give you the money for it depending on what bank they're with if that's what you choose to do. I always had the best of luck I'm going to a branch that was the main receiver of the coins from the other branches of banks. Also I always check the shelf at the window at the gas station because for some reason they do not like keeping Eisenhower's, Susan B Anthony, Kennedys for some reason. And they will put them up there for display. I also used to check the paper which is the daily paper from the neighborhood and you will always find coins when there's a burglary I hate to say that but it's the truth. I've returned coins to people who have been burglarized especially the elderly sometimes they let me keep a coin but I just asked for the return value of what I paid for them and gave them back. Many people now are getting rid of their coin collections so I would always check with your local stores if you get to know them because people are coming in also most of the kids are stealing the coins from their parents that have hit their collections away. Anyway that's my take

I'd say it's due to COVID echoes and inflation

I work at a bank, the coin shortage is a myth. Banks just aren't ordering them. I blame Gen Z, they hardly ever carry cash, let alone coins, on them. And since banks aren't ordering coins that means businesses can't get them either.

If you look at the mint production numbers from 2020-2022 the totals of all coins are relatively close year to year. It's not like they decided to only make a quarter million Denver dimes, like the 1916. The lowest minted circulation coin the last three years is the nickel and they still made 1.6B, 1.57B and 1.55B the last three years. Hardly a shortage if you axe me.

No such thing as a coin shortage. Just excuses from a lazy bank.

Ding Ding!

All I can say is, the three banks in my area (and their branches)---the ones which I frequent--do order coins, and are not limiting the number of rolls available to account holders. I suppose if the request for boxes/rolls was far over the top, then there might be concerns. I imagine the experience varies across the nation. In all, it's a subtle issue, and blanket assertions don't apply uniformly.

Was at a Wells Fargo branch today, paying a bill and picking up rolls of nickels. Asked the branch manager about the coin supply and 'the shortage'. He indicated there isn't any shortage within the region he serves. Turns out one of the nickel rolls looked to be someone's hoard dump--no silver WW2 coins, but several decent '39s and 40s, and some BU 58s-61s. Used two of the BUs to replace coins I had in one of my nickel Danscos. Cool.