Change From Your Local Coin Store

Yes, every good LCS does this. I've gotten IHCs, Bison nickels, wheaties, etc. It's just a little something extra or "lagniappe" as we say here in Louisiana.

Same. Our LCS gives out wheats, buffalos with partial dates, and $1 Silver Certificates in change.

My coin shop would give out VG/F silver certificates and red seals

Yes, that's been my experience as well.

If a coin dealer has trouble shifting certain coins for much more than face value, then actually using them as face value with your customers is better than just sending them off to the bank, or having them sit there unsold on the shelf.
- The customer of a coin store might like them and will certainly appreciate them more than the customer of some random business being given "funny money" in change;
- The coin dealer's bank may give them hassle over depositing non-normal or obsolete coins and notes.

As an example of that latter point: Here in Australia, in 1988, the government issued a NCLT commemorative $5 coin. We don't normally have $5 coins, this was the first such coin we'd ever made and these things were large, slightly bigger than an Ike dollar. They were distributed through the then-government-owned bank, for face value. Several million were made and distributed, but there aren't several million coin collectors in this country - so there's virtually no collector demand for them - especially given that the bank distributed them in PVC flips, ruining many of them that lived in the flips over subsequent decades in the hot Australian climate.

Dealers here often offer them in change to their customers (though many people refuse, because they already have one and don't need more). Dealers tell me they try to bank the surplus, but banks don't want the hassle of handling NCLT (the bank is obligated to return such redeemed NCLT to the Mint for destruction; there's lots of paperwork they need to file when they do this).

Coin dealers here also often offer obsolete paper money (actual paper, not the polymer our current notes are made of) in change, for much the same reasons.

My LCS always gives interesting change. I have recently received Ikes, Kennedys (no silver), Susan B, and mint dollars. I pay in cash with a big bill so I get lots of change!

I've never thought about this before. What a nice, fun way to keep a customer coming back.

My LCS is a tiny place only open a few days a week. Last time I was there, I mentioned to the owner that I hadn't gotten any 2023 quarters in circulation yet. He reached into his change drawer, fished one out and gave it to me. For free!

I've not experienced this with LCS change, but a coin I bought off ebay a few years ago came with vintage stamps for postage, and then I got on their mailing list and their catalog also came plastered with vintage stamps. I recall their name was Miller Stamps & Coins or something.