I know there's a coin shortage...

[Racket_Man]

When I was at the gas station someone must have rolled a bunch of silver quarters and sold them to the bank we used. Got about $10 in silver.

Another time someone paid for gas with (40's or 50's era) blue seal $1 and $5s in good condition.

[workerbee222]

Taking a tip from a 'decluttering your home' site, I've started to keep my change with me instead dumping it in a jar at home. I go through the SCO usually, dump in the change in my pocket and pay the remainder on my debit card.

Last time I went to my bank, the teller and I stood there for twenty minutes counting my change.

[Mental_Mouse]

You all are reminding me that I need to get more rolls of quarters... unfortunately the bank downtown has gone to appointment only...

[Slave to the Phone]

I have LOTS of quarters I would love to put back in circulation. However, I am far too lazy to make an appointment at our bank to pick up coin rolls, bring them home, roll a big jar of change, then make another appointment to go back to the bank to cash them in for what they are worth.

We don't need the cash badly enough to spend all that gas and time dealing with something that should be much easier.

[Ironclad Alibi]

I have LOTS of quarters I would love to put back in circulation. However, I am far too lazy to make an appointment at our bank to pick up coin rolls, bring them home, roll a big jar of change, then make another appointment to go back to the bank to cash them in for what they are worth.

We don't need the cash badly enough to spend all that gas and time dealing with something that should be much easier.

Does your bank not provide a coin counting machine for their customers?

[Slave to the Phone]

The local branch of our bank never had a coin counting machine. The branch in town (35 miles away) did have one, but its no longer available for customer use. I'm willing to drop the change off and let a teller count it, but that's not an option either.

I think the coin star machine at the grocery store is open now, but I don't go into the grocery store to buy groceries, why would I want to risk my life by going into a grocery store and selling change for 90% of its face value?

[Monterey Jack]

I think the coin star machine at the grocery store is open now, but I don't go into the grocery store to buy groceries, why would I want to risk my life by going into a grocery store and selling change for 90% of its face value?

Choose the gift card option, that way you get to keep 100%.

[Dreamstalker]

That's what I do; coffee funds never expire (and even if they did I'd use it anyway). Using change for a gift card means that much less out of my bank account.

[Buzzard]

The in-store coin machines will vary on their percentages. There's some where the store pays the whole cost of it, figuring that the extra business plus not having cashiers dealing with gobs of loose coin will pay off in the long run.

ALWAYS read the details.

[EricKei]

Some locations of these will also allow you to convert the coinage into store credit with no fee. That being said, most places will give you cash change back from such a voucher if you buy something. Just sayin'.

[Android Kaeli]

Some locations of these will also allow you to convert the coinage into store credit with no fee. That being said, most places will give you cash change back from such a voucher if you buy something. Just sayin'.

I gotta see if the Grocery Store I work at does this, would be nice to just throw some of my change onto a Grocery Store gift card once in a while for one of my weekly grocery runs. That or wait until they need to buy some change off of me again [the customer service manager went then when I came in with over $100 worth of coins, told her that I had another $100 or so still uncounted at home if they still needed more].