Before you try to sneak Canadian coins into rolls ...

291fifth

Banks now have a small device designed to detect the presence of Canadian coins in rolls without having to open the rolls. I saw it used on a roll of nickels I turned in this morning (no Canadian from me - I never put Canadian into my rolls).

ajaan

They've been doing that for decades up here near the Canadian border. I believe the device is a magnet.

Manorcourtman

Bet they didn't use it 6 months ago when Canadian was worth 10% more than American. We get and use Canadian all the time here in NW Ohio/ SE Michigan. No clerk/cashier I've ever encountered has ever said anything about it.

Snowman24

so what happens if they find some in your rolls ?

got to tell all cashiers in the country not to accept any - so they wont give any more out

but on the occasion i've even received canadian in bank rolls any ways - so what are yah suppose to do with them ?

Snowman

messydesk

<< <i>They've been doing that for decades up here near the Canadian border. I believe the device is a magnet. >>


Yep. Back in the 70s I was involved in a small coin club through Wisconsin Telephone Co. (when it was called that) since my dad worked there. There was always a "grab what you wanted" pile of foreign coins pulled from phones, but no Canadian. Someone brought in the device explaining why. The coin slot itself had a magnet in it that caused a gate to slam shut inside the slot before you could put the coin all the way in.

lathmach

The banks here in Michigan where I live routinely give out Canadian coins along with US coins, even though they're not supposed to, up to 25 cents.
I've never got any Halves, Loonies, or Toonies from them.
I think they figure the Canada Quarters are just another version of our State Quarters.

Ray

Batman23

Here in Alaska we spend Canadian coins (up to the quarter) just like they were american. Anything larger than a quarter and you need to go to the bank for the exchange rate. Otherwise any of the stores or banks take and receive Canadian change and don't even look twice. It is always interesting to visit some place like California and try to spend them as the tellers don't seem to like them.

melvin289

30 years ago before I started my current job I managed restaurants in NC, SC, and Ga. I never turned down Canadian coins. My opinion was if you accepted it as a quarter or dime or nickel it was worth that. I don't recall but maybe a couple people ever refusing to take them in change. Coins are only promisary money anyway or I.O.U.'s at best.

droopyd

I don't mind them -- I figure I'll make it back up to Canada again sometime in the not too distant future.

TrustNo1

I never cheat with rolls. They just change the deposit amount if you do.

Omega

SW Michigan is similar to what others have said, up to a 25 cents and no one notices. I have quite a circulated Canadian nickel set my kids and I pulled from US nickel rolls last year. I found a 1968 Canadian dollar wedged in a US half dollar roll a year or two back. I remember posting that find here.

Dentuck

Another thread about collecting Canadian coins from circulation, in upstate New York