Coin Counters at Banks
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Don't know about elsewhere in the country, but here in the Northeast there are some regional banks that have free coin counters for the public to use and then turn in the receipt and get currency for no fee......
So my son begs me to take him to the counter, to load in his crappy clad coinage.......low an behold...there are several grown men in front of us loading up the machine as well....
As soon as my son starts to load up the tray and the machine begins counting......it stops....bags are full.
So the attendant comes over, pulls out the machine, opens it up, starts to change bags........
Right in front of him.......the bag of halves has about 10, maybe 20 coins max........FRANKLINS!!!!!!!! Had to be at least 10.......My son tries to compose himself and asks the attandant to buy the halves in the bag.......she says NO.....he can buy halves at the counter......of course they are clad Kennedy's....
Even when asked to switch the one's in the machine (while open) for the same amount of clad Kennedy's from the counter.....again....NO - THESE BAGS GET SHIPPED OUT TO A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR ROLLING......
WHAT? This is nuts. You cant even BUY the halves NO ONE wants. Needless to say, those halves were the talk of the day - we did not get ANY. The are still in that damn machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So my son begs me to take him to the counter, to load in his crappy clad coinage.......low an behold...there are several grown men in front of us loading up the machine as well....
As soon as my son starts to load up the tray and the machine begins counting......it stops....bags are full.
So the attendant comes over, pulls out the machine, opens it up, starts to change bags........
Right in front of him.......the bag of halves has about 10, maybe 20 coins max........FRANKLINS!!!!!!!! Had to be at least 10.......My son tries to compose himself and asks the attandant to buy the halves in the bag.......she says NO.....he can buy halves at the counter......of course they are clad Kennedy's....
Even when asked to switch the one's in the machine (while open) for the same amount of clad Kennedy's from the counter.....again....NO - THESE BAGS GET SHIPPED OUT TO A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR ROLLING......
WHAT? This is nuts. You cant even BUY the halves NO ONE wants. Needless to say, those halves were the talk of the day - we did not get ANY. The are still in that damn machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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<< <i>Don't know about elsewhere in the country, but here in the Northeast there are some regional banks that have free coin counters for the public to use and then turn in the receipt and get currency for no fee......
So my son begs me to take him to the counter, to load in his crappy clad coinage.......low an behold...there are several grown men in front of us loading up the machine as well....
As soon as my son starts to load up the tray and the machine begins counting......it stops....bags are full.
So the attendant comes over, pulls out the machine, opens it up, starts to change bags........
Right in front of him.......the bag of halves has about 10, maybe 20 coins max........FRANKLINS!!!!!!!! Had to be at least 10.......My son tries to compose himself and asks the attandant to buy the halves in the bag.......she says NO.....he can buy halves at the counter......of course they are clad Kennedy's....
Even when asked to switch the one's in the machine (while open) for the same amount of clad Kennedy's from the counter.....again....NO - THESE BAGS GET SHIPPED OUT TO A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR ROLLING......
WHAT? This is nuts. You cant even BUY the halves NO ONE wants. Needless to say, those halves were the talk of the day - we did not get ANY. The are still in that damn machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >>
Forgive me for saying so, but you go to one rotten bank. I go to one of the biggest banks in the country, and tellers at a variety of branches have gone out of their way to help me in my collecting pursuits. I think that they would have let me buy those Franklins at face value. In fact, I'm sure of it!
"Question your assumptions."
"Intelligence is an evolutionary adaptation."
It was so popular that my bank removed the machine and no longer has the service
I have sen silver dims and quarters in those "bags" and asked but was old no as well. Oh well.
Pays to buy a pelican and set him up to take change at the supermarket.
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The tellers are actually digging out & buying the coins in the back room for face.
Best not to look........