03-22-2009, 10:39 PM
rgG wrote:
Won't a bank give you folding money for those coins? Granted, you might have to count and/or roll it up, but AFAIK, they won't charge you to convert metal to paper.
If you're a customer, they should take rolled coins. They may make you jump through some hoops, though. My old bank used to make me write my name and account number on every roll and sign an affidavit that I'd counted them. It's a royal PITA to wrap the coins and then write on every roll.
One of the local banks that used to take loose coins with a Coinstar-like machine for free started charging for the service last year. They now take $7 bucks for the first $99.99 and then $15 for each $100 worth of coins.
It's going to make the holidays a little tougher this year. I always cash in the year's worth of change for holiday gift money. It's often well over $100.