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  • OnlySlightly
    +2

    People use coin counting machines like Coin Star and pay a fee. It's a scam. You can bring a bag of coins to the bank and they'll count it for you.

    • GeniusIComeAnon
      +3

      I thought you had to bring them rolled? That's what I've always been told. You can get the casings for rolled coins really cheap, though.

      • badger28
        +3

        My credit union makes you unroll them. I guess people were sneaking in fake coins. Now they have to be unrolled and counted by the machine.

      • spaceghoti
        +3

        More and more banks are requiring you to roll your coins first, which means you have to count them to make sure they're accurate.

        • ColonBowel
          +1

          Many Coinstar machines will give you the exact amount of money you put in but in Amazon credit.

      • PensiveApe
        +2

        My credit union has a free coin counting machine.. But that's a credit union.

    • spammusbi
      +2

      Most banks don't count it for you. You need to roll them up. I know in Germany Sparkasse has free machines that count your coins, but I've never seen it in the states.

      • staxofmax
        +2

        My local credit union has some, and I live in the western US.

      • TheWorlds
        +2

        local bank HSBC has them at most branches.