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   In article ,   
    Moe Trin  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 7 Apr 2016, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban, in article   
   > , Jay E. Morris wrote:   
   >   
   > >Thomas Prufer wrote:   
   >   
   > >> Banks dislike processing lots of coins. Here (Germany), for a customer   
   > >> account, I know of one bank in a heavily banked urban ares that has a   
   > >> coin machine. Toss in coins, up to about half a shoebox volume, and it   
   > >> counts, checks and sorts, and prints a deposit slip, and the money is   
   > >> credited to an account.   
   >   
   > >My credit union has that at all their branches.  I've dumped about $500   
   > >worth of change at one time.   
   >   
   > One credit union I use has such machines in their "full service" banks.   
   > The mini-offices in the front of the grocery stores don't have the space   
   > for such, but the grocery often has one (for a percentage fee as noted   
   > below).   
      
   Some stores now will give you full face value in the form of a coupon,   
   to be spent at the store.   
      
   [snip]   
   >   
   > The bank I'm dumping my coins at want rolled, but not signed/numbered.   
   > They had a coin machine about 3 years ago, but now all bulk coin service   
   > is done at an office "downtown".   
   >   
   > >You can find the machines in some stores in US. IIRC there's like a 10%   
   > >fee at those.   
   >   
   > The manager at a local grocery tells me the company installing those   
   > machines pitched it that the grocery would operate them, and "buy" the   
   > coins for register change. Normally, such change is delivered by the   
   > armored car service "at a fee".   
      
      
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