The other day we noticed our piggy bank is getting really full. We decided to take it to the bank and get it counted.
Much to our surprise and dismay, the bank told us they don’t count piggy bank small change anymore. In fact, they stopped that about 6 years ago. Then they gave us these little sleeves with different coin denominations on them and basically said count it and roll it yourselves. Nerve!
I looked this up on the web and it turns out this has been a trend for a few years now with the big banks. Smaller banks and credit unions may still count coins. I even saw that Quik-Trip will do it.
And most banks will charge you for counting your coins for you. And there is something called a Coinstar machine which will do it—but it’ll cost you.
I found a web page that explains a little more about Coinstar. You need to know a few things about those big machines. Skip to the end of the article to get the skinny.
There’s a WikiHow instruction web page where you can learn in 15 steps (that’s right, I said “15 steps.”) how to roll coins. I read through the first half-dozen steps and had to go take a nap. And banks may not like the idea of either depositing your coins or exchanging them for folding money.
I’m not liking this idea of rolling coins. But our piggy bank won’t accept many more coins. Maybe I should try to roll some.
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