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Got a working link on the coin shortage now.
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Got a working link on the coin shortage now.


Jun 18, 2020, 9:59 AM

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/got-change-theres-a-coin-shortage-because-of-coronavirus-stopping-the-flow-of-physical-currency.html
Got change? There's a coin shortage because of coronavirus stopping the flow of physical currency
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
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Back in the pizza joint days I'd end up $100+ in coins a


Jun 18, 2020, 10:12 AM

year. Pickle jar would get full and I'd find one of those counters and turn it into an Amazon card. I last emptied that thing in December of 2016. I'd say there is no more than $15 in it now and that is with both sharkgirl and myself adding to it.


I could see this being a problem for laundromats though.

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I have a huge jar that weighs probably 60lbs.


Jun 18, 2020, 10:29 AM

There has to be over $300-$400 in it. It is full, but I'm so cheep I've resisted the automated counter. But then again I'm too busy to count it all and roll it too. So it sits, and has for a decade or more.

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The automated counter used to not charge if you converted


Jun 18, 2020, 10:40 AM

to Amazon giftcard.

But I have not been there in a while.

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I also would not pay somebody 10% to count it. Amazon was


Jun 18, 2020, 10:40 AM [ in reply to I have a huge jar that weighs probably 60lbs. ]

dollar for dollar. Sure, I ended up with stuff I never needed that way, but eh.

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I used to go to the bank. Where can one find these


Jun 18, 2020, 10:42 AM

magical counters with Amazon cards?

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I think the last one I saw was at Bi-Lo.***


Jun 18, 2020, 11:07 AM



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coinstar is the brand I have used


Jun 18, 2020, 12:04 PM [ in reply to I used to go to the bank. Where can one find these ]

There is a "find a kiosk" link on this page

https://www.coinstar.com/
Cash in coins at Coinstar.
Turn coins into cash, NO FEE gift cards, or donations at Coinstar. Find a kiosk location in a grocery store near you.
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Open a savings account at a local credit union. Most of them


Jun 18, 2020, 11:08 AM [ in reply to I have a huge jar that weighs probably 60lbs. ]

will sort your change for free, rather than paying CoinStar 10%.

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And bankroll $0.02 a month interest. Sounds great. But


Jun 18, 2020, 2:07 PM

if it saves the 10% cut, I might be a taker unless there's a penalty for closing the account.

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I'd counted/rolled $300+ dollars in coins over several years


Jun 18, 2020, 2:18 PM [ in reply to I have a huge jar that weighs probably 60lbs. ]

just for the ### of it....got the to point where I felt like a dumbas$ bringing it to the bank (or maybe they were going to charge for it.

So I brought it to Bilo and used the Coinstar (or similar) counter

It got it correct down to the penny - i expected it to have missed a few and be off by up to a couple bucks, but nope...

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oh and I put it towards a home depot gift card, no fee taken***


Jun 18, 2020, 2:19 PM



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