Thanks for this. I wasn't aware of these machines. I have a couple of big bags of Euro coins that I've been meaning to take on holiday if I could only locate a Coinstar type machine in France or Spain. This'll do nicely, and will take all the other assorted shrapnel I've got too.
Today's GBP/ EUR rate is 1.108 for notes and 1.271 for coins which is a fair enough price for accepting a bucketload of foreign coins.