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Apr 3, 2019 | 4:27 pm

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Originally Posted by pinniped

I have a jar at home full of leftover currencies. Lots of European (pre-Euro) ones.

My grandparents gave me a lot of coins from their travels I used to keep them in labeled envelopes. But I realize these have no value to me anymore and no collectible value, so I was happy to dispose of them.

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Originally Posted by pinniped

I have leftover $20-40 worth of GBP, EUR, and CAD on purpose - just like to have it for my next trip. Sometimes helpful upon arrival somewhere if an airport transit kiosk won't take a credit card or whatever.

Concur - I decided to keep GBP, EUR, JPN, SIN and MEX. I used to keep them all as I figured I might revisit them and would be happy not to rush to the ATM. But eventually I had a drawer full of ziplocs...

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Originally Posted by rufflesinc

dump it all into an automated coin machine or automated check out and see how much it takes and rejects. One bank I use has it free for customers

I have never seen a coin machine in the USA that will process old and new coins from 100 countries. Where can I find that? Here we only have coinstar that will take US coins and give you an Amazon GC for 100% of value.

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