Originally Posted by
Schutzee
If you live in the Northeast, Commerce bank offers free coin counting machines. Simply pour the coins into the machine and it gives a receipt that the teller redeems. You don't even need an account at the bank. I have redeemed my children's accumulated coins of $750. or so a few times. Commerce even gives the kids free piggy banks!
In the Washington, DC area, Chevy Chase Bank also offers the same free coin counting and redemption service to the general public.