Buy Presidential Dollar Coins with CC @ Face Value, Free Shipping
Mar 22, 2010, 6:47 pm
#8281
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 249
This works but it's a hassle. The bag "fills up" every $100 and the machine announces "Wow ! You sure have saved a lot of coins". You then have to get a teller to come over and empty the bag. I'm not sure they would appreciate having to deal with large amounts.
Mar 23, 2010, 12:19 am
#8282
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To deposit coins, go to bank with mrpickles:
1. No standing in line
2. Private banker takes unopened coin boxes to vault while you relax
3. Private banker completes deposit and hands over $100 bills
4. In and out under 10 minutes!
1. No standing in line
2. Private banker takes unopened coin boxes to vault while you relax
3. Private banker completes deposit and hands over $100 bills
4. In and out under 10 minutes!
Mar 23, 2010, 8:57 am
#8283
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Washington, D.C.
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Posts: 388
+1. TD Bank is a major hassle. I think I've also given my coins to the next customer unintentionally because of flaws in the way Penny is designed. The one positive is the free gift for guessing the amount correctly.
Mar 23, 2010, 1:38 pm
#8284
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern VA
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 110
The Pennys in my area have been reprogrammed to hold up to $500 in dollar coins. So I go a couple of times a week.
Mar 23, 2010, 6:56 pm
#8285
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chicago
Posts: 79
Mar 23, 2010, 6:57 pm
#8286
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Toledo, Ohio
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Mar 23, 2010, 7:16 pm
#8287
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Mar 23, 2010, 7:48 pm
#8288
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Mar 23, 2010, 9:20 pm
#8289
Join Date: May 2009
Location: USA
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Mar 24, 2010, 10:16 am
#8291
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My coins, which the mint site says are still in process, arrived today.
Mike
Mike
Mar 24, 2010, 10:20 am
#8292
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I got some yesterday is some very beat-up boxes. There were holes, but I don't think they're big enough for the inner boxes to sneak out. I haven't counted them out yet.
This was a UPS re-delivery. I think the extra handling due to the first missed attempt really put some extra stress on these.
This was a UPS re-delivery. I think the extra handling due to the first missed attempt really put some extra stress on these.
Mar 24, 2010, 2:46 pm
#8293
Join Date: May 2001
Location: RSW/FMY
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Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8830/4.2.2 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/105)
Yes, these new packages allow the small boxes to move around a lot more inside. I've had some where they got jostled so much that the wrappers broke and they spilled out, but only into the little boxes. (I almost think that sounds dirty...).
Yes, these new packages allow the small boxes to move around a lot more inside. I've had some where they got jostled so much that the wrappers broke and they spilled out, but only into the little boxes. (I almost think that sounds dirty...).
Mar 24, 2010, 9:29 pm
#8294
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: IAD, and sometimes OMNI/PR. Currently: not far from IAD, but home will always be SAN (not far from the "touch my junk and I'll have you arrested" Memorial TSA Check Point) even if I'm not there so much these days.
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I got an another interesting reaction when I handed one of the dollar coins to the guy in the toll booth on the Dulles Toll Road on Saturday. I handed the guy the coin and his face lit up and he said something like "Lucky golden coin!"
I dropped the usual couple of hundred dollars at Costco this weekend, one hundred of which was in coins (in the roll). The cashier looked at them to verify that the wrapper said $25, but didn't seem to be bothered about them. I paid the rest on twenties. The only problem with the coins is that more than four rolls starts to get a little heavy in my purse.
The highway-robbery farmers' market opens back up on Saturday mornings starting in April . . . so more coins will be spent there . . . and the beat goes on . . .
I dropped the usual couple of hundred dollars at Costco this weekend, one hundred of which was in coins (in the roll). The cashier looked at them to verify that the wrapper said $25, but didn't seem to be bothered about them. I paid the rest on twenties. The only problem with the coins is that more than four rolls starts to get a little heavy in my purse.
The highway-robbery farmers' market opens back up on Saturday mornings starting in April . . . so more coins will be spent there . . . and the beat goes on . . .
Mar 24, 2010, 9:43 pm
#8295
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I got an another interesting reaction when I handed one of the dollar coins to the guy in the I dropped the usual couple of hundred dollars at Costco this weekend, one hundred of which was in coins (in the roll). The cashier looked at them to verify that the wrapper said $25, but didn't seem to be bothered about them. I paid the rest on twenties.