"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> Stephanie wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> Not all banks will just take your wrapped coin for free.
>
>> I would think it would still be "legal tender for all debts public and
>> private." At least in the us. Our bank's policy wasa to have the
>> account number of the depositer on the roll. If it failed to proof
>> out when opened, the account was debitted or creditted accordingly.
>> That never really happened. But that was the policy.
>
> That's the way it was back in the olden days when I spent
> a some time as a bank teller. But banks can and do charge
> to take coins, legally. Where I live it seems like the norm.
>
> nancy


LOL Keep in mind, where you live you aren't allowed to pump your own gas,
either! That's a strange concept to me. Granted, every state (and bank) is
bound to be different. I never heard of a bank not accepting rolled coins.

Jill