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Nancy Young wrote:
> 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



Well that rots.