Tried to go to bank to pick up cent rolls for my kids last week and learned they are basically unavailable from banks now. How are folks acquiring cent rolls? There are hundreds of billions out there so surely they are out there.
There's 300 billion pennies in circulation somewhere, but almost nobody is bothering to take them to the banks. You can try on eBay but sellers are convinced they're worth more than I think they are, so good luck... Maybe get your kids nickels instead.
This is wierd, I think that I am going to try and get some rolls or a box from the couple of banks that I use. I can see a gas station rounding, the local krogers do. Lowes doesn't, Ace doesn't, most of the business I use give back full change. I wonder how much that this is related to your area and how plastic is used instead of cash.
A month or so ago I asked at my bank and they said they get them when customers roll their own rolls and bring them in and they said they'd give me a couple as long as it wasn't too many. I haven't tried lately. I also wanted to get them for my kids. I never got a 2024 or 2025 cent of each mint for our Whitman folders and I hate to buy them on eBay.
