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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KLJ, post: 44348, member: 1910&quot;]Banks don&#039;t order coins from the Mint.&nbsp; They order them from the Federal Reserve.&nbsp; It costs a bank money to bring coins in from the Federal Reserve.&nbsp;&nbsp; Because most banks are just branch offices of a major bank corporation, the corporation is the actual purchaser of the coins from the Fed.&nbsp; That corporation has to pay for security and storage of those coins, so they less they can order, the less they have to pay.&nbsp;&nbsp; If a bank&#039;s branch can supply the local demand for coins by what comes in for deposit, then it will be encouraged, if not ordered, by corporate HQ to do so.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>We also have to remember that the first purpose of coins is not to be collected, but to be items of commerce.&nbsp; Legally, in the eyes of the Federal government (and most banks), a 1792 Disme is the same as a 2005D Roosevelt.&nbsp; Ten cents.&nbsp; You and I, and most individuals with a modicum of common sense, would treat them differently, but if offered as payment for the penny candy, they&#039;re the same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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