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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eskychess, post: 211694, member: 4692&quot;]I go through this with sometimes a HUNDRED dollars in pennies. After awhile you kind of get used to who will serve you and who will not. The best thing though is to have a current account with the bank and the bigger the bank chain the better. Wells Fargo up north here has tons of branches with good counting machines. Great bank to return stuff to. The local credit union has a crummy machine - however, it throws a lot of dimes into the penny portion of it - plus they go through less money so you get better odds on your searches because it&#039;s straight from the people, not processed. So it&#039;s a good bank to buy from. A lot of times if you simply tell the teller what you are up to and simply ask in a polite manner what the limits are before you even buy anything at all - a lot of times you will get polite cooperation. However, sometimes you do need to threaten to take your money out of that particular branch. I have had teller hatred, but if you do have a problem and there is nowhere else to go, then you need to talk to the branch manager or president. I had $30,000 in this one particular bank and when the teller refused to do my pennies, I asked for the president (whom I knew) and asked to withdraw my funds immediately because I couldn&#039;t do pennies there and I was going next door who would do my pennies. GUESS WHAT - The teller did my pennies and there was NEVER another word about it again. Now granted I don&#039;t have tons of money to do that to every bank - but remember banks are there to serve their patrons as well as their customers <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Casinos are another place that is very good to cash in your pennies. You should gamble a little bit of the money though or they WILL say something to you. What I do is go to the casino with $100 in pennies, then I ask to change that into $100 in nickels. I search the nickels and play 1 five cent spin at a time. I can&#039;t tell you how many times I&#039;ve walked out with $5 in old nickels (Even a 1939 Doubled Monticello once!) and actually had like $102 dollars cash to cash back in (One time I hit a jackpot even! Only paid $50 but still!). Sometimes they have old bags of pennies ready to go to their bank - and you can buy those and then you&#039;re back to square one with new pennies, old nickels, a profit and well a heck of a good time if you like to search like I do! (Drink their free pop and coffee too!) I love searching actually. It&#039;s like mining and fishing combined! hehehe</p><p><br /></p><p>I also recommend not returning pennies to the same bank you buy them. Buy from one - sell back to the other. That way you don&#039;t risk re-checking your own pennies again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also - if you find something big - buy the tellers a dozen doughnuts! I did that when I found my first 1999 Wide AM ... After that they were rooting for me! hehe and I had ZERO problems getting pennies in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Esky[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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