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Message:: [QUOTE="nickelsorter2017, post: 2889472, member: 87853"]I'm surprised that those banks let you exchange rolls for as long as they did. I kind of suspected that they know you and were giving you special treatment, hoping that you'd fill your collection and move on to another hobby. You reported having several rolls of pennies or nickels that were all pre-1980 (or older) dates. I have yet to find even 1 roll like that this year. I posted once a while back in response to you that you should have saved those rolls. Sometimes it's difficult to practice a hobby because of where you live. I actually collect non-USA coins as my main hobby. It requires that I drive 45 -120 miles to go to the nearest coin show several times a year. Can't buy them at a bank. Worse of all, there have been times when I drove the 120 miles (one way!) and didn't find any new non-USA coins that I needed. 240 miles round trip to get skunked at a coin show! You might need a new strategy. Save up... drive to another city and buy your coins at new banks... and then "dump" your purchases at a different new bank in yet another city. No more daily or weekly "trades". I don't know anyone who does what you do - trade rolls at banks - because the banks want you to take money out or put it in, not trade one roll for another. I did do that back in the 1960s and 70s. Those days are over. Good luck. Maybe you need a new hobby?[/QUOTE]