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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;in5urgent, post: 1756600, member: 56083&quot;]<font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">I think that the best idea is to call ahead and let them know that you’ll be coming and for what.&nbsp; Particularly if you want an entire box of anything that is not typical change, like dollars and half dollars – most retail-location-type banks aren’t likely to have them laying around.</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">I tried walking into several branches of Chase, with whom I do have an account, asking for rolls of dollars, half dollars, etc. and got only a few rolls and random loose coins collected from all of the tellers.&nbsp; Finally I called a couple of branches ahead of visiting and found one that had a few hundred worth of rolls.&nbsp; When I went in to get them the manager served me, because he was the one who would be getting them from the vault, and I asked nicely if he would order some boxes if I promised to come in weekly and take a couple hundred off of his hands at a time.&nbsp; He said “sure,” and now I have a steady supply without irritating or inconveniencing anyone.&nbsp; And the best part is that this branch is directly across the street from the rare coin store where I buy my ASEs every week, so it’s one-stop shopping for me.</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Arial"><span style="color: #000000">I’ve read people on here who say that they go to banks and CUs where they don’t have an account, which is fine if it works for them, but it only seems fair to give your banking business to the bank that is accommodating your hobby.&nbsp; I know that at Chase whenever I ask for/about anything they look at my account and history before answering me.&nbsp; I asked about the prices and sizes of safe deposit boxes yesterday and the answer started with “Based upon your account history, your options . . .”</span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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