Coin Counting Machines

Dempsey

Is there anywhere that offer coin counting services for free?

Do the banks do this anymore?

Pete123456

If you separate the coins into each denomination, your local shop probably has a scales that'll count the lot in a few seconds. If you ask the manager nicely they'll probably do it. I had no problem doing it when I worked in a shop but only if the coins were already sorted

jamesbere

All count them for you but for a fee

me_irl

Just ask for coin bags in your local branch.

Sort them in to those by the values printed on them and bring them in to exchange for notes.

Enjoy!

darkpagandeath

Was it ever free ? You had to at least put them into the bags and they would weigh them ??

Fr_Dougal

LionelNashe

Dempsey wrote: »

Is there anywhere that offer coin counting services for free?

Do the banks do this anymore?

I asked AIB once if they have machines that you can dump coins into for counting, and they answered that they don't, but they could lodge them to my account if they were sorted and bagged. The only options I'm aware of are a few machines you can use in Supervalu / Centra etc. in a couple of shops near me in Dublin - they take 12.5% - there could be a few in Galway, I'd imagine.

9or10

Just fire them into the Tesco self service.

They have crab claws right now - very tasty

Delacent

AIB charge business €2.45/€100 to exchange coins.

Usually a local bar or newsagent will accept bagged coins as they'd normally be "buying" coin from the bank.

Ask beforehand and then bring them in at a quiet time if they accept them

Elemonator

I've seen machines that do them in shop for a commission, usually 12.5pc. I used one when I cleared the coppers out from my drawer when they were phasing out 1c and 2 c and decided I would do the lot. Ended up with 90e after commission.

Banks used to do it if you had each denomination sorted into bags (they are available from the bank). Not sure do they do it anymore, as far as I know they do if you have them sorted and are lodging the money to your account. Won't do anything they can't make money on

freshpopcorn

I know at Tesco if you used the machine they'd take about 10% of the money but I thought when I used it if you used the money in store you got the full amount!
I think my local credit union do it but you need to have the money sorted!

Wheety

Depending on how much you have it may be worth just paying the fee if it's all mixed.

I used to collect change in a jar on my desk in work. It would usually be around €100 when it was full. I'd use the machine in Tesco and just pay the 9%. It was worth not having to separate and count it.

But at home I'd just put €2 coins in a tin and when that was full, I'd count it into bags as there's around €1k in it and I'm not giving them €90 :eek:

I think Tesco may give you the full amount if you take Tesco vouchers but you'd have to check that with them.

Sciprio

Bag them and take them into the Credit Union.

LeinsterDub

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I know at Tesco if you used the machine they'd take about 10% of the money but I thought when I used it if you used the money in store you got the full amount!
I think my local credit union do it but you need to have the money sorted!

Not those machines the self service checkouts

Dempsey

Its a 3L vodka bottle full of 20 cents and lower denomination.

Probably take a few hours to sort & count. Since its dry january, maybe its s good distraction!

evolving_doors

Dempsey wrote: »

Its a 3L vodka bottle full of 20 cents and lower denomination.

Probably take a few hours to sort & count. Since its dry january, maybe its s good distraction!

Game on....
I'm saying it's €72.89

eeguy

9or10 wrote: »

Just fire them into the Tesco self service.

They have crab claws right now - very tasty

Have you seen they put a bit of plastic on the coin tray so you can't dump your coins in anymore! You have to put them in one by one.

B*stards.

LeinsterDub

eeguy wrote: »

Have you seen they put a bit of plastic on the coin tray so you can't dump your coins in anymore! You have to put them in one by one.

B*stards.

You can still get them in fast enough but yeah the tray was so handy

eeguy

Gebgbegb wrote: »

Game on....
I'm saying it's €72.89

If you're right you get a empty 3L vodka bottle

freshpopcorn

LeinsterDub wrote: »

Not those machines the self service checkouts

I know before I had a big bag of coins and it came to around €40 euro when added together when I brought the receipt to the check out they offered me €40 to spend in store or around €36 in cash!

Mrs Woman

Dempsey wrote: »

Its a 3L vodka bottle full of 20 cents and lower denomination.

Probably take a few hours to sort & count. Since its dry january, maybe its s good distraction!

I'm dying to know how much is in it, please update us!:D

I always use the tesco coin counters myself

pcuser

€53.86

Spanish Eyes

You'd want to have lots of time on yer hands to count and bag em up.

I threw a shedload into the local Spar that had a machine,OK I had to pay a commission, but I came away with 55 euro all the same!

That was from copper coins in a bucket for about two years. Well worth it not to have to sit and count and bag it all up. Fine if you have the time and the patience, that is NOT me.

longshanks

Put the coins in plastic flower pots and bring them to an arcade.

evolving_doors

longshanks wrote: »

Put the coins in plastic flower pots and bring them to an arcade.

Coin push machines?

harry Bailey esq

Fire the lot into a poker machine,you'd be surprised.....

mad muffin

Don't you have an electronic kitchen scale? Count one bag, weigh it and the rest should be much faster.

LionelNashe

http://coinstar.ie/coinmachine/SearchAddress/galway

Capt'n Midnight

Those machines that take a % are evil and prey on the weak and enfeebled.

+1 For using them in the self service machines at supermarkets.

If you think your time is too valuable to use a self service machine then just give the money to charity.



Keep all the 1c and 2c coins.
So you can give exact amounts when supermarkets try to round down

If you are ever going to Finland this something they hate , it's legal tender so

sligojoek

Seperate the coins into 50 - 20 - 10- 5 etc. Get a kitchen scales with a digital readout.
The weights required for each bag is available online.

evolving_doors

sligojoek wrote: »

Seperate the coins into 50 - 20 - 10- 5 etc. Get a kitchen scales with a digital readout.
The weights required for each bag is available online.

Let x= 1c y=2c z=5c ...dammit I've run out of letters...

Could you show us a picture OP? This will make it easier to tell.

Any person with a handy social life should rack up a few hundred in change in the bedside drawer regularly.

I used to count out the €2, €1 and 50c coins and bag them. And use the coin counters then to sift out the chaff, couldn't be done counting the hundreds of 5 and 10c coins for hours.

Dempsey

mad muffin wrote: »

Don't you have an electronic kitchen scale? Count one bag, weigh it and the rest should be much faster.

I do, how did you know that?? :pac:

I like the idea of weighing bags myself to get it done quickly. I favour that approach over coin counting. The accuracy of the scales is the next problem, its a cheap yoke so i image the margin of error is quite high compared to better scales

nice_guy80

Most small shops would take them, just to avoid going near a bank

pickarooney

Gebgbegb wrote: »

Game on....
I'm saying it's €72.89

126.11 and about three fiddy in sterling.

Toots

Gebgbegb wrote: »

Game on....
I'm saying it's €72.89

My husband has one of those and I had to empty and count it on Wednesday cos we're so broke. €328 and some change was what I got out of it. Took me about an hour but I was a bank cashier for years so I'd say I'd probably be quicker at counting than most. Wasn't expecting that much money at all!

kfallon

I have a full bucket and a half of change to get rid of

Jelle1880

Banks tend to give you some bags for each denomination if you ask, just fill them, write the amount on it (they'll still count it) and then they'll either put it in your account or exchange it for notes.

Nymeria

Banks in the UK have these machines, or at least RBS has had one for several years, so its not like it can't be done.

You can literally lodge your coins, the machine takes a few minutes to count them, and the money is credited straight to your account. No ridiculous charge.

Banks here are just being stingy IMO.

Yourself isit

sligojoek wrote: »

Seperate the coins into 50 - 20 - 10- 5 etc. Get a kitchen scales with a digital readout.
The weights required for each bag is available online.

None of these kinds of posts answer the question.

It's like asking where can I hire an interior designer or painter and getting DIY tips.

The op doesnt want to count. And surely these machines still exist.

sbsquarepants

Dempsey wrote: »

Its a 3L vodka bottle full of 20 cents and lower denomination.

Probably take a few hours to sort & count. Since its dry january, maybe its s good distraction!

I had the very same thing a couple of years back, but I had from 2 euro down in it - got almost €700 I think. But the bulk of that was in €1 & €2.
I'm saying €117.84

Whoever gets closest gets to keep it, you do know that don't you?

BattleCorp

I think I'd rather sort them out into moneybags rather than giving away 10% or more of my money for feck all.

blue note

I fill up a money box and look forward to counting it up every few months. I must be a bit odd. Everything below 50c goes into it and I usually end up with about 50 quid out of it. So I'm guessing you'll get about 130 or so from a 3L bottle.

ohnonotgmail

freshpopcorn wrote: »

I know at Tesco if you used the machine they'd take about 10% of the money but I thought when I used it if you used the money in store you got the full amount!
I think my local credit union do it but you need to have the money sorted!

they used to do that but not any more.

BrokenArrows

Used to work in a centra and we were happy to take bags of coins as long as they were sorted. We had scales which verified the amount.

Costs the businesses money to get the coins from the banks.

Yourself isit

BattleCorp wrote: »

I think I'd rather sort them out into moneybags rather than giving away 10% or more of my money for feck all.

You're paying 10% for not sorting.

Caliden

Yourself isit wrote: »

None of these kinds of posts answer the question.

It's like asking where can I hire an interior designer or painter and getting DIY tips.

The op doesnt want to count. And surely these machines still exist.

I think everyone has completely ignored the OP's question and the thread has descended into stories of how much people once counted in coins and where to find coin bags.

ohnonotgmail

Caliden wrote: »

I think everyone has completely ignored the OP's question and the thread has descended into stories of how much people once counted in coins and where to find coin bags.

The answer to both questions is no. I thought that had been established already.

donegal.

here you go

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Automatic-Euro-Coin-Counters-Counter/dp/B0041K806Q/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1484909102&sr=8-4&keywords=euro+coin+counting+machine

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mad muffin wrote: »

Don't you have an electronic kitchen scale? Count one bag, weigh it and the rest should be much faster.

This is the best idea.

I have a couple of small piggy banks that I through change into (one for coppers, one for 10c and 20c, and one for 50c, €1 and €2). Whenever one is full, I'd just count it and bag it and lodge it into my bank account. If you have a lot to do, just do it some evening when you're sitting in front of the tv!

Ciaran_B

I'm happy to chuck them into the machine in Tesco and pay the lazy mans tax.