Not a single flippin’ one in the entire western half of Pennsylvania. Grr.
Yes, as seen in this thread, there are plenty of ways to deal with coinage.
Sometimes tossing them in a jar can have pleasant consequences, too; there was a report (truthful, I hope) of a man who cashed in all of his loose change accumulated over the years and found he had thousands of dollars.
Me, I’m happy when I toss 'em into Coinstar and come out with $20. 
Commerce Penny Arcade ROCKS!!!
Finally took the time to hunt down a local Commerce branch today.
$152 in coins counted and exchanged for paper in a matter of minutes, no fees, no Commerce account necessary, just need to flash them a driver’s license (sp?). The machine even encourages you to take a guess at how much you have before beginning, so it’s fun too!!
Saved almost $15 by not using Coinstar. That’s approx. 3 beers and a buyback.
I recommend the Commerce Penny Arcade to all.
I was just watching a show about money on TLC, and they interviewed the president of CoinStar, who said his machines have processed $3.8 BILLION* since they started up!!! That’s almost $340 MILLION they’ve grossed!!! (Perhaps a tad less if they sell or lease the machines to banks or other places that don’t charge.)
The show went on to say that because CoinStar has made it easy for so many people to turn in coins, the mint has actually reduced the number of coins they produce by $5 BILLION a year, which is something like a 20% reduction, if I read the graphic right.
I’m stunned. I have to say that if the CoinStar people had come to me with their business plan before starting up, I would have said that there’s no way anyone would agree to pay 8.9% just to empty their coin jars. This proves that Mencken (or whoever) was right about underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
It also explains why I’m not rich.
- Actually, in the show, I think he said $1.8 billion, but the Coinstar Web site says $3.8 billion.
Personally, I dump my loonies and twoonies into a separate container, then everything else i sort into a piggybank type thing, with a cylinder for each denomination. Anytime I’m bored, which by necessity involves watching the crap on TV, I’ll roll some coins. Costs me about 2 cents per roll, and no loss to the dubious entertainment value of most TV.
BTW, as a random aside: Last year I never bothered to bring my rolls into the bank throughout the year. As well, I almost never spent my change. At the end of the year I brought all my rolls to the bank and got 603 . So for anyone interested, I'd estimate that roughly 700 in change came into my possession throughout the year (I added 100 for the change I spent on bus fares) (this is in Canada, where we have 2 and 1 $ coins).