Changing coins into notes.

BlackCountry · Post by **BlackCountry** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 3:40 pm

I have about 50e worth of 5,10,20c coins that I would like to turn back into proper money

do the machines exist here where you just pour your jar in and get a reciept that you cash at the till of the shop like in the UK? as i haven't seen any in the 7 months i've been here.

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Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:19 pm

They got those machines in some banks - you need to find a bank you have an account with though, and they'll deposit into your account, in a week, and probably charge for the pleasure... Or then you could go around small shops/kiosks/pubs and ask if they want coins. As they have to pay for the exchange other way around.

Flossy1978 · Post by **Flossy1978** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:06 am

My son had about 200€ worth of coins. We didn't have a machine in our local Nordea, so we put the money into these special bags with our information on them, then into a box. It didn't take a week for the money to be in my son's account. He also wasn't charged anything. But that could be because he's under 18.

If you have a Nordea or Danske account, especially Danske.... They have more of those machines. You put your coins in and it goes to your bank account.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:32 am

Pursuivant wrote:Or then you could go around small shops/kiosks/pubs and ask if they want coins. As they have to pay for the exchange other way around.

This.

betelgeuse · Post by **betelgeuse** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:13 am

Pursuivant wrote:They got those machines in some banks - you need to find a bank you have an account with though, and they'll deposit into your account, in a week, and probably charge for the pleasure... Or then you could go around small shops/kiosks/pubs and ask if they want coins. As they have to pay for the exchange other way around.

S-Bank at least in Iso Omena (Espoo) had the machine on site and they deposited while waiting and did not charge anything.

BlackCountry · Post by **BlackCountry** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:19 pm

cheers, i'll try the bars over the road as I don't have a bank account here

Honest · Post by **Honest** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:32 pm

Where are you? If you are in Turku, I can buy those coins from you!

BlackCountry · Post by **BlackCountry** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:51 pm

sorry mate Helsinki

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 6:21 pm

Flossy1978 wrote:My son had about 200€ worth of coins. We didn't have a machine in our local Nordea, so we put the money into these special bags with our information on them, then into a box. It didn't take a week for the money to be in my son's account. He also wasn't charged anything. But that could be because he's under 18.

When I had the ice cream business I used to accumulate hundreds of coins, sack loads on busy weekends... and Nordea charged our business an arm and a leg (and the rest) to put them in the account. So before you shove it all into one of those sticky bags and chuck it in the big box, I suggest you queue up and ask how much commission they take.

IIRC (it was a couple of years ago) it might have been 3-4% commission.... which was a big chunk out of our margin.

On the other hand, if they are employing young job seekers to count the money, I don't begrudge the charges

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