I, like a lot of other people, have a bucket with a lid on it for all of my spare change.
Every now and again, I dump out my wallet and find even more coins, and look on the floor - behind the sofa and usually there are more coins.
Returning my plastic bottles, also provides a lot of change too!
I've never gone to the bank before to deposit coins here in Finland. So last week, I decided that my margarine container filled with coins needed to be emptied - NOW.
I asked some friends how to go about depositing coins because I'm sure the bank rep would not appreciate me just dumping my coins onto the counter!
Nor, have I ever seen any kind of coin rollers - typically made of paper or plastic - sold in the shops.
What are coin rollers? In Canada, when depositing any large amount of coins, they must be already rolled when you go to deposit them. At any department store or dollar store, you can find tubes of paper or thin cardboard (or plastic shells) to help you roll your change.
For example:
50x 1 cent coins = 1 tube
Rolling the coins make it easier for bankers to make a proper deposit into your account or to give you bills in exchange.
But they don't have those here in Finland - my friends confirmed this for me and advised me to just go in and ask.
So I took my Passport, my bank account number and my bucket of coins and headed to the front desk. The teller took one look at my bucket and advised me to come with him.
I of course, did not have my camera with me and was pretty sure taking a photo would be somewhat inappropriate in a bank.
It turns out there is a special machine for coins (and mixed bills if you wish to not deposit it with a teller) and it will count everything for you electronically and of course, the bank takes about a 1% transaction fee.
So this ginormous machine was rather huge and had a slot for a bank card, a key pad to in-put your bank account number (if it's not already listed on the screen), a slot to enter bills and a huge metal tray to dump your coins into.
As your coins are sent down into the machine, a running total is listed on the screen for you.
It was a very neat process and for only 1% of a fee - really not that bad!
*This is based on Sampo Bank - I'm not sure how it works for other banks!*
Every now and again, I dump out my wallet and find even more coins, and look on the floor - behind the sofa and usually there are more coins.
Returning my plastic bottles, also provides a lot of change too!
I've never gone to the bank before to deposit coins here in Finland. So last week, I decided that my margarine container filled with coins needed to be emptied - NOW.
I asked some friends how to go about depositing coins because I'm sure the bank rep would not appreciate me just dumping my coins onto the counter!
Nor, have I ever seen any kind of coin rollers - typically made of paper or plastic - sold in the shops.
What are coin rollers? In Canada, when depositing any large amount of coins, they must be already rolled when you go to deposit them. At any department store or dollar store, you can find tubes of paper or thin cardboard (or plastic shells) to help you roll your change.
For example:
50x 1 cent coins = 1 tube
Rolling the coins make it easier for bankers to make a proper deposit into your account or to give you bills in exchange.
But they don't have those here in Finland - my friends confirmed this for me and advised me to just go in and ask.
So I took my Passport, my bank account number and my bucket of coins and headed to the front desk. The teller took one look at my bucket and advised me to come with him.
I of course, did not have my camera with me and was pretty sure taking a photo would be somewhat inappropriate in a bank.
It turns out there is a special machine for coins (and mixed bills if you wish to not deposit it with a teller) and it will count everything for you electronically and of course, the bank takes about a 1% transaction fee.
So this ginormous machine was rather huge and had a slot for a bank card, a key pad to in-put your bank account number (if it's not already listed on the screen), a slot to enter bills and a huge metal tray to dump your coins into.
As your coins are sent down into the machine, a running total is listed on the screen for you.
It was a very neat process and for only 1% of a fee - really not that bad!
*This is based on Sampo Bank - I'm not sure how it works for other banks!*
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