“You can go to your own bank or credit union and not pay any fee,” said Kimberly Palmer, personal finance expert at ...

Banks and credit unions often offer free coin exchange services for customers, while charging small fees for non-customers. Coinstar machines charge up to 12.9 percent plus a 99-cent flat fee but are ...

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BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Coinstar here and Amazon.com last week announced a program that makes it possible for supermarket customers to exchange coins and bills at Coinstar machines -- with no transaction ...

Those of a certain age may remember being impressed into rolling 50 pennies into chutes. These Tootsie Roll-like hunks of metal and paper could be exchanged with banks for legal tender, foisted upon ...