There is a harley davidson dealer in my town, that just announced that they would take any other businesses gift card. I would wonder if there is a catch. Maybe they have a way to redeem them.
We rarely achieve a consensus here. Often it depends on what options are available in your area. For some it is dumping them in a high speed lobby coin counter like a Mach 12 at their bank or credit union where there is no fee if you have an account. For some of us the most efficient way is to count out bags using one of your own high speed coin counters at home and just dropping off several bags at once. For others where their banks only accept rolled coin for deposit the most efficient way to dump zincs is to drop them in your automatic coin rollers and hit the button.. then take them in and deposit them several hundred at a time.
Zinc disposal is one of the major challenges of penny sorting and it gets more challenging as your volume level increases.
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
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