Post Office - coin deposit limits?

glider3560

Does anyone know if Post Offices have limits on the amount of coins you can pay into a bank account? Specifically a Starling Bank account?

I've come into a mixture of coins (mostly £1, £2 and 50p coins) but not enough of each to put in £20 bags, totalling just under £40.

Can I just hand them all over at the counter mixed up? I've already counted them, so know how much is there.

Annoyingly a local store issued me with a refund but didn't have notes (or more likely wanted to be awkward) so gave me several handfuls of coins for my refund.

jonesMUFCforever

I think you would need to count them out and separate them.

I would be very annoyed if I stood behind you trying to pay them in as you suggest!

agrinnall

Just use them to pay for your shoping at a self scan machine.

sheramber

The Post Office assistant will have to count the money so bag it in separate bags of coins of the same denomination and note on each how much is in it.

That will make it easier for the amount to be checked.

d123

glider3560 wrote: »

Does anyone know if Post Offices have limits on the amount of coins you can pay into a bank account? Specifically a Starling Bank account?

I've come into a mixture of coins (mostly £1, £2 and 50p coins) but not enough of each to put in £20 bags, totalling just under £40.

Can I just hand them all over at the counter mixed up? I've already counted them, so know how much is there.

Annoyingly a local store issued me with a refund but didn't have notes (or more likely wanted to be awkward) so gave me several handfuls of coins for my refund.

A quick search found the following:

Every Post Office® branch has a cut-off time for paying in cash and cheques using a paying in slip. If you deposit after the cut-off time an additional working day to processing times where relevant will apply. Please check the cut-off time with the Post Office® you wish to use. If you are paying in cash using a debit card, you can do so during opening hours of the branch you are using

Coin denominations below £1 – only full coin bags will be accepted per the amounts specified on the bags. £1 and £2 coins will still be accepted in partial bags as long as the denominations are separate. Only £250 of coins will be accepted per transaction.

Services described above are available during opening hours on working days at any branch of the Post Office® within England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, excluding those in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man

glider3560

Thanks for the replies. I had already bagged them by denomination.

Took them to the Post Office today (small store, one counter for both the shop and Post Office).

The owner was actually very pleased with the coins. He asked if I minded him changing some up to notes first from the shop till. Apparently they get charged to deposit notes and withdraw coins from the bank, so this was actually useful for him. He then paid in the notes and rest of the coins at the Post Office till.

In and out in about 90 seconds.