Spare coins

kipsterno1

First thing I would do is check if any of the 50 pence coins are 'rare'.

David28

I've got a Roger Bannister 50p coin, valued from 50p to whatever someone will pay me for it.

retiredinfrance

My Dad used to put all his small change ,
Threepenny bits and under in a sock and every Christmas Day my sister and I got it all. It was treasure! Perhaps you could try something similar,maybe for a charity

strawb_shortcake

I use the terramundi pots I took £968 in £2 coins to Barclays without a problem. It was harder to acquire enough money bags.
My second pot is taking much longer having used very little cash in the last year. 
I also have a 3ltr Brandy bottle filled with 20p, again it's taking ages, only really have the neck to fill but I think last count was over £400, I need to start stockpiling money bags so I'm more prepared when paying in.

I think as long as you don't take it in 5 minutes before closing time or a really busy time the staff don't seem to mind

northwalesd

annabanana82 said:

I use the terramundi pots

Aren't those the ones you have to 'break' in some way to get the money out?

elsien

Elmer_BeFuddled said:

elsien said:

block10 said:

Metro bank and some branches of HSBC have coin counting machines that will deposit the money into your account.

And some NatWests. 

With Cheltenhams NatWest you have to take a receipt from the coin counter machine to a cashiers desk. I reckon I'm going to be close on £600 in my demijohn once I can hit the bank.

I’d do that in stages. The last time I overloaded the machine it had a hissy fit, spat all my money out and shut down. I had to scoop it back into my bag and take it home again. Counter wouldn’t accept it as it wasn’t bagged up. So much for a helpful bank.