Accumulating € coins.

[Nigel Crompton]

We've run out.
Normally we sporadically collect them in change. Current stelplatz only accepts coins; we need 15 ...

Is it worth traipsing to a bank in the hope of exchanging paper for metal ?

 

[Spriddler]

Is it worth traipsing to a bank in the hope of exchanging paper for metal ?

That depends upon where the bank is.
No other way unless there are shops nearer where you can get coins in change.

 

[Howard B]

We got a load of coins from Tourist Information in Germany.

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

Just buy a bottle of plonk with a large denomination note and ask for the change in coins.

 

[Carpmart]

It’s all in the planning Sir. We change up notes to Euro coins on sites so we can do washing. Always have a purse with €50 or so available in one Euro coins.

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[Riverbankannie]

I too collect euro coins and store them separately in a purse in the van so as not to carry the weight around.

 

[Hils and Glenns]

When in Bodensee we needed coins for the stelplatz. Mad system. Everyone was trying to get change. We tried banks who wouldn't give us change because we didn't have an account. We ended up getting change from the tourist office but their last coins. I expected Germany to be modern and with the latest tech but found it was just the opposite.

 

[EuroTrotters]

I'm told in spain, businesses get charged to change coins

 

[jumartoo]

Blimey, Nigel, you live in Spain. I'd have thought you, like us, has a pot of coins ready to use.

We kept our €1 and 50c coins and took all the other bits to a new coin change machine. Martin came away with over €40 from all the small denomination coins.

 

[denisejoe]

We keep a plastic bank bag in the van and put in all our 1 and 2 Euro coins plus 50c coins so we've always got some when we need them.

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[Ingwe]

I too collect euro coins and store them separately in a purse in the van so as not to carry the weight around.

Snap!

And we store the purse next to the roll of £10,000 in used notes, two Rolex watches (his and hers) and two iPads.

 

[Coastal Cruiser.]

The money exchange place in Chichester I use keep coins and I normally ask for €40-50 in coins when changing up a few hundred pounds.
I do find the small denomination coins a pain to get rid of when away though!!

 

[nicholsong]

We've run out.
Normally we sporadically collect them in change. Current stelplatz only accepts coins; we need 15 ...

Is it worth traipsing to a bank in the hope of exchanging paper for metal ?

Move to a country that uses the € - plenty of coins there.

 

[Minxy]

I do find the small denomination coins a pain to get rid of when away though!!

When going to a supermarket use a self-checkout and then pay by 'feeding' it with all the coins you want to get shot off (not if they are busy though) ... We paid for a few large bags of dog food by doing this and it was fun too, a bit like feeding the drop coin type arcade machines without losing the money!