Are Coins Not Legal Tender

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torrevieja

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I was in the Credit Union today and was lodging money Notes and i had 20 euro in coins, they would not take the coins , because the bank don't want coins ?
 
I think it has to accepted where a debt exists, but otherwise a person selling something or giving a service does not have to accept coins if they don't want to.
 
I think banks charge for coin lodgement. Try a place that wants coins, they will exchange them for cash.
 
Have lodged 300 600 & 800 euro in coins recently in AIB with no charge
 
torrevieja said:
I was in the Credit Union today and was lodging money Notes and i had 20 euro in coins, they would not take the coins , because the bank don't want coins ?
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What denomination were the coins and were they "bagged"?
 
I lodged €17 (actually €16.99 as I was a penny short although they ignored that! :D) in copper coins to my son's account in my local CU recently and they took it no problem. It was all bagged and counted (other than the 1c shortfall) although, unlike my bank (PTSB), they still put it through their own hopper/counter to check it. My bank never bothers and not because they would know me personally or anything. There was no charge at the CU. My bank never charges me - I think it may be free if you are lodging to a PTSB account or something.
 
Banks Charge 0.5% to business users (which would including the CU's) for lodging or withdrawing notes or coins. In addition to this certain branches have restrictions on the days / time that they are willing to accept coins. Personal Account holders are not generall subject to the same charges.
 
torrevieja said:
I was in the Credit Union today and was lodging money Notes and i had 20 euro in coins, they would not take the coins , because the bank don't want coins ?
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How many coins did you have?
Section 10 of the Economic and Monetary Union Act 1998 http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1998/en/act/pub/0038/print.html provides that no person, other than the Central Bank of Ireland and such persons as may be designated by the Minister by order, shall be obliged to accept more than 50 coins denominated in euro or in cent in any single transaction.
So they are in their rights not to accept more than 50 coins but if you had less than 50 coins they should accept them.
 
If you don't have too many coins use them up in a quiet moment at the self-service machines in supermarkets.
 
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