I have a similar ritual,although it's more when my container gets full, which is usually a year and a half. I too avoid the machines, preferring to take everything to my bank. However, the past four times or so they have changed the policy on whether the coins need to be counted and pre-wrapped or brought in loose every single time I've been there.

From talking to employees it seems to go something like this... A manager looks at current policy (require wrapped/only loose) and realizes that (wrapped -> to inaccuracy and people actively trying to scam them) or (loose -> leads to lost of employee time as the machines can only sort so fast and the employee can't exactly help someone else out). They then decide that (just having loose) or (wrapped) will in the long run lead to less money/time being lost.

Oh well, so far my bank is still actually in existence. That's saying something.

Sorry for the mundane response, I've just found it amusing as one of those attempts to quantify something that is actually probably really hard to quantify. (I'm biased towards letting the machine sort. People are so inaccurate ;) ).

I have the opposite(?) ritual. I am obsessive about maintaining low levels of change at all times. I always carry around either all the change I have or the minimum number of coins that allow me to make any change.

The fun for me is in figuring out the optimal arrangement of coins to bring every day or in what change to give when I buy something (i.e. so as to maximize the net loss of coins in my pocket). So I get my thrills throughout the year, not just once a year. Clearly a better arrangement!

I recently had a cash flow problem which led me to dive into the coin basket. It was enough to cover me for about a month's table wine and a few taxi rides. But now I'm down to 5 and 1 (euro) cent pieces it feels a little clunky, so I guess a bank visit is in order.

btw, where did you get the rolls?

ps. older Money

I got the rolls at one of the big-box office-supply stores, probably Staples. But it was a while ago, so I'm not sure.

The CoinStar machines in grocery stores charge 9% (which is crazy) but if you opt to get a store credit instead of cash they don't charge you anything! I usually get an Amazon or iTunes credit. I like that I can go online, enter the code the machine prints out, and have the credit ready for the next time I buy.

Can't help you with your "numismatic pleasure".

oldest, and best "Money". Motown's first hit, co-written by Berry Gordy!