The Coins Beckon Me...

ROLLING COIN. What do these 2 words bring to your mind? For some it may be a headache but for me, well, it's exciting. Do all bankers feel this way? Is this fascination bred into my genes?

The other day I was studiously working through a long, complicated reading for school. It's tough being a student because you just sit and read-- focus and inactivity are mandatory. Dan is normally very supportive of these reading initiatives as he is a student as well. But, we had both been studying for hours and he needed a break. So what little carrot did he unintentionally decide to wave in front of my face? Rolling coin.

For as long as I've known Dan he sets aside all of his change (well, all his silver and copper coins in any case) when he empties his pockets at the end of the day. It just so happened that his coin jar was now full....

I look over to see the pot full of shiny quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies being showered onto the table. The clinking of coins just waiting to be rolled seemed to be calling my name. I managed to resist the temptation and finish the final pages of my reading before getting up to assist Dan in the rolling. It was the highlight of my day... (just kidding, but I DO enjoy it).

This suggests to me that I am in the right profession. At work I am constantly rolling and re-rolling coin. When we get a surplus of coin in the branch we often ship it out with Brinks but there are requirements of shipping. Coin needs to be in proper, labelled, paper wrappers.

Those plastic rollers you see? No good for Brinks because they pop open in transport. Also, people seem to bring in coin that is wrapped in miscellaneous papers-- these are no good either and need to be re-rolled. If it's slow in the branch, we accept these from customers-- only as an exception IF we have time to re-roll them and prepare them for shipment. To make a long story short, we accepted a couple blocks of coin. Let the fun begin!

Bob and I sat down for some competitive coin rolling. We make sure we have equal coins to re-roll and then we race to see who's the fastest... I am currently the reigning branch champion despite the peril of cramping fingers from those dimes! Now if only I could channel this energy into housecleaning, eh?