Place to exchange Canadian currency in coins?

[silversurealism]

I studied abroad in Canada for a couple of years and returned last year. It was a rough time for me. I only recently started really going through everything I brought back with me.

After going through wallets, purses, backpacks, and suitcases, I've come up with about $30 in Canadian change -- primarily loonies and toonies.

I could really use the

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[avenginglioness]

woah, they actually accept pesos? Living in SoCal there was never a place that would let you use anything but American curency. Now I live in a border town close to Canada and everywhere will let you pay in Canadian currency, but there's some exchange rate fees that are getting to where it isn't much worth it for Canadians to shop here anymore because their dollar is so strong. I'm thinking soon the fees are going to go away though, to get more business coming across the border.

(I love your user pic! XD)

[nerd4live]

Haha yeah the name of the pizza place is Pizza Patron, they're a chain here in Texas. I heard the owner was getting hate mail for accepting pesos (I suggested to my friend that we send him love mail, lol). But even they don't accept coins, only bills.

[daydreamingone]

Hate mail? That's so stupid! Do these people realize that accepting multiple currencies in border regions is done all over the world?

[scearley]

The problem is that the canadian dollar was worth 0.94 USD Friday (I know this because it was Saturday's headline, not because I follow these markets), and most places I'm familiar with that will do this do it at about 80 cents. so you are losing a substantial amount of money to do it.