Its not ridiculous when you think of the time and work involved in counting the coins, placing them into wrappers and giving to the bank. That can take many hours.
Over a two year period, I collected a large paint bucket of coins. The time and effort to place the coins in wrappers, organize, and present to the bank would not have been worth my time.
I simply weeded out the quarters and sent the dimes, nickles and pennies to the coinstar machine. I didnt lose any money from the experience because it would have cost me more in time and effort through the old fashioned process.
The quarters, btw, I used to get coffee and other small things. The pennies, nickles and dimes would not have been practical to take to the dunkin donuts.