Does Anyone Else?

[BUFF]

I had gotten into the habit of saving bicentennial quarters and Kennedy halves and pennies. Separate jars. When the penny gallon jug got full, I took it to my bank to cash it. That branch didn't have a coin counter and the teller gave me a fist full of the paper rolls. I spent an evening counting and rolling them while filtering out the wheatbacks. Then I took them into the bank again and a different teller said they can't take rolled coins because people sometimes short them. I've got almost two gallons of pennies now and found a branch of my bank with a free-to-customers but never remember to take them when running errands.

 

[jack the toad]

I have a 5 gallon water jug half full of pennies.

Ever weigh it?
I toss my pocket change in a 2 gallon jug everyday and separate the all (mostly) copper pennies for some reason. Also separate the wheat pennies, which are fairly common.

 

[Frank46]

Big plastic mayo jar for loose change. Frank

 

[Arik]

Yes. When it fills up I go and change it to paper money. Always took for the pre 64 quarters but only ever found one

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[NYlakesider]

I do not normally carry change, it clanks a bit and drives the Mrs crazy. Got a large plastic box and any change I have goes in it. When the box gets full or getting heavy it gets taken to the wife's credit union and they for free run it through their equipment and role it for their use. It gets deposit to our account so a simple check written and its available for use. (we do not hang around as they role at their convenience)


Years back we did have a weird event happen to our change collection bottle. What we had was a gallon whisky bottle and due to the neck size it would not take quarters or bigger.


We had it setting on our TV in the front room. It got up to about 3/4 full and one night about 11PM it made a couple funny sounds and cracks appeared and then the bottle came apart and put glass and coins all over the place. Good thing we were home watching TV and saw what happened as it would have been a kinda spooky mystery..

Guess it had something to do with the heat cycle give off by that circa 72 TV. Last time I put money in glass.

 

[steelslaver]

I have 4 containers on my dresser. One for each coin, I never spend change. My late wife and I did this and when we cashed it in for a vacation we had over $1500. I figure if I stick enough in there someday I might have enough for a registered magnum, but they are probably going up way faster than the level in the containers.

 

[JSR III]

I have a 5 gallon glass water bottle that I throw all of my pennies in. Someday, I will go through them and see if there is a 1942 copper worth 10 million dollars.

The quarters I keep separate and use at camp when we play ship, captains, crew. (It's a dice game) I used to carry an old canvas ham bag in my car console with dice and about $50 in quarters just in case a game came up. One night I forgot to lock the car and sure enough, one of the local heroin users must have gotten in the car and found my stash. The quarters I can replace but my jade dice are hard to come by.

Then I took them into the bank again and a different teller said they can't take rolled coins because people sometimes short them.

I am almost sure that it is against the law for a bank or lending institution to refuse to take legal tender, especially if you are a customer. I would take that one up with a manager. They may make you put your name or account number on the rolls just in case they later find a slug or a washer in one of the rolls but refusing to take coins of the realm seems illegal.

 

[DeathGrip]

I have a 5 gallon glass water bottle that I throw all of my pennies in. Someday, I will go through them and see if there is a 1942 copper worth 10 million dollars.

In my prior post I mentioned that I separate my pennies. Just this morning I had about fifty pennies to go through and out of that only found 6 copper pre 82s and one 1942 copper.

I almost had a heart attack when I saw your post.

I'm rich!!!

 

[CustomChevyGuy]

I've got a couple of containers with pocket change in them. Last time I cleaned one of them out, it was about $40.00 with more that didn't complete the change rolls. This from the top of a blank CD holder cover.

I've been using the big CoffeeMate creamer containers most recently. They make great containers for about anything including keeping the various calibers of PD ammo seperate from the range ammo calibers.

 

[mg357]

I have two change containers one holds quarters the other holds my nickles dimes and my penny's

 

[Snapping Twig]

Been doing that since I moved out as a kid. Useful for the laundry.

Since then, it's a habit that never changed. I dislike walking down the street jingling with change in my pocket.

These days I use a large hair gel container. I cut a rectangle in the cap so I can easily drop in any size coins.

I use the "silver" coins for meter feeding. I keep a small plastic bag in my vehicles, the kind of ziplock you get screws and parts in - heavy duty - and I keep them filled with meter and toll money from the hair gel bank.

I have a friend that collects pennies, so he gets those, with the exception of certain things like wheats or indians.

It's a satisfying thing to do. Kind of like money for nothing.

 

[the ringo kid]

Save their change? I have a giant old coke a cola bank. And I empty my pockets everyday and save my change. And when it gets full. I put it a double gallon Baggie. I use it as frivolous money. I might buy gun stuff, I might buy car stuff, I might use it to purchase more silver dollars.

I used to take it to those coin centers in most grocery stores or to the one in Walmart. But they rob you. Charging something like 20%? So I bought a electronic change machine and roll my own. The machine was only $20-25 and I use free coin wrappers my bank gives me. And deposit it in my PayPoo bank account. To use on eCrud junk.

When my coin bank is full, it averages between $160 and the highest was $220. But this time it looks like it might not even reach the $160 mark? Looks like allot of pennies this time? But it will still be at least $130-135. And it only takes between 4-6 weeks to fill. But still, I can buy some ammo? Some silver dollars or car stuff? Or like last time, I bought some in-channel vent shades/visors for my truck. And had money left over.

So do you save change? And what do you spend it on???

I have the same type bank I was using to save all my change in-till July 28th--when the thief who works at aggie pest control out of rockport, stole all my money--about $1,500 worth.

That thief is VERY lucky I didnt catch it in the act, it would not have got up off the floor without medical help.

 

[the ringo kid]

Some years back I got into the habit of throwing every quarter I get into an empty gallon pickle jar...when it's full it's right at nine hundred bucks. And, since it's not money saved for a particular thing or purpose, I make a point to use it for buying something fun or having a good time...

I bought two 1911s, GSG ATI MP-44/22 and a Colt .45 that way.

 

[the ringo kid]

My son got me this last Christmas as a joke. We all laughed. But it will hold about 50 bucks if you shake it down a couple of times. The other day I took it to the bank to use their change machine and got 41 something. On the top of the change counter there was 3 pennies just lying there. One was a Canadian penny but the other 2 were Indian head pennies. One is a 1906 and the other a 1908. Both are in great condition. I then went to the car wash and when I put a quarter in, 2 came out of the return. I pulled them out and 2 more appeared. This went on about 10 times before it quit. When I told the owner that the spot free rinse wasn't working he gave me about 5 dollars worth of quarters for the next time I came in. I should have bought a lottery ticket that day.
Peace,
gordon

Those two Indianhead pennies are worth from $6-to-$10 bucks total. Good going.

 

[the ringo kid]

I had gotten into the habit of saving bicentennial quarters and Kennedy halves and pennies. Separate jars. When the penny gallon jug got full, I took it to my bank to cash it. That branch didn't have a coin counter and the teller gave me a fist full of the paper rolls. I spent an evening counting and rolling them while filtering out the wheatbacks. Then I took them into the bank again and a different teller said they can't take rolled coins because people sometimes short them. I've got almost two gallons of pennies now and found a branch of my bank with a free-to-customers but never remember to take them when running errands.

Ive attained maybe 1-2 wheat pennies and bicentennial quarters in about 2 months. Seems as if everyone collects them these days. I HAD been getting 5-6 per month till about June.

 

[the ringo kid]

Yes. When it fills up I go and change it to paper money. Always took for the pre 64 quarters but only ever found one

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Ditto. This year ive found only two pre-64 quarters.

 

[inspcalahan]

I use gallon beer growlers from a local brewery. I throw all my pocket change in there as I end each day. When the kids pay for their bills (attempt at growing them up to be responsible so they pay for part of their internet, car fuel, insurance, etc), sometimes they are scraping their floors and drawers...I'll take the change. It's still money and I've never wealthy enough to turn away any.

Like many others have written about doing, after making sure there's nothing of value like pre64 or older, I'll cash it in every year or so. There's a couple of really nice pistols downstairs just from doing this.

 

[e3mrk]

I have a five gallon jug from a water cooler I keep trying to fill up,The last time the money went for a AR-15 and it wasn't even half full so I'm starting all over again.

 

[SW MP15]

I used to have a 5 gal plastic water jug at my car lot that I saved my change in, mostly quarters and such, allot of it we found in cars/trucks I either bought or traded for and I'd even put some $1 bills in it from time to time. You'd be surprised how much change people leave in their cars when they traded it in. And I'd open ash trays, storage compartments and find all kinds of stuff. Some I CANNOT mention on a family forum!! My son was a teenager back then and helped me at the car lot. And would walk in with fists full of change he found in the cars. He'd put it straight in the change jug. I'd always say, that car is already making money! But ithe change jug got so heavy, we had to use a 2 wheel dolly to move it to vacuum around it. It just got to be a hassle to move. But when I shut the car lot down I got a little over $1800 out of it. We sit for 3 days counting and rolling it. And back then, my bank required me to put my account number on each and every roll. Now Mine does NOT!

I brought the empty jug home when I closed the car lot and was going to re-use it at home. But every time I thought about, how much of a pain it was to move and count. I opted for my large coke can bank instead, that sits on my dresser.

 

[Comrad]

I used to save change. My last coke bottle got so full I could hardly pick it up and when I did the bottom fell out of it. Now I spend it as I get it.