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11-12-2007, 02:38 AM
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I just spend the coins as they come in, so they never accumulate.
Stores don't mind receiving change, it helps them out.
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11-12-2007, 08:11 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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I rarely take coins with me, and usually pay with bills or CC. DW has coins in her purse and will try to pay exactly, or add coins to my bills to avoid getting coins back. The change I bring home goes in to a tall decorative jar in the bedroom. When full every 8-10 months or so, we'll roll it (it typically holds about $200). When the kids were still home, we'd roll it with them and plan a special outing to a water park, ball game, etc., to use it. Nowdays we'll do a weekend getaway with it, of maybe just put it in the bank, or whatever. Works for us.
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11-12-2007, 09:15 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Originally Posted by RunningBum
I was thinking to start saving quarters for DD about to enter college, but most of those machines probably take their student cards these days, don't they?
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Nope! Start saving those quarters for the dorm's laundry machines - I've never seen one that uses the student cards; they still operate with quarters.
One of the most appreciated graduation gifts my DD received was 5 rolls of quarters!
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11-12-2007, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by cute fuzzy bunny
The coinstar machines in the supermarkets around here charge no surcharge if you take payment in a gift card. Options include itunes, amazon, starbucks, LNT, etc.
Coinstar : Our Products : FREE Coin Counting when you turn coins into a Gift Card or eCertificate
So when my coin jar gets full, I take it with me to the grocery store. Dump it in, get either an amazon card if i'm planning to buy something from them or an itunes card for the wife.
I always keep a few quarters in my pocket these days though. SOMEBODY is very interested in the 'canny machines'... 
There may not be any coinstar machines near you, but somebody probably has a similar setup. |
Cool, I did not know this! Looks like my nephew is getting an iTunes card for Christmas with some loose change.
You can also donate to one of the charities they list at many of the Coinstar machines. I assume you get a receipt for taxes.
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11-12-2007, 09:41 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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I have a basket that I tend to throw loose change in. My daughter tends to take it out. I did manage to hide loose pennies in a decorative jar and accumulate those. But, the other day she said, "hey what are you doing with the loose pennies these days?" Now she knows where they are so they will slowly disappear too. 
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11-12-2007, 09:50 AM
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I have 40 pounds of pennies.
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11-12-2007, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Achiever51
Nope! Start saving those quarters for the dorm's laundry machines - I've never seen one that uses the student cards;
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You have never been to my school then.
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11-12-2007, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by travelover
I have 40 pounds of pennies.
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Why?  Time to lug them over to your bank and deposit them!
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11-12-2007, 10:52 AM
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I have a crystal vase in a drawer I throw all the change in. When it gets full I take it to the bank, and keep 10% of it for me, and put 90% of it in the kid's custodial accounts.
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11-12-2007, 10:55 AM
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At the rate the dollar is falling, soon there won't be a need for change...
everything will be rounded off to the nearest $1 - $5 - $10 - $100 !!
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11-12-2007, 10:59 AM
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gone traveling
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Originally Posted by travelover
I have 40 pounds of pennies.
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The copper is now worth more than the value of the pennies.
If I were you, I'd keep them.
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11-12-2007, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Helena
The copper is now worth more than the value of the pennies.
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Only if they are from 1981 or earlier, when pennies were made with 95% copper. The copper in them is worth about 3 cents each at current prices. However, since 1982 pennies have been made almost entirely of zinc.
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11-12-2007, 11:48 AM
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11-12-2007, 11:52 AM
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gone traveling
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby
Only if they are from 1981 or earlier, when pennies were made with 95% copper. The copper in them is worth about 3 cents each at current prices. However, since 1982 pennies have been made almost entirely of zinc.
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You're right... exchange the 1982-2007 pennies for nickels
Current Melt Value Of Coins - How Much Is Your Coin Worth?
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11-12-2007, 01:49 PM
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I use cards mostly too - but with change they go in my wallet (and gets used as much as possible, which I guess may annoy the people behind me in line...) or the ash tray in the car - which gets used a lot too - every time we go through a drive through or my dad uses it to help pay for gas...so it's often empty.
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11-12-2007, 03:16 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
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Originally Posted by Helena
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Actually that was the 1982-2007 nickles which are worth around 6 cents. The
newer pennies were worth like 69% of a penny. So still not worth melting them down 
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11-12-2007, 03:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Helena
The copper is now worth more than the value of the pennies.
If I were you, I'd keep them.
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I'm keeping 'em. DW's fourth graders are fascinated by them.
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