Mmmm... change jar

[bassaficionado6]

So I keep a jar in which to collect loose change and I just cleaned it out.

$95!!!!

That's defintely going towards a new pre.

Anyone else do this?

[fenderhutz]

I cashed in our from the past year and it was 235 I believe

[Barfly]

Nice...me thinks I will start one.

[steve21]

I've got one of those big spindles for blank cds (the 100 cd ones) with a little hole on top for depositing change. It's about 1/4 full.

You cats Coinstar it or do it by hand?

[WickedPissah]

I have like 15 bucks after 2 weeks of doing it.

[bassaficionado6]

Originally Posted by steve21

I've got one of those big spindles for blank cds (the 100 cd ones) with a little hole on top for depositing change. It's about 1/4 full.

You cats Coinstar it or do it by hand?

I just did mine by hand from coin rolls I got at the bank. I'm not sure how much Conistar takes off , but I like to get all the money I can.

[tplyons]

I have a little jelly jar I fill up. Fits about $50 when full because it's mostly quarters usually.

I take mine to Commerce Bank for free.

[Barfly]

There's a change conversion machine at the local grocery round here. I'ma start it tonight...on the sly.

[jomahu]

people tend to get uppity about coinstar, but i love it! i usually cash in when my coin jar gets full to the brim...last time i got $130!!!

yeh, it really adds up. a penny is still a penny, yo...

[Fontaine]

i have 2 glasses pretty much full since i became a college student....but nothing over a dime

[Spector_Ray]

I have a box built out of wood that's sealed so I can't see what's in it and I'm not tempted to dip in the till. Last time I did this, I had over $200 in it.

[Tsal]

I have a big jar at my parent's place, must be something like 3-4 pounds of coins.

[peterbright]

Highest count to date was over $560. Roll the coins & take them to your bank. Don't give the coin machine money to sort them.

[bassman1185]

I'm about due to take mine in. It's not a big jar. I'm guessing there is about $50 in it.

[wazzel]

I had a change jar in high school, college and a bit after. I would roll and turn in some from time to time and put the cash back in the jar. When I decided to get married I had enough for the engaugement ring.

[Marcury]

I've got six of them full. I guess it's time to cash out!

[EricF]

We have an 8" square tupperware container in our living room for tossing change into when we come home. I'm guessing it'll be about $500 when it's full - 'bout halfway there now.

[Joe Gress]

Took mine to the bank, got $115. Bought two claypool tickets. First Rock 'n Roll show ever.

[MakiSupaStar]

Mine usually comes out to about 60 bucks a month which is the exact cost of a new sack. Works out swimmingly.

[Porksicle]

I've never been able to keep one - vending machines at work are a necessity.

My mom, on the other hand, has always been a total miser about change. For most of my childhood, she worked as a bartender and waitress in family restaraunts owned by her uncles and aunts. During that time, she always kept a massive, water-cooler-sized glass jug in her closet that she dropped the change in.

In 1988, when she decided to open her own bar & grill, she goes into our attic (which us kids never went in) and drags out 29 of these beasts full of coins. We spent 3 weeks hand-rolling every cent, and in the end, she had saved over $33,000 in just over 12 years.

I always admired her for doing that, especially being a single mother of seven kids who kept us fed on a bartender's wage. Still to this day, she socks all her loose change away and cashes it in once a year, and uses it to shop for Christmas gifts for her grandkids.