What do you do with coins?

[CTyankee]

I simply don't carry any loose change any more. My debit card is for everything.

I took all my quarters I had in jars to the bank and exchanged them for paper money. They gave me paper sleeves for future use. I now have them for my collection of dimes but I have an ominously full glass jar of pennies.

Does anybody else separate and keep jars or paper sleeves for redemption of coins at the bank?

I''d like to give the pennies away but it seems like a stupid thing to do, to burden someone else with the job.

Any ideas?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I hoard quarters for the laundromat and tire pressure

[CTyankee]

5. too bad you don't live next door to me!

[Mosby]

12. QT has free air.

In case you live near one.

[Frasier Balzov]

2. Make one wish a day and throw a penny in the garbage.

[Quakerfriend]

3. Our bank has a coin counting machine.

They take a small %.

I do have a large jar filled with coins.

[LoisB]

4. You can always burden me with the pennies. Drop them off at an elementary school, they

would make a great counting tool, the teacher could take them to the bank and use the proceeds for classroom supplies or an extra treat for the children.

[CTyankee]

7. I thought of that but it's such a tiresome job for a teacher.

Maybe I could give the big jar of pennies to my house cleaner (or ask if she'd be interested in taking it). She might have a relative who could manage it. There's a machine at the supermarket but I was told at the bank that those machines cheat you.

[LoisB]

18. That's a good idea. I have never used a machine at the supermarket but have at my credit

union.

[BOSSHOG]

6. We have four young grand nephews

They get most of our coins which we put in a tin for each of them and they love it. A few years back we gave them all banks with the coin counter thing on top. I spend mostly cash. There is also a wishing well in town which I feed regularly. And I always have ten bucks worth of quarters in both our vehicles for car washing. And we save quarters in a tin to spend at garage sales. I’d be lost without having coins to fool with.

[cachukis]

8. I keep my coins in the car and when I'm at a corner with

one in need, I give out a handful of change.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. Need quarters for shopping cart at ALDI.

Use coins to buy gas, or at Dollar Tree.

If you only use a debit card, how do you get so many coins?

[CTyankee]

13. I've had them forever, maybe over 20 years since we've lived in our house. It is a huge jar, now about full.

[bucolic_frolic]

15. Like 5 pounds of whey protein full? That would be heavy

Separate out the copper pennies, those 1980 and before. They might be worth something someday even if it is illegal to melt them. Do we worry about illegalities anymore?

You could ring the red kettle at Salvation Army Holiday time.

When you go to the bank, deposit a handful. They won't charge to count $1.73, but I heard some do for large amounts.

Go to a flea market. Those folks love cash.

I'm surprised that so many still use cash. I see them at the supermarkets.

[electric_blue68]

25. Oh, for goodness sakes "using cash". How gauche of us who do....

At "the supermarket", or elsewhere. 🙄

Things can go wrong w a debit card. Then what?

[multigraincracker]

29. My bank gave me a prepaid debit card.

They put a grand in it every month from my checking account. I can call them anytime and they will add some more if it runs low.

[Deuxcents]

16. You have to pay for a cart?

[bucolic_frolic]

17. u get ur quarter back but u need it to undock it from its pen. /nt

[Deuxcents]

19. O..actually a great idea to make sure they get their carts back. I see them far away from the store sometimes

[bucolic_frolic]

20. You would think, but I had an ALDI checker tell me they can't keep the carts in the store

Thieves break the locking system. And it's a small town, I don't know what was going on there.

[Deuxcents]

22. Welp..so much for that!

[NJCher]

28. Actually is a good system

They keep the carts indoors in my ALDI store, though.

[Diamond_Dog]

10. What do I do with coins?

I spend them!

[Shambala]

11. When my cigar box gets close to full of coins

I take them to the self checkout when I go shopping at Lowe's or the grocery store. Only during off peak hours though since I don't want to hold up the line feeding coins in the machine.

[Enter stage left]

14. Our credit union has a free coin counting machine that prints a receipt that you take to a teller who

Will deposit it to your account.

Support credit unions!

[BOSSHOG]

21. Credit Unions

One of the world’s greatest inventions. Been with Navy Federal for forty plus years. I got a tidy little account there. They treat me like royalty for no apparent reason. We also do business with another credit union. Love Em.

[multigraincracker]

30. I don't do online banking. I do inline banking.

I go to the bank and stand in line. Now friends with all of the tellers and hope I’m helping with their job security.

[LogDog75]

35. I agree, Credit Unions are great

I've belonged to the North Island Credit Union at Naval Base Coronado for nearly 40 years. Never had a problem with them, no fees to access my money, and the customer service is great. I had problems with a debit card when I was in Las Vegas, a couple of years ago, and I called them and it turned out because I was using it outside of the county it wasn't working. The told me to do a Travel Notice and how to do it. Basically, I enter the dates I'll be away from home and what cities or states I'll be in. Then it will accept payments.

[BOSSHOG]

38. Hello My Friend

I went to Navy Basic in San Diego in the early 70s. Enjoyed Coronado but did not like driving over that bridge. Believe it or not there is a Navy Federal in Manhattan Kansas. Served with The Air Force the Summer of 96 in Saudi Arabia, Joint Task Force Southwest Asia. Stationed along the Gulf Coast and used the facilities at Keesler AFB, Biloxi. We also have some Accounts at Keesler Federal Credit Union. A belated welcome to DU.

[Maninacan]

23. change

Bank wont count coins anymore. I save the solid copper penies for the apocalypse. The rest i try to feed the register thing at the grocery store. I do not keep up on that well enough . I made Home Depot count 300.0$ worth out, legal tender ,Right?

[LogDog75]

36. I'll sort through them

I've collected coins since I was a kid so when it comes to converting the to paper money I'll take the time to sit and sort them by denomination and check to see if there are any interesting coins. I usually find a couple of Wheat pennies which I put with my rolls of Wheat pennies.

Now and then, when I pay cash and get change, I come across a silver dime or silver nickle. Not often but enough to make my day.

[Archae]

24. I have 3 piggy banks.

I use the one shaped like a TARDIS for extra coins.

I also have a duck, and BB-8. (From Star Wars)

[Demobrat]

26. I have a giant vase full of pennies, nickels, and dimes.

I’ve been throwing change in there for years. The thing is so heavy I literally cannot move it. So I just keep throwing in more change.

[RockRaven]

27. Nowadays I (infrequently) use the Coinstar kiosk/machine in the local supermarket

Way back, I would sort and roll the coins and take them to the bank.

Yeah, Coinstar skims a percentage, but the hassle isn't worth it especially since my coin-generation rate of transactions has decreased over time.

[multigraincracker]

31. I like to leave them in the donation banks on the counter.

Also in the take a Penney tray by the register.
I have an old habit. If I drop a penny I leave it. If I find one on the ground I pick it up.

[Marthe48]

32. Be careful using a glass container

If the weight is too much, it can crack or break the base. Learned that the hard way.
I like to look through my change for coins that might be valuable. I still get a silver coin, or wheat pennies. I save the pure copper pennies (1982 and before) in case the scrap law changes
I usually wrap all of the coins when I have about $40. I've wrapped coins since I was a kid. Not a job I look forward to, but I don't do it often.
If you can donate them, I bet a food bank, humane society, or other local org. would be glad to have them

[onethatcares]

33. I'll give you face value for those coins in the jar

I'll even take the jar away at no charge. Heads up though. those copper Lincoln cents are worth 4 cents each at a reputable coin dealer. Pretty good ROI.

[Xavier Breath]

34. The quarters I segregate and use for the car wash in my neighborhood, vending machines, etc.

Nickels, dimes and pennies are all amassed in a jar that I keep looking at while pledging to just take the damn thing to the bank already.

[Auggie]

37. Every couple of years I put them in rolls and take them to the bank

[KitFox]

39. A primary school teacher would love to have them.

I would give each of my students a large piece of aluminum foil and ask them to make a boat that would hold pennies and float. They added pennies one at a time to see how many it would hold before capsizing. They could keep all the pennies it held. The kids that made flat barge type boats always had the most pennies.

I save up all my coins and give them out to my grandkids who like using them to play store with the shops they build with their legos.

[Rhiannon12866]

40. My Dad always saved his pocket change

When I was really little I'd hear him coming into my room at night and putting his day's change into my bank. And at the end of the week he'd roll up all his coins and when he'd get the chance he'd deposit them in the bank, said he was saving for college for me. But after the advent of bank drive thrus there was a problem. The cylinder he put his rolled coins into got stuck halfway, so the panicked bank teller fortunately managed to send it back to him, she wasn't sure that would work.

[samnsara]

41. omg hubby is such a coin freak..he picks them up off the ground

..and has to go thru the coins on the check out counter. I finally bought him a piggy bank for his bday. He cashes them in at the super mkt in a kiosk that gives amazon gift points.

I go into town once a week ( its a 20 mile rt just to the nearest grocer) and i use plastic to buy stuff. I keep coins to scratch off the lottery tix i buy.

[Emile]

42. Right now I am trying to fill out 3 new women Quarter

albums to give to my granddaughters.