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LogDog75

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36. I'll sort through them

Wed Mar 19, 2025, 03:36 PM

Mar 2025

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.

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What do you do with coins? [View all] CTyankee Mar 2025 OP

I hoard quarters for the laundromat and tire pressure no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #1

too bad you don't live next door to me! CTyankee Mar 2025 #5

QT has free air. Mosby Mar 2025 #12

Make one wish a day and throw a penny in the garbage. Frasier Balzov Mar 2025 #2

Our bank has a coin counting machine. Quakerfriend Mar 2025 #3

You can always burden me with the pennies. Drop them off at an elementary school, they LoisB Mar 2025 #4

I thought of that but it's such a tiresome job for a teacher. CTyankee Mar 2025 #7

That's a good idea. I have never used a machine at the supermarket but have at my credit LoisB Mar 2025 #18

We have four young grand nephews BOSSHOG Mar 2025 #6

I keep my coins in the car and when I'm at a corner with cachukis Mar 2025 #8

Need quarters for shopping cart at ALDI. bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #9

I've had them forever, maybe over 20 years since we've lived in our house. It is a huge jar, now about full. CTyankee Mar 2025 #13

Like 5 pounds of whey protein full? That would be heavy bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #15

Oh, for goodness sakes "using cash". How gauche of us who do.... electric_blue68 Mar 2025 #25

My bank gave me a prepaid debit card. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #29

You have to pay for a cart? Deuxcents Mar 2025 #16

u get ur quarter back but u need it to undock it from its pen. /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #17

O..actually a great idea to make sure they get their carts back. I see them far away from the store sometimes Deuxcents Mar 2025 #19

You would think, but I had an ALDI checker tell me they can't keep the carts in the store bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 #20

Welp..so much for that! Deuxcents Mar 2025 #22

Actually is a good system NJCher Mar 2025 #28

What do I do with coins? Diamond_Dog Mar 2025 #10

When my cigar box gets close to full of coins Shambala Mar 2025 #11

Our credit union has a free coin counting machine that prints a receipt that you take to a teller who Enter stage left Mar 2025 #14

Credit Unions BOSSHOG Mar 2025 #21

I don't do online banking. I do inline banking. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #30

I agree, Credit Unions are great LogDog75 Mar 2025 #35

Hello My Friend BOSSHOG Mar 2025 #38

change Maninacan Mar 2025 #23

I'll sort through them LogDog75 Mar 2025 #36

I have 3 piggy banks. Archae Mar 2025 #24

I have a giant vase full of pennies, nickels, and dimes. Demobrat Mar 2025 #26

Nowadays I (infrequently) use the Coinstar kiosk/machine in the local supermarket RockRaven Mar 2025 #27

I like to leave them in the donation banks on the counter. multigraincracker Mar 2025 #31

Be careful using a glass container Marthe48 Mar 2025 #32

I'll give you face value for those coins in the jar onethatcares Mar 2025 #33

The quarters I segregate and use for the car wash in my neighborhood, vending machines, etc. Xavier Breath Mar 2025 #34

Every couple of years I put them in rolls and take them to the bank Auggie Mar 2025 #37

A primary school teacher would love to have them. KitFox Mar 2025 #39

My Dad always saved his pocket change Rhiannon12866 Mar 2025 #40

omg hubby is such a coin freak..he picks them up off the ground samnsara Mar 2025 #41

Right now I am trying to fill out 3 new women Quarter Emile Mar 2025 #42