Comments on: Counting Coins

By: Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet

Ashley @ Wide Open Wallet — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:35:00 +0000

My husband keeps all his change in a 5 gallon water jug. We paid for our honeymoon with the first jug and are now saving up for a big flat screen TV. It takes a long time… but when you spend the money it feels like whatever you bought is free.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:16:00 +0000

I still count and roll my coins. I’m not paying 8.5 cents per dollar for a machine to count my money… that’s 8.5 percent!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:01:00 +0000

I just returned from a trip to Europe and brought my 2-year old daughter a bunch of foreign coins – Croatian Kuna, Bulgarian Leva, and of course the Euro. She loves seeing the animals on the coins, and playing with them.
Practically speaking, I also keep (US) coins in the car as insurance for when I need to take the turnpike and pay the tolls. I guess it’s one more selling point for coins in an increasingly plastic-oriented society.
Jerry

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:14:00 +0000

I’m a sucker for old coins too. I love finding ‘wheaty’ pennies amidst the other coins.

By: Zachary

Zachary — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:38:00 +0000

I always enjoyed rolling coins, too. Nowadays the coins feed the laundry machines, but I still like to roll my smaller denomination coins. I have always been fascinated by old silver (pre-1965) coins, too.