Piggy bank

[Rye]

Guess how many coin change I had saved up in this little piggy bank after a few months of saving, before I cashed in my change earlier at the penny arcade?

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$24! I was really happy.

What is your biggest amount you've ever saved in change in a piggy bank/money jar?

[rubah]

we used to keep a Date Jar (plastic baggie) that had ~10-20 in it at any given time.

When I stopped buying vending machine food at school last year, I quickly accumulated $14 in quarters and other assorted change.

[Mo-Nercy]

I've saved like $400 dollars in change over the last 5-6 years. I am not kidding. I had to start rolling the coins in paper to save space. It all just sits on my desk in a little wooden box I built in my first year of high school.

[rubah]

Why haven't you invested it?

[Clo]

I've saved like $400 dollars in change over the last 5-6 years. I am not kidding.

Hey Mo... you seem like a wonderful person. We should really hang out sometime. Get some drinks. You know.

The most I've saved up is 6.20

[Cuchulainn]

ONE MILLION DOLLARS

[Raistlin]

My mom and step-dad have saved up over $1,000 in change in the past 10 or so years. They have spent some (maybe even most) of that on vacations, so it wasn't all at once.

The most I've saved up is $20-something.

[Agent Proto]

I once managed to save up to $60 in my little coin bank I had made back in middle school. It was mostly quarters and dimes. If it's mostly pennies, it'd hold $20.

[rubah]

Monetary densities (US):

Pennies: 0.004 $/gram
Nickels: 0.010 $/gram
Dimes: 0.044 $/gram
Quarters: 0.044 $/gram
Half Dollars: 0.044 $/gram
Dollars: 0.123 $/gram (susan b. anthony)
0.044 $/gram (eisenhower)
0.123 $/gram (sacagawea)

I wasn't sure if pennies or nickels were the worst, but it's nice to see that our lovely ladies are the most efficient.

[Rye]

It is actually most cost effective to not have pennies, I read somewhere. Can you imagine it? =O

[NorthernChaosGod]

The most I've had in change was about $50 after using a Coinstar machine.

[rubah]

When I took some to my bank, they were like 'ehh, just leave them unrolled next time' and didn't charge a fee like the sorting machines at the grocery stores do!


It is actually most cost effective to not have pennies, I read somewhere. Can you imagine it? =O

Yes, I've heard that a lot as well. I wonder how complicated it would be to completely revalue our currency. We're not held to a gold standard anymore, so the worth of the metal becomes irrelevant.

Basically, I either want the ability to use pennies in vending machines or GTFO.

[Mo-Nercy]

Why haven't you invested it?
A few months ago, I started to take a couple of rolls every week or so to the bank to deposit. That was really just to make room in the box for more change though. I never really intended to accumulate that much, it just turned out that way. I'm in the habit of coming home and straight-away putting all my change into my piggy banks and boxes. I will do the lot someday, but for now, it's just fun to see how that much change actually looks like.


Hey Mo... you seem like a wonderful person. We should really hang out sometime. Get some drinks. You know.
This seems sincere and well-meaning. Let's do it. :D

[Rodarian]

the most I had was forty dollars in change... I bought a shirt from it! :D

[Iceglow]

I once had £150 in small change in a jar and that was after having paid like 14% for it to get changed up :D

[Meat Puppet]

Couldn’t be that hard to get rid of pennies altogether. NZ and Aus did it in the 80s, I think, and they’re still lopping off small change as the years go on

[Christmas]

I used to put dollar notes inside and slowly it reduced to coins. As time passes, I started to stuff candies in instead and in the end, trash is the only thing that goes in there. :(

[Rantz]

I saved up 8 489 kr in cash which amounts to ~$1150. Of those, 4099 kr were coins. That's about $560. Only took me like a year, though!

[Peegee]

It is actually most cost effective to not have pennies, I read somewhere. Can you imagine it? =O

It's true! In Canadaland our maple leaf encrusted pennies cost 1.8 cents to produce ^_^ So we produce them at a loss. Also there is talk (there was always talk) of elminating that coin. We've talked to countries that have repealed the penny (such as Australia) to see what the effect is on the economy, on inflation, etc etc.

Silly Canadians.

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[Psychotic]

I think I once found I had £54 lying around my room. Years of change from school dinner money.

[BarelySeeAtAll]

Mine's in the shape of two sheep..a smaller one for petty change (very full, I highly doubt I can get it out o_O) and a bigger one which I put pounds and notes in. Probably doesn't make sense.

I had 80 something quid in the bigger one once :D I was so proud!!

[Cuchulainn]

ONE MILLION DOLLARS

[Bunny]

This thread expects me to count the coins I have saved?

Fuck that.

[Jiro]

$153.65. Plus a coin from Malaysia that I have no idea how I got.

[Rye]

Wow!

[Chris]

The most? Hmm, I think I managed to save up about $50 bucks once. I still have it lying around somewhere with the money still in it.

[missaira]

i've been stashing notes away since my birthday/christmas for a trip down to melbourne last week.. before we left i guesstimated i had about $200 but i actually had $390 so that was awesome :p

[Pheesh]

I had $50-$100 at one point, I can't remember because I was super young, I spent it at 'The Royal Show' (it's like an annual fair that we have in Perth).

[boris no no]

I think I had like £30 in a piggie bank... then I wanted it too much!

I have many pennies in my normal bank!

[escobert]

I don't save money. I spend it.

[Laddy]

ONE MILLION DOLLARS
I call bollox!

Ireland uses the Euro!


I saved $37.88 and I bought Final Fantasy XIII with it and my mom payed for the rest! :jess:

[Cuchulainn]

I actually use the pounds Laddy lad. I'm in the part of Ireland the English won't let go.