minderasr Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Decided to roll up all the coins in my change jar, as it was getting full. A grand total of $230 worth of quarters, and not a single 1964 or older. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 When I was a kid one of my jobs was rolling all the coins from our gas stations. I did this on my grandmother’s living room floor. This was when gas was a cash business. I got 10% of what I rolled. Pretty good gig for a little kid. Then my baby sister got involved. My mom made me start with rolling the pennies. She got to start with the silver. So she would roll all the dollars, half dollars and quarters. Sometimes the dimes before I finished the pennies and nickels. We both got 10% of what we rolled. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 My bank won’t take change in rolls anymore. I bring it all in a plastic gallon jug and dump it into the machine. When the jug is full, it’s around $300. It takes a year to fill the jug, and I try to empty it right before we take a vacation and that becomes vacation $$$. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullClip Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I took a couple plastic jugs of change to the machine inside the bank once. But they had rather narrow necks and I had to shake the crap out of them to get the change out. It was comical to me, not so funny to some people that I had something like loud maracas in rhythm for 10 minutes. Now I use coffee cans that just pour out into the machine. Take the receipt from the machine and deposit it into my checking account. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borg warner Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2 hours ago, Batesmotel said: When I was a kid one of my jobs was rolling all the coins from our gas stations. I did this on my grandmother’s living room floor. This was when gas was a cash business. I got 10% of what I rolled. Pretty good gig for a little kid. Then my baby sister got involved. My mom made me start with rolling the pennies. She got to start with the silver. So she would roll all the dollars, half dollars and quarters. Sometimes the dimes before I finished the pennies and nickels. We both got 10% of what we rolled. These days I just use Coinstar. I hate rolling coins. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 My Great-Grandma had two 5 gallon glass water bottles filled with pennies. I would have loved to take those things to the Coinstar after she died. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I have accounts at two banks. One requires that change be rolled, the other requires that change be loose. I never can remembrer what bank takes loose so it is a 50/50 chance whenever I decide to cash in my change bucket. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just now, Maser said: My Great-Grandma had two 5 gallon glass water bottles filled with pennies. I would have loved to take those things to the Coinstar after she died. Pennies are alway a disappointment. Lots of bulk and weight, but relatively little ROI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Just now, Maser said: My Great-Grandma had two 5 gallon glass water bottles filled with pennies. I would have loved to take those things to the Coinstar after she died. My sister has large a suitcase she inherited. It is full of rolled wheat back pennies. It takes a hand truck to move it. I have no idea what it is worth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 2 minutes ago, jmohme said: Pennies are alway a disappointment. Lots of bulk and weight, but relatively little ROI. I just wanted the spectacle of me bringing those things into the store. 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 minutes ago, Maser said: I just wanted the spectacle of me bringing those things into the store. 😁 I can see the value in that! Better yet, take them to the tax office to pay your property taxes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, jmohme said: I can see the value in that! Better yet, take them to the tax office to pay your property taxes. Not a good idea 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 5 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: My bank won’t take change in rolls anymore. I bring it all in a plastic gallon jug and dump it into the machine. When the jug is full, it’s around $300. It takes a year to fill the jug, and I try to empty it right before we take a vacation and that becomes vacation $$$. Yes I made the mistake of neatly rolling all the coins one year only to find out it was a waste of my time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 During the coof there was a change shortage. My favorite breakfast place needed coins for change so I told the owner I'd roll up my jug full of coins for her. She bought all of the coins I had. It was $80.00 worth. She was very happy to get them. tom. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minderasr Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 22 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: My bank won’t take change in rolls anymore. I bring it all in a plastic gallon jug and dump it into the machine. When the jug is full, it’s around $300. It takes a year to fill the jug, and I try to empty it right before we take a vacation and that becomes vacation $$$. A long time ago there was only one bank in my area with a change machine. They retired the machine after years of it continually breaking down. Plus you needed to have an account with them to use the machine (I did at the time). My current bank has no such machine and I have no idea if any of the other banks do. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 21 hours ago, Maser said: My Great-Grandma had two 5 gallon glass water bottles filled with pennies. I would have loved to take those things to the Coinstar after she died. Odds are some of those coins would have commanded a premium on the collector market 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 1 hour ago, railfancwb said: Odds are some of those coins would have commanded a premium on the collector market Or not. My grandfather always kept any silver coins that he got as change and hid them. My dad was the only other person that knew where he stashed them and when grandpa died my dad took us down in the basement. He had a sledge hammer in his and. We all thought he was going to bust up some brick, but instead. he smacked a steel pipe that appeard to be a support for the floor above. The pipe was about 3/4 full of silver coins and only a small hand full were worth more than the silver they were made of. And not enough so that it made reasearching all of them worth the time spent. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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