How much spare change do you have just lying around?

hi aireanna though we dont have similar counters here at my place, but yes, i have heard and found the adage to be true - Drops of water make an ocean. Definitely we all have some change lying here and there at different places in the house and if we could collect and make use of them, they definitely can come handy. Though I have always been careless, my wife who is my opposite (in almost everything) has a better habit - she has got herself a pot made of clay (we purchased it from a local store here) where she keeps all the coins. The advantage is that this pot keeps accumulating for us and once it is full, we break it open to collect the coins. Normally, we have to go to the Petrol Pump(Similar to the Gas Pumps at US) where they would happily accept all denominations and give us the currency notes. Then we either go and deposit them into her bank account or we buy out something. And then there is the next purchase of such a pot. The demerit - I cannot steal anything out of it unless I break it open and there are times when I am desperately searching for some coins and change (I already mention that I am disorganized and many times do not find the exact change from where I keep them in the house)

I have the small coins in a pot in the kitchen. They are for eggs (they sell them nearby and I like them better than the ones at the super). It´s been ages since I take a bill, however small, for that purpose, even though I love eggs and use a lot. The big coins go into my piggy banks. Those are changed into bills once in a while and go for my vacations. I know that pennies add up. I work online to travel

I know that I have quite a bit of change laying around the house. However, I also know that I don't have as much change now as I used to have. You see, when I was younger I was one of those people that would never use any of my change until I had saved up $100 of change. Then I would take it to the bank and cash it in for paper money and I would use that for a shopping spree. These days, I don't use cash all the time and when I am using cash I will typically use the coins that I have in my purse as well. However, yesterday we did make a purchase at the store with just the change that I had and the change that my husband had in our pockets. It was a $4.50 purchase.

Yeah I agree with you. I absolutely love change. And when I'm able to get change I gladly stick it in my piggy bank to fill up and take in when I need it. Right now I'm trying to fill it up and will be using it to pay some of my doctor's bill. Change really does add up. In the future I'm hoping to buy a bigger one and only use it to put silver change, and bills in it for some type of trip for us.

I love it when I can grab some loose coins just when I need them. So, when Im cleaning the house and spot coins on the floor just anywhere, I would immediately pick them up and gather them somewhere. I would be surprised to find out later, than It would all sum up to a good amount that could buy me a meal. My husband has a bad habit of just leaving coins in his pockets, and would just throw his pants anywhere, so the coins would fall to floor, and he wouldn't pick them up.

we have a lot of carolers that go around houses on the 2 weeks leading up to christmas. so this month i started putting away shiny coins (1, 5 and 10 pesos) so i don't run out of them next month because we need them also when riding public transportation. for the really small denominations (1 centavo and 5 centavo), i take them to the supermarket's customer service department to exchange them for bigger denominations. i'm now thinking of putting away the crisp bills also starting today (20, 50, 100, 500 pesos) to be given away as cash gifts for nephews, nieces, godchildren, etc this christmas.

I save my change all the time. I moved about 6 months ago and when I moved I decided to count up all my change and deposit it into my bank account. When I added it all up I had over $100 in change saved up. I'm in the process of saving up my change again. I have a large lighthouse bank I bought and I'm using it to save up my change and hoping to trade it in for a family vacation for my kids and I this coming summer if I have enough saved.

We do usually have some change lying around. Some times, we have more than others, but for the most part, we can usually find a bit of change lying around our apartment.

I toss coins into a mug on my dresser. I then use those coins to bribe my child. she probably has over $20 in pennies and nickles in her bank right now. I keep the quarters and dimes and put it into my husband and mine "fun money" jar. We cash that in twice a year. We were able to take a weekend away over the summer just on the change we had thrown into that jar since last January. I figure that I am already paying for the internet because I need it for my job, and I like the entertainment value. If I manage to save up a few $100 a year with my online pennies, then it is worth it. I would not quit my day job, but it is nice to have that extra money.

Like they say, every little bit counts. I save my change and then cash it in. I also am building up my online earnings to buy something special for myself. So, where ever we can save money it is always a plus.

YES. THIS is relevant for usa /canada situation wherein normally people use debit cards or credit cards. people rarely use cash dollars. Even then i have seen that people have a lot of cent coins, five cents coins etc. yes. in every house they must be having roughly 5$ worth change lying here and there. you are right in getting it changed to dollar. In India we use cash for buying things in shops. rarely we use debit cards and credit cards. we will be having more cash in the house always. of course changes in coins form may not much. your suggestion to change the coins into dollars for spending is good.