Do you have coffee cans with coins throughout the house?
For whatever crazy reason, I have money stored thoughout the house.1 coffee can full of pennies, 1 half full of nickles, dimes and quarters, 1 just recently started with Canadian money only and finally the laundry coffee can. The laundry coffee can is there because those of my household forget to empty their pockets. I have told them, whatever money is found belongs to the laundry room. Well, up to five dollars. Anything above that, they get an ear full then their money. All this collected stashed money is our mad money for those wacky weekends to spend recklessly. LOL
How about you seniors? Do you maintain coffee cans for such money?
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Guess we’re gonna sound like old folk here, but yeah, we have a stash of coins under the bed in both coffee cans and an old wine bottle. Keeps them out of the way….and keeps me from getting into them easily. We’ve started rolling them and so far have about $300, which will help nicely with Christmas.
no.
Nope I actually have pot bellied kitty bank that I empty my change into every evening when I get home from work. Amazing how much it adds up even at the end of the month!
Have a Maxwell House one sitting right here on my desk ! My grandson’s love rolling the coins when they come over. And of course i don’t have pennies !
Not coffee cans, but I use an old umbrella package tube and stash coins in there when my purse gets to heavy with change. They are mixed coins and when the tube is filled to the top, I take it to the bank’s coin machine. I usually get about $50.00 + from those coins. Life is soo good. <><
I have a five gallon water jug that I’m working on. Also a large candy dish in the kitchen. It adds up quick:~)
Oh yes I do. I work as a waitress part time and I get loads of change. I will break a dollar just to get change. My grandkids get all the pennies. I have a HUGE container of them.
I have a old glass piggy bank and I can’t get the coins out without breaking it. So I use coffee can’s now.
LOL! Not coffee cans — but have you seen the jars that go on your kitchen counter — one for flour, one for sugar, one for coffee? I got several of those around the house full up with coinage.
I don’t use coffee cans, but I have a red plastic piggy bank I put coins in. When it gets full, I ‘open’ him up and roll the coins and get a new piggy.
When we lived in FL about 20 yrs ago, I was working at a car wash and this older gentleman told me they never spent change. He and his wife saved it all and they used that money they to come to FL for the winter. That fellow inspired me and I started saving coins and opened a saving acct with the money.
Yes, three coffee cans and a large gene ( wine ) bottle almost half full of dimes. My ambition is to fill the bottle with just American dimes and see how many there are. At last count there was over three hundred dollars, couldn’t believe it.
I have a 5 gallon water jug for pennies, a gallon cider jug for nickles and dimes, and a candy can for quarters. I also use a German beer stein for paper money. ( 1′s, 5′s, 10′s and 20′s )
We have so many different moneys stashed don’t know where to begin. Moneys from cans and papers turned in. Moneys saved on coupons we stash. You have to be creative. Never be to proud to pick up a penny on the ground. Always put away at least 10 percent of your paycheck away for yourself. You are #1.
We use cottage cheese containers. And when we take it to the bank to deposit in our savings its about 75 bucks.
For years…….
I don’t spend coins at all….at the end of the day, any change in my wallet or purse gets dumped into the can. Once a year, I go to a local bank that has a sorter (free use) and empty the can.
I usually do it once a year…sometimes twice. Last one in July had $580.01 in it….
Not bad considering I live alone.
This is what I consider "my stash" and is used strictly for fun………………..
Nothing beats a large coffee can for this purpose……
Awhile ago there was a peanut butter manufacturer that was selling their product in glass jars shaped like bears. Teddy bears. Grandpa bears. Grandma bears. For whatever reason (my mother was a horder) I have a whole slew of these. Since I also have the tops, I have turned a couple into banks by cutting slots into the lids. Still others I use for storage jars…my tea bags reside in one of these.
As to mad money…it is amazing how much of my silver coloured coins go missing while at the same time my grandsons come up with "found" money from THEIR piggy banks?!
Not on purpose, just a point of too lazy to give proper change…to the point that I’m depositing $150.50 tomorrow…all in change! lol
No. Here in the Las Vegas area it is a coin cup from a casino. But, even their existence is threatened with the new "coinless play" machines being added and the old ones being phased out. My cup is from a place that doesn’t exist anymore. One of the last places on the Strip that oozed class and stood for everything great about the Strip: The Desert Inn!
1 container for the pennies, nickles and dimes.
1 container just for quarters for doing the laundry.
1 container just for moneys found in the street or other places.
My husband carries a coin purse and pays right to the penny.
We have very few coins.
We did before we retired.
We had a battery operated coin sorter. The grand kids took turns being the lucky one to hit pay dirt.
My father didn’t trust banks.
He was a miser and made 1,800 month during the depression. He always made very good money and saved every penny he could.
He always buried his money in glass bottles. I once saw one of the bottles and the bills were rolled up so tight he had a hard time getting a twenty out to pay me for flowers for my mother grave.
When he died we couldn’t find his buried money.
He had 30.00 in his wallet.
Trying to find his money was like digging for gold.
We will never know how much money he had but we know it was a lot.
Maybe someday some lucky soul will find it.
Thanks for the question.
Not coffee cans, but various banks and containers.
hmmm…let me look
Actually I only have one canning jar for spare change. And once it gets full I go to a Coin Star and cash it in. Then start all over again. It’s easier than having a lot of loose change in my coin purse.
I have a little girl bank that gets all my change year round.I then roll it up and cash it in for Christmas presents.You would be surprised how it adds up.All change is thrown in the bottom of my purse,then into the bank…..
1 on my dresser with daily change from my pocket
1 more on my dresser with just pennies
1 on the back porch with German marks left over from my Army days. Now that they have Euros its worthless but I still hang on to it.
1 in my truck with quarters, dimes and nickels
1 more in my truck with just quarters
I guess I have enough.
Oh and I forgot about the $90 I have in an envelope SOMEWHERE in my truck in case I need gas money. Just can’t remember where i hid it so my step son wouldn’t find it!
Yep, I’m old and forgetful. LOL
I have a jar full of old cents on my table, from the 30s to 50s that I purchased from the coin shop for 3 cents each on average. Nice deco and pieces of history for a small price.
What we have is ashtrays of coins. Hubby rolls them every couple of months and carries them to the bank. We use the quarters at the toll booths, and all others get tossed into a dish.
Have you considered visiting us across the way?
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Any money that shows up in the washing machine or dryer is mine. I usually forget to check my pockets, and, since I’m the one who does laundry, I just consider it found money, even though it was probably mine to begin with.
Hub religiously checks his pockets (EXCEPT FOR TISSUES!)