Loose Change

[tallrick]

I save every nickel and pre 1981 penny I can get my hands on. That's my post dollar collapse money and if the while system collapses, a great source of metal for projects. The intrinsic value of paper is zero.

[Ohiogirl81]

Just spend it here and there. It's legal tender. Use all change in mostly quarters for small purchases, and use the rest for everyday purchases.

I have a big bucket of change; every couple of days I throw a few of each coin into my wallet. It gets used up soon enough.

[thatguydownsouth]

My mom is big on using cash, and shes always had a 1L liquor bottle full of coins when I was growing up. Well she apparently discovered those glass 5 gallon carboys somewhere along the line....I went to her house last year for thanksgiving and she asked me to help her move her change jar. Well thinking nothing of it I was like yea sure...I go into her room and the damn thing was full.....5 gallons of metal. I cant even tell you how much it weighed but my reaction was "What the Hell mom!!!!!!"

[fred44]

TD Bank has a free coin machine, they call it their Penny Arcade.