Coppers and small silver coins

*Louise*

I save anything under 50p (50's get used by my son for the school tuck shop)

Then i get it changed at christmas - had £200 extra to spend on Christmas pressies last month.

Glittermonkey

In the past 6 months or so i've probably saved about £150 from my small change!

Luckily i change mine at work so it'd not a problem for me but it was near enough impossible carrying nearly £40 in coppers and £50 in silver from the car park to work last night!

elvis_bloggs

I spend all my small change and save all the pounds in the bank.

wigginsmum

I save everything lower than 50ps in a huge whisky bottle in the front room; I bag it up every couple of months (usually £40-50) and that goes into our savings account.

hilstep2000

Icollect owls, and have three piggy bank typ ones that I fill with 1p,2p and 5p's. When they are all full I empty them out, usually about £15. I also collect £2 coins, it's amazing how quickly they add up!

newmum1

Glittermonkey wrote:

Do any of you save your coppers and/or small change?

I save mine, nearly all the change in my purse gets thrown in. I normally end up taking the £1 coins and 50ps out for the shop, car parks etc but the rest normally stays there.

Last night i counted up £92 and paid it onto one of my CC!

I've still got a jar to work through which im hoping i can do tonight.

Very pleased with being able to pay nearly an extra £100 this month off already.

GM

yeah i do this too its amazing how coppers can add up i use an old large brandy bottle and just empty my purse each night best thing is you dont even notice it..

Smiley_Mum

I just counted up all my coppers, silver, £1 and £2 coins today and have nearly £200 total. Will be paying into bank tomorrow but it's heavy. Just in time as my credit card bill is just in, so it will pay part of it. I'm being very canny this year, every time I spend on credit card, I set the money aside in the bank and any small change I'll put in the kids account.

lily_the_pink

We had £352 in loose change once - my OH had been stashing it for ages. Then we had a cash flow crisis (one of various credit cards he had at the time had been forgotten about) so I raided it, which solved the cash flow crisis.



Now I put aside loose £1s, 50ps and 20ps for Christmas. Everything else goes in a jar that I raid when we go on holiday.

elisebutt65

I have one of the big whisky bottles and I put everything in it - apart from £2's. Currently about 3/4 full and then I'll put it in the kids accounts as Abbey say I can put as much change as I like in those ones - I'll draw it all out again later to put in my holiday Ing account.

Kids maintenance from their dad's goes into their accounts as well and I also shove the odd change in my current account via internet into them as well.

Might as well benefit from higher interest and no tax - lol

Yorkielass

I've always saved 1ps, 2ps and 5ps and then paid them into savings - then when I started going out with OH we both saved everything under 50p and opened a savings account to pay it into.

In September 2004 (about a year after we started collecting) we used the money we had to pay for meals out and admission into places on holiday - meant we didn't have to worry about who was paying for what etc.

We're still saving up and was just emptying my purse as I was reading mse actually - also pop in any coins we find on the ground - OH found (and picked up!) a penny in tescos today - getting him well trained :money: