what to do with small change

carlm1984

yeah put them in cash bags and then they put them on a machine which works it out, just make sure you bag it up correctly though

littlemrtinkle

have you got a hsbc account. my bank has a coin dispenser where you pile in your change and it goes straight into your bank account. Best of all its free.

kje_2

My local pub will change 10p, 20p and 50p for me. I think businesses get charged by their bank for change so pubs, sandwich shops, takeaway etc may be glad of it.

Anything lower than 10p, I hand over in a bag to charity.

Jap2Uk

if it is bagged ready the bank will take it. I did mine last year about £140. lady weighed it and asked if i wanted cash or or in my account.

Idiophreak

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mum2one

If you pop into your branch and ask for some money bags there give you some.

I bank loose change every month into my daughters account-

The way the money needs to be bagged as below - seperate bags, no mixed coinage.

1p - £1.00
2p - £1.00
5p - £5.00
10p - £5.00
20p - £10.00
50p - £10.00
£1.00 - £20.00
£2.00 - £20.00

Hope that helps xx

Just a another thought - pop a piece of paper with the total figures
£1 - £40
50p - £10 etc

It gives the cashier something to double check with, although they will write the money themselves, also for your benefit as u know how much is going in.

Well done on saving all that.x

financequest

I keep most of my loose change in the ashtray of my car. Whenever tanking up with fuel, I never round up to a pound, but go over by a few pence, eg. £20.63. Then hand over a £20 note and 67p in change. Also useful at supermarkets when paying through the self check lanes. I keep silver coins seperate for parking meters, tunnel and bridge fees. Lastly, I always pay for my Sunday paper with a handful of coins, mostly silver. For the devoted credit/debit card user, these tips may not be useful.

Paris_Anthony

I'm with natwest and my branch (admittedly in Leicester city centre) has a coin deposit machine that you can just dump loads of random change into, it counts it and deposits straight into your account. Its free, and I dont even have to go to the effort of bagging the change up and sorting it... There's also never a queue for the machine which is nice.

Two9A

Is it free, though?

As mentioned upthread, those coin counter machines often take a percentage and report the rest as counted; I know the Coinstar at my local Asda will report 92% of the counted coins, for example, and sneakily retain 8%.

For what it's worth, I'd go to the bank and ask for a couple dozen coin bags; they can hardly refuse to hand them over

lozza1985

Yeah its free as its in the bank office, I use the one in my Natwest all the time - its quicker than queueing to see a cashier which I guess is why they have them. You can pay bills, and pay in cash (notes & coins) plus cheques.