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  • Lokolo
    Lokolo Posts: 20,861 Forumite
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    Haha its all for the best though!!

    I have around £60 in my money pot, it has a counter thing on it when I put coins in :)
  • mouthscradle
    mouthscradle Posts: 1,007 Forumite
    Lokolo wrote: »
    I have around £60 in my money pot, it has a counter thing on it when I put coins in :)

    I thought about getting one of those but then I think I'd be too tempted to take it out and spend it when it reached an amount that something I just happened to want (but not need) cost :rolleyes: I think I'm gonna get a Terramundi or something instead!
    Mother, wife, scientist, analyst.
  • dippykitty
    dippykitty Posts: 1,138 Forumite
    Lokolo wrote: »
    Haha its all for the best though!!

    I have around £60 in my money pot, it has a counter thing on it when I put coins in :)

    I'm probably just being really thick, but what is the counter thing? If it saves me having to manually count them all out, I'd love to get one!
    ISA savings: £25,139 Other Savings: £1750 (tied up in bond)
  • JimLad
    JimLad Posts: 950 Forumite
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    awesome i need one!

    The grand total up is approaching folks! im onto the 5p's! then its just the 1p's
    Mortgage Free 22/03/17
    MissWillow is my OH!
  • JimLad
    JimLad Posts: 950 Forumite
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    £61.60 in coins!
    Mortgage Free 22/03/17
    MissWillow is my OH!
  • dippykitty
    dippykitty Posts: 1,138 Forumite
    That's really good :D As per my signature, I've only got £18 in my pot altogether (and only £11 to be banked next week as those are the only full bags) so you're doing a lot better than me! Which coins do you save?
    ISA savings: £25,139 Other Savings: £1750 (tied up in bond)
  • JimLad
    JimLad Posts: 950 Forumite
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    dippykitty wrote: »
    Which coins do you save?

    Everything less than a 50p i put in my bottle.

    Have you ever had a problem banking coins? I have a LOT of bags to take in
    Mortgage Free 22/03/17
    MissWillow is my OH!
  • dippykitty
    dippykitty Posts: 1,138 Forumite
    JimLad wrote: »
    Everything less than a 50p i put in my bottle.

    Have you ever had a problem banking coins? I have a LOT of bags to take in

    I've only taken 3-4 bags at any one time as I never usually have more than that saved. I've personally never had a problem but then I'm not taking about 10 bags at once! How many bags will you be wanting to take?
    ISA savings: £25,139 Other Savings: £1750 (tied up in bond)
  • JimLad
    JimLad Posts: 950 Forumite
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    dippykitty wrote: »
    How many bags will you be wanting to take?

    23 bags of coins ranging from 1p's to 20p's
    Mortgage Free 22/03/17
    MissWillow is my OH!
  • briona
    briona Posts: 1,454 Forumite
    JimLad wrote: »
    23 bags of coins ranging from 1p's to 20p's
    Last August I opened an NS&I investment account at the Post Office and deposited £105-worth of silver coins in one go! The following week I deposited £25-worth of coppers! Needless to say the people in the queue behind me were less than impressed! :o
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