what to do with £100 in change??

vgstar44

I take mines to the self serve check outs. They have little coin trays and the money falls in rather than a slot type.

SheldonsSister

I put all my change in the self service too. I use one at a big supermarket where you chuck in a handful at a time. My husband tries to disown me but I resent paying a fee at the machines!

idea

My DD has a saving account with Halifax. They let used to let children pay in as much as they liked in coins. So perhaps you could pay your coins into a child account (if you have one) and then just transfer the money? We do this when we fill up the coin jar and it works for us!

joedenise

I see you're in London, can you get to a Metrobank? They have coin sorting machines and you can either pay it into your account (if you have one) or change it for notes.

Denise

Willowpop

Another vote for the self service machines. I often pay for a whole load of shopping at the end of the month with a load of shrapnel from my purse and coat pocket.
I'm surprised your bank wouldn't accept it though..I guess an alternative is pay 2 bags in, rejoin the queue pay 2 bags in etc etc.

smokies

I too love the Self Service checkouts for this reason, I wait till the end of the month and take call my loose change I once had about £30 in change..

but I did warn customers that I was going to be a while.... :A:A

cornishchick

I_luv_cats wrote: »

Self service supermarket checkout till that you throw the coins in?

(Some have a hopper rather than a coin insert)

and if you pay in more than you owe, they give you change in larger denominations..

i have poured a change bag of 5p in there to pay for a small bar of choco and got back 1,56 in just 4 coins.

Spendless

I bought some change from work after a charity collection to ensure I have a stash of £1, 50p and 20p to give to teen for bus fares and dinner money. Otherwise if I round it up or worse give a note, it magics itself away somehow. :mad: You could ask anyone you know with a similarly aged child if they want to buy some off you for that reason. Might need to wait till summer hols are over though.

Snowy_Owl

I do this. I have a savings pot here I put all coppers, 5p's, a pound coin a week instead of putting on a lucky dip and any other change. Every three months, I empty , count and put inot coin bags.

I bank with Halifax. Children can put in any number of bags. Adults have a maximum of 5 bags at a time. So, basically, whenever I have 5 bags I take them in and pay into my account.

Now, this is where it becomes personal to me! I withdraw the same amount in pound coins and put back into the pot. (I currently use a pot which was a present and is in the shape of a teacup. It has a rubber seal on the bottom and can be really fiddly to get off!) - this pot is usually saving for something specific.. For three years, it was the honeymoon. Now it's towards another holiday! When we emptied the terramundi pot for the honeymoon,, I think we had just over 300 pounds - only took 3 trips over 3 days to change!

Kaz2904

I was told by nationwide that they can only accept two bags of coins as they are a building society not a bank so don't need to have the same reserves of coins. This was several years ago now.
Nowadays I put all of my coins into a can. This can is then raided regularly to pay for school events, kids events, kids sweet money on a Friday or to repay a child when they have lent me pocket money to buy a couple of pints of milk from the shop .