Where do you keep your spare change?

MSE_Laura_F

Does anybody still use a piggybank? 

Or does your spare change live in a jar? A tin?

Or does it accumulate in drawers, bowls, pockets, on sideboards?

LittleMissDetermined

I have a little piggy bank in my office, I pop my change in there and then when it's full I sort it and take it to the bank

PRAISETHESUN

Most loose change, on the very rare occasions I actually handle coins, gets put on top of the fridge until I remember to take it with me to Tesco and shove it into the self-serve checkouts. Much better to minimise cash on hand and keep it in the bank where it gets paid a bit of interest!

Daliah

I keep my spare change electronically these days 

Brie

I have a very large piggy bank that I was given over 30 years back.  The normal thing (in normal times when we used cash) was to come home and empty the change in our pockets into the piggy bank which is on the table by the door.  At the end of November I would empty, count and roll or bag (depending on country) the coins ready to take to the bank.  A good year might generate £150 to put towards Christmas, my birthday etc.  

Obviously as things are still not normal the cash has been minimal.  Last year I couldn't take the money to the bank so it is still sitting in a bag ready to go - but has been dipped into numerous times for takeaway tips or to find a pound coin for the trolley at the supermarket.  

I have occasionally eyed up one of the coinstar deposit things at Asda etc but object to losing 8% or whatever to pay for giving them my cash.  The Tesco self serve sounds a better option - although I don't really like them as they always seem to go wrong for me.

Sea_Shell

Small change (under 20p) goes in a piggy bank.   There's not that much in it TBH.

Larger change (20p and above) is split between my purse, a ceramic pot, and a bag in the car glovebox.

Most is for either buying/selling odd and ends on FB, or for carparking.

eskbanker

Deleted_User said:

MSE_Laura_F said:

Does anybody still use a piggybank?

Ah, you've reminded me that my grandfather told me about these things apparently used in medieval times for storing bits of metal which I think were called "coins" or something similar. If they are something to do with money, then now I use a piece of plastic which I push into a machine to pay for things.

How quaint and old-fashioned!  Many just wave such plastic, or better still a smartphone, in the general vicinity of these machines for most transactions these days....

Shakin_Steve

eskbanker said:

Deleted_User said:

MSE_Laura_F said:

Does anybody still use a piggybank?

Ah, you've reminded me that my grandfather told me about these things apparently used in medieval times for storing bits of metal which I think were called "coins" or something similar. If they are something to do with money, then now I use a piece of plastic which I push into a machine to pay for things.

How quaint and old-fashioned!  Many just wave such plastic, or better still a smartphone, in the general vicinity of these machines for most transactions these days....

......or even a watch, which this old fogey does most often. Still got a stash of coins and notes though, and I must admit that I would take a small amount of pleasure should something go wrong with the digital payments system...just for a short time. Watching people trying to eat their bits of plastic would be amusing.🙂

MovingForwards

A coffee catering tin and it's pocket money for my cat in case she ever needs to see the vet.

Lumiona

I hate coins and don't generally keep them other than a couple of £1s for school event. I usually try to spend other coins in the self service tills or if I have a lot of cash, I'll pay it into my bank at the post office.

Sea_Shell

Good job I had a stash of coins as the car park pay and display machine was only taking cash this morning!! 😁