Spare Change....what to do with it

Those coin gobbler machines are rather fun to use

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But, then, I'm rather fascinated with those flopping air guys too

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However, the coin gobblers kinda irk me by taking a noticeable percentage for using them

So, I chatted with the bank people
They'll take rolls of quarters....not the other coins (of which is fine by me....I'll toss those into the gobblers)

Anyway, turns out a beer mug will hold 100 bucks of quarters

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and a fish bowl will hold approx. 100 bucks in lesser coins

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I'm good with that

Off to the bank I go

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I have jars of coins that I wish I could get to that machine to get dollar bills for!
 
After a bit of research, loading coins (dimes) in a plastic shot cup would work best. These would not go far or have deep , but I figure it would cut a crowd down. Are blunderbuss legal?
 
An old sock and a pound or two of pennies could come in handy.

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we keep change ( silver and coppers) in leather boxes the size of shoe boxes.. the last time we counted them there was over £500 if I remember rightly.. they were tremendously heavy to pick up, and took forever to count ( we don't have the rolls you all speak of ).. annoyingly the bank only takes a maximum of 5 bags of no more than £25 at a time.. even if we're paying into our own accounts, so it meant several trips to the bank.

Since the last time, we use our cards more often and haven't gathered quite as much loose change..

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Coinstar machines at least in my area will allow you to take the full value of the coins you deposit in the form of gift certificates that they print out on the spot; there's no fee for processing your coins if you opt for this. So I get an Amazon or Lowe's credit slip, and I'm good to go. I think that there's a minimum dollar amount for the coins that you put in to use this option, but I usually reach it...
 

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