39 Pounds of Quarters

[DisneyBill]

In case anyone ever wanted to know how much 39# of quarters was worth, it is $752.25. This was one glass restaurant size large jar of nothing but quarters.

 

[aka-mad4themouse]

Not a bad little stash of cash!

And in case anyone wants to know the value of a popcorn bucket full of pennies, it's $28.01.

 

[hotcarib]

Good to know;-)

 

[benolathe]

Wowzers - that is a lot of quarters! Have fun spending them at WDW.

 

[slriver]

Gotta love saving change! What a great total.

Tracy

 

[Microcell]

my mixed change weighs like one pound..

Good for you though~

 

[Blue.Fairy2]

In case anyone ever wanted to know how much 39# of quarters was worth, it is $752.25. This was one glass restaurant size large jar of nothing but quarters.

Is that the short glass jar like cherries come in or the tall one like pickles come in?

way to go! wow

 

[DisneyBill]

Is that the short glass jar like cherries come in or the tall one like pickles come in?

way to go! wow

I've had this jar for a long time and for the life of me can't recall what was in it. But it is large like pickles or mayo would've come packed in. I have filled it with change before, but this time I dedicated it to only quarters.

 

[dare2dream]

Did you roll the coins yourself or use coinstar? I image the fee from that would have been outrageous. If you rolled your own did you get free empty rolls from your bank?

 

[DOOM1001]

Did you roll the coins yourself or use coinstar? I image the fee from that would have been outrageous. If you rolled your own did you get free empty rolls from your bank?

If you have a TD bank anywhere near you they have a machine called the penny arcade just like coinstar and they don't charge a fee.You don't need an account with them,just put your change into the machine and after you're done a receipt pops out and you take it to the teller.I just used it for the first time and I had $58,all in pennies.

 

[DisneyBill]

Did you roll the coins yourself or use coinstar? I image the fee from that would have been outrageous. If you rolled your own did you get free empty rolls from your bank?

One of the banks we deal with, Chase bank, will give you bags that are sealed shut to put coins into. They will send to a central office to be counted and then deposited in your account. Nope, my tight self would never pay to have coins counted. In years past when I would roll coins, the banks always provided the sleeves.

 

[CTdiznymom]

....you don't happen to have an Alaska quarter!

 

[flying_babyb]

A hawii monkey full of mixed change is around $30.

 

[tekoa]

I weighed a roll of quarters at work. One roll equals 8 ounces. I bought a plastic piggy bank at the dollar store that I save only quarters in. I have about 32 pounds so far.

 

[mantaz]

....you don't happen to have an Alaska quarter!

I just dropped an Alaska quarter into my 2.75 gallon jug!!! And with the talk of weight, I decided to weigh that jug. It has quarters and pennies in it with an occasional dime and nickle. It weighs 70 lbs!! Now I am really curious as to how much actual money is in it!!

 

[flying_babyb]

I should weigh mine... It would be under a pound though its so tiny but its helpful cause its on my tv and VERY visiual so im more tempted to save.

 

[grumpyvet]

Recently I cashed in, what I think was close to 60 lbs of pennies....$278!! The giant container (like a big water bottle for coolers...but glass) was beginning to creak, so it was time. I had been saving them since 1980!!!

Wish it had been quarters!!

 

[joliesmom]

I have 5 spaghetti sauce jars filled with quarters that I am saving for a trip to Italy. I also have a laundry detergent bottle filled with dimes and nickels. I think my niece counted before an 1 jar of quarters was around $150.

 

[juniper27]

Wow! That's awesome!

We only save pennies 'cause I'm a soda freak and can use the silver change in the vending machine at work. Last time we filled our little jar up, it was about $30.

daretodream - most banks anymore have a coinstar-like machine in their lobby that account holders can use for free. At least I know USBank does; that's what we use. No way would I pay Coinstar nine cents on the dollar; I'd roll it myself first!

 

[HeyIt'sMe]

That is AWESOME!

We had a neighborhood garage sale this weekend and one of our 'customers' bought something for $5 - she handed over 20 quarters and said "I hope you don't mind I am paying with all this change". Nope! It went straight to my WDW coin jar!

And just a side coin jar story - - back when DH & I first started dating he had a large jar of coins that he decided to cash in. After he got back from the bank he asked me to guess how much was in the jar. I blurted out some random amount and I was right .... down to the penny!! That freaked DH out. Me too!!