What's the most change you've ever cashed in?

[AmyinKY]

OCD lady here. Yes, I keep change. BUT, it is seperated in a dip server that has 3 bowl. Beside it is another glass bowl. All coins are seperated: quarters in one, dimes in another, etc. I roll the coins every Saturday morning. I plan on taking the rolled coins to the bank before our September trip. I have been saving since Jan. 1 and so far have over $40.00. rolled. We seldom use cash anymore so it is slow going on getting change.

Amy

 

[donac]

I bought a big Coke bottle bank at Ice Station Cool.

Filled a quarter of the way full, the Coke bottle bank yielded $440.

We have a pepsi bottle and it almost up to the top. Sounds like good savings for the trip in Aug

 

[Heidict]

The most we ever got was a bit over $800.

I love saving change for vacation spending money. Actually, It can be addicting. I find myself using a $5, regardless if I have a one or not, to get a soda out of the machine at work because then that will give me $4.25 to go in the change jar.

I refuse to spend change anymore. We probably aren't going to WDW till December of 2010 , but I'm determined to have over $1000 in change when the time comes around!!

 

[JandJ]

We actually track our loose change (we use Quicken and literally track every penny spent and saved - yes, it's a sickness ). We cash it in before it gets to $100 because our credit union charges a fee (I think 2%) for any amount over $100.

 

[Karenj2]

This is funny - I just took my rolled coins to the bank! I only had $64 with that, however I also had a $25 savings bond my grandma gave to me when I was born, and it had accumulated interest, so THAT was worth ~$125!

We don't use cash very often, so it takes a lot longer to accumulate change.

 

[holbear]

I was thinking of taking our change bucket to Chevy Chase today. It's a Costco pretzel jar and is probably 1/2 full. It's really heavy. I'll probably split it and do half today. Hope I hit the jackpot!

 

[java]

DH just took his work "jar" to Commerce and called to say he had $175! And that is a little nothing collection- we have another at home going strong.
2 years ago we cashed in and had a $462 payday which paid for our driving and lodging on the way down to disney.

 

[kimsuenew]

Just for my personal change, from all of last summer, cashed in before our 2007 WDW trip I had nearly $200.00!

I started saving ALL of my change again in September 2007 when we returned from WDW, it is earmarked as our "tip money" for our 2008 WDW free DDP trip!

I cannot even imagine what a whole years worth will be!

We are fortunate that our local credit union (we are long-time members but really do not do much of our banking there) has the machine (teller takes it into a back room, machine counts it, a slip is generated) and there is no charge for it!

 

[hsmamato2]

How much did I get? $431.16

WOW! I did the coinstar thing last week,haven't done it before, but saw the thread here about GC's.....got 135.00 !!! I was shocked,I thought it was going to be like 25.00! I got the Amazon GC,I buy some groceries from them,and got all my kids upcoming gift items with it! woohoo- it felt like getting stuff for free!
though as sensible Dh pointed out it was just his money in another form.....

 

[dopeyfanatic]

I don't ever let it get over $100 because that money could be getting interest in the savings account. I cashed it last week and had about $35, but that was after only about a month. We're already up to almost $8 and I have change to add in. And it doesn't include dollar bills. I'm sure in the next month we'll have another $30 or more. I'll cash it probably around May 9th, then again around June 9th right before we leave for WDW! Between now and then I'll probably easily get another $50.

 

[daisax]

I bought a cute wooden bowl for a buck somewhere on sale, and keep it on the kitchen counter by the back door. Empty my pockets several times a week -- when full, it's $60-80. Fortunately, my bank doesn't charge a fee if you deposit it to savings -- you run it through the machine and take the slip to the teller. I'd rather do that 4-5 times a year than try to haul $500 worth -- $60 is heavy enough!

I do try to time a deposit for right before a trip, however, so that I feel like I'm getting a free dinner or something!

 

[holbear]

I just got back from emptying our jug. I got $325!

 

[mickeyfan2]

We just cashed in our changes today. $183.

 

[poochie]

Anyone know of a bank who does not charge a fee to cash in change in Western New York area?

 

[disfan07]

$985.....it paid for a good portion of our december trip last yr

yesterday i cashed $300 worth of change for my upcoming august trip

 

[C.Ann]

A little shy of $600.. My son-in-law has a good friend who is a bank manager so we don't have to be bothered with labeling the rolls, paying fees, etc..

Believe it or not, there are a ton of people out there who don't even consider change to be "real" money.. They would just as soon leave it on the counter in a store or restaurant or toss it on the ground outside of the grocery store..

Go figure..

 

[Taja]

I usually take mine in to the bank every two or three months so it isn't too heavy to carry all at once. Typically $100 - $150. Highest was about $250--and very heavy! *LOL*

 

[lisaross]

We got about 500 or so in Aug. 06that we cashed in at Commerce Bank - since then, we've been saving change and or bills - i'm hoping to have about 800 for our trip in Aug. 09! Will probably cash in the end of this summer - can use that money towards our airfare and then will have 1 year to save more for spending!

lisa

 

[TaniaU]

OCD lady here. Yes, I keep change. BUT, it is seperated in a dip server that has 3 bowl. Beside it is another glass bowl. All coins are seperated: quarters in one, dimes in another, etc.

My husband set the same type of thing up I wish we had automatic coin machines; best I can find is one that will give you change...which is not helpful.

Last/only time we took our change in it was around $150 which I sorted and rolled by hand (7 years at Safway and *that's* what I take away). It's kind of a weird situation here...you could save a lot because of the $1 and $2 coins, but using your bank card is so common that cash is really rare. We're also just getting the "round up" bank accounts...which I might take a look at.

 

[DMickey28]

Once we move I am going to set up a real jar. Right now I just have a small bucket that I drop change into. I also pull change from it too though.

If I do it religously I can probably get a great amount. I can pull at least $3 every few days from the washing machine due to change DH leaves in his pants!!