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Number of coins in your pocket right now?

DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

Pocket piece and cheesy Atlantic City keychain stuff counts as well.

Zero here, but probably 3 or 4 after the visit to the dollar store.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Zero. Almost always

  • CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭✭✭

    None.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Zero. I use credit cards for virtually all my purchases.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • Manifest_DestinyManifest_Destiny Posts: 6,896 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I still use cash for small purchases (so 3 coins) but the 2% cash back on the card is hard to beat.

  • DropdaflagDropdaflag Posts: 807 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Zero. I keep change in an old over-sized pill bottle. One in the house, one in the car.

  • CregCreg Posts: 481 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 13, 2024 8:41AM

    I carry the circulated proofs that I find—twelve and adding.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,294 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My brother and his friends all carry a silver piece. Either an Eagle, or old silver dollar. They meet for breakfast and other gatherings often. When there is a call for showing, who doesn't show that he has silver is charged with "vagrancy" and that guy buys .

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,680 ✭✭✭✭✭

    zero

    all change is in a glass bowl

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,338 ✭✭✭✭✭

    $4 quarters, i dont want to miss any silver or error <3

  • M4MadnessM4Madness Posts: 329 ✭✭✭✭

    I'm a 100% credit card user here, so no coins (or bills) on my person.

  • privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,391 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Right now, at my desk zero. When I'm out and about? 3 silver halves and two mint markers.

    Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value. Zero. Voltaire. Ebay coinbowlllc

  • retirednowretirednow Posts: 531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I keep a role of Dollar Coins in my golf bag as tips for club staff ( Cart folks, beverage Cart Lady et al). I remind them that they are $'s and not quarters - most had never seen a Dollar Coin before.

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,305 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Four, three quarters and a dime. I use cash often but I also don't want to be weighted down and jingle as I walk around, so I will usually empty my pockets as I get into the truck or on the nightstand each night.

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  • 124Spider124Spider Posts: 940 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That horse left the barn years ago. I almost never carry change, only having it when I pay cash for something and get change back. Then the change goes into the jar when I get home, and eventually goes to the bank.

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 13, 2024 10:50AM

    Nine coins in there atm. I dump excess coins into a coin jar. Cash is king. I only use credit cards in an emergency or when traveling in countries thst dont use the dollar.

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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,121 ✭✭✭✭✭

    None. all my change ends up in a large cup, and after 1 year, is cashed in at Coinstar for, @ full face value, an Amazon G.C. Pays for my Prime subscription.

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  • GotTheBugGotTheBug Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭✭✭

    None in my pocket most of the time and a quarter in my car for unlocking Aldi shopping carts. If I receive coins in change I spend them in the self-checkouts at Walmart.

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,525 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No coins, just a silver round for a pocket piece.

  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Four, 3 cents and a quarter I got when I picked up some cleaning and they charged extra for cc purchases.

    I use credit cards for virtually everything, like so many others. I used to carry an old silver dollar pocket piece.

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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,614 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Zero.

  • DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nickel and a cent after a could shopping stops this morning. 2016 D cent has a cruddy stain, so I'll drop it in the garbage.

    Guess we are collecting obsolescence.

    (man...that was hard to satisfy the spell check.

    ;)

  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Three small local cash transactions today so far. All had been rounded by the sales person for even dollar amounts. Whats a dollar really worth anymore when our change is worthless?

  • DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Jinx86 said:
    Three small local cash transactions today so far. All had been rounded by the sales person for even dollar amounts. Whats a dollar really worth anymore when our change is worthless?

    Yeah, Go to McDonalds and it takes nearly 4 pounds of Lincolns to buy a quarter pounder...and the cashier will not be pleased.

  • DDRDDR Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Zero. As usual.

  • GreenstangGreenstang Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    None, I don’t even have my pocket piece in my pocket anymore.
    Since the pandemic have strictly use credit cards.

  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,761 ✭✭✭✭

    1.

    A dirty Lincoln I picked up in a parking lot this morning.

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  • calgolddivercalgolddiver Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ZERO

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  • JWPJWP Posts: 22,300 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I carry a minimum of 1 1971 JFK & 8 quarters all the time. I started carrying a Kennedy half dollar in my pocket in 1971 while serving in the USN.

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  • baddogssbaddogss Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A 1993 ASE and recently added 1976 clad Ike $

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  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @NewEnglandNotes said:
    Pocket? It's Saturday morning. Not wearing pants....

    Hopefully you are inside your house.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,214 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,159 ✭✭✭✭✭

    None. Emptied the pocket last night. But use bills for purchases as I still like to receive coins in change to scan them. You never know what may turn up.

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  • Tom147Tom147 Posts: 1,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Old school here. Cash only. Working a 24 hour shift I come home with 3 to 4 dollars change every third day. Into the milk jug it goes. Probably have close to $ 1500.00 " jugged up " Roughly 3 to 350 a jug. It takes several hours to go thru a jug, sorting by denomination, checking dates, quick glance for varieties then rolling them up. Averages 1 trip from the truck into the bank for each jug.

  • ShurkeShurke Posts: 372 ✭✭✭✭

    Zero for me. On the rare occasions I do get change, it goes into the cup holder in the car rather than into my pockets.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Shurke said:
    Zero for me. On the rare occasions I do get change, it goes into the cup holder in the car rather than into my pockets.

    Not a good idea. Several years ago, some crack head in downtown Baltimore smashed the window on my daughter's car to steal a couple of dollars in change in her cup holder. It wasn't cheap to replace the window on her car. :#

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  • CoinHoarderCoinHoarder Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Two dimes and two cents from my change at the Golden Corral. And, one quarter that I found in the parking lot at the Golden Corral.

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No coins, I too am almost exclusively credit card (can't beat the free gold coins I earn from the points). I buy a lot of stuff from the Amish so sometimes cash is necessary but even most of them are accepting credit cards now. I do have about $670 cash in my wallet just for emergencies. RGDS!

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  • WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭✭✭

    None... they go in a can at home. However, I just got back from a trip to Europe and found myself using the 1$ and 2$ euro coins all the time. Lowest paper note is the 5$. Better system!

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  • BStrauss3BStrauss3 Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Five - two Morgans, an Ike, a Sac, and a Columbian Half.

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  • goodmoney4badmoneygoodmoney4badmoney Posts: 1,236 ✭✭✭✭✭

    7 total. 1 Pocket Piece on the keychain, 5 quarters, 1 Half Dollar.

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,214 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BStrauss3 said:
    Five - two Morgans, an Ike, a Sac, and a Columbian Half.

    Would like to see pictures of those.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • WAYNEASWAYNEAS Posts: 6,727 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I only have coins in my pocket when I score at the Coinstar at the local grocery store, so the amount varies.
    So, 95% of the time, my pockets are empty. lol
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  • ShurkeShurke Posts: 372 ✭✭✭✭

    @PerryHall said:

    Not a good idea. Several years ago, some crack head in downtown Baltimore smashed the window on my daughter's car to steal a couple of dollars in change in her cup holder. It wasn't cheap to replace the window on her car. :

    In this case, the cup holder is closed inside the center console, so it’s out of sight and doesn’t cause me much worry.

    When I was in college, someone broke out my car window to steal a backpack filled with library books. As big a headache as it was, it did amuse me to imagine the thief anticipating a score only to find 30 lbs of Robert Frost and other assorted poets.

    Did teach me to be careful about what was visible inside my car though.

  • DocBenjaminDocBenjamin Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 14, 2024 8:43AM

    @blitzdude said:
    No coins, I too am almost exclusively credit card (can't beat the free gold coins I earn from the points). I buy a lot of stuff from the Amish so sometimes cash is necessary but even most of them are accepting credit cards now. I do have about $670 cash in my wallet just for emergencies. RGDS!

    Maybe every couple years, the terminals in the grocery store go down and it is cash only. Yeah, green always works.

  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,100 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Zero, but I’m taking donations!

    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

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  • BStrauss3BStrauss3 Posts: 3,422 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:

    @BStrauss3 said:
    Five - two Morgans, an Ike, a Sac, and a Columbian Half.

    Would like to see pictures of those.

    The 21 was a horrible pad-printed colorized monstrosity and after a year in acetone and a little poking was revealed to be all scratched up. So I make it a pocket piece to remove the worst. I thought she was lonely so I bought her a companion from a dealer's junk box. The rest just happened to jump into my pocket. Honest.

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  • Jacques_LoungecoqueJacques_Loungecoque Posts: 733 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I did just have 20 something quarters in mine. Ran up to grab smokes and forgot the wallet. What’s new….
    Fortunately, I keep a healthy collection of quarters in the center console for situations just like this.

    Having fun while switching things up and focusing on a next level PCGS slabbed 1950+ type set, while still looking for great examples for the 7070.

  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 8,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BStrauss3 said:

    @OAKSTAR said:

    @BStrauss3 said:
    Five - two Morgans, an Ike, a Sac, and a Columbian Half.

    Would like to see pictures of those.

    The 21 was a horrible pad-printed colorized monstrosity and after a year in acetone and a little poking was revealed to be all scratched up. So I make it a pocket piece to remove the worst. I thought she was lonely so I bought her a companion from a dealer's junk box. The rest just happened to jump into my pocket. Honest.

    What do you think Strauss, Levi 501s?

  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,214 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice @BStrauss3, thanks! 👍

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