Got our hands dirty today!
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Every five years or so, my wife and I empty our coin box, roll them up, and then swap them for currency at our bank, splitting the proceeds. This year's haul totaled $189.50, plus a '42-P wheat cent and a '44-P silver nickel, both of which I gave to the bank's teller explaining their significance.
- The coin box is from Korea, my wife's native country. She said it's specifically designed to hold coins.
Richard
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I keep debating whether I want to do that endeavor also. We have a 5 gal jug that is at least 1/3 full. No pennies in that jug. Sacs, sba's, kennedys, qtrs, dimes and nickels. I had checked all coins over the years before going in. Lol Man, that's a lot of rolling. Lol
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Always lift those glass jugs full of change from the bottom! I had about $400 in loose change in one, picked it up by the ring handle on top, the bottom then sheared cleanly off on a seam from the weight and dropped out, had shattered glass and change everywhere… ugh, lucky it didn’t break my foot!
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That's a cool box there. Not too many guys will split the proceeds with their wife.
I bet she is a master Kim Chi maker.
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It's easy for most people to recycle coins now days because of banks and grocery stores. I wouldn't delay dumping the pennies in except perhaps to check them again.
Interestingly, my wife was at Chick-fil-A, ordering food and was told they no longer accept cent coins. Also said they are rounding down transactions.
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My local bank takes loose coins. But I don't take them. Even though I check them all before being dropped in, I just can't do it!
Mine are those 5 gal plastic water jugs.
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Ever since my glass water bottle bottom fell out, I now put my change in a Dunkin coffee container, then take it ever few months to redeem.
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When I was much younger I rented an apartment. In a lousy part of town but the place was nice.
I came home with my girlfriend and someone was doing a B&E. He had one of those 5 gallon water jugs that was half full outside the victims door. He could not take it. It was to heavy. LOL
I remember that it took 2 hours for the police to show up.
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You got that right, @taropatch99, along with a wide range of main courses and side dishes. She learned cooking from her grandma while growing up in Pusan during the '60s and '70s. And I've been benefitting from her culinary education for nearly 40 years now!
Richard
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My credit union lets members put them in the sorting machine for free. Saves me lots of rolling effort and I get to search more coins that way!