Do you save coins?

Hey, I think it's a great idea to save change. I call it my rainy day fund. I'll save it up until I know I'm either going to need the extra money or I want a little vacation. Doing this helps my family take time out for ourselves without taking out of our everday expenses. I actually just counted my change two nights ago and it was about $32 dollars. I'll keep saving it until I need it or decide to take another vacation.

Good show! We used to, but not any more. Oh, if I see one on the sidewalk I pick it up and toss it in the dishwasher when we get home. But now we try to use them up as found, since we do most of our shopping with plastic.

When I go shopping I prefer to take cash instead of using my debit card so I get change back and put it in a jar on my night stand. We sometimes use it when needing a couple of dollars and cash is low. I do like those machines that sort and count the change,but, I roll the quarters and dimes and sometimes the nickels. I also pick up any change that I see in the parking lots. I figure that if I spend time here for pennies I can pick up them where ever I see them, and I am always looking.

I have a large plastic container that I drop my coins in everyday. It is a forced savings plan to me and I have gotten into the habit of always breaking a dollar bill or getting fuel that it requires change back. With such a system I am able to collect a mountain of change every month. The container is pretty heavy but the plan is I will let it go until this time next year and reward myself with a first class ticket to Vegas! Any plans with your change?

I do this a couple of times a year. Usually when money is not tight, like around tax time. This way when money IS tight we can cash in all that change that has been collecting for months. Or, we can cash it in before we go on a vacation or something. I always pick up pennies and other change when I see them laying on the ground. I used to save all the pennies I collected from the ground for a whole year. Then I would count them on New Year's Day to see how many I found.

My youngest son makes a big deal out of finding money when we go out. He often finds a couple of pennies as we walk through the parking lot at the park we take him to to meet with his friends and play. He's only just turned 5, but he already has a savings account with over $100 in it (yes, mostly from finding money outside) and he has a little digital bank at home with over $40 in change. I think it very cool that he gets a kick out of saving money and I hope we can teach him the benefits of saving money. On a side note, I know that many people are annoyed with pennies, but it's strange how often my son finds a few coins on the ground in a parking lot, including nickels, dimes and quarters. It is a parking lot, you would think people would hear the change hitting the pavement. I guess they really don't care about change.

i try to save as much coins as i have. :) sometimes they just get spent right away if i just let them be in my purse. so what im doing is i put them on some canister where i will most likely forget... successfully i found some coins i have forgotten about when i was doing a cleaning at my drawer :D

With me being the only bread winner in my family having to pay all the bills and having 5 kids, a husband who doesn't work and a maid...Every cent counts so I don't get to save anything at all. Maybe I will when I have zeroed out my debt.

My husband and I both save are change and we usually cash in once a year and have enough for a weekend out of town,last year we ended up with $5oo that was nice so we wen't to a little fishing resort for the weekend.Have a great day!

I save pennies and 5p's =] I normally get about £20/30 a year / $40/60 Its quite good, and nice to get a small amount back everynow and and then =] Chris

my husband manages to come home everyday with some coins...we give them to our sons for the piggy bank, then when we get a shoe box half filled or so, we bing them to coinstar and then I take the money and out it in their college fund. It all adds up.

Yes I save my coins. Every night I always take out any loose change on me and put it in my change drawer. Every so many months I go to CoinStar to cash out. I can usually cash out anywhere from $20-50 dollars. Now I am starting to take out any loose $1 bills and put them in a jar. The only problem with that is every now and then I tend to dip and get out a couple of dollars for lunch. (smile)

Yeah, I always save my "small" coins, like 1,2,5,10 eurocent and more. Last month I saved about 5-6 € (about 4 US dollars...) and by 5 Euros in 5 Euros, I will accumulate a treasure! But small coins are very fastidious, so many times I change them with banknotes, which are more versatile :)

i also like to save money, that can help us to form the good habit. of course we can invest our save to other place like stock, foreign exchange etc, we can get many profit from our saving.

Coffeebreak, shame, shame, saving that money for such a short period of time. Do you check the dates on your coins? You should and get to know them, and know them well. I was at the convience store one day and was given back .16 cents in change for an item that cost under $2.00 USD and the penny was a 1955 double die error penny, worth $2,000 USD. I always look at my change, you never know what you will find that is worth more than what the face value is worth to a collector. I did say shame, shame that the reason for the second shame, is that when saving change save it for at least a year. A years worth of change, give us enough money for a family of 5 to go on vacation each year. It might not be the most expenesive trips, but they are always fun. And to answer your question, if its not clear from my response, yes I collect and save coins. One day my husband and I plan to sell our collection and retire off of it. You would be amazed what people spend and what you can get in your regular change, from people not knowing.

Hi coffeebreak I dont save my change but my hubby does. It has helped us out quite a few times. It really does add up. And its a great idea. Keep saving that change.LOL

I have a can where we all can put our loose change. ALthough sometimes we all do, often nobody does LOL Usually when things are not so complicated we tend to put more money in the can, but lately we need all our change. WHen the new $2 coins appeared at first I used to always put them in that can, I once had almost $200. But now even when it starts building up there's always a day where we need to go there and take the money.

No, not really. When I get coins for change for my purchases, they will be kept in the coin compartment of the wallet. Where possibly, I try to use up these coins rather than use dollar notes and get even more change. But I do think it is a good habit to save. Kids when young can be taught how to save. They can start by saving up the coins and seeing them translate to a growing amount in their bank accounts will serve as a motivation.

I save coins too, I only started at the beginning of the year, I save them all month then count them up and put them in the bank. I managed to bank £60 last month which really surprised me as I didnt expect that much! I am putting all the money I save out of it towards our holiday so should have quite a bit by the time we go.

Honestly no... because in our country coins virtually almost means nothing. But my mom had been teaching me to save every penny though... usually I just throw them away when I got home. Not literally haha... meaning put them anywhere in our house to the point that I can't remember where I put them.