You heard me, no rolls or wrappers to buy. Crystal lite comes in a container like this. The container is made out of PP or polypropylene. It's the same stuff the square coin tubes are made out of, only these "tubes" are free. Once your done with your crystal lite, you have a free tube that you otherwise would of tossed. Ask your friend if they drink CL and they will probably give you their empties. I can fit around 500-550 wheat cents in each tube. Each tube is flat on the sides, so you can stack them like bricks. The lid does fit shut well, but I recommend taping it on so it does not pop up. While I'm using this idea for wheat cents, you copper or nickel hoarders can use them as well.
show a picture with the pennys filled in it. I think this kind of container would be "loose" if you know what I mean.
lol detecto. I have been using these for years now. I am a crystal light fan. I use them to throw all my shiny pocket change into. Something for my kids to look through in the future.
I use the "free" airborne tubes to store older/war nickels. Thick white plastic, waterproof and the top pushes a stack of 36 nickels down tight. hurray for cheapskates!
I use this 5 gallon bucket. Its got a little over 2 gallons worth in it now, cents, nickels and dimes. .
Tonight I finished sorting through all my wheat cents. I took some shaking, but I was able to fit 650 cents in one "brick". The brick weighs about 4 pounds and 2 ounces. I took a knife and engraved "650 WHEAT 50-58 2/26/2013" in the side of it. Here is a pic of the bricks. One is not full yet. Found a few "toners", but nothing too nice. Also found some BU ones. I put them in paper envelopes. I also found about 100 wheats with green on them. I put them in baggies and will sell them cheap at the flea markets. I paid 3.99 cents each for them. It was a good quality lot for the money.
My kids have used these tubes for their change. I'm not a big fan of them because I can't "stack" coins in it.
