Guess $ Amount of 1/2 Gallon Milk Jug Change?!

I use cash for most purchases and accumulate a fair amount of change which I drop into several glass jars.

Sometimes I cherry pick some quarters to use for the parking meters, but this jug is just straight change and took about 4 months to almost full.

It's getting pretty heavy, so going to the Coin Star tomorrow to cash them in for a free Amazon credit.

Any guesses what the total will be?!

 

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Nice Jug!
J.T.

 

Thanks! These ones aren't vintage though, it's what I get my milk in from the local dairy!

And yes, the milk is delicious! Low temperature pasteurized and not homogenized, with a nice dollop of cream on top!

 

Forgot the picture!

 

$23.76…imo…Spark

( Is there a reward for being closest to the exact amount? If there is, I donate my chance to win to @Mountain Man ).

 

That thought crossed my mind, maybe a nice BU silver half dollar is a good prize for the winning guess?!

 

I have been surprised in the past about how much change accumulates like that.... I will guess $123.52.

 

ahh 48.24 cents ........................................4/8/24 eclipse

 

Last year my 4th daughter had a bunch of change she set aside from her tips waitressing. I suggested we take them to the Coin Star and asked her how much she guessed it would be (she's my coin roll hunting buddy by the way!).

She guessed $60 and was absolutely surprised when it rang up to $210!

You know the old saying, "A penny saved...!"

Needless to say, she was pretty happy with all the groceries she got for that pile of change!

 

Got my welding goggles ready! Should be fun watching the eclipse over Lake Michigan!

 

I've dumped quite a few change jars before, but I always knew roughly how much was in it. I'll be shocked if there's less than $60 in there.

I guess $135.15.

 

Are the silver ones in the front on the table included? If not $98.22

 

$77.77

 

The pennies are what throw my guesses to obscurity in these challenges.

$109.87

Good luck everyone.

 

No, the silvers are just part of my regular sorting and collecting!

 

So for more information, I'd say this milk jug full of coins is at least 20 pounds, although the glass bottle is pretty heavy in itself!

So far, I'm guessing the estimates are on the light side so far, just based on the weight!

 

I just did one for 179 dollars. Yours might be more. 180

 

My sweet aunt Nola worked as a waitress at the Madisonville TX 'Corral' restaurant during the 1940's through to 1955. She set aside every silver dime she got in tips. When I was just a youngster starting out my coin collection she showed me her treasure chest full of mercury dimes and let me choose 10 for my collection. Lucky, in my selection I got a nice 26-S, now long gone. When silver reached 40 to 1 in the 1970's she drove the whole lot to Houston and sold them for $26,000...as the family gossip goes!
I still think of my mother's older sister's kindness.
J.T.

 

That right there JT, is how I got started coin collecting! Thanks for sharing!