Do you spend coins too?

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Mine goes right into my coin box in my drawer. I must have a hundred dollars in there now.

 

I voted no seriously, I hardly ever use them. I'd rather get change back after searching for goodies (no P dimes, doubled dies, errors, etc) they go into jars, which eventually get taken to the coinstar machine at Krogers 8O actually got chewed out at a gas station once for using a Sac dollar. man angrily threw it to the side and said "ain't got no room in my register for them." when pressed on issue, he was being literal... there was no slot for dollar coins in his register tray or half dollars either, which means they'd most likely get thrown in with next highest denomination, the quarters. makes me wonder if problem with SBA really had nothing to do with the color of coin :idea:

 

No, I spend bills for the pocket change. This drives my wife nuts. At the end of the day I give everything a good look and then toss all but the keepers into a can. A couple times a year I roll it all and deposit it the bank. This amounts to $600 or more.

 

I do spend coins and make transactions so that I end up with coins. I save the loose change that has already been searched in the car (for toll road) and a can in the house. Once in a while I roll both stashes and make a deposit. I end up spending a lot of the coins before they are rolled for small things here and there. Occassionally I salt the change with slick buffalo nickels, wheats, etc. hoping to spark interest in collecting with someone else.

 

I keep them. It's a thrill when I get foreign coins in change. I see a lot from Canada, or Mexico, but not from other parts of the world.

 

Looks like an even split among collectors, I bet it's a lot more lop sided with non collectors.

 

I like spending the Sac dollars. If only they were real gold... sigh...

 

I'll spend the quarters on down but can't be bothered with the dollars.

 

I spend normal modern coinage and I have spent dateless Buffalo nickels. No biggie, it's just money!

 

I spend coins constantly and search for them on the ground so that I do not have to break a buck later

 

The closest I get is that I like to spend Kennedy halves. Some folks get annoyed because there is no slot for them in the register. Some get a look of surprise.

 

I take them to the bank and exchange them for boxes of cents, 'cause that is where the goodies are - the other day I found a 1929-D.

 

I put pennies, nickels and dimes in some old banks that I have. Eventually they get rolled and spent for whatever. I do spend dollar and half dollar coins. Half dollars are getting harder and harder to get in my town. Banks now want $2000 as the minimum order for halfs. When I head out each morning I put a dollar coin and 4 quarters in each of my pockets. I use these to pay for whatever I need during the day. Keep the coins from change to look through.

 

I spend them, mostly

I spend most everything, I get tons of it so most of It goes into a 2 gallon jar, and rolled up when filled. I save all the coins before 1980 as kind of a backup just incase I need some extra dough one month. Sacs, SBAs, Ikes, all that gets spent too. Mostly with the Ikes and $2s I leave them for tips at the restraunts. The waitress sometimes gets all excited because she got something like that.Its Fun

 

I constantly use change and single dollar bills. I go to flea markets all the time and usually 3 a week. At flea markets everything is for haggling so a smart person has lots of exact change. You can't really tell a seller that is asking $5 for something and then you say you only have $4, he accepts and you pull out a $10? That just doesn't work. I usually have at least $50 in singles and fives on me all the time plus a pocket full of quarters, dimes and nickels. Many dealers also appreciate it when you pay with exact amounts so they too can give out exact change and they usually give me a break in prices when I do that.
Today was a typical example at a flea market. A seller had lots of all types of coins. I purchased a Flying Eagle Cent, Liberty Head Half and 4 Walker Halves. He wanted $40 but all I said I had was $34 so he took that. I made sure I was able to produce exactly $34. Although they were worth much more than what he wanted, that's flea marketing. I use change all the time for tipping at restaurants since waitresses have told me many times they really need change at the cash registers. HOWEVER, I just can't get anyone to take or want those baby sized dollars. On commuter trains I've already been told not to hand a conductor one of those or else. Think he was just exagerating but who knows.

 

Spend a coin; never! It would be like eating a candy bar without a knife and a fork.

 

I guess time really flies when you're having fun... and finding a seven year old thread certainly must take some time!