Has your use of coins in commerce decreased?

For me, coins have pretty much disappeared in business transactions. Last year, I paid for one thing with coins and received coins in change twice … once in the US, once in the UK. I still sometimes use paper money, but mostly it’s online or plastic. Nearly all my coin activity is collecting pre-1950 coins and the occasional modern commem.

How about you?

Cal

 

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Yes it has. And I was a rebel.... For years I put all my pocket change in a coin stacker at the end of the day. Fill a stack and roll it... At the end of the year I usually carried $300.00-$500.00 in rolled change to the bank to be used for Christmas shopping.. I haven't carried rolled change to the bank in two years now.

 

Yes, about the only thing I use change for now is at the drive-in fast food window in the morning if I'm short of bills. Otherwise, I throw change in the little trunk to eventually take it to coinstar.

 

Yes, but yesterday I had to use cash for a couple buck. A kid was collecting (selling snacks) for the Boy Scouts. I thought the kid was a little girl, and I said, "thank you young lady." The kid told me "I'm a boy with long hair!" I guess that I'm just getting old.

 

It's near zero for me. I put them in coin a plastic coin tube holder to be rolled up and taken to the bank. The trouble is I handle so few coins, that takes forever.

 

YES.

 

I get just about zero change these days.

 

Ahhh, Sometimes change is good. Wait! What are we talking about here again?

 

Sal, have you changed? Sometimes you don't make sense.

 

Yes, but I always have some cash for tipping and don’t use cards for gas anymore since my card was compromised on a cross-country trip last April. I use cash and extra coins accumulated (once I’ve scanned them) for small purchases at the pay/diy kiosks. This helps me keep new pocket change for perusal on a almost daily occurrence…imo…Spark

 

I only use coins and cash in general at some concession stands or when that's all they accept.

 

I pretty much use both paper cash and coin daily.
Yes on purpose and yes I like it.

 

I actually used paper money today and got coins back in change.

 

I never use a card. Well once or twice a month, if I left the cash at home.
Not too mention B&M coin shops will give discounts for cash.

 

Yeah my local coin shop only accepts cash. Same with my hairdresser.

 

I don't blame them one bit. You either have to charge the customer the card fees or eat them.
I am a handyman, and the company states upfront they can pay with a check, a transfer #, or a card. The card they charge the customer the fee of 3.7%.

 

I use cash for small purchases where self-checkout is available, but "small purchase" is generally < $20, and trips to the grocery store for less than $20 are getting kind of rare. I do cycle change through the self-checkout machines -- feed unwanted coins into them, and try to maximize the coins I get back, although that's of course always less than a dollar's worth.

I'll pay cash for tips, but it'll be paper money, and I won't ask for change.

 

I like to use cash for things like fast food but I never carry change so I don't use it. Credit card rewards encourage me to use that more and more.

 

all cash besides online purchases with some exceptions,i have a jar 1/4 of the way full of change from the last 2 months.

 

I still make change but almost never use it unless I’m trying to make more change. I roll and return coins about 3 times per year. Around $600. It’s how I feed my hobby.