I let it accumulate in my wallet's coin pocket until my wallet starts to feel heavy. Then I transfer most of it into some empty Pringle potato chip cans. Pennies in one, nickles, dimes, quarters into another. I think I have six cans full now.

Eventually I either cash them in or give the cans to the grand niece and nephews as an extra Christmas gift. It's fun for the kids to spill them out and count up how much money each ended up with.

I keep an assortment in my wallet tho, like a dollar's worth of quarters, some dimes, nickles, and a few pennies.

I always keep 8 quarters in my wallet. Only because I sell one pack of my scented wax cubes for $3.50 and I may need to make change. (I sell them 3 for $10, they SHOULD just buy 3 of them at once:) )

I keep change in the console of my car, mainly. I have less than a buck in my wallet in my purse.

Hubby keeps a glass brick converted to a bank by his bed. He dumps his change in there every evening. If I have any in my pockets, I'll throw it in there too. He takes it to the bank about every 3 months and runs it through one of those coin counting machines. When it's full, it's about $200!

I have a piggy bank of sorts for coins I find around the house (like in pant pockets) I also have a ziplock bag in the car I usually I put the coins from the rare cash purchases in. I usually hand this one to the bell ringers from the Salvation Army, take it when I go to the pet shop and dump it into the jar they have for the animal shelter and things like that.

I use cash back CC's most of the time and it accumulates at Amazon. I rarely have loose change and when I do, it usually ends up in the grandchildren's piggy bank.

I have some actual piggy banks that I use for my halloween and Christmas decor at work. I started putting them out when I put out candy and some drivers would leave me random money to contribute. I have a pumpkin pig a,a Frankenstein pig and a blue monster pig for halloween. I have a reindeer pig for Christmas. Peak change season is Halloween-Christmas. I'll usually get a couple hundred from those every year,which helps put a small dent in what I spend on the goodies!!!! I empty them every day I am at work and take the change home to the winnie the pooh jar, and just put any bills in my wallet.

Spend it, unless there is someone behind me in the grocery store check out line (I don't want to hold up the line) I give exact change. I keep the coins separated since the older I get the harder they are to see.

I fill a mayo jar and take it to a Coinstar machine that gives 100% value if you take it as a credit on Amazon. The full jar is about $100, I get a slip of paper with a code that I enter as a gift card on my Amazon account.

My change (no pennies allowed) goes into Piggy Banks. I have one bank designated for each granddaughter. A fun start for their first savings accounts!

What do you do with the pennies????

Since I charge everything, most of my change comes from winnings at Mexican Train. I add it to my winnings at bridge and every year or so I take it all to the bank cash it in and write a check to our local Humane Society. You would be surprised at how fast two dollars here, four dollars there adds up.

When my jackets or purse, anything with pockets begins to get heavy, I take out accumulated coins and put them into a zip lock freezer bag. No, not into the freezer - a drawer - but that bag holds the weight. I've rolled it, taken to my bank. I've taken it to the coin machine in their lobby but I think that's gone now. I need to look online and see where there might be the coinstar machine locally. That bag is getting silly heavy. Although when I've turned in change before, it seems to be in the neighborhood of $100, not as much as some of you.

I haven't been with my nephew who uses pay laundry machines lately to lighten my pockets. The number of quarters I could provide without notice something of a family joke now.

I used to put it in a jar that held $10 when it was full, but these days, I'm more likely to drop it into the charity can on the checkout stand or the tip jar if I'm in a walk-in restaurant. Today, I dropped 90 cents into a tip jar at an ice cream shop and a $1.09 into a jar that supports the local animal shelter.

Hubby puts his in a dish on his dresser. When it's full, it holds about $70 which he gives to me to play the slot machines when I go to the casinos with my friends.

Back in the day, I used to drop it in my purse. One day, I couldn't figure out why my purse was so heavy; it was killing my shoulders. When I got home I dumped it out, and to my surprise, there was $30 worth of quarters in the bottom of my purse!

In this area almost all grocery stores and walmarts have Coinstar machines somewhere near the entrance.

When I'm in line and get my receipt and any change if I've paid cash, I move aside and put the receipt in my wallet and the change where it belongs and my wallet back into my purse. When I get too much change I will start to use it but only if there isn't anyone behind me in line.

"but only if there isn't anyone behind me in line."

Thank you for being considerate.

There's nothing worse than being behind a customer (sorry, it's usually an old biddy who does this) who wants to pay a $19.79 charge with

-$12 worth of singles (that are stuck together) "Wait, is that $12, or $13? I better count it again". Clerk says "Can I help you" Customer says "No, I need to be sure"

-$4 in quarters "Wait, was that $2.75 or $3.25? I forget, I better start over. Oh, and how much is on the counter so far in singles?"

-$3.79 in dimes, nickels, and pennies. Mostly nickels and pennies.

I'd never do that to anyone, much less a long line (which is when it usually happens, and at a busy time). I don't carry a purse and I always start the day with empty pockets, so whatever finds its way home with me is destined for a Coinstar machine. I don't go to Walmarts very often but they're easy to find in grocery stores all over.

I spend my change when it's convenient. I rarely have more than $1 of change in my coin holder. I save quarters in a special place for use in parking meters.

Like Michael. Mostly use CC. Any change is thrown in a mug and given to the granddaughters. They get more joy from it than we do.

^^^What elmer said.That and people who still pay with checks. Well, the ones who INSIST on filling them out. Most stores have machines that run the check like a debit card, then print the amount on the back of the check and return it to the customer. It takes forever. But then when they want to add to that time because they want a carbon copy for some reason...its annoying. I was in a grocery store a couple days ago that did not have that system. So they needed her to write her DL number and phone number on it, then punch it in the system, then run it through the machine to endorse it....AAAAAA! Get a debit card for heavens sake. Geez.

I have a special gift for choosing the exact checkout line in stores without self checkout in which the check writer is ahead of me. Or the change counter. Or the woman with 10 WIC vouchers that all need to be manually entered,then signed. Or the person who argues the price of every item. It's a gift in wish I could return for a gift card.....

Paying by check is second on the inconsiderate list.

I don't know that the only solution is a debit card, I never use mine for other than ATM transactions. Credit cards are safer for purchase transactions.

Loose change, small denomination bills, etc., can be aggregated at many places other than a checkout line where and when people are waiting and often pressed for time. Duh. A charge for $19.79. Here's a novel thought - how about a $20 bill?

Pennies- I let them accumulate, then convert them to coins of greater denomination.

I take the quarters out and save them either in a small piggy bank or stack them in prescription bottles to keep on hand for parking meters and the like. Sometimes I sell my quarters to my friend who isn't very organized when it comes to money, and often needs them for the laundromat.

The rest I spend as quickly as possible. Almost all my purchases are by credit card so cash along with change is usually used for small fast food purchases or drinks.

Loose change ends up either in the cup holder in my car, or a jar at home. When it's full, I take it to the counting machine at the credit union. It's usually about $75.

A friend has a giant jar (think several gallons) which has been full for years. They can't move it. I think they started one time trying to roll the coins but didn't get far. It must have thousands of dollars in it.

I spend it :-) I rarely have much cash on me so seldom have much change either. If I have a dollar or two in change in my wallet, that's a lot for me and I either try to pay with exact change when I do use cash or dump it into a tip jar.

We very seldom have coins but the few we have are in a cup by my husband's pocket things. He picks up every coin he sees on the ground and puts it in there. He usually adds it to any deposit he takes to the bank and it's never much more than a dollar or two. I will put some in my pocket to use at the flea market when it's flea market time. I usually count out 50 cents and put it in my pocket so that if something cost 50 cents, I just grab it all and give to the vendor.

The self checkout lane is for impatient shoppers who are bothered by others in front of them.

I enjoy watching them as they're told, "please scan your item again and place it in the bag holder", please scan your item again and place it in the bag holder".....and on and on....I just love it.

I hate change....someday when I am in Charge of the World, I will outlaw all

change and all one dollar bills! :) I dump mine in a big Piggy Bank and

when it is full it goes to the bank. I even hate messing with that.

Usually I pay with a credit card unless it’s a small transaction. If there is a donation box for something I want to donate to I will throw change into the box. When my wallet seems full of change DH and I put extra change in a jar and then take it to a coin star machine. We don’t go to Wal Mart very often but it’s close by and easy.

Elmer, I agree with those paying by check. And usually they wait until ALL their items are rung up to start writing it instead of filling everything out except the amount.

When DH and I accumulate too much change to carry around in pocket or purse it is deposited in any one of 5 small containers that are part of the décor around the house. No rhyme nor reason to this dumb habit. It is just what we do. None of these containers have been counted or emptied in years, but we know where to grab change when needed for the pizza delivery guy.

Michael I use self checkout because i don't wanna bother the cashiers..... So many of them seem to hate their jobs.

And the only trouble I have had with self checkout is........(drumroll)....the people in front of me fiddling around and dragging their feet.

There is no escape.

Self checkout lanes are great places for getting rid of coins - if there isn't a line waiting for your machine.

I try to get very zen about someone paying by check in front of me. I take in a conscious breath and figure the world is teaching me patience. And I have been known to switch to another line - LOL.

There are apparently a lot of very impatient people in this world :- ) I can't imagine it takes anymore time to fill out a check than it does to process a credit or debit card transaction, with the 95 questions the CC readers seem to have to ask for everyone of those. And so few pay for anything by check these days anyway.

Maybe I am not in as much of a hurry as the rest of the world...........

I pay by cash much more often than I pay by debit or credit card. I rarely, however, pay with change. Change except pennies, goes into one of those little jars that counts as I put it in. When full, it holds $150 - $160 and I dump all that into a large decorator jar. It's currently half full and has roughly $350 in it. The little jar is around $120 right now, should be dumping it by the end of summer. Going on a vacation this winter, and will cash in the decorator jar change for extra spending money.

Pennies go into a separate little bank. That's for children that come to visit, they can spend an hour sorting to make sure each one gets the same number of pennies.

I'm another one who uses my credit card for most purchases over 10 - 20 dollars. I get cash back and pay in full every month, and I love that the credit card company pays me to use their card. Much easier to write one big check every month than worry about carrying around big sums of cash.

However I do carry some cash for smaller purchases. I use change unless there is a line and I would be holding up the people behind me. I love self-checkouts. I dump change in those machines all the time.

I was using a compartment in my car, just toss the coins in and forget it. I have a charging outlet (that is covered) in that same compartment but never use it. Recently I had an electrical problem and in looking through what wasn't working I realized the charging port was not working.
Ended up going to the dealer for the electrical problem, which was covered under the warranty, but the port was not covered, BECAUSE THERE WAS A PENNY IN IT!!! Sad to say that "repair" was not covered as it not warrantied!

I could only laugh when the technician told me that a penny in the port was not a warranty item...

It's amazing how that change accumulates! I'm on a mission to reduce out stash. I now have a bag of change in my car. If I'm at a store with self checkout and

1. the sum of the items purchased is modest and

2) no one is waiting at the self checkout

then I'll haul out my change bag and pay for the purchase only in change. I was doing do and had nearly completed feeding my $15 plus into the payment slot when the attendant asked if I had paid for my purchase all in change. When I admitted I had, she commented about it being a good idea, she'd never thought of doing so, but she'd do the same in the future.

Merchants prefer CC so much that Amazon was taken to court for attempting to accept only CCs in its brick and mortar stores.

Paying with cash or check takes much longer than paying by CC. Insert or swipe your CC. Done. You don't even have to sign anymore (since merchants didn't want clerks wasting time checking signatures). I don't know about Debit Cards, since I just don't 'get' why any adult would use them.

We charge *everything*, regardless of amount. We might handle $50 total in change in one year.

I mostly pay with a check.(I get all but the amount done before I get in the line with my store card and reuseable bags ready) If I use cash , the change is dumped in purse and when I get home it is taken out and placed in a bank when I do the check book. I also use checks with a copy so I don't need to do it at the store. If for some reason I hold up the line I make sure I say I am sorry to those behind me, and if someone only as one ore two things I always tell them to go first.

Hubby puts his into a little bank.

I tend to use the correct amount of change at a till.....

Elmer-remember this-someday YOU just might be one of those "old biddys" that might not be able to go thru as quickly as you want her to....if "anyone" is in that big of a hurry,go thru the express till.

Otherwise,if not using my change,/its put in my wallet.

" There are apparently a lot of very impatient people in this world "

A similar experience to these checkstand incidents:

You're on the freeway and there's traffic but enough room for the fast lane to safely drive the 65 mph speed limit. The person ahead of you is driving 55. There's no interchange ahead, no reason to drive so slow and hold up others who want to drive the speed limit. Flash your lights, the person won't pull over to the slower lane.

Is that okay? I'd say the displeasure people suffer from both situations is often a combo of frustration with inconsiderate actions in public by some thoughtless people to the detriment of others and time constraints the inconsiderate person is making worse.

"Elmer-remember this-someday YOU just might be one of those "old biddys" that might not be able to go thru as quickly as you want her to"

If I can only walk slowly, yes, Otherwise on this topic, no, I don't ever pay for anything with change. It's not convenient for me and I'd never delay others to do so. If I have a loaded shopping cart and someone comes into the line behind me with a few things, I allow them to go ahead of me. Just as I like when people do that for me.

You'll never meet anyone who tries to be more considerate to and respectful of others in public than I. Sadly, there are too many who forget the Golden Rule when out in public. A simple example of this, remember that thought when looking for a parking spot and you encounter unusable spots because of cars parked crooked or large trucks parked in spots intended for compact cars or even intended for regular size cars that the truck doesn't fit in.

It probably is only in this area but I am seeing more places with signs giving a lower limit on cc's. Where you used to see those signs it was $5 but I noticed one recently that was $10. I stopped rolling coins when the bank I was using sent both rolled and unrolled change offsite and did not give immediate credit. Conversely there are a couple of places that will only accept cc's and do not accept debit cards or cash. I could see no cash but no debit cards was just weird.

silver change goes in big pocket of change purse, pennies in smaller pocket.

at home, pennies in gallon glass wine jugs, i know i know that wine is not my taste but DH likes it.... ugh

silver coins go in a 5 gallon water jug! that's some nice $$$ when full, wahoo!! DH has to wheel it on a dolly :)

i also like to see the jugs getting full, its the little things that make me happy :)

Chisue, some people use debit cards because they don't have the self control to use CC. Or they can't get a CC. With debit cards you can only spend what is in your banking account. I have a debit but haven't used it since aldis started accepting CC years ago.

For thirty plus years DH and I have been saving pennies. Hauled them 3 times! I decided we are done. I rolled them and cashed them in.

All of $150. Now I start rolling and when I go to the bank I cash them in there.

I also have change accumulate in the bottom of my bag. When I think about it, I empty it into the small jar that I have divided. So when I see certain coins accumulating, I will roll them.

WE are done saving pennies . My oldest said that it would have been worthwhile if it was all change, not just pennies. She's right.

Yeah? Me first, get out of my way slob, it's my turn to be the most-est polite-est. You'll have to wait.

To each their own preference but needlessly accumulating amounts of coins that become inconvenient to handle or an amount of work to get rid of is an easily avoidable hoarding habit, whether you want to admit it or not.

I rarely pay with cash, nor do I carry much, so I don't accumulate coins.

Around here we certainly can't leave coins in the car -- we have thieves who regularly are looking for change, if not something more valuable -- police tell us they are addicts looking to scrape up enough $ for their next hit.

It could be that the old biddy who is paying with change doesn't have a checking account or a credit card and relies on using every penny she has to make do. So many banks require that a minimum amount be kept in the account at all times to avoid fees. Someone of truly narrow means just might not be able to afford that.