PSA: change is inevitable?!....looking to get rid or your spare change....??

[bhaveshp]

Easy solution - Never use cash!

Seriously, I use cash maybe 1-2 times a month these days..

[GGD]

bhaveshp wrote:
Easy solution - Never use cash!

Seriously, I use cash maybe 1-2 times a month these days..

I'm similar, and I also try to never have more than 99 cents in coins, I keep the coins in that tiny pocket in my jeans.

Most of the cash that I have is what I receive from the Costco Executive Member rebate, and the Costco Credit card rebate. I always get those back as cash rather than use them as payment. I use the card for payment instead to get the 2% cash back on that.

The other source of cash is when I take cans and bottles to the recycling center to get the CRV refunded.

I haven't withdrawn cash from a bank/ATM in about two years.

[mrbigstuff]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=GGD]
[quote=rjmacs]
I recently helped a friend role thousands of coins for deposit.... So many Mercury dimes!

I'm pretty sure those mercury dimes were worth a lot more than 10 cents each based on their silver content.
My first thought, too. As long ago as the '70s, my dad always made a point of separating out any silver-based coinage (pre-1965, IIRC) from the coins he collected at his business. I inherited all of it upon his death in the '80s - it's packed away in a closet .
I still do that! Well, not that there are many Mercury dimes in circulation any longer, but I always look at the side of quarters to see if they were made prior to 1965. My grandfather taught me well...

[DP]

Change is good!

[Racer X]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
[quote=GGD]
[quote=rjmacs]
I recently helped a friend role thousands of coins for deposit.... So many Mercury dimes!

I'm pretty sure those mercury dimes were worth a lot more than 10 cents each based on their silver content.
My first thought, too. As long ago as the '70s, my dad always made a point of separating out any silver-based coinage (pre-1965, IIRC) from the coins he collected at his business. I inherited all of it upon his death in the '80s - it's packed away in a closet .
You can hear the difference when you drop mixed coins on a hard surface. The silver ones "ring". I snagged quite a few counting down the registers at work when I was younger.