You are richer than you think!

cookies221

Open up that jar of coins you keep at home. Pick up that penny you find on the street. Collect those coins down the side of your sofa. Irish people don't seem to spend copper coins (1c/2c/5c), instead choosing to hoard them.

After the changeover from the Irish punt to euro in 2002, while the vast majority of notes had been withdrawn, it was found that only 45% of the coins in circulation had been withdrawn.

Even today if you check your wallet, your copper coins will more than likely be of Irish origin. While it is common to receive a German or French €1 coin, our Irish copper coins are not being circulated around Europe. The mint produces them - provides them to shopkeepers - we're given them as change - hoard them in jars - the mint therefore has to produce even more, which cost more to produce than their bestowed value.

TL;DR Spend your copper coins and help the economy!

smash

Strippers don't except loose change though. Apparently it's not a coin slot...

petes

cookies221 wrote: »

Open up that jar of coins you keep at home. Pick up that penny you find on the street. Collect those coins down the side of your sofa. Irish people don't seem to spend copper coins (1c/2c/5c), instead choosing to hoard them.

After the changeover from the Irish punt to euro in 2002, while the vast majority of notes had been withdrawn, it was found that only 45% of the coins in circulation had been withdrawn.

Even today if you check your wallet, your copper coins will more than likely be of Irish origin. While it is common to receive a German or French €1 coin, our Irish copper coins are not being circulated around Europe. The mint produces them - provides them to shopkeepers - we're given them as change - hoard them in jars - the mint therefore has to produce even more, which cost more to produce than their bestowed value.

TL;DR Spend your copper coins and help the economy!

I've got ten cent in copper coins in front of me if that helps.

chin_grin

I think this is the most pointless thing I've read all day. Thanks!

<tilts change jar in to coin counting machine.......rattle rattle rattle. Oh my lawd! I'm 30e up! Oh wait........bills.........f*ck.......>

(-_-)

kfallon

Jar of coins......I've got a full bucket

Sea Sharp

I wonder how much is 45% of coppers worth?

I save my coppers for putting them in socks and baiting people that look at me sideways.

Pace2008

They have handy machines in most Tescos that convert mountains of coppers to notes and usable coins. They take 10% for their own, but time is money and I simply don't have the wherewithal to spend tedious hours bagging up 1c coins to change at the bank.

--Kaiser--

You know you only need one kidney?
Remove one and you can sell it on the black market for 10,000 bucks
Don't delay! Save money today!

Gone West

Yup those coins worth 30 quid will help bigtime paying off yer pointless 400k mortgages on yer 180 grand houses!

Ruu_Old

I dump them into the change machines in supermarkets and get some money back. I saw some person (looked homeless) with two suitcases and it was about half full of pennys and other coins.

listermint

Ruu wrote: »

I dump them into the change machines in supermarkets and get some money back. I saw some person (looked homeless) with two suitcases and it was about half full of pennys and other coins.

Party in his gaff Woop!!

Royal Irish

I save them for football matches and throw them at Shamrock rovers fans. Money well spent.

phasers

I use coppers for bus fare


Broke the machine once when I paid €8.80 in pennies :cool:

dashboard_hula

I have a big old jar thing that I dump anything below 50c into. Any bit of change I find around the house while cleaning, emptying out pockets all goes in there. And I generally hate big heavy purses full of coppers so I empty it into the jar every few weeks as well.
Result - bring the lot down to the CoinStar in Tescos on the Wednesday before payday...I can get anything from 20 to 60 euro a go. Nothing to sneeze at when you're down to your last 2 smokes and the only food in the house is noodles!

NullZer0

My property portfolio alone is worth a fortune.... wait...

Teutorix

They dont use coppers in alot of countries, The Netherlands for example.

AAAAAAAHHH

Teutorix wrote: »

They dont use coppers in alot of countries, The Netherlands for example.

Where do they go for an easy free ride on a Saturday night so?

allanb49

I've done that too phasers did it after the 44 bus driver wouldn't let me on short 10c, so next time he was there had a 155 1c coins from sandyford into town people where let on for free

phill106

dashboard_hula wrote: »

I have a big old jar thing that I dump anything below 50c into. Any bit of change I find around the house while cleaning, emptying out pockets all goes in there. And I generally hate big heavy purses full of coppers so I empty it into the jar every few weeks as well.
Result - bring the lot down to the CoinStar in Tescos on the Wednesday before payday...I can get anything from 20 to 60 euro a go. Nothing to sneeze at when you're down to your last 2 smokes and the only food in the house is noodles!

Course if you counted it yourself, you would have had between 22.22 and 66.66 if you counted it yourself. Or just bought your items in tesco with it!

AnonoBoy

No I'm not.

Teutorix

phill106 wrote: »

Course if you counted it yourself, you would have had between 22.22 and 66.66 if you counted it yourself. Or just bought your items in tesco with it!

http://www.antiyawn.com/guidetocoinstar.html

CrazyRabbit

<---guilty of hoarding small change. I collect it in a large jar and give it to my mum every few months. She then brings it to the bank, who then convert it to notes, which my mum then keeps.

Last haul was €84 euro.

So in this case, my mum is richer than she thinks...

Kimono-Girl

we filled our change jar when we counted it out we had around €450 in change!

plenderj

Where did you guys change the coins into notes?

Azureus

I hate them changing machines in tesco and places... 10%? screw that if Ive gone to the bother of saving my pennies, I want to be able to spend ALL of em!

I use my change for bus fare etc, have one of them electronic jars that count it as you put stuff in. Handy lil thing the week before payday!

upandcumming

steve06 wrote: »

Strippers don't except loose change though. Apparently it's not a coin slot...

They probably accept it though.

Kimono-Girl

plenderj wrote: »

Where did you guys change the coins into notes?

i counted them into money bags and changed them for notes in AIB.

Blazer

throws my change into two jars and trots off every few months to the local centra shop with it's coin counter and cash it all in..
just did it last friday and I had €358.46
Not bad at all...Centra took their 12.5% cut (bout €40) but at least I didnt' have to spend about 3 ****in hours counting it like I used to do.

bonerm

cookies221 wrote: »

TL;DR Spend your copper coins and help the economy!

I do. Dublin bus get them all.

Result? They've just pushed their fare prices up this week.

Verdict? Fúck the economy.

Duggy747

Richer than I think? I know exactly how little I have. I use change for buses or petty crap and keep the rest in my back pockets..............which eventually cause holes in me pants :pac:

Everytime I look at my wallet and see a decent wad of cash I go: "Nice one! I'll put some of this away and save it for a rainy......."

and then that voice in my head starts talking...

"Well, rent is due tomorrow, the ESB bill will be coming soon as well and since it is the end of the month you better check the letterbox for that UPC bill, too"





...........






crap

matrim

I generally throw anything from 1 euro down into a jar and count it every few months when the jar is full. It normally works out about between 150 - 250 euro that I've to get changed to notes.

I think altogether last year I ended up having to change about 700 or 800 euro worth of coins

hal9000

if your small change smells like coffee it was probably mine :P last haul of coffee jars yielded €1600 :pac:

misterdeeds

hal9000 wrote: »

if your small change smells like coffee it was probably mine :P last haul of coffee jars yielded €1600 :pac:

I have one of those big perspex vases u can get in dunnes for abt 20e and filled it after one year and got 3500e woohoo tho most of it i found in work during clean up (local bar) now what to spend it on ...

falan

hal9000 wrote: »

if your small change smells like coffee it was probably mine :P last haul of coffee jars yielded €1600 :pac:

misterdeeds wrote: »

I have one of those big perspex vases u can get in dunnes for abt 20e and filled it after one year and got 3500e woohoo tho most of it i found in work during clean up (local bar) now what to spend it on ...

A burglar would more than likely cream himself breaking into ye're houses...

Last time i cashed my change i got back about 60euro from the bank but then i'm always broke...

ScumLord

cookies221 wrote: »

Even today if you check your wallet, your copper coins will more than likely be of Irish origin.

I tend not to fill my wallet up with coppers. I'm a notes only in the wallet purest.

I do notice that any change I have in my pockets always seems to turn into a ball of 20c by the end of the day.

Kerikosan

I have a Giant cola bottle "Piggie Bank" full of coins wanna get it 3/4full then get money bags and sort it all out n make a mint!

bobsoice23

Oh I know all too well about small change...this past month has been perticulary tough and I've been using all the 2c/5c's I can on in the same shop!I go to a 24 hr shop at like 1 in the morning to avoid embarrassment..that guy is getting really sick of me haha