Comments on: Coin Jar Woes

By: Garden Thyme

Garden Thyme — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:04:34 +0000

Our Coinjar has been filling up much more slowly over this past year…..this recession sure is tough to deal with…..My guess is $92.48
Thanks for your blog!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:03:38 +0000

I’m pretty sure it’s still free at TD Bank (fomerly Commerce Bank), I have an account there and haven’t seen any changes since the take over except for the red to green.

By: Matt Gross

Matt Gross — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:30:49 +0000

I used to dump coins at Commerce Bank, where it was not only free but if you guessed within a dollar the amount you were dumping, you’d win a prize—a piggy bank shaped like a ‘C.’ Which held approximately $55 to $60 worth of coins, so every time I’d go back to dump the coins, I’d win… another piggy bank! Whee!

By: Scott Lovingood

Scott Lovingood — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:44:49 +0000

I collect coins myself. I usually fill up several quart size containers before heading off to the bank. Luckily my parent’s bank still accepts unrolled coins. They only do it on one day a week but they are cool. It is a local community bank and they recognize a need when they see it. I know of several people who have opened accounts there as teenagers because they accepted their coins.

And man do coins weigh a TON!!

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:53:39 +0000

No picture and you can posts your guesses again today now that the official notice has gone up.

By: Noah Iliinsky

Noah Iliinsky — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:04:17 +0000

My guess is that a credit union would have done it for free.

By: SingleGuyMoney

SingleGuyMoney — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:41:14 +0000

You have to post a picture of the vase!!

By: Gypsie

Gypsie — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:35:15 +0000

I dont mind watching a movie on a late sunday afternoon and rolling my change.

there is a video on You Tube where a guy tried to get his car out of lockup by paying the tow company 88 dollars in pennies. Eventually the cops were involved but to make a long story short, Federal law mandated that they accepted the pennies as pennies are legal tender.

By: Matt @ Financial Methods

Matt @ Financial Methods — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:53 +0000

Man Mapgirl, these people really want to guess!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:12:09 +0000

I’ve always told myself if my current bank doesn’t take my change, I will instantly close my account and leave.

It’s a silly concept to me that a bank won’t take money to deposit into an account. I realize why they don’t want it, but that doesn’t mean I have to do business with them.

As for the amount in your jar? I’m guess 102.07.

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:15:34 +0000

Hold your horses there Rachelle. I will post the contest tomorrow with clues about the size of the jar, etc.

By: Rachelle

Rachelle — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:12:58 +0000

I’ll go with $38.00. I just have a hunch about that number!