Snowflaking Your Coins
Today I went to the store to count up my change jar. I don’t like keeping much change in my wallet because it gets too heavy. Here in Canada we have a few dollar coins ($1 and $2), so having those plus pennies, nickels, and dimes means it can get pretty heavy pretty fast. So I always keep a few of each coin and then dump the rest in my change jar.
I’ve been using the change over the last few months for a few things here and there (subway fare, a coffee), but wanted to bring it to one of those counting machines to get the paper money from it. I don’t really have the patience to roll up all the coins, plus I like using those machines. They’re fun.
Today I finally remembered to bring the coins with me, and so I dumped them into the machine. I actually wasn’t anticipating much money from the jar, since I’d been pilfering all the quarters over the last few months. I figured it was mostly pennies and nickels. After all was said and done I had over $9! Very cool. And since they only take 9 cents per $1, I ended up with about $8.50 in the end. Woo!
Here’s another $8.50 that’s getting added to this month’s snowflake, that’s for sure.
I agree with you on the coins. It certainly doesn’t take long for the little bits here and there to add up and make a nice little snowflake. I prefer to roll them myself. Just something soothing and therapeutic about it.
That’s true, it can be soothing to roll them all up. I used to save that for a rainy Sunday like today. I just have more fun using the counting machines in the stores now.