[butternut_squash_bisque]

I have several of those 2ft tall 'bottle banks', where I've dumped my pocket change over the years.

The Coke bottle holds 8,990 pennies ($89.90 through the bank's coin counter) and the Rolling Rock bottle holds 8,990 dimes ($890.00) through the same counter. I have a Budweiser bottle that's now filling-up with quarters, and it will be interesting to see how many and what value at cash-in time, its contents yield.

Needless to say, it takes years for those things to fill-up. IMO, the penny is sentimental, but a waste of coinage and space.

[redhead]

" The Coke bottle holds 8,990 pennies ($89.90 through the bank's coin counter) and the Rolling Rock bottle holds 8,990 dimes ($890.00) through the same counter. I have a Budweiser bottle that's now filling-up with quarters, and it will be interesting to see how many and what value at cash-in time, its contents yield."

The late Mr. Redhead and I saved nickels, dimes, and quarters in a 5-pound jar from protein powder. At the same time, we saved the pennies in a large plastic honey jar. When we went to cash them in, they netted us a cool $1,390 and some-odd cents. Hooray for stashers!

[DH]

As an avid metal detector, I find hundreds on pennies each hunt on a schoolyard. I can go back a year later and find the same amount.

To kids, they're simply worthless. To me, they are a pain and a nuisance but I have to search them to find the old "wheaties" or other jewelry or metals within their specific range.

[antivenom]

How do you get a quarter into the neck of a Bud bottle?