What do you do with pennies? Need help!

[msbigbad17]

My husband and I always save our pennies and all other loose change and wait until we fill up a pickle jar full. sometimes two jars and then take the jar to our local grocery store (Food City, Kroger etc.) and then we use the CoinStar machine which will count all of them for you. It prints a receipt and you take it to the cashier and they give you cash! This is how we pay for most of our gas!

[centinfield12]

This was very fun and it actually made me about $7. I would collect all my pennies and place them in a cup for 2 weeks. I would then pick a decade of which I thought the most pennies were from based on their condition. If I guessed right then I took the change and bought my self a candy bar. But when I didn't guess it right, I placed all the pennies in a bigger jar. I stored up all the pennies for about 2-3 months and ended up with about 7 dollars.

[jnjmolly]

I bring my change to the grocery store and they have a big change machine that excepts all coins...Good luck figuring it out!!

[tallicadude]

i never take them, i just tell the cashier to keep them lol. i hate loose change.

[hawkeye3210]

I bring all my pennies to the bank and put them in my account.  I know I will never use them otherwise.

[Style2011]

i always save mines for a rainy day.

[ghunter]

I just store them away in a jar and after that jar is filled I start a new one and finally I will it to the bank and deposit them.  If anyone know what to do with those pennies let me know.

[Sunshine4372]

I have a seperate little change thing just for pennies.  I save them till the container is full and then I take them to a Coinstar or something of that sort.  Usually it is around $10.00, but hey, not bad for just throwing unwanted pennies to the side. 

[kay7]

What a fun thread!  Who knew pennies could be so interesting?  There is no better place than FX to gain an appreciation of pennies 

[franlee46]

So, I have this little box of pennies only. I have no idea what to do with them, but I need change to use every now and then like at bus station or train station, but the pennies take too long to put through a bus slot.

Anyone collects or knows how to handle pennies? Any idea how I can use them without dragging the whole box around and taking forever to pay like a $2 fair?

I was also wondering if there is some place I can get cash in exchange.

Help!

@Kiki1992 my local bank lets me deposit them into my checking account they just take them without me rolling them I give them an estimate they count the change in a machine then it is deposited into my account.
Some local grocery stores have change machines that will count your change and give you dollars the machines are green some walmarts have them too otherwise rall the coins and take to your local bank and get dollars this is much better than carrying around a heavy bag of pennies

[kapeh12]

I have a big old Mayo jar I use to put my pennies in, and some empty vitamin jars I use for the silver coins.  I keep them separate at the moment.  I started collecting the state quarters to see if I can get complete sets for each of my nieces/nephews as some unique gift someday.  After doing that for a while, I decided when I had the time, I'd like to get some kind of collection going with the other coins - then any I don't keep in the collection, I'll eventually take to the bank to be deposited.  Who knows when that may be...

[delgadoe]

There are machines at the grocery store that I go where you can change your change for bucks, they will charge a small fee though. I do it all the time because they really add up, also you can always wrap them up into those rolls and pay with that where ever you go

[tzs]

Money is M~O~N~E~Y!!!! Keep saving it, you will be surprised how much you will accumulate!!

[tammypete]

My husband and I give our pennies to our kids.  They have a huge jar they put them in.  Whenever they get it filled up we then go to our local credit union and put them into the coin machine..its like the coinstar at grocery stores.  Our bank doesnt charge a fee like the ones in grocery stores!   They then take the receipt to the teller and she gives them cash!   They love it!

[pkrahmer]

Collecting pennies is one of the many ways that I donate money  charity.In fact all of my spare change I donate to charity.I have two main charities that I donate money to. When I have a dollars worth pennies I roll them and deposit them they go toward my next check.

Rolling pennies and other coin is a great activity because it strengthens math skills for young kids especially if they've earned it or you are going to donated to charity.