Pennies.

[Unknown Entity]

OMG, I'm making a tread. o.o

Who collects up pennies, or spare change? Does anyone have a special jar or money box for collecting them?

In my home, we all have out own collections forming up. I keep my cash in a locked box in a secret place, and my change in a separate money box. The idea is just to keep adding to it without counting, and when it gets full, change it up.

There are money machines in stores, but now I have my own mini ATM machine (my dad thought it was a joke, or whatever) that counts it up for me, and doesn't charge like the store machines. I mean, 7p per £1? That's taking the piss. So when that counts it up, my step dad collects pennies too... so he takes my coinage, and gives me the cash.

It's a long process, but it stops your wallet/purse being stuffed full of change, even though change can come in handy if you're not a note breaker (solution: keep back the bigger change, like 50p or pound coins).

EDIT: Got a little ahead of myself. The largest sum I've ever collected was almost £20 (damn charging store machines ). That was over a period of about six months, so not bad collecting.

I guess this could move onto "swear boxes". That'll be interesting to see if anyone introduced one into their household.