Saving change

 

All his contents are now in the bank down the street.

There was just about 60 pounds of change in this little fella when we opened him up and took his contents to the bank. That's weight pounds not British Stirling. When we bought him at an antique/junk store, we had to promise not to break him. Otherwise, the vendor would not have let us buy him.

I've always been a great believer in saving change. It adds up. In Boston it was money from bottle returns. In Geneva 5 Franc pieces paid for my masters degree at the University of Glamorgan in Wales. 50 Centimes pieces fed the washing machine when I lived in Grand Saconnex near the Geneva airport.

My parents loved playing gin rummy. Loser put 10 cents in a pot. When they had enough (and they played a lot) they took a trip to Hawaii, although they converted the dimes to dollars.

2000 Euros (2010 CHF or $2300)

That is money that would have been frittered away otherwise. 

Years ago, I would have to count the change and wrap it before putting it in my post office savings account.

Now the bank has a counting machine. So much easier although we used the car rather than walk while hefting the coin bag.

There were also googly eyes rejected from the bank's coin counting machine as well as about five Danish, Swedish and American coins.