Saving Coins

My son was born one week after the Euro was introduced. 

As soon as coins from other Eurozone countries started appearing in Greece (where we live), I suggested to Husband that we start collecting these in a piggy-bank.  Son had been given a very large piggy bank in the shape of a baby bottle, which contained brush and comb, rattle etc., so we used that.  It took nearly four years to fill it but we were amazed to find we had collected nearly Eur 1,500!  All quite effortless, every time we get change we look at it and if it is from another country we put it in a different pocket or compartment in my handbag, and straight into the piggy bank when we get home.  I opened a joint account in Son’s name and deposited the money there.  Now I empty the piggy bank more regularly, , every time it reaches a few hundred Euros, because it’s easier to dispose of smaller amounts of coins (the bank won’t accept them and I have to go to supermarkets to exchange them for notes). 

If you don’t live in Europe you could still apply this principle by choosing a coin of a particular denomination, e.g. 50 cents/pence, or all coins from 20cents/pence and below, and consistently putting them aside every time you get one in change.  I think you’ll be surprised, as I was, by how much it all adds up to without really trying. 

I’ll keep today’s post short because I’ve got tonsillitis and am running a fever.

Thank you to everybody who visited my new blog yesterday, and I hope you continue to visit.

Warmest wishes

Sunny