Update on My 5 Gallon Piggy Bank
April 6th, 2006 by Grant in: Saving
After reading a few personal finance blogs, I came across one which listed the approximate value of a piggy bank based on volume. I forgot which blog it was, but the data was from the Coinstar website.
Evidently, they figure that there are about $228 in change per gallon. Of course this depends on the specific coins you have in your jar.
So based on the 5 gallon jug I’m using as a piggy bank, I’ll have about $1,100 in change when I fill it to the brim.
Well, it’s a start anyway!
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February 12th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
[...] as I’m in the habbit of emptying my pockets at the end of the day and collecting it in my 5 gallon water jug. Increasing the value of change increases the value of… my water [...]
January 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
But if you were going to one of those coinstars and starting piling in your bottle, you would end up with a significant less amout…25% ??
January 29th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Ok..6%