DAMN

DAMN is the only word that describes how I'm feeling right now. J and I just got back from a Hy-Vee where we used a Coin Star machine to cash in some extra change that we have lying around. I did not realize that we had so much damn change. Before taking it to Hy-Vee, I decided to weight it here at home - it came it at 40lbs (~18kg), try carrying that in your pocket. The Coin Star machine keeps count of how many coins you put in, broken down by type. Here is how it broke down for us.

3942 pennies - $39.42
778 nickels - $38.90
1389 dimes - $138.90

For a total of $197.89 (Coin Star charges a 8.9 cents fee per dollar). It took about 15 minutes to get all done.

You should have seen the look on the cashiers face when I went to get the cash.