The other day I started cleaning out the drawers in my office desk and, because sometimes I’m not good about avoiding the office vending machine, I ended up finding about $5 worth of spare change. This got me to thinking: where else do I have a few buck in coins just lying around?

After checking the center console of my car, my sock drawer, in between the couch cushions, and about ten other places, I ultimately came up with $18.23 in change.

Yeah, I know, not exactly enough to retire on, but it’s still $18.23 more than I had before. Well, not really, but you get the point. Either way, I’ll take it!

So, what about you?

Where do you keep your spare change? Do you ever do anything with it, or just let it collect dust and forget about it? If you do actually do something with it, what do you do? What’s the biggest amount of spare change you’ve ever had?

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