Coin Message in a Bottle
A couple of months, ago, I wrote about Val kicking in a gallon bottle of wine she had used to store coins in for the last few years; she ended up getting six stitches in her heel and ankle from the shattered glass.
Well, we decided that as we cleaned up the house for various reasons, that one thing to do was to take the coins, which were in a plastic bag inside a much stronger fabric bag, to the coin change machine at Wegmans to cash in; unfortunately, the machine at the Wegmans on Amherst Street was out of order both times we checked that day, but the Tops Market at Amherst and Grant had a similar coin change machine, so we went there and it was working.
As we started putting the change, which seemed to weigh about as much as a regular 16-pound bowling ball, into the machine, Val said she was hoping that there was about $30-40 in the bag. She had already decided to take the amount of money in coins as an Amazon.com certificate/account, which would allow her to avoid paying the 8.9 cents per $1 service/handling charge.
It seems that she, um, underestimated how much her coins were worth; when all of the coins were accounted for (Canadian coins were rejected), the amount was $139.66. This was made up of more than 5,000 coins, including more than 4,000 pennies.
I don't know for sure what Val will be getting (she did ask me to give her a book suggestion for me), but I would guess that there will be some CDs and books ordered.
Well, we decided that as we cleaned up the house for various reasons, that one thing to do was to take the coins, which were in a plastic bag inside a much stronger fabric bag, to the coin change machine at Wegmans to cash in; unfortunately, the machine at the Wegmans on Amherst Street was out of order both times we checked that day, but the Tops Market at Amherst and Grant had a similar coin change machine, so we went there and it was working.
As we started putting the change, which seemed to weigh about as much as a regular 16-pound bowling ball, into the machine, Val said she was hoping that there was about $30-40 in the bag. She had already decided to take the amount of money in coins as an Amazon.com certificate/account, which would allow her to avoid paying the 8.9 cents per $1 service/handling charge.
It seems that she, um, underestimated how much her coins were worth; when all of the coins were accounted for (Canadian coins were rejected), the amount was $139.66. This was made up of more than 5,000 coins, including more than 4,000 pennies.
I don't know for sure what Val will be getting (she did ask me to give her a book suggestion for me), but I would guess that there will be some CDs and books ordered.
posted by Kevin J. Hosey at 11:43 PM
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