Rolled my Change Last Night.

"thebigbossyboss" (thebigbossyboss) 06/11/2015 at 07:38 • Filed to: None

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I had a few quarters. Just a few. Apparently I had CAD $689.95 It was hard to carry this many quarters and LOONIES AND TWOONIES (thanks Jawz) What is the most change you’ve ever collected?

Canadian Mint for your time.

jkm7680 > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 07:42

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About $300 or so. But dammnnnnnnn that’s a lot of quarters!

pip bip - choose Corrour > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 07:45

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i had a tin with about AUD$250 in 5c coins.

man that was heavy to lift.

thebigbossyboss > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/11/2015 at 07:46

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I guess so!!

thebigbossyboss > jkm7680 06/11/2015 at 07:47

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I thought I had around that much.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 07:54

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I had about $100 US all in pennies and nickels, that was a load... Hell, I’ve only handled that much (or more) cash for vehicle purchases; eg: Rarely. Let alone in metal money! How long have you been saving quarters to get that much? It took me a few years to rack up my ~$100 in small change.

thebigbossyboss > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 06/11/2015 at 07:56

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I saved for about two years. I should confess here in Canada we have the $1 coin that was also included so that bumped it up a bit. There was a few $2 coins in there was well but not as many.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 08:04

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maaaan, you can’t claim you have near $700 in quarters and then admit to loonies and twonies! I suppose the "a lot of quarters" statement can still be true...

The Dummy Gummy > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 08:07

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My great grandfather was a coin collector so I won’t count that, but for me when I was a little kid I had a water jug filled with pennies. I kept adding and adding for probably around 6-7 years until it was filled to the top with pennies. When I cashed it in it turned out to be in the vicinity of $350+ dollars. It was insane and took forever to roll. I had the best two summers using my money at the arcade.

thebigbossyboss > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 06/11/2015 at 08:09

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I had over 1000 quarters. How many is a lot?

thebigbossyboss > The Dummy Gummy 06/11/2015 at 08:12

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That is insane. How do you even lift that. That’s 35,000 coins. How long on god’s green earth did that take to roll?

The Dummy Gummy > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 08:16

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We didn’t, we just knocked the thing over on the floor. We actually thought it was going to fall through with the thud it made. I don’t remember the time frame on rolling, but it was a very long time I know that. Probably a few weeks.

thebigbossyboss > The Dummy Gummy 06/11/2015 at 08:18

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Thank the lord Canada abolished the penny a few years ago!

macanamera > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 08:20

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Toonies*

thebigbossyboss > macanamera 06/11/2015 at 08:28

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Don’t tell me how to spell Canadian things or I’ll duct tape you to something.

wkiernan > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 09:07

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Three thousand US dollars. I rolled it all up and bought my daughter a car.

thebigbossyboss > wkiernan 06/11/2015 at 09:12

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...How much of your house was devoted to storing this? That is many many dollars.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 09:34

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sorry, not really trying to be a pedant, I was just immagining 16 kilos of quarters and being amused at the idea, and then you mention loonies and twonies... the mass of coinage can drop in a hurry when you add those in...

Party-vi > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 10:12

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$425 exactly in 50 States quarters, because I apparently had nothing better to do than collect 1,700 quarters through grades school.

CB > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 06/11/2015 at 12:39

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It’s a toonie, thank you.

CB > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 12:40

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$43 in my change jar here. Used it as contribution money to my GoPro fund.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > CB 06/11/2015 at 12:49

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From Wikipedia:

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“Toonie” is a portmanteau word combining the number “two” with the name of the loonie , Canada’s one-dollar coin. It is occasionally spelled “twonie” or “twoonie”, but Canadian newspapers and the Royal Canadian Mint use the “toonie” spelling.

When the coin was introduced, a number of nicknames were suggested. Some of the early ones included the bearie (analogous to the Loonie and its loon ), the bearly , the deuce , the doubloonie (a play on “double loonie” and the former Spanish doubloon coin), and the moonie (because it depicted “the Queen with a bear behind”). [9]

Jack Iyerak Anawak , Member of Parliament from Nunatsiaq , Nunavut , suggested the name Nanuq [nanook, polar bear ] in honour of Canada’s Inuit people and their northern culture; however, this culturally meaningful proposal went largely unnoticed beside the popular “toonie”. [10] [11]

The name “toonie” became so widely accepted that in 2006 the Royal Canadian Mint secured the rights to it. A competition to name the bear resulted in the name “Churchill”, a reference both to Winston Churchill and to the common polar bear sightings in Churchill, Manitoba . [12]

The RCM seems to agree with you :P

CB > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 06/11/2015 at 12:50

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That’s because it’s the right way to spell it! Although doubloonie sounds really cool too, if a bit pirate-y.

thebigbossyboss > Party-vi 06/11/2015 at 12:56

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Oh I see.

thebigbossyboss > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 06/11/2015 at 12:58

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It was still a mass of coins and hard to carry so you can remain being amused. haha. One of the guys on the comments here had $350 in pennies. Now THAT is a lot. 35,000 coins.

The Compromiser > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 18:59

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That the Ottawa one or the Winnipeg one? Looks like the old Ottawa one. Toured it a long time ago. Pretty neat. Seing a guy eat his lunch or having a smoke while he sits on a pallet full of gold bullion is surreal.

thebigbossyboss > The Compromiser 06/11/2015 at 20:11

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This is The old ottawa one but it’s still functional. It just doesn't do the bulk of the local pressing anymore. I have never been and always wanted to go. I drive past everyday on my way to work. One Saturday I should go!

The Compromiser > thebigbossyboss 06/11/2015 at 22:45

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It’s worth the time. And they end up in taking you to the display room where they have the ridiculous priced coins for sale.

I wasmthere when they started pressing loonies there (I think). It was during the Iran-Contra hearings. Yes I am old. Yes get off my lawn.

thebigbossyboss > The Compromiser 06/13/2015 at 08:46

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So old. I was feeling old myself the other day, but I wasn’t even born during Iran contra...haha

The Compromiser > thebigbossyboss 06/13/2015 at 15:01

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Yes. My SO was born in 1980.I remember 1980. Sometimes I feel so dirty. After a second I’m all