What to do with Coins when travelling?
Jul 5, 2013, 2:34 am
#17
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I donate most of my coins at the airport or in the aircraft, keeping only a few of the ones I know to be exceptionally useful in a particular country, for example in making pay-phone calls.
Love the picture in OP. We own a spicebox identical to that one.
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Jul 5, 2013, 8:55 am
#18
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I carry coins in two places, one is in my Original Taxi Wallet that has a change pouch, and I also have a small change purse that I carry my USA coins if going over seas. When leaving a foreign country I use any unused money, paper or change, to pay down my hotel bill or to purchase a food or other items at the airport and charge the difference.
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Jul 6, 2013, 9:52 am
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Looks like it's Ziplock bags... I was half hoping that there was some multi-functional currency sorter out there!
Props to all you who donate at the end of the trip - I'm normally using most of my currencies many times a year. I sometimes paid down hotel bills with cash, then have been caught out of my expense report my only claiming the credit card amount. I also have Yorkshire* blood.......
* A region of England famed for its parsimony: Definition of a Yorkshireman - A Scotsman with all the generosity squeezed out of him.
Props to all you who donate at the end of the trip - I'm normally using most of my currencies many times a year. I sometimes paid down hotel bills with cash, then have been caught out of my expense report my only claiming the credit card amount. I also have Yorkshire* blood.......
* A region of England famed for its parsimony: Definition of a Yorkshireman - A Scotsman with all the generosity squeezed out of him.
Jul 6, 2013, 12:54 pm
#20
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Small zip-lock bags should do just fine.
Another idea might be small plastic bottles. In fact, this jogs my memory a little: In the old days of film cameras I used to use the small plastic containers that came with 35mm film for precisely this purpose. Not sure where they all went.
Another idea might be small plastic bottles. In fact, this jogs my memory a little: In the old days of film cameras I used to use the small plastic containers that came with 35mm film for precisely this purpose. Not sure where they all went.
Jul 7, 2013, 9:39 am
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Go to REI or Container store and get a few snap-top Nalgene vials. The larger ones work well for coins. I have used a repurposed Altoids tin in the past and that works pretty well too.
Jul 8, 2013, 12:44 pm
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To those of you who donate: ^
I don't. For one very simple reason - I still need the currency. I keep it in Ziplock bags as suggested above. The only currency I dot have (for example) is Armenian whatevers.
Didn't think I'd be going back. I find it extremely useful to have currency when I land. Sometimes taxi CC machines don't work, etc. etc. Never like arriving in a country being penniless.
In addition I do donate a large sum to UNICEF each year.
I don't. For one very simple reason - I still need the currency. I keep it in Ziplock bags as suggested above. The only currency I dot have (for example) is Armenian whatevers.
Didn't think I'd be going back. I find it extremely useful to have currency when I land. Sometimes taxi CC machines don't work, etc. etc. Never like arriving in a country being penniless. In addition I do donate a large sum to UNICEF each year.
Jul 8, 2013, 10:43 pm
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