Money-Saving Methods: The Piggy Bank (Reveal)

Money-Saving Methods: The Piggy Bank (Reveal)

June 27th, 2011 @ 5:10 pm by Mrs. Seal
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We have a winner! (And she will be announced at the end of this post to forever live in BEE GLORY!)

In Part I, I introduced you to Mr. Piggy and asked you all to wager some guesses as to how much he was worth. If you recall, Mr. P was housing the savings for our favors (which I promise to reveal soon) and we set a goal of around $600.

Big Brother Seal is a coin aficionado (a hobby passed down from my maternal grandma) and he and FSIL Maria kindly agreed to help me sort out my change one evening.

We started out with this:

I don’t know if you can see that fat stack of cash on the left—Big Brother Seal told me putting cash in the piggy was cheating. I said my Piggy doesn’t discriminate—money is money!

After inspecting the coins for hidden gems…

…and adding a couple of special finds to Big Brother Seal’s collection…

…and filtering out the foreign coins…

(I bet Miss Gazelle and Mrs. Cinnamon Bun could tell you more about this one)

…we ended up with:

Bills

$1 x 62 = $62
$5 x 12 = $60
$10 x 6 = $60
$20 x 5 = $100

Coins

Pennies x 850 = $8.50
Nickels x 360 = $18
Dimes x 400 = $40
Quarters x 240 = $60
Half Dollars x 6 = $3
1 Dollar Coin x 2 = $2

GRAND TOTAL…

Not too bad, eh? Only a couple hundred shy of our total goal and over four months left to save.

Thanks to everyone who played along!

The winner, with a guess of $413 is…dinajean! Woohoo! Congrats!

And…if she doesn’t claim her prize (of virtual high-fives from yours truly), the booty will go to the lovely Miss Pony with an amazingly close guess of $412.89.

How are your piggy banks doing? Are you close to reaching any of your “mini-goals”?

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20 Responses to “Money-Saving Methods: The Piggy Bank (Reveal)”

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Miss Sweet Cream (message) 216 posts, Helper bee

Wowza! You go, Seal!

We have coffee cans full of change tucked away and have a constant jar going…but have yet to “break them open” just yet. I’m hoping that it scores as much as your Mr. Piggy did for you!!

6/27/11 @ 5:17 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Hyena (message) 1,882 posts, Buzzing bee

Wow! Maybe I need to get a piggy and see how much coinage we’ve got under the couch … Awesome!

6/27/11 @ 5:21 pm (reply)

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Miss Pony (message) 4,174 posts, Honey bee

Man, I was SO close! Congrats to dinajean for her exemplary guessing skills and to the Seals for their amazing saving skills. I can’t wait to see what favors you are doing!

6/27/11 @ 5:26 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

So close to those favors, I’m so interested to see what they are!

6/27/11 @ 5:40 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Jam (message) 309 posts, Helper bee

This is so awesome & inspiring…I’m going to start a jar TONIGHT. Go you!!

6/27/11 @ 5:41 pm (reply)

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mittens111211 (message) 1,749 posts, Bumble bee

My piggy is still small, I think about $15 but that’s enough for a manicure! lol.

I did have $60 in there but I had to buy some leather cording for our favors and some fames for our guestbook table.

I never have cash and so therefore never have change, but I’m seriously going to go to the bank when I get paid on friday and buy a roll of quarters or something to put in there!

6/27/11 @ 5:52 pm (reply)

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mariewest (message) 271 posts, Helper bee

My piggy is very light, need to start adding more coins. Way to go on your sum. Nice.

6/27/11 @ 7:22 pm (reply)

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DesireeAnne (message) 3,109 posts, Sugar bee

J and I have a huge 5 gallon water jug that we dump bills and change into. I love it. We probably have about $300 in there so far.

6/27/11 @ 7:37 pm (reply)

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dinajean (message) 77 posts, Worker bee

hey i won !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6/27/11 @ 7:44 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Tartlet (message) 3,207 posts, Sugar bee

Wow, that is awesome! I need to go count all the loose change jars we have at home…

6/27/11 @ 7:50 pm (reply)

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carol

When I was little I started a coin jug in a 5 gallon water jug. It has gone everywhere with me, sat in a storage place when I lived over seas. I can no longer lift it and have to roll it if I want to move it. One of these days I will crack it open and count it.

Last year I found a penny that looked a bit off. I kept it, took it to a coin collector person. It was a rare wheat penny that is worth about $150. It might take a while, but it does not hurt to look for old change in the piggy bank, some times a penny is more than just one cent.

6/27/11 @ 9:13 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Trail Mix (message) 6,328 posts, Bee Keeper

This is awesome, good job you guys! Also, LOVE that your brother has a coin collection

6/27/11 @ 9:28 pm (reply)

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Miss Cucumber Sandwich (message) 572 posts, Busy bee

That is a lot of change! We have a piggy bank and I am always surprised as to how much money we have in coins. Can’t wait to see the favors!

6/27/11 @ 9:36 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pain au Chocolat (message) 1,698 posts, Bumble bee

Now you’ve inspired me to shake out my change jar and find out how much is hiding in there! (Mr. PaC used to save his coins for gambling trips to Atlantic City.)

6/27/11 @ 9:44 pm (reply)

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s2bBradsWifey (message) 31 posts, Newbee

We really dont have a piggy bank (other than the console of my car- that thing probable has hundreds in there haha!) we sort of have an envelope for misc. money. So far we have 500 in there, and that will be gone soon were pinching pennies to pay everyone before september 3rd

6/27/11 @ 10:20 pm (reply)

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starab (message) 7 posts, Newbee

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6/27/11 @ 11:15 pm (reply)

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Firefighter_Bride (message) 776 posts, Busy bee

I honestly thought FI and I were the only one doing this! LOL Right on!!

6/28/11 @ 1:13 am (reply)

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Miss Seal (message) 1,179 posts, Bumble bee

Thanks everybody We’re pretty proud of ourselves too!

@Miss Pony: You are one heckuva guesser, Miss Pony! GO YOU!

@mittens111211: Hey that’s a start! One less expense to cross off the list!

@DesireeAnne: That’s awesome! It’s amazing how quickly all that change adds up!

@dinajean: YAAAAY! YOU WON! Virtual high-five to you! I wish I had something more awesome to give you…I can give you that Canadian penny if you’d like?! Heheh. Thanks for playin’!

@carol: So true! We spent quite a fair amount of time sorting through the coins—I, with my brother’s help, came across a 74 y/o nickel (back when they were made of actual silver)…def. worth more than 5 cents

@s2bBradsWifey: Hehehe, we totally have one of those envelopes too

6/28/11 @ 2:05 am (reply)

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Miss Winter (message) 260 posts, Helper bee

We have a “What the IRS missed” jar (I’m an accountant and yes, a nerd!). We emptied it out last year and spent it on a night out on the town so we don’t have near as much as you saved, but I’m still anxious to cash it in right before the wedding for last minute items! Way to save!

6/28/11 @ 9:29 am (reply)

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