Are there any tips on how or where these coins can be spent, or otherwise put to good use?
While doing some cleaning today I realized I have accumulated nearly 3 swiss franks worth of 5-rappen coins since moving here a year ago.
Either you go to the Post office and ask them to exchange them for let's say, 3x 1 franc or you drop by a Kiosk and buy sweets ... it is still money and worth 3 Swiss francs, so !!!
Throw them in the garbage. That's what I do every 6 month or so.
Look for some wells around your home.
no, you don't throw money in the garbage !!!
Please keep accumulating them. When I come to Switzerland next year I will gladly take them off your hands
Of course I do! Why shouldn't I? Last time I think it was 1.80 CHF I threw away.
If there's a stamp machine near you, you can buy a -.85 stamp for 17 coins each.
Or you can go to the post office and get some coin roll paper for free. The -.05 coin is rolled in amounts of 50. They'll probably send you rolling anyway if you try to get rid of a big pile of coins.
Of course not. Throw them in the recycle bin .
You can drop them in the coin boxes fir charities. I don't think they will mind the denomination. The boxes in Zurich Airport contains even foreign currency.
spoiled ******
my grandmother told us that throwing away money in the garbage when young would bring you poverty with you get old.
Some african childred could have a nice meal with that.
And how exactly can the OP with CHF3 in 5 rappen pieces go about saving the world??
I can't belive that. You can't be serious ?
Surely you can find someone in need of a little money rather than throw it away?
Incredible !
Your answer...
and also you could give some more than your "trash" money to charities or to finance medical research or other worhty movements.
Technically, I believe that you're breaking the law... I was once told that you're not allowed to destroy money (from one of my chemistry teachers, when we destroyed a few coins to get hold of the copper and nickel in them... )
I actually started collecting 5 Rp coins: I've got a whole big jar full of them...
You could even buy something to eat for someone who is begging,
I will not give money to people begging outside shops etc but I will use the money to buy them a sandwich or if they have a dog (which a lot in the UK do), I buy a tin of dog food..
I cannot understand how anyone could throw money away
I think that a few people in this thread need to adjust their sarcasm detectors.
You could also buy a homeless dude a beer. Help the world be a happier place, one person at a time.
For those who have one. Those who do not can use the money they were about to throw away to purchase one.
Bull****!!
Do you know expensive those things are these days?
Do you know how much cash people are ready to dump these days?