Ru Roh!

[Z-man]

Originally Posted by BigInJapan

Auction it. My opening bid is $50.

Ian

Buyer pays shipping?!?

[wildthing]

Separate all pennies before 1981. Sell for 1% more.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by greglepore

Hugh, what is your friend going to do with all of that toxic crap?

That guy's gonna be dead from all of it. At that point, what does he care?

[Crowbob]

You prolly won't be able to lift it even with some sort of machine. It will break most likely. I know of an instance where the bottom fell right out.

[bivenator]

If it were to break he could be bath in the flood.


Scrooge McDuck style

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Originally Posted by greglepore

Hugh, what is your friend going to do with all of that toxic crap?

He should take a picture of it showing nothing but the jug and his hand holding a mallet, then mail it to the EPA headquarters from a post office in another state saying they need to roll back vehicle mileage and emissions requirements to pre-1996 levels "or else I break this over a bald eagle nest". Have some fun with it... Maybe it'll give some Birkenstock-wearing EPA mailroom guy a coronary as an added bonus.

[scottmandue]

I have seen the bottom pop out of a jug like that if you attempt to lift it.
I would gently lay it over on it's side (preferably onto a foam pad) and slowly spill the change out.

[daepp]

Thanks for all the good info.

It is VERY heavy. I can no longer even budge it in my closet. The walls are fairly thick - I think it's an old sparkletts bottle from the 60's.

I have to say I'm kinda sad now that it's full. Not sure why or what to do.

I do like the idea of using it to start a new P car project.

And FWIW, it totaled approx $450 when it was about 4 inches full. My kids dumped it, counted it, and removed all the pennies at that level. It's never been counted since, and I'd say it's about 18-20 inches tall.

I'll keep you posted....

[porsche4life]

Dump it out, move to a more accessible location, and start over!

[TimT]

A friend of mine is a Firefighter, he told me about this strange lump of melted glass and metal...... It was a glass water cooler bottle filled with coins...

Secondly my brother just cashed in a similar bottle at TD Bank....his was about 1/4 full

roughly $1700

I bet you have over 7K in that bottle

[Don Ro]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

I have seen the bottom pop out of a jug like that if you attempt to lift it.
I would gently lay it over on it's side (preferably onto a foam pad) and slowly spill the change out.

^^^ This.
.
I took a gob of change to a super market coin machine a few years back.
About half way through, the machine said, "My, you have a lot of change, don't you."
I chuckled.
'twas about $400. It charged 5%.

[Hugh R]

Originally Posted by greglepore

Hugh, what is your friend going to do with all of that toxic crap?

Liquid mercury, not methyl mercury. Big difference. But I understand....

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

Liquid mercury, not methyl mercury. Big difference. But I understand....

Is liquid mercury worth anything?

[porsche930dude]

you can suck the coins out with a vacume if youve got a nozzle the right size. definatly check for silvers. i sepearate my pre 82 pennies too but youll go blind checking for double dies lol

[Drbraunsr]

We turn our jar into coin star a few times per year for an average of $ 180.
The jar is 4-1/2" tall x 5-1/2" in diameter. Do the math and I bet you'll be within 50 bucks.

[herr_oberst]

I could only hope to have that much change...

Here's a little calculator that you can use to estimate your worth:

http://www.coincalc.com/

I have an empty carboy, it weighs right at ten pounds weighed on a bathroom scale...

[porsche930dude]

Oh the possibilities

[porsche930dude]

any updates on youre coin jug?

[daepp]

Death of my 87 year old mother Oct 1, settling her estate, and sale of her home intervened - it still sits in the upstairs closet.

A banker friend did offer to cash it in for free, and give me canvas bags to transport it in. I promise an update with the final $$ amount!

[widebody911]

My credit union has free coin-counting machines in some of their offices. I took in one of those bottles which was a little under 1/2 full and it was $1400 and change (pardon the pun)