Saving His Change Really Added Up!

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FRANKFORT, Ind. — Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off.

Brant, 70, used more than $25,000 in change to help buy a new Dodge Ram half-ton pickup truck Friday — 13 years after buying another truck with spare change.

"(The old truck) didn't have four-wheel drive, and living in the country, I figured I better get a new one to help get me through the snow," he said.

Brant said he was raised to be thrifty. His father always paid in cash and saved up loose change to take vacations.

Brant has been storing his change for years, and estimated he had about $26,000 in coins for Friday's purchase. In 1994, he bought a Dodge pickup and a Dodge Neon using about $36,000 in quarters.

"As long as you don't put your hands back in the till, it really adds up," he said.

Brant stored his change in coffee cans, water jugs and piggy banks over the years, and was escorted by sheriff's deputies as he brought the rolled coins to the dealership.


A Mike Raisor Chrysler Dodge and Jeep employee who sold Brant the truck said the dealership called in an armored car to count and handle the coins.

"No bank wants to take them," Keith Gephart said.

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[Michelle68]

Wow! I wonder how many coffee cans, water jugs and piggy banks it took to store all that change.


--Michelle

[SheKat]

What a cool story! Keeping your change really does add up, we just throw our change into a glass cookie jar, it filled up in about 10 weeks sorted and counted we have over $204. After a while it just becomes habbit.

[monkeymia]

All that change does add up. We used to keep all our change in a large juice bottle and we cashed it in for holidays spending money and had $450 in coins.

[mmy2grls]

That is impressive saving that much change.

[Squirt]

Gosh- I was feeling guilty that I haven't put my change in the bank so it can earn interest... Think of how much more this guy's money would be worth if he had periodically dumped it in an interest-bearing account!

[sunray16]

WOW! $26,000 in quarters is 104,000 quarters or 2,600 rolls of quarters. Man, I bet that was heavy! I would have loved to see the look on the car dealer's face!

[kcsmom76]

That is a great story.

I just cashed in some change today. My bank charges to count the change now. Even if you already wrapped it up and put your name and account number on it, but if you have a minor with a savings account it is free. So I had dd bring me her cash and I gave her the coins to deposit. I still have over $10 in coins and it has only been since October that we have been saving it. It would have been more, but dh likes to "dip his hand in the till."

[bRATmom]

I tend to dip as well. I dug out change from my purse becouse my youngest son got a counting jar bank for Christmas.... I though, handful of change... yea right, 13.00 later... he robbed me blind. Giggling all the way becouse he had moms money.