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Positive Realist · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Location: Somewhere Damn Azz Cold

So Christmas is almost here and it's time to cash in the savings (a very, very large amount of 500W coins). So the question is: where do I find a 'change to bill' machine (I'm in Gunpo), plastic or paper coin rollers, or a bank kind enough to take by garbage bag full of loose change?

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

Any decent size bank has a change machine. Just do a recon mission before you lug your coins all the way there. Usually, they are in the waiting area of hte lobby.

crazy_arcade · Joined: 05 Nov 2006

take to bank

show to bank employee

dump in machine

leave with bills

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Or dispense with all the hassle and spend your coins as you go.

eddie1983man · Joined: 31 May 2007

I would play the little grappling claw game until they were all gone......Aiieeesh I'm helplessly addicted to those damn machines.

merkurix · Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Location: Not far from the deep end.

I remember having almost 400,000 won in loose change, and it was a backpack full of coins (very heavy). So if you have a garbage bag full of them, that must be a very decent chunk of change you got there.

Take it to your bank. They will dump it all into a large machine that not only separates the coins, but automatically packs them into their appropriate paper rolls. It's quite amazing to watch this process actually. You do the bank a great service to keep them from having coin shortages.

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

I just took in half of my coins and got 334,000 won. Total weight was 20.4kg.... before taking in the half...

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Saving up hundreds of thousands of won in coins is foolish. Do what I do. Keep your coins in one pocket. When you begin to tilt to that side, you know it is time to spend some coin. Splurge if you have to, but spend.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

laura-and-ryan · Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject:

saving them all up to cash in at once is nice...like putting your hand into the pocket of you winter coat on the first wear of the season and finding a 20 from last winter...

RACETRAITOR · Joined: 24 Oct 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

How could anyone even save up that amount of coins? The highest denomination is only 500w.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

crazy_arcade · Joined: 05 Nov 2006

I save all my change as a travel fund.

If I'm out and I can use a 500 or 100 I will.
However, when I get home I empty my pockets into my jars.

My plane ticket to Japan is paid for next week from my change jars.

cangel · Joined: 19 Jun 2003 Location: Jeonju, S. Korea

I've been in Korea since March and have been collecting my change in a sort of holiday slush fund. Now up to 13.1kg.