I used to save my pocket change, except quarters, which I needed for parking. It did add up, and I generally used it to buy something I wanted, but didn't really need. Where I used to live, most banks had free automated coin counters that spit out a receipt that you redeemed at the tellers window. Where I live now, I've only seen coin counters that charge a percentage of the coins you put in, and I'm too cheap to do that. So, now, I spend my change.