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I have two metal buckets we dump change into and a cup by the laundry for change that's found in the washer or dryer. Mostly there's pennies in the buckets because the kids take the silver for lunch. I have a coin machine so I just run that when money is really needed and found that, while pennies are a bitch, since there's more of those than anything else, they add up faster. I just take a few rolls at a time along with the rest of the coinage rather than carry 10 pounds of 50c rolls-the rest goes in a box until it's needed-if I have, say, $47 in change, I grab $3 in pennies.
As for banishing the little things. I'd prefer my outgo not be rounded to the nearest 5, plus how would sales tax be calculated?
There was a time several years ago that some banks were making 'offers', like, bring in $10 worth of pennies, receive $11 cash-probably to get the copper back before using the alloy.
We have a baggy filled with 'wheat pennies', so those are real copper; I have no idea if they're worth more than 1c each though.
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