Money finds

$0.02 - Fretwell coffee shop (no pic)

Money finds

$0.01: Circle K at Exit 55 on I-85 (pic)

Running total

Up to this point I have found $0.23 since starting this blog.

Money finds

$0.03 - Fretwell Coffee shop (no pic)

$0.01 - Vending machine outside Fretwell Coffee Shop (no pic)

Money finds

I failed to get around to reporting my money finds from yesterday (Feb. 9, 2010):

$0.01: Turning lane at intersection of Mallard Creek Church Road and US-29 Southbound (no picture as I didn't have my phone with me).

$0.01: Coffee shop Fretwell Hall (no picture as I didn't have my phone with me, J. Troyer can attest).

Experience in Hong Kong

I spent eleven days in Hong Kong and found not one single piece of currency on the ground the whole time. I asked whether it was a supply-side or demand-side issue and was told it was both. Any money on the ground would quickly be scooped up but not much money is dropped because it is rather scarce.

Good.

Hello from Hong Kong

It has been a dry few days for me and finding loose change. That's why I don't make it my full time job.

I am in Hong Kong for a teaching gig and took about a five mile walkabout around the Times Square area and the shopping district. Granted, I was spending a lot of time looking around (up and horizontally) but I did not find a single loose penny on the walk.

I wonder if that is a supply-side or a demand-side issue?

Money finds

Morning coffee run:

$0.10 - Coffee shop Fretwell Hall (pic)

Note: this is the first silver I have found since starting this blog!!

Afternoon coffee run (2 cents total):

$0.01 - Coffee shop Fretwell Hall (pic)

$0.01 - Coffee shop Fretwell Hall (pic)

Money finds

$0.01 - Fretwell Hall Coffee Shop (pic)

Money finds

$0.01 : Bus Stop outside of East Parking Deck on campus (pic)

Note: Friend John T. suggests that I take pictures of the money I find.

$0.01: Outside the Friday Building on campus (pic)

Money finds

$0.01 - Coffee Shop in Fretwell Hall on campus

$0.01 - Smoking Area outside Friday Building on campus

Introduction

This is my third(!) blog - but one that will be specialized and focused. As I walk around I tend to keep my eye on the ground and find money - pennies, nickels, dimes, sometimes bills of various denominations.

This blog will attempt to document my money finds so that over time we can figure out how much I am actually collecting. I have probably collected close to $1 over the past two months but I cannot document that.

This blog is my attempt at documentation.