Help! Most useful wallet for euros € ?

[EnI]

I have a bit ridiculous question.

Next month Slovenia will adopt euro as a national currency.

Right now we still have "tolar": mostly notes, not so much coins (low value). This will change with euro. Coins everywhere.

So, I have a question you who already use euro: What is the best way to store / carry euros?

One big uni-wallet for coins, notes, cards (bank, credit, ID, business etc), or two separate wallets: one for notes & cards, one for coins.

I intend to carry my wallet(s) mostly in (a) back pocket(s) of my trousers, or in an inner pocket of my jacket.

So, will a big wallet fit in a pocket? Is it better to have separate wallets in two separate pockets?

What's your experience & suggestion?

 

[Zonda]

Tolar? That is sort of slang for 'poop' in Swedish

The best thing I think would just get a wallet with a bigger pocket for coins and maybe start carrying it somewhere else than your back pocket?

 

[MikeJ]

I use my debit/credit card for just about all purchases I make, just to avoid having to carry coins. If I have to pay for something in cash and I get coins in change, I usually find the nearest slot machine and get rid of most of them immediately (that has backfired a few times though...)

 

[EnI]

Tolar? That is sort of slang for 'poop' in Swedish

The best thing I think would just get a wallet with a bigger pocket for coins and maybe start carrying it somewhere else than your back pocket?

That was my biggest concern. So, I'll be forced to carry a "man purse" ??? Like my grandpa.

An inner pocket of a jacket is also not a very appropriate storage place for a wallet - even now with my slim wallet. But I'm forced to store it there while wearing business cloths. Yet with casual on, the wallet is always in my back pocket.

 

[Zonda]

Or you can do as Mike
It's convenient but may hurt your economy slightly...

 

[Giannis]

I have a bit ridiculous question.

Next month Slovenia will adopt euro as a national currency.

Right now we still have "tolar": mostly notes, not so much coins (low value). This will change with euro. Coins everywhere.

So, I have a question you who already use euro: What is the best way to store / carry euros?

One big uni-wallet for coins, notes, cards (bank, credit, ID, business etc), or two separate wallets: one for notes & cards, one for coins.

I intend to carry my wallet(s) mostly in (a) back pocket(s) of my trousers, or in an inner pocket of my jacket.

So, will a big wallet fit in a pocket? Is it better to have separate wallets in two separate pockets?

What's your experience & suggestion?

Euros coins, what a mess. Since i have to use Euros in my everyday life, too, i have found a way to do it in style, and i hope i'll help you!

1. Go get a nice leather Calvin Klein wallet, i have a black one, that can carry notes, cards and only a few coins.
2. About the "small" coins (0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20) you will see that you actually won't need them, so if you get some (change) just put them in your pockets. It's no big deal. I do the same and when i get home i put them in a big box which now weights about 2 or 3 kilos and is only worth 5eur
3. I usually need to carry a few coins, usually 1 or 2eur which i also put in my front pockets, since it's no easy searching for the wallet, opening it, etc. just for a coin. And having a big heavy wallet is not a nice thing.
4. If you don't want to carry your coins in your pockets i think you should get a smaller wallet-thingie, rather than a big all-around wallet.

hmm, i think its (^^) a bit messy, but i hope i helped.

 

[MikeJ]

Boy am I happy Finland chose not to put the 1c and 2c coins in circulation... even the 5c one is a bit on the useless side.

 

[EnI]

Thanks Mike & Giannis!

You confirmed my intentions: to use a slim wallet for notes & cards, and put coins in pockets - and eliminating coins with low nomination regularly. I guess I'll have my own "piggy bank" again after many years. And a piggy content shall go to charity.

So, in the near future I am transforming into jingling (Milka) cow. Ding, ding, ding ... Stupid coins!

PS: I usually pay with a card, but sometimes coins will be needed (parking tickets, newspapers, cigarettes, chewing gums) ... and for trolleys in supermarkets. Yes, here we have to put a coin in a trolley to get it resealed from a "trolley-chain". Even now coins are needed - when they are almost worthless. Now imagine you coming to supermarket in a hurry, and then you can't get a trolley since you do not have a coin!

 

[Choleric]

The Euro coins were definatley one of the biggest hassles I encountered when I traveled to Europe
I hated those things, why do there have to be so many?

 

[Giannis]

coins will be needed ... ...cigarettes, chewing gums

Hmm, i think you should stop spending money on such things

 

[klier]

I hardly ever have coins in my wallet. I keep them in a compartment in my car most of the time, for parking money and stuff.
And if I have the coins in my wallet, they are no smaller than 50 cents. 50 cents, 1 euro and 2 euro coins only I don't want my wallet to be too heavy

I have bought a nice leather Timberland wallet many years ago in the U.S, somewhere in Colorado if my memory is correct. It's just perfect, and I really love it! Perfect for all kinds of currency, creditcards, notes, etc.

Boy am I happy Finland chose not to put the 1c and 2c coins in circulation... even the 5c one is a bit on the useless side.

Same here. We used to have to 1 cent and 2 cent coins in the beginning, but it was scrapped like two or three months after the arrival of the Euro. Now we have the 5 cent coin as the cheapest coin. Thank God for that, lol

 

[Giannis]

...keep them in a compartment in my car most of the time...

actually this is the best idea! I also keep coins im my car, yet it doesn't have a special compartment. So i use the ashtray. this way you can't smoke in it!

 

[Zonda]

Smart trick Giannis

Who would dump ashes on money anyway?

 

[Giannis]

lol, good one

 

[MikeJ]

PS: I usually pay with a card, but sometimes coins will be needed (parking tickets, newspapers, cigarettes, chewing gums) ... and for trolleys in supermarkets. Yes, here we have to put a coin in a trolley to get it resealed from a "trolley-chain". Even now coins are needed - when they are almost worthless. Now imagine you coming to supermarket in a hurry, and then you can't get a trolley since you do not have a coin!

Yeah, it all depends on your spending habits. Luckily, it is possible to pay for parking by credit card or SMS in most places here... we also have the trolley thing though.