On the other side of the coin, Edmond Knowles figures he has saved an average of about 90 pennies a day for the last 38 years: On his counter, in jugs, and finally in 55-gallon drums in his garage.
In June, an armored car picked up his 4.5 tons of spare change, and had it recycled through Coinstar.
That would be 1,308,459 pennies, or $13,084.59. . . .