i might start now- $1000, really? wow

Quarters and dimes yes, nickels and pennies no (unless the penny's heads-up!)

Loose change from *anywhere* adds up really fast. I've collected so much (mostly from around my house, I put found change in my "mad money" stash)...there's at least $200 I've found so far, possibly $700 once I get done!

1,000$?!?! Really?! I don't think I ever see that much on the street even if I did start picking it up

I always pick up coins when I see them on the ground.

I always pick up coins when I see them on the ground and I got my son into the habit of the doing the same and keeping it in a jar to see how much the "street coins" add up. Just yesterday I picked up a quarter and a penny. When I go grocery shopping I'm amazed at the number of people who literally throw their pennies on the ground. I just go ahead and pick them up.

in Canada our dollar and two dollar monies are coin-form so if i saw one of them, then yes for sure! and a quarter i would, as well, as long as i didn't have to stop traffic or something to do so...a penny, nickel, or dime, probably not....but it is a cute idea to collect it all in a jar.

i never collect coins, which is stupid, because my boyfriend just rolled up over $200 in coins he keeps in a piggybank in his bedroom (by piggybank i mean a coin bank with a liquor company on it it's a piggybank man-style!)

I wouldn't personally pick them up for myself, but for my husband. He's a "coin aficionado" so any little coin I find, I will give to him.

Only if it's heads up... I'm way superstious about that. (And I have no idea why!)

But $1000... I might start picking them all up.

I don't pick up coins on the street here. If you stop to pick up coins in NYC, you'll get run over. If I drop a few, it doesn't bother me either.

living in NYC - it depends on what kind of street it is for me to say whether i'd pick it up or not. if it's on a sidewalk then sure but if it's on the street itself, then no - cause people drive way too crazy and chances are i'd get hit by a biker or a car

Yep, any coins of any value I will pick up and put to use.

oh yes, we all pick up everything you find, then sing that song....

I pick up change off the street (pennies included) however there is a San Francisco caveat. I don't pick up change that is in any "bum juice".

"Bum juice" a suspicious liquid or other substance on the sidewalk that is flowing away from a building with no obvious source.

Coins are the street are great for parking meter change to keep in my car. Free parking! And as others have said, it really does add up over time.

Of course. It makes me a little mad when people throw away change. I've seen people just take their change from the cashier and throw it in the garbage. Why not just say keep the change? Why not give it to me!!?

As the saying goes "take care of the pennies and the dollars take care of themselves". So yes, I pick up change, even pennies!

I rarely see change lying around but if I do, I usually pick it up. I might start paying it more attention now though

I'm a germaphobe, so picking up change on the street ---- no way!

LOL I even bend down to pick up pennies, but I get it from my mom. She has a special knack for finding coins everywhere...But I don't think she's ever come close to finding $1,000!

When I worked in an area with metered parking, I was always picking up change. Now I'm back to only picking up head's up pennies and only when I'm having a crappy day and could use the luck.

When I worked in an area with metered parking, I was always picking up change. Now I'm back to only picking up head's up pennies and only when I'm having a crappy day and could use the luck.

Only if it is heads up!

Only if it is heads up!

If I ever saw anything larger than a penny, I would pick it up. I think everyone else must beat me to it.

Only if it's a dime, quarter or more...I don't bother for nickels and pennies.

I pick up all the change I see, and it adds up, but I REALLY don't think what I find laying around adds up to $1000 over a year.

I pick up coins on the street, the other day on my way to work I found a nice soaking wet $5 bill. I stuck that right in my pocket. I have the *man piggy bank* i used it to put spare change in as a way of saving. so i spend the cash, and drop the coins in here. and only tap into it if i really need too. which isnt off.

i usually wont pick up anything i find on the street. im a huge germaphobe.

I pick up change but I don't think I've ever found $1,000 worth of change. Wow, I have to pay more attention.

I live in NYC and I don't think the title of the story is so exact. There usually isn't any change in the middle of street, not anywhere! But yes, I pick up pennies and other change I see on the sidewalk. I'm saving up for something special

$1,000? I never did before but maybe I will now.

Wow, guess I now have a reason to start!

I totally pick up coins on the street. It adds up! It's funny how many people often comment if they see you doing it.

I go by the research which shows that people who consider themselves "lucky" tend to be more observant, and hence more likely to spot money on the street! (Can't remember who did the research, but it involved asking people to count the number of photos in a newspaper. People who considered themselves "lucky" were more likely to spot the huge ad on page 3 which said "Stop counting, there are 48 photos.")

on the floor wherever, yes i do

I found $350 on the ground at a ski area once. It hurts not to pick up money-even pennies