A totally daft question I know but never the less. When we were living in the UK our bank used to take all our small change which we used to collect up in a large pot. However here our bank is miles away and have only ever once been there is 5 years and some how think they will not take so much small change in euros as they do in the UK in sterling. What does everyone do with their pots of small change here? Told you it was a daft question

What a daft question....
Seriously though, what we do with small coins, whether it be in the UK or here, is load them off onto shopkeepers who are normally only too pleased to take the change. Next time you wish to purchase some magazines here, or in the bakers, hand over your neatly pre-arranged coins - preferably in the afternoons when many shopkeepers tend to run low and welcome any change.
Otherwise all donations will be gratefully received here @theTweedPipe benevolant society.

Ha ha! These are coppers! Think I may not be too popular!

Whether in the UK or not, I use my small change to pay the decimal part of the charge, so I get only bank notes as change. For example, I pay $9.25 for lunch and usually hand over $20.25, getting $11 in change. I sometimes do the same sort of thing with "coppers", handing over the extra 3c for transaction ending in 3 or 8 so I only get "silver" in change.

The 1c coins can be a problem unless you stay on top of the situation.
I collect 5c and 2c and 1c to give the correct change when we buy our baguette or paper or hold a selection of such coins at the supermarket check-out to give the correct money.
Sometimes I just tell the shop to keep the 1c.
If they got rid of the 2c and 1c coins it would be no loss.

Either do what the others suggest and get rid of them gradually, or, come next February-ish, put them in the little cardboard houses that La Poste issues for les "Pièces Jaunes".

I find that the problem in the USA is they add the tax on at the register giving me less time to get the small change right.
I asked my American friend how you could "get rid of" the 1c coins.
He responded that you can't but he used to go round his factory and pick up the 1c coins discarded by his employees and made them up as a coin roll and banked them.
It is also easier to leave such coins as the tip in the coffee or sandwich shop in the USA.

I don't spend a lot of cash these days, but if I am spending cash and determined to off-load some coins, I make sure to have 3 quarters, 2 dimes, a nickle, and 4 cents, sorted in my hand and can usually get the right amount together quickly enough.

A real Pro - in the nicest sense of course.

no charity boxes hanging around?

I thought this thread was going to be about one of my favourite Tom Waits songs.

TOM WAITS LYRICS - Small Change (Got Rained On With His Own .38)

Just checked the song out - not having heard of it before. Not really my cup of tea.
But this is. Pink Floyd

Whilst on the subject of small change, who remembers these?
Correction: not so 'small' though, as it was welcome pocket-money for some.
3p 3p

Probably a more interesting topic that's for sure Novocastrian
Looking forward to paying for my baguette tomorrow with all my coppers

ME!!
If it's of any interest, I also remember the farthing....

FIFY.