# What's in YOUR wallet? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 20, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444 "2006-09-20T18:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/1 "2006-09-20T18:03:21Z")
Right now, how much cash is on you? Not checks, not jewelry…cash. I’ve got $653, which is about ten times more than I normally carry, but a number of people paid me back for various things, I won a couple hundred at the casino last night and am finally getting around to depositing the stuff that’s been sitting on my dresser for weeks. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/2 "2006-09-20T18:05:02Z")
$106. A hundred dollar bill and six ones. ---
**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/3 "2006-09-20T18:07:58Z")
Some lint… and receipts that show where my money went… ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/4 "2006-09-20T18:13:02Z")
Two credit cards. Two drivers licenses. $18 (three fives and three ones). Homeowners association card. Blockbuster card. Blue Cross/Blue Shield card. United Healthcare dental card. Two of my own business cards. Two business cards that I have no idea what are doing in there (one for a home cleaning service and one for Bada Bing strip club). A picture of my kids. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/5 "2006-09-20T18:44:27Z")
£25 in cash (one £20 note, one fiver). One debit card, three credit cards, all with depressingly high balances (except the debit card, of course) Miscellaneous loyalty/membership cards (Nectar, Homebase, B&Q, Blockbuster Video, Mazda European Assistance, several of those “buy 9 coffees and get the 10th free” cards, none with more than two stamps) Lots of old receipts, train tickets, lottery tickets Driving licence Book of stamps Post-it note with the address of a bar in Barcelona that a work colleague told me I “must go to” when I visited. (I didn’t.) Frankly I’m amazed it fits in my pocket. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/6 "2006-09-20T18:51:13Z")
I’ve got my money clip on me right now. It only has my drivers license, my ATM card, my credit card, and a $20, a $5 and 8 $1’s. $33. I thought I had more than that in there, but I don’t really keep close track. I’m travelling light. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/7 "2006-09-20T19:10:28Z")
No cash. I don’t carry cash so that I’m not tempted to binge eat. (Driver’s license, registration, insurance card. Supercuts buy 8, get on free card. PriceChopper card. Health Insurance card. Library card. Employer ID. Phone Card. Key ring attached to wallet.) ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/8 "2006-09-20T19:14:56Z")
$21 + miscellaneous change that I’m not going to count because it’s mostly pennies. ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/9 "2006-09-20T19:39:51Z")
[QUOTE=yellowval] $21 + miscellaneous change that I’m not going to count because it’s mostly pennies. [/QUOTE] How many pennies do you carry in your wallet? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/10 "2006-09-20T19:59:22Z")
$14 (plus the emergency $20 I’ve got stashed in a hidden section). That’s about right for a Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/11 "2006-09-20T20:01:55Z")
40 (two twenties) Library card Business card with bank hours on it Starbucks receipt showing my gift card still has .88 on it, but no gift card Old room key to Excalibur hotel and casino in Vegas Old room key to Mirage hotel and casino in Vegas Business card from old associate Fishing license Insurance cards EB Games discount card ATM card Girlfriends business card Health club membership card Sony Connect music store card with one song credit A Spider Sense decoder card from a Luchables consumed maybe 3 years ago Post It note with username and account to god knows what Jewel Card (supermarket discount) Speedway gas station Speedy Reward card Business card from my tattoo artist Gameworks card Drivers License State ID card Various other business cards from friends and relatives Spare car key ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/12 "2006-09-20T20:02:36Z")
I have $18. A ten, a five and three ones. I also have: A bunch of random reciepts My driver’s liscense Discount cards for Kroger and Books-A-Million My Blockbuster card Used Game discount cards for Software Etc. and EB Games My Social Socurity card My health insurance card My AAA card My student ID My Visa Check Card My library card $3.16 worth of postage stamps A small periodic table of the elements (the size of a credit card) with a list of frequently used constants on the back Beat that. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/13 "2006-09-20T21:18:10Z")
Less than 300 more than 200. I am too lazy to go check (I just changed my cloths and the wallet is on the dresser.) I would guess closer to 300. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/14 "2006-09-20T21:23:01Z")
$20.71 – 2 fives, 10 ones, 2 quarters, 2 dimes, 1 penny. And one more penny if you count my good luck charm, but I don’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/15 "2006-09-20T21:58:17Z")
Ooh! _digs out wallet_ - Drivers license - Ticket stub from last Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers concert I attended - ATM receipts - Frys/Kroger VIP card - Bank card - JC Penney’s gift card - Barnes & Noble discount card - City of Phoenix appointment card - Starbucks receipts - an address hastily scrawled on a half piece of notebook paper - a hair tie - 43 cents Yeah, I’m medium pimpin’. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/16 "2006-09-20T22:00:32Z")
I don’t use a wallet(or credit cards for that matter), but in my purse there’s $7.38 and the debit card I use for 95% of transactions. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/17 "2006-09-20T23:49:51Z")
I carry a very small purse so I use an ID wallet. Here’s what is in it… my license health insurance card gym card - magnetic key card spare $20 visa check card my business card Mr Johnsons mini check card - stashed away _just in case_ 2 individually wrapped toothpicks - for Mr Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/18 "2006-09-21T00:25:58Z")
$13 cash 2 credit cards Public library card University (work) ID Various and sundry other cards like health insurance, car breakdown card with the phone number on it and the like. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/19 "2006-09-21T00:58:52Z")
Hmm … lessee A twenty, four ones Various credit card receipts Auto insurance card A Killington “Edge” Reward Card The business card of a colleague My gym membership card A local business “Perk” card My dental insurance card My medical insurance card A free coffee card from work My ski tuneup card An “incentive” VISA (I do surveys, they credit money) A Home Depot credit card (for some odd reason - I never use it) Two American Expresses, a Chase VISA, a Working Assets VISA Debit VISA And a driver’s license. No partridge in a pear tree, though. ---
**Author:** ![desdinova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@desdinova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/desdinova)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444/20 "2006-09-21T02:26:19Z")
Well lessee here… exactly $50 in bills (two twenties and a ten) $0.15 in change which is kind of annoying credit card debit card room key to a rather drab “Comfort Inn.” a variety of receipts so I can get reimbursed by the office when I make my triumphant return health insurance card business card for my auto insurance guy voter ID card for some reason one of my business cards, rather old and beaten (it’s been in there forever and I only keep it in case there’s some situation where it would be advantageous for me to look really shabby as I introduce myself) photo of the significant other very old university ID card which I refuse to throw away for sentimental reasons a couple bucks worth of postage stamps. I’m pleasantly surprised I am not the only human in the world who keeps stamps in his wallet. It is VERY rare that I actually need a stamp these days, but the irritation of not having one on me when I do is enough to make me allocate a small amount of real estate in my wallet for them. oh yeah, a drivers license too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-wallet/373444.md?page=2)