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This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies (Updated 9-9-06)
#5600944 - 05/07/06 12:59 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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So I finally filled up this coke bottle piggy bank. I decided to weigh it so I could estimate how much money was in it (it weighed 79lbs btw), but when I took it off the scale and set it on the ground it burst and my pennies flooded my floor. ROAR.



Someone help me with the math here, I'm too stoned...
A penny weighs 1/10th of an ounce and there are 16 ounces in a pound. If I have 79 pounds of pennies, about how much money is it? I came up with around 126 bucks, but I'm retarded at basic math questions like this so I could be wrong.
Edited by VoidOfsPg (09/09/06 01:48 PM)
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: VoidOfsPg]
#5600951 - 05/07/06 01:02 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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the only way to tell is to put them all into rolls and then add up the rolls of pennies.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: VoidOfsPg]
#5600954 - 05/07/06 01:02 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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thats what i came up with.. 126.40$.. but am i allowed to laugh.. im sure that sucked balls but its still pretty funny
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: VoidOfsPg]
#5600957 - 05/07/06 01:03 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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126 dollars is correct.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: VoidOfsPg]
#5600959 - 05/07/06 01:03 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: VoidOfsPg]
#5600960 - 05/07/06 01:04 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Here's a monkey wrench being thrown into the calculation: Before a certain year (sometime in the 60's) pennies were made out of different stuff than they are now. Some pennies will be different weights.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: Konnrade]
#5600964 - 05/07/06 01:05 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
Konnrade said: the only way to tell is to put them all into rolls and then add up the rolls of pennies.
No,find a grocery store with a Coin Star.That is the best way,they charge a few dollars or somthing but its worth it.They charge less for less amounts of money.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5600969 - 05/07/06 01:06 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Better yet.. some banks now have coin machines you can use free of charge, without having an account.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5600971 - 05/07/06 01:07 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I use Coinstar to turn in my old change. Coinstar machines charge 8.9 cents per dollar. An 8.9% return for a few minutes of work... What a racket.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5600972 - 05/07/06 01:07 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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yeah i think they charge u 9 cents per dollar.. fuck that.. if u get stoned and have some time.. id roll them.. save urself a couple bucks
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5600974 - 05/07/06 01:07 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Taken from the link I posted.
The mass of a penny has changed throughout the years. The first Lincoln cent was produced in 1909 and had the wheat ears pattern on the reverse side. The composition of the penny was pure copper from 1793 to 1837. Then following that, it was made of bronze, and in 1857, it was made out of copper. In 1943, the content of the coin was changed to zinc coated steel because of the copper shortage during World War 11. Before 1982, pennies were 95% copper and 5% zinc. Then after 1982, the compostion was 97.6% zinc, and 2.4% copper. So this means that the pennies made before 1982 will have a different mass from those made after 1982.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: VoidOfsPg]
#5600976 - 05/07/06 01:07 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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That looks like some shit that I would do. Your hands will be all dirty as hell by the time you get all of those picked up. Pennies are useless. I think they should be taken out of circulation, personally. 126 bucks will help though.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: VoidOfsPg]
#5600978 - 05/07/06 01:09 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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10 penies * 16 ounces = 160 penies per pound
$1.60 * 79 pounds = $126.40
Now you have to figure out how much that bottle of yours weighs, you can't forget the "TARE" weight. Your dollar total will be a little less, can't imagine that bottle weighing more than maybe several pounds.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: Its Pat]
#5600988 - 05/07/06 01:12 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I bet its heavy as shit,for a bunch of pennies
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5600990 - 05/07/06 01:12 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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i think he said it was 76lbs.. thats a lot of penny weight
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: Its Pat]
#5600991 - 05/07/06 01:13 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: badchad]
#5600994 - 05/07/06 01:14 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5600995 - 05/07/06 01:14 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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The bottle probably only weighs about a pound, or 2. It's made from thinnish plastic.
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5600998 - 05/07/06 01:15 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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haha congrats 13 years is quite an accomplishment ive been saving my coins too and i think the best way to get all your moneys worth is: plan a trip to vegas .. turn in all your coins for chips.. cash your chips
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Re: This is what happens after 13 years of collecting pennies [Re: aNeway2sayHooray]
#5600999 - 05/07/06 01:15 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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What kind of dork would waste time doing that?
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