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October 15, 2003A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned...
...but 35 lbs. (15.876 kg) of pennies, is how much earned? I've had this empty tin can from Danish Butter Cookies that I've filled with pennies over the years, whenever I've remembered to. Realizing that I'm about to leave for a really long time, it's about time I cash it all in and see how much it actually is. How much do YOU think it's worth? Post your guess as a comment. The closest guess without going over (Price Is Right style) gets a postcard!
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it's 520 pennies!!!! now give me my share of that! Posted by: Jeff on October 15, 2003 11:28 AMIt's worth : now that I think about it....$15.76 Posted by: SKornblum on October 15, 2003 11:29 AMBoing! Posted by: Moelicious on October 15, 2003 11:32 AMI'm going with $33.09 Posted by: EL Z on October 15, 2003 11:32 AMguessing about 25 bucks. Posted by: Alice on October 15, 2003 11:36 AMlet's try for $61.38 just a postcard? How about a postcard and a shot (on Friday)... =P This sounds like a question which Microsoft would ask in its interview. So just let me pretend that I am being interviewed (the postcard, after all is a prize catch). The weight of a single penny depends on the year in which it was minted. Assuming that Erik has been collecting pennies for the last ten years, the avearge weight of a single penny would be 3.05 gms. (1000 gms = 1 kg). This would be 15,000 gms approximately divided by 3.05 which is 4918 worth in pennies. Now I dont know how to covert pennies into dollars so i leave it at this. Hey Erik, no more such questions, just interesting stories and lots of pics once you get going. PC and ANt reach Bangalore sooooooon.. waiting eagerly for them Posted by: Dusty on October 15, 2003 11:38 AMhmmm, $59.00, roughly.(minus the $2 for my postcard and stamp.) Posted by: Dtella on October 15, 2003 11:39 AMeveryone knows that 10lbs of pennies = $10. Its science afterall. You can't beat science...well, maybe with magic you can. $35! Posted by: Love Penny on October 15, 2003 11:39 AMMy guess - $47.28 Posted by: Rina on October 15, 2003 11:45 AMI think it's about $55.15. Are you going to use this for a couple of hostel stays? Posted by: Risa on October 15, 2003 11:49 AMare we suppose to factor in the Coin Star surcharge? if so, my second "scientific" guess is $12.00. Posted by: Love Penny on October 15, 2003 11:52 AMI will be using the "Penny Arcade" machine at Commerce Bank, which is free-of-charge and more accurate than CoinStar. Something to consider: a lot of the pennies are dirty as hell, so estimations by weight won't really help. Also, keep in mind that "35 lbs." is an approximate weight, given by a bathroom scale (the one with the needle) bought at a mall. (Nothing scientific or anything.) 55 dollars 32 cents -- see ya Friday. Hey - what do I win if I'm the closest? Posted by: Robin Freni on October 15, 2003 11:57 AM$55.35. I wonder how much the tin can affects calculations... Posted by: mtl on October 15, 2003 12:00 PMThe answer (to the Universe) is $42 Posted by: NikkiJ on October 15, 2003 12:04 PMHow much do I think it is worth? Less than the effort it would be to lug 35 pounds of pennies somewhere to get cashed in. I look forward to my postcard. Posted by: Matt on October 15, 2003 12:08 PM$69 Posted by: wheat on October 15, 2003 12:36 PMwell the guess by Dusty of 4918 seems good except he forgot to subtract the weight of the can :) I will guess the can weighs 0.5 lbs. and you have about 4847 pennies Posted by: scott on October 15, 2003 01:39 PMI'd say $17.50. Posted by: Christy on October 15, 2003 04:56 PM$69.69... whoever took $69 is a feg.. Posted by: cristina on October 15, 2003 05:31 PM45.19 Posted by: markyt is a sleuth on October 15, 2003 06:18 PMMy guess is that there are 7000 pennies Posted by: Neven on October 15, 2003 06:21 PMI'm in for $48.77 Posted by: Roz on October 15, 2003 06:59 PMLet's go for $100 , that or $117.01 I'm already gettin' a post card so there! Two post cards would be nice though. C'mon Erik, think BIG! Posted by: socalgirl on October 15, 2003 06:59 PMHow big is that can? This is stupid. 50 bucks. Posted by: Koetke on October 15, 2003 07:04 PM 36.80 - Can I have the tin when you get back form Commerce?? Posted by: .MiN. on October 15, 2003 07:28 PM62.38 Posted by: Sarah on October 15, 2003 08:55 PMAh no, scott. The weight of the can was factored in, while rounding off. E when are you giving us the answer? Posted by: Dusty on October 17, 2003 01:01 AM$23.34 Well arn't you going to tell us how much you got? I know there's no space in your pack for that tin! Posted by: Td0t on October 24, 2003 02:20 AMI aways open my big mouth before I keep reading! Posted by: Td0t on October 24, 2003 02:25 AMHmmmm...let's say $57.38 Ahhh, now I get Tdots post hehe Posted by: Dewbie on October 26, 2003 02:17 PMWe guess $64.00. Taking into consideration the weight differential of tarnished coins versus newly minted and the average age (year) of U.S. pennies in circulation cross-referenced with known weight variances of certain batches produced within those years (taken from the U.S. Mint's production database)...this is our humble guess (not considering the planetary gravitational pull on the geographical location, time and day you weighed the coins). Haha...just kidding. We just used a simple algorithm based on chaos theory and quantum mechanics to make our guess. Cheers. Posted by: Eliseo & Sheila on October 26, 2003 05:20 PMur ugly lol dont take no more shits bitch Posted by: ur mom on October 29, 2003 10:57 AM |
