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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 06/16/2008 : 17:48:51
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I don't have a scale, and I don't want to cart off a $50 mint bag of cents to the YMCA to weigh it. Not saying, but I might have a goal to at least get to a ton of copper pennies so that I can put "ByTheTon" in my forum handle (but only after I find an Indian Head as having "ByTheTon" in my name would exclude me from the Rational Thinkers).
So, for you guys who hoard by the pound, or by the ton for that matter, how much does a $50 mint bag of copper pennies weigh?
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"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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natsb88
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 06/16/2008 : 18:07:57
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Haven't weighed a bag but here's the math:
3.1 g * 5000 pennies / 453.59 g = 34.171 lb. |
Nate
The Copper Cave
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1021 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2008 : 18:13:06
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| Thank you. 2,000 divided by 34 equals 58.8. So, I only have another 58.5 bags to go before I reach one ton. |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 06/16/2008 : 21:11:14
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I'm doing better than I thought!! I only need 56.7 bags! But my new monicker when I get there is already taken |
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TXTim
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 06/16/2008 : 21:28:54
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I hit 1,600 lbs. tonight (not incl. 8 wild injuns found in The Republic of Tejas).
Only 12 more $50 bags to go! |
Beer is my currency. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 06/16/2008 : 22:05:27
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Unless they are all shiny, brand new BU coppers it is going to take a few more. Circulation wears the coins down a little and reduces their weight slightly. It only takes 300,000 US coppers (60 Bags) to make a ton.
Guess I better sell off a few more bags.. they are starting to pile up again.  |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Now selling Copper pennies. 1.6x plus shipping. Limited amounts available. |
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How much does a $50 bag of pennies weigh?
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