How much is a pound of pennies worth?
Tonight I’m finally rolling pennies - left by my brother. So far, I have rolled $5 worth.I think the tin and contents is about 11 lbs. I’m not going to check each penny, except for Wheat, which I’ll remove.I’m trying to see the initials at the bottom of Lincoln’s right sleeve - those denote the Lithuanian Jew who designed the Lincoln penny.My mom was born in Lithuania. Cool, eh.My mom always saved coins left over at the end of the week. My brother did the same thing - and so do I now.In 2000, I had a little cedar chest filled since high school! But, alas, can’t remember how much the cash value was.I’m going to keep track of how much my brother saved in all the cans, besides the pennies. Aarrgh. I am in need of the cash asap. My big brother is still looking out for me.
How many pennies does it take to make a pound?
A newly minted copper/zinc US penny weight apx. 3.11 grams. It would take 453.5923704 pennies to make one pound of pennies.
How many pennies does it take to make 1 pound?
1 pound = 453.59237 grams The Lincoln, Memorial Reverse penny (1982 to present) weighs 2.5 grams. You figure the math
How many pennies in a pound?
To answer this question, we must make some assumptions about meanings. If we are talking about U.S. coinage (pennies) to weight (pound), which was my assumption, then the answer can come from a quick check on the Internet (or with real pennies and a good scale). A Web site I found shows that depending on how many pennies are pre-1982, you can have between 146 and 181 pennies in a pound. The only other choice I can think of for an answser to this would be if we are talking about pennies in an English Pound, which would not consider weight (pound), but would, instead, consider only value (Pound). That would make it 100, right?
How much money is 100 pounds of pennies?
According to a quick Google search - New, unused or uncirculated copper cents weigh about 3.11 grams each or about 145 copper pennies per pound. New zinc cents are much lighter and weigh only 2.5 grams each yielding about 180 zinc pennies in a pound.If all the pennies were 3.11 grams each, 14500 pennies or, $145If all the pennies were 2.5 grams, 18000 pennies, or $180.Assuming that all the pennies were minted after 1982, you would have 180 USD.Using this method, you can calculate how much 100 pounds of pennies is worth based on the date range of the pennies.
How much money is 20 pounds of pennies !?
10 pounds = 4,535.9237 grams (a penny weighs 2.5grams) 4,534.9237 grams divided by 2.5 grams = 1814.3708 pennies = $18.14 Multiply that by 2 and you have $36.28.
How much money would 20 pounds of pennies be?
About $36.28 The average penny currently made is 2.5 grams, there are 453.5 grams per pound, so about 181.4 pennies per pound x 20 = 3628 pennies The number will be off from that in reality though since pennies made prior to 1982 weighed about 3.11 grams; if they were all pre-1982 pennies, it'd be about $29.