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How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?
How many 5gal buckets of Cu cents = 1 ton?
Why can’t I stop sorting/hording?

What about the $50 bank bags...

or 50 cal ammo cans....

on avr my $50 fv bags weigh 34 lbs, 58.8 bags is 1 ton.

my $100 fv 50 cal ammo cans, 68.5 lbs, 29 ammo cans is 1 ton

my $250 fv homer buckets weigh 171 lbs...11.7 buckets = 1 ton

my $2800 fv 55 gallon steel drum weighs close to 1 ton

I don't know about boxes....I guess about 118 boxes will get you to 1 ton.

keep hoarding you know you like it....

I'd say 111 boxes/ton of CU pennies. Mine weigh in about 18 lb each.

Without taking out a scale, and using the usual $3,000 face equals a ton idea, I'd say approximately 120.

289032.258 cu cents to a ton (av), 115.6129031- $25 dollar boxes, not counting wraps and boxes


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Thogey wrote:289032.258 cu cents to a ton (av), 115.6129031- $25 dollar boxes, not counting wraps and boxes

5.4975 5 gal buckets assuming you packed em down REAL good.

Next question.

You need to factor in wear and tear!

highroller4321 wrote:

Thogey wrote:289032.258 cu cents to a ton (av), 115.6129031- $25 dollar boxes, not counting wraps and boxes

5.4975 5 gal buckets assuming you packed em down REAL good.

Next question.

You need to factor in wear and tear!

Thats funny because I deleted my bucket calculation after you quoted me. I didn't feel good about it.

Is 5 and 1/2, 5 g buckets of "melted" cents right?

Thogey wrote:

highroller4321 wrote:

Thogey wrote:289032.258 cu cents to a ton (av), 115.6129031- $25 dollar boxes, not counting wraps and boxes

5.4975 5 gal buckets assuming you packed em down REAL good.

Next question.

You need to factor in wear and tear!

Thats funny because I deleted my bucket calculation after you quoted me. I didn't feel good about it.

Is 5 and 1/2, 5 g buckets of "melted" cents right?

I've never melted cents so I don't know, but I think they would be need more buckets.

Oh my! A real "cent" question posted on the forum.

One ton = 907,184.74 grams
One copper cent = 3.1 grams
292,640 copper cents = one ton
117 boxes of $25 copper cents in a ton

Adjust a little for wear and tear but also for the weight of the boxes and wrappers too.

On a side note.....I always thought that it was neat that 1 cent weights 2 pennyweight.

So 10 pennies top out at about 1toz. I have used this info a couple of times in a pinch on a improvised seesaw balance scale to purchase gold.
MacGyver gold buying thread drift.

BTW, Lots of pennies in a ton.

keep hoarding you know you like it....

Yes, yes, I do ...

If you say 150 coppers to the pound, that's 150 x 2000 = 300,000 pennies to the ton. Divide by 100 pennies to the dollar to get 3,000 lbs. Divide by $25 FV boxes to get 120.

Gosh, I should know the answer to this.

This would be a tough question for FastEddy since I know he just hoards in 55 Gallon barrels.

Most weights listed in standard literature only use the weight at time of production when they are minty Fresh. As copper pennies have been circulating ovor a few decades they will have varying degrees of wear which will lighten them, requiring a great number to make a ton. If I remeber correctly, the # of copper pennies required to make a pound runs 147-154, For ease of rough calculations I usually just use 150 per pound as an average.

A loose $50 Bag usually weighs 33-34lbs. Again fore ease of calculations I use 3.33 lbs per er bag.

5 gallon buckets will hold roughly $250 face if you don;'t shake it too much and leave a little room at the top.

I store my tons in many forms.
! ton in the heavy duty mint bags. 300,000 cu cents per bag
$50 Bags, Canvas and plastic
Machine rolled $25 boxes
Buckets and kitty litter buckets

! ton of copper cents are roughly:
300,000 loose cents
60 $50 Bags
120 $25 Boxes
12 5 gallon buckets
30 CTUs

I know why you can't stop hoarding too. It;s the lure of what seems to be "Free money" You just have to apply some of your own Free labor.

There will be no better time for hoarding than the present.

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