How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

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How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby amalekidad » Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:20 pm

How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?
How many 5gal buckets of Cu cents = 1 ton?
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby fasteddy » Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:43 pm

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 :shock:

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

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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby Country » Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:45 pm

I'd say 111 boxes/ton of CU pennies. Mine weigh in about 18 lb each. :mrgreen:
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby CardsNCoins » Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:12 pm

Without taking out a scale, and using the usual $3,000 face equals a ton idea, I'd say approximately 120.
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby Thogey » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:11 pm

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


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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby highroller4321 » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:28 pm

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.

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You need to factor in wear and tear! :ugeek:
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby Thogey » Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:31 pm

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! :ugeek:


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?
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby highroller4321 » Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:10 am

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! :ugeek:


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.
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby TwoAndAHalfCents » Thu Jul 09, 2015 12:37 am

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.
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby Rodebaugh » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:10 am

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

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.
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby amalekidad » Thu Jul 09, 2015 6:56 pm

keep hoarding you know you like it.... :mrgreen:

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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby AGgressive Metal » Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:40 pm

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.
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Re: How many $25 boxes of Cu cents = 1 ton?

Postby HoardCopperByTheTon » Thu Jul 16, 2015 11:56 pm

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.

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