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The person who provides the best, most complete and most accurate answer to the following question will receive a prize of one silver Roosevelt dime!

The contest however, ends tomorrow at 10am Arizona time. Here's the question:

"How many 95% copper Lincoln pennies, or how many .999 pure Canadian nickels (1955-1981) can you fit in a small USPS flat rate box?"

I will of course be the judge of which answer is the best, most complete and most accurate

Questions, feedback and jokes are encouraged. Unfortunately, there can only be one winner. Good Luck

Note: I'm asking for numbers of coins, not weight.

Copper cents -- About $19.00 are 1900 coins.

Hey you threw in some dimes!!!

The volume of a us cent is .021967 cu inches

The inner dimensions of a SFRB is 75.3339438 cu in

If it were legal to do so, you would melt your cents into a bar 5.375X8.625X1.625 (the inner dimensinons of a SFRB)

It would take 3429.414294 cents to accomplish this.

$34.29 in cu cents.

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hobo finds wrote:Hey you threw in some dimes!!!

The photo is from a old thread and the coin star counted some cents as dimes see -http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Vb3lechVuIY/TO_sWpKsp5I/AAAAAAAAACQ/zGwGm8XUx2E/s640/P1070545.JPG

henrysmedford wrote:

hobo finds wrote:Hey you threw in some dimes!!!

The photo is from a old thread and the coin star counted some cents as dimes see -http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Vb3lechVuIY/TO_sWpKsp5I/AAAAAAAAACQ/zGwGm8XUx2E/s640/P1070545.JPG

Hmmm...you just gave me an idea of how one might round off a small flat rate box full of coppers or nickels in order to create a mini-trading unit to rival the gigantic, heavy and incredibly cumbersome "CTU"

Derek.Sheriff wrote:

henrysmedford wrote:Hmmm...you just gave me an idea of how one might round off a small flat rate box full of coppers or nickels in order to create a mini-trading unit to rival the gigantic, heavy and incredibly cumbersome "CTU"

That would be ten pounds avoirdupois. About 1475 coins, more or less, depending upon wear.

Machine rolling them will make them fit a little better. A small flat rate box will hold 38 rolls (1900 coins)

Derek.Sheriff wrote: to create a mini-trading unit to rival the gigantic, heavy and incredibly cumbersome "CTU"

Hey, those regular CTU's aren't so heavy or cumbersome. You just throw one up on each shoulder and walk into the post office.

Mini CTU has been created. Its a $18 face unit.

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=15134

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:

Derek.Sheriff wrote: to create a mini-trading unit to rival the gigantic, heavy and incredibly cumbersome "CTU"

Hey, those regular CTU's aren't so heavy or cumbersome. You just throw one up on each shoulder and walk into the post office.

hahaha i just laughed so hard. i'm sweating out of breath and falling through the door as it is when i go to ship one! how in the world can you carry two?? (i guess weighing 120 has alot to do with that though lol)

HoardCopperByTheTon wrote:

Derek.Sheriff wrote: to create a mini-trading unit to rival the gigantic, heavy and incredibly cumbersome "CTU"

Hey, those regular CTU's aren't so heavy or cumbersome. You just throw one up on each shoulder and walk into the post office.

I need the weight bearing exercise more than anyone! But I'm not getting any younger and what about our more senior realcent.org members, especially those of the...

OK, I better shut up before I get in trouble

iatetacos wrote:
hahaha i just laughed so hard. i'm sweating out of breath and falling through the door as it is when i go to ship one! how in the world can you carry two?? (i guess weighing 120 has alot to do with that though lol)

When I first read your name I pictured some fat guy with hot sauce stains on his shirt

Thanks to everyone who posted an answer! After reviewing them all, I decided to award the silver dime to HoardCopperByTheTon!

I'm a little disappointed that no one posted anything about how many .999 Canadian nickels one can fit in a small FR USPS box. So maybe I'll have to ask that question in another section of the forum.

Anyway, if you are reading this HoardCopperByTheTon, send me a PM with your address. Thanks again ya'll!

Derek.Sheriff wrote:
I need the weight bearing exercise more than anyone! But I'm not getting any younger and what about our more senior realcent.org members, especially those of the...

OK, I better shut up before I get in trouble

Hey, I am one of those more senior members. It seems like lately, because of the low price.. members are buying 2 CTU's at a time. Hardly seems worthwhile to break the cart out and wheel them all the way down to the end of the street and up the ramp when you can just go up a few stairs and into the PO. Of course the trick is to have a little help pushing that second box up on your shoulder and opening the doors for you. Weight training consists of large pickups and regular $200 zinc dropoffs.

I'm a little disappointed that no one posted anything about how many .999 Canadian nickels one can fit in a small FR USPS box.

I know it's a little late....How'bout it?

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