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Pennies Per Gallon

Postby glass » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:39 pm

How many pennies in a 5 gallon water bottle?
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Postby shinnosuke » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:45 pm

Is the glass half empty or half full? :lol:
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Postby glass » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:53 pm

Lets say it was full in 1991 what amount of copper would you guess
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Postby VWBEAMER » Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:44 pm

bout 250
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Re: Pennies Per Gallon

Postby tn-dave » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:08 pm

I was just thinking about this exact subject this weekend. My parents gave me a three gallon bottle and I was wondering how much face value this bottle will hold. Haven't done any kind of search yet. Maybe we'll get an answer here
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Postby inflationhawk » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:10 pm

I can get 5000 pennies in a one gallon paint can.
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Postby slickeast » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:38 pm

I get between $250-$280 per 5 gallon bucket.

This equals to $50 - $56 per gallon.

It depends on how much you want to shake the container.

Glass - Not recommended. This is one thing I would not want to clean up if dropped.
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Postby Merwanseth » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:28 pm

Unless you never plan to move it, for the sake of your back and your future health, you may want to consider filling smaller containers for storage.
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Re: Pennies Per Gallon

Postby inflationhawk » Wed Mar 30, 2011 1:35 pm

25000 copper pennies = 171.4 lbs.
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Postby slickeast » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:10 pm

Just use a hand truck.
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Postby inflationhawk » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:21 pm

Or stack them 3 high, 9 per level, on a (strong) pallet and have 2 tons of copper! Then you can use a forklift!
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Re: Pennies Per Gallon

Postby hobo finds » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:31 pm

pennies per pound info here...

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Zinc
Steel

http://www.parkpennies.com/penny/penny.htm

Coin jar calculator... http://www.coincalc.com/
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Re: Pennies Per Gallon

Postby OtusLotus » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:57 pm

I think I can offer a definitive answer to this question..

I just weighed my 5 gallon PLASTIC water jug last night...

It weighs almost $200 lbs.... so at 146 * 200 = 29,200 pennies :D
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