How much does a 50 gallon drum full of copper cents weight?

[horgad]

Anybody have the pennies per gallon / weight per gallon numbers handy? Thanks!

[JobIII]

The main conversion I believe we've all committed to memory is 68 lbs = $100 (copper cents)

I think I could get somewhere around 140 lbs in a 4 gallon bucket. But this is a while ago. Have you tried searching for this in the forum?

~JobIII

[horgad]

I should have wrote 55 gallon drum, but I think the answer is going to be just shy of a ton based on a whole lot of different answers found on the forum.

[Lemon Thrower]

Here is a 5 gallon plastic carboy that weighed 172.6 lbs. The jar itself only weighs a few pounds at most so you are looking at about 34 lbs per gallon.

29,467 pennie= $295 in 5 gallons so I would estimate $60 fv per gallon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XSfwHKRTDQ

[JobIII]

So if my math is not off. My post I was guessing ~ $51 FV per Gallon

Still under Lemon Thrower, so if you find it's under $60 FV/Gal I win per Price Is Right rulings.

~JobIII

[dbalek]

If I shake/compress a 5 gallon bottle of pennies I can get $300 in it. That's ~200 pounds.
So a compressed gallon is $60 or ~40 pounds
So 50 gallons could be 2000 pounds, literally a ton.
(you'd be surprised how much you can compress a gallon of pennies by shaking it, like a gold pan)

[DC_Penny_Guy]

Despite the convenience, I don't think volume is going to be a particularly accurate way of estimating face value. One gallon of pennies might be packed significantly looser/tighter than another gallon of pennies. I'm sure a 55-gallon steel drum is packed quite tightly indeed, but I wouldn't trust calculations based on smaller containers multiplied to get to 55 gallons.

If I were advising either the buyer or the seller, I'd recommend going by weight if at all possible.

Failing that, the seller should assume a very tight pack, but the buyer should assume a very loose pack.

[Lemon Thrower]

if you go by weight, you have to figure out the percentage of coppers from zincs as they weigh different amounts.

[pmbug]

What I'm hearing is that it would be slightly more than I could comfortably lift.

[shinnosuke]

What I'm hearing is that it would be slightly more than I could comfortably lift.

Just wondering if it's a good idea to put the 55 gallon barrel in the attic first and then start filling it. It's all downhill from there.

[DC_Penny_Guy]

if you go by weight, you have to figure out the percentage of coppers from zincs as they weigh different amounts.

If I understand correctly, Horgad's steel drums are filled entirely with copper cents.

[68Camaro]

What I'm hearing is that it would be slightly more than I could comfortably lift.

Just wondering if it's a good idea to put the 55 gallon barrel in the attic first and then start filling it. It's all downhill from there.

OK, I chuckled. No one else?

[DC_Penny_Guy]

What I'm hearing is that it would be slightly more than I could comfortably lift.

Just wondering if it's a good idea to put the 55 gallon barrel in the attic first and then start filling it. It's all downhill from there.

OK, I chuckled. No one else?

I was amused, although it did not quite amount to a chuckle. More of an audible exhalation of air through my nose.

[shinnosuke]

Just wondering if it's a good idea to put the 55 gallon barrel in the attic first and then start filling it. It's all downhill from there.

OK, I chuckled. No one else?

I was amused, although it did not quite amount to a chuckle. More of an audible exhalation of air through my nose.

Tough audience tonight. Try the veal. Don't forget to tip your waiter.

[Lemon Thrower]

finally figured out how to pronounce your user name and what it means. That's too bad lol.

[hobo finds]

What I'm hearing is that it would be slightly more than I could comfortably lift.

Just wondering if it's a good idea to put the 55 gallon barrel in the attic first and then start filling it. It's all downhill from there.

One day you will need to remove it from the attic..... I say keep it on street level

[shinnosuke]

finally figured out how to pronounce your user name and what it means. That's too bad lol.

Me? LOL!
It's an old samurai name given to me in 1987 by a Buddhist priest. I put it on my business cards. Immediate conversation starter. So what do you think it means?