I thought the title meant, like, £200.. Which lead to me [I]genuinely[/I] wondering for a brief moment, "what weighs more? 200lb of $ coins 200lb of £ coins?" :v:
I din't know the dollar was doing this bad.
Damn, how does one even get that many coins?
[QUOTE=matt000024;49067601]Damn, how does one even get that many coins?[/QUOTE]
By reaching under the couch many many times.
I deposited 130 pounds of coins once and didn't make any headlines
Suddenly I want to pick up every coin I see and save it
[QUOTE=srobins;49067596]Which lead to me [I]genuinely[/I] wondering for a brief moment, "what is worth more? 200lb of $ coins 200lb of £ coins?" :v:[/QUOTE]
Well... historically a pound was literally a pound of silver, of course that's long gone and they've entirely stopped using silver in the coins
[QUOTE=srobins;49067596]I thought the title meant, like, £200.. Which lead to me [I]genuinely[/I] wondering for a brief moment, "what is worth more? 200lb of $ coins 200lb of £ coins?" :v:[/QUOTE]
[B]USD Dollar Coin weights[/B]
Cent: 2.5g
Nickel: 5g
Dime: 2.269g
Quarter Dollar: 5.67g
Half Dollar: 11.34g
Presidential $1: 8.1g
Native American $1 Coin: 8.1g
[B]GBP Pound Sterling Coin weights[/B]
One Penny: 3.56g
Two Pence: 7.12g
Five Pence: 3.25g
Ten Pence: 6.5g
Twenty Pence: 5g
Fifty Pence: 8g
One Pound Coin: 9.5g
Two Pound Coin: 12g
Five Pound Coin: 28.8g
Current exchange rate of USD to GBP: $1.50 - £1.00 (rounded to nearest full number)
Working off weight of most common coins in circulation that commonly end up as change:
1xCent, 1xNickel, 1xDime, 1xQuarter = 15.439g
1x1p, 1x2p, 1x5p, 1x10p, 1x20p = 25.43g
Include the more lesser common, higher value coins as well but at lesser amount:
1xHalf Dollar = 5.67g
1xFifty Pence, 1xOne Pound Coin, 1xTwo Pound Coin = 29.5g
Ignore outlier "collectable coins" rarely given as change (£5 coin is exclusively ceremonial, costs more to acquire than its face value, believe same with the last two USD coins but I'm not from the US so don't quote me on this).
Working off conversion of 200lb to g = 90718.5g
To simplify we'll do 200lb of specific coins:
Cent: 90718.5/2.5 = 36287 coins rounded, 36287*0.01 = $362.87 rounded, £241.07
Nickel: 90718.5/2.5 = 18144 coins rounded, 18144*0.05 = $907.20, £602.69 rounded
Dime: 90718.5/2.269 = 39982 coins rounded, 39982*0.1 = $3998.20, £2,656.17
Quarter: 90718.5/5.67 = 16000 coins rounded, 16000*0.25 = $4000, £2,657.37
Half Dollar: 90718.5/11.34 = 8000 coins rounded, 8000*0.5 = $4000, £2,657.37
1p: 90718.5/3.56 = 25483 coins rounded, 25483*0.01 = £254.83, $383.58 rounded
2p: 90718.5/7.12 = 12741 coins rounded, 12741*0.02 = £254.82, $383.57 rounded
5p: 90718.5/3.25 = 27913 coins rounded, 27913*0.05 = £1395.65, $2,100.80
10p: 90718.5/6.5 = 13957 coins rounded, 13957*0.1 = £1395.70, $2,100.88
20p: 90718.5/5 = 18144 coins rounded, 18144*0.2 = £3628.80, $5,462.25
50p: 90718.5/8 = 11340 coins rounded, 11340*0.5 = £5670, $8,534.77
£1: 90718.5/9.5 = 9549 coins rounded, 9549*1 = £9549, $14,373.63
£2: 90718.5/12 = 7560 coins rounded, 7560*2 = £15120, $22,759.38
Summary:
Once you break the mid coins on the GBP, you make more than what the USD coins will make. From working as a cash teller in the UK, getting 200lb of 20p coins isn't a hard task as it's one of the most common coinage we give, while 50p upwards is more commonly not kept and instead quickly spent. However due to the vast mix of weights within GBP coinage I would suspect that the USD would likely make more per weight in various mixed batches as coins like the 2p and 10p coin weigh more than their face value while the USD coins are lighter overall.
Overall GBP > USD in specific amount, USD > GBP in mixed coinage due to the nature of the GBP heavy coins throwing the values. GBP face value still worth more though.
Also don't take these values 100%, my math might be wrong and I did this purely out of boredom, I used [url=http://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/coin-design-and-specifications/one-penny-coin]royalmint.com[/url] for the UK coin weights and [url=http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/?action=coin_specifications]usmint.gov[/url] for the US coin weights.
Also remember, older coins can weigh less due to age removing material, counterfeit coins can also weigh more or less while looking legit.
Nerde
but why
Maybe he owns a laundromat or something? Either that or he just deposited all his spare change into a empty water cooler until it was full.
[QUOTE=Reagy;49070224]
[B]GBP Pound Sterling Coin weights[/B]
One Penny: 3.56g
Two Pence: 7.12g
Five Pence: 3.25g
Ten Pence: 6.5g
Twenty Pence: 5g
Fifty Pence: 8g
One Pound Coin: 9.5g
Two Pound Coin: 12g
Five Pound Coin: 28.8g
[/QUOTE]
There's a five pound coin?!?!
Man watching the numbers run up and that scale while the machine eats up the coins must feel so incredible.
I had to cash in nearly £35 (+£5 note) of change once in the summer (For Fallout 4 no doubt), I was bricking it that it wasn't going to be accepted. Can't help but wonder what this man was thinking.
[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;49070602]There's a five pound coin?!?![/QUOTE]
[URL]http://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/coin-design-and-specifications/five-pound-coin[/URL]
[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_pounds_(British_coin)[/URL]
It's a commemorative coin with a face value of £5, material wise its worth like £70.
I've got a 1993 The Queen's Coronation 40th Anniversary £5 coin on the shelf next to me, coins collectable worth is over £30 for an original 1993 mint but its face value is still £5.
Also with it being a commemorative coin, you can get gold editions of it which will put you [url=http://www.royalmint.com/shop/40th_Anniversary_of_Coronation_Gold_5_pound]£1.7k out of pocket[/url] but the coin its self will only be worth £5.
[QUOTE=butre;49067868]I deposited 130 pounds of coins once and didn't make any headlines[/QUOTE]
neither did this guy i dont think. its a youtube video
[QUOTE=usaokay;49067615]I sometimes find a quarter behind my ear.[/QUOTE]
If I had a quarter for every time that happened to me..
My bank requires me to put all my coins into those goddamn paper rolls in order for them to accept them. Which is fucking stupid.
It's either do that or let a machine do it at a grocery store and let the store keep ten percent of it.
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