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Yesterday, I found out what $700 in quarters weighs.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) May 31 '11, 12:10

a fuckton.

My grandmom apparently was buying $10 rolls of state-quarters and keeping them for no apparent reason. My dad ended up getting the box and all the coins she had collected....

WW2 collections, $20 silver pieces...

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and you collect stamps, right? -- nm - Beryllium May 31, 12:39
I'm gonna guess 33 pounds. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:20
8 lbs 12 oz. Wolfram Alpha says a quarter only weighs 0.2 oz. -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:15 2
- Not 700 quarters....$700 worth -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:18 1
  - Oops. * 4. -- nm - Mop (204 lbs) May 31, 12:19
2 quarters is supposed to be one ounce (old trick to see if your envelope needs more than one stamp was to compare the two) 22lbs -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:13 12
- ::reads... rereads...rerereads...:: -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:15
- I thought it was two ounces. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:15
- Re-check your math if that's accurate...you're off by 66lbs. -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:14 9
  - d'oh....I see what I did wrong...I did 750 quarters, not $750 dollars worth of quarters, so now we're closer to 88 lbs -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:19
  - If it is accurate (2 quarters = 1 ounce), then it comes to $87.50. -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:16 3
    - errr... 87.50 lbs obviously -- nm - Don Homer May 31, 12:17 2
      - *does not do a currency exchange at the Bank of Don Homer* -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:21
      - *snork* -- nm - Spawn May 31, 12:20
  - It's possible he was confusing it with $700 of used cat litter. -- nm - TFox May 31, 12:15 1
    - it could run from 300 to 2,000 pounds depending on whether you get healthfood store stuff or cheap stuff -- nm - zeitgeist May 31, 12:22
  - i would be shocked -- nm - moles May 31, 12:15 1
    - I know it's more than 22lbs, I'll say that. -- nm - Will Hunting May 31, 12:17
Side note: don't bother rolling coins you take to the bank (like anyone does anymore). We always had to break them open and count them anyways - oblique May 31, 12:11 3
- I've been doing this for years with no problem. -- nm - Mel Profit May 31, 12:17
- really, I remember when banks wouldn't take unrolled coins in mass, line them up and see if any are short - zeitgeist May 31, 12:16 1
  - they've had change counters for decades. -- nm - loosilu May 31, 12:17

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