How much does money weigh...

[ManyBeers]

the count rooms in Vegas don't actually count money they weigh it.

One million dollars in $100 dollar bills=20 1/2 lbs.
" " " " $20 dollar bills=102 lbs.
" " " " $5 dollar bills=408 lbs.
" " " '$0.25(quarters)= guess

 

[Brackis]

95,000 lbs?

 

[brtspears2]

50000 lbs.

 

[aphex]

when i worked at walgreens, we used to weigh the money to get the final count for the night... one denomination at a time.

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: ManyBeers
the count rooms in Vegas don't actually count money they weigh it.

One million dollars in $100 dollar bills=20 1/2 lbs.
" " " " $20 dollar bills=102 lbs.
" " " " $5 dollar bills=408 lbs.
" " " '$0.25(quarters)= guess

No, they do not weigh it. Once a bill has circulated, its weight changes.

Compositon of minted money has changed over the years, and therefore weights have too.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
Compositon of minted money has changed over the years, and therefore weights have too.

Most people don't spend the pre-1970's (or whatever date it was) silver quarters. The cost and time to actually count each quarter would defenitely out weigh any loss by a quarter or two being slightly heavier.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: brtspears2
50000 lbs.

In the ball park.

 

[KK]

22,680,000 grams

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: KK
22,680,000 grams

Maybe

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: keeleysam
Compositon of minted money has changed over the years, and therefore weights have too.

Most people don't spend the pre-1970's (or whatever date it was) silver quarters. The cost and time to actually count each quarter would defenitely out weigh any loss by a quarter or two being slightly heavier.

It's 1964 on the silver coins, but really the huge thing is pre-1982 pennies.

 

[ManyBeers]

It's late gotta go

One million dollars in quarters weighs 294,000,000 grains or 21 tons.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
It's 1964 on the silver coins, but really the huge thing is pre-1982 pennies.

What'd they change with pennies? I thought those didn't really change much because for a while those (along with nickels(?)) didn't have precious metals while dimes and quarters did.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: ManyBeers
It's late gotta go

One million dollars in quarters weighs 294,000,000 grains or 21 tons.

per the mint, 1 quarter weighs 5.67 grams.

5.67 grams x 4,000,000 equals 22,680,000 grams, or 50,000.84lbs, or 350,005,887 grains.

 

[msparish]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: keeleysam
It's 1964 on the silver coins, but really the huge thing is pre-1982 pennies.

What'd they change with pennies? I thought those didn't really change much because for a while those (along with nickels(?)) didn't have precious metals while dimes and quarters did.

They used to be made out of copper, but it got to the point that the amount of copper in a penny was worth more than $0.01. Despite using cheaper metals, a penny again costs more to produce than what it is worth.

 

[shortylickens]

Originally posted by: msparish

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: keeleysam
It's 1964 on the silver coins, but really the huge thing is pre-1982 pennies.

What'd they change with pennies? I thought those didn't really change much because for a while those (along with nickels(?)) didn't have precious metals while dimes and quarters did.

They used to be made out of copper, but it got to the point that the amount of copper in a penny was worth more than $0.01. Despite using cheaper metals, a penny again costs more to produce than what it is worth.

And people were melting them down.
Fudged up the economy.

Along somewhat similar lines I learned something when I visited the Bureau of Engraving in DC.
They changed the designs of the 100, the 50, the 20 and the 10 to mess up the forgers. But they didnt bother with the singles. Thats because it costs more than a dollar to forge a dollar. If you were to try making a sheet of 32 bills it will cost you almost 50 bucks to counterfeit them. (The cheap way.)
You cant possibly win. Unless you're the federal government and you print billions of the things.

 

[dug777]

Anyway, crap on notes/coins would ****** that up...

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: msparish

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: keeleysam
It's 1964 on the silver coins, but really the huge thing is pre-1982 pennies.

What'd they change with pennies? I thought those didn't really change much because for a while those (along with nickels(?)) didn't have precious metals while dimes and quarters did.

They used to be made out of copper, but it got to the point that the amount of copper in a penny was worth more than $0.01. Despite using cheaper metals, a penny again costs more to produce than what it is worth.

And in 2009, as long as the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 stands, they will be minted from bronze (but only the numistatic coins.)

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: keeleysam

Originally posted by: msparish

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: keeleysam
It's 1964 on the silver coins, but really the huge thing is pre-1982 pennies.

What'd they change with pennies? I thought those didn't really change much because for a while those (along with nickels(?)) didn't have precious metals while dimes and quarters did.

They used to be made out of copper, but it got to the point that the amount of copper in a penny was worth more than $0.01. Despite using cheaper metals, a penny again costs more to produce than what it is worth.

And in 2009, as long as the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 stands, they will be minted from bronze (but only the numistatic coins.)

Theyre gonna make dollars into coins? Itll be like a loonie!!!

 

[keeleysam]

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: keeleysam

Originally posted by: msparish

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: keeleysam
It's 1964 on the silver coins, but really the huge thing is pre-1982 pennies.

What'd they change with pennies? I thought those didn't really change much because for a while those (along with nickels(?)) didn't have precious metals while dimes and quarters did.

They used to be made out of copper, but it got to the point that the amount of copper in a penny was worth more than $0.01. Despite using cheaper metals, a penny again costs more to produce than what it is worth.

And in 2009, as long as the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005 stands, they will be minted from bronze (but only the numistatic coins.)

Theyre gonna make dollars into coins? Itll be like a loonie!!!

We've had dollar coins longer than your country has existed, but all the idiots down here refuse to use them and just hoard the damn things.

I pay almost exclusively for things with $2 bills and dollar coins.

To prevent people from hoarding them, all the bills are marked with WheresGeorge.com

 

[JinLien]

According to The US Mint the quarter weight 5.670 g , or 22.86 metric ton

 

[LethalWolfe]

Originally posted by: keeleysam

Originally posted by: ManyBeers
the count rooms in Vegas don't actually count money they weigh it.

One million dollars in $100 dollar bills=20 1/2 lbs.
" " " " $20 dollar bills=102 lbs.
" " " " $5 dollar bills=408 lbs.
" " " '$0.25(quarters)= guess

No, they do not weigh it. Once a bill has circulated, its weight changes.

Compositon of minted money has changed over the years, and therefore weights have too.

Its weight must only change insignificantly 'cause weighing money is an accurate way to count it.


Lethal

 

[SupaDupaCheez]

When I worked for a major restaurant chain, they had money counters that weighed the bills and it was EXTREMELY accurate. In fact, the reason they went with the weighing instead of the 'flipper' counters was because the weighing machines were FAR more accurate and trouble free (the 'flippers' need a lot of maintenance and upkeep whereas the 'weighing' machines were ok as long as you didn't drop it or abuse it).

 

[EagleKeeper]

Living in Vegas; please let me explain how the money is "processed"
Coins are counted and then x dollars are bagged. When the bag is full of ~x dollars worth, the coint counter requires a new bag to be put in place. The old bag is then sealed with the amount shown on the counter written on a tag.

Paper is run through a counter and then labeled for certain amounts.

Coins and paper can be wieghed but due to wear on the coins (plenty of dust is generated by the wear/rubbing of coins), a weight count can be off by 2-3 coinds easily.

Paper can gain weight due to moisture and other foriegn substances.

Therefore wieghing the money can generate an indication but is not competely accurate.