Lotta quarters in there. I'm going with $3900
At my bank you can still take in loose change and they do the old hand crank sorter and then the amount goes directly into my account. Call and ask them. I think they roll it up somehow after that.
With something as large as your haul I'd call an make an appointment. You might also want to purchase something like an ice machine scoop if they don't have one.
Let us know how much afterwards.
Carl
countdAnybody want to guess?
Counted a LOT of change when my dad died. He filled a particular type of bottle. When counted they varied from $45 to $200. Just another guess.
> With the exception of the 1943 steel cents, pennies minted before 1982 were 95% copper and 5% zinc.
Almost, but not quite. A little more research indicates that prior to 1962 it was 95% copper and 5% a mix of tin and zinc. The tin was removed starting in 1962.
This information is from the U.S. Mint's The Composition of the Cent page.
Lots of WAG's out there, but the main thing is to take somewhere so a machine counts it. Some casino's do it for free in Las Vegas (if you present your room key), otherwise plan on 8-10 percent discount on your collection. Don't know about your NJ proximity casino's.
I figure after your coin collection proceeds pay for your trip (call it $1,000), you net out $6,666.66. Much depends on the quarter to penny ratio, and those in between. I'm just optimistic since who saves pennies....
Or have your kids count them, and give them the 10%. Or just have a raffle at your favorite charity and let them count it, and you keep the 10%.
Pint size of silver
I have a little piggy on my headboard I throw the silver in. Pennies go in a 5 gallon carboy. That little piggy holds about the same as a pint size jar, and when I cash it in, it is usually $65 to $75. If it was all silver I would put my guess at about $2500 but deducting for some penny volume I'll say about $1900.
$2,200.27
We have a piggy bank that looks to be about a 1/2 gallon almost. It takes about a year to fill it. When I deposit the change, it ranges from $180-195.
For years, We use the money to celebrate our boy's birthday.
$3,333.33
$3,168.16
DDSM
One dollar Bob!
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$250 per quart. Go from there
We have a crock of roughly one quart capacity. Daily change ends up there so that I start out with no change each day. Money goes to the grandkids savings accounts. The total is always somewhere around $250. Maybe less, maybe more, depending on penny/quarter type ratio.
WOW, that's a lot of change!!! I'm always amazed at how much it really is when you have it counted.
I'm going to guess right around 5,000.
$40 per pound = $10,000 provided you have a bunch of silver dollars in the mix.
I am going to change my amount guess to an even $3000.
Take a look at this video of someone cashing in 5 gallons that weighed 185 pounds.
Carl
Het Scott, How's it going? I feel like we're friends, after our day together in the city, and I'm willing to help you out here.
I'll come down and relieve you of the awesome responsibility you've created about your loose change. I do this every couple of years for myself and I'm willing to take charge of this situation for you 🙂 Let me know if you want me to relieve you of that loose change, I won't charge you much, just gas and disposal fees, let's say 10%. It shouldn't cost you more than $100 to get rid of those unsightly piles of metal you have laying about,
Don
$4500.04
One bucket a week
I had to fill out a form OR be photographed to withdraw $5K last summer.
Shucks. You guys have bracketed me so tightly I don't stand a chance.
Bill,
I used this formula:
Five buckets…a fifth of a mile = 1056 feet (16 chains)
The buckets look about one third empty…3 times 1056 = 3168
Plus 16 links = $3,168.16
I tried to use THIS IDEA but got confused when I found out "our founding fathers set the weight of the dime exactly 2/5ths the weight of a quarter, just like the value of the two coins."
DDSM;-)
$5,280.00
Given the disproportionate number of quarters visible and extrapolating that through all five buckets under the assumption that most of the pennies were left behind somewhere as not worth toting around. Based on the volume of a quarter and four gallons of coins to a five gallon bucket...
I'm going with $4089.14
Would be closer to $6000 if they were all quarters
More than enough to cover the cost of a good chiropractor, assuming you don't blow a disk picking up one of the buckets.
