Value and Weight of Pocket Change

Had you ever wanted to know how much your pocket change was worth? But didn't want to count it? Well, as my collection in a large plastic Coke bottle (as a coin bank) approached full, it was 96 lbs!

I had to cut it open - there was no way to tip it; plus, the bottom had already cracked and was held together with packing tape. I took me over an hour to trade it all in. I first went to Ralphs and filled that machine, then had to finish at Vons!

Denom	Value	Weight (g)	Production Qty	Prod * Weight	Value * Prod
cent	0.01	2.5	712,800,000	1,782,000,000	7,128,000
nickel	0.05	5	169,200,000	846,000,000	8,460,000
dime	0.10	2.268	305,000,000	691,740,000	30,500,000
quarter	0.25	5.67	504,000,000	2,857,680,000	126,000,000
half dollar	0.50	11.34	7,100,000	80,514,000	3,550,000
dollar	1.00	8.1	3,360,000	27,216,000	3,360,000
Sums:			1,701,460,000	6,285,150,000	178,998,000
	Ave Value	Ave Weight	Ave Prod	Weighted Ave Weight	Weighted Ave Value
	0.32	5.81	283,576,667	3.694	0.11
Value per Kg (in $)			Weight per $1 (in g)
28.48			35.11
Value per Lb (in $)			Weight per $1 (in oz)
12.92			1.24

The machines return the count of each Denomination:

• Dollars: 13
• Half-dollars: 0
• Quarters: 3645
• Dimes: 2168
• Nickels: 1299
• Pennies: 4594

• Gross Value: $1,250.94
• Exchange fee: $110.44
• Net Value: $1,140.50
• That's $13.03 a pound!