What is value of 5 gal. jug filled with coins?

2 weeks ago I emptied my 5 gal bottle It was a little less than 1/4 filled - no pennies. Turned it in at bank and got 648.90

 

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I take all of my tips, seperate the cents from the rest and place in two different growlers. when the higher denomination growler gets full it is vacation time and that amount has never been similar from each time to the next. the cents growler then gets seperated into pre 82 and post 82 with the 82's being classified for what the are and mini sets built for friends. then i will search for varieities. man i need a hobby

 

Wait...that isn't one?

 

My 5 gallon bucket contains cents, nickels, and dimes and it is almost half full and heavy. Probably take a couple of more years to finish it.

 

I filled one about halfway and scored about $900.

 

We use liters here and I was a bit confused when some say that a 5 gallon container can have almost 2000$ or means a vacation, so I turned to Google and found out 5 Gallons equals almost 19 liters .

How can you have a 19 liters glass jug?

 

Wow, this is bringing back memories. In college I had two 5 gallon glass bottles that always had beer brewing in them. After college I thought about filling them with spare change, but came back to my senses and just bought a piggy bank.
:devil:

 

and one wonders why America is in the shape it is. wd40 it is all so very heavy
comments aside.
all is well
walter

 

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In 1968 we packed the same size small jar with (1) dimes and (2) quarters. When we counted the face value, the dime jar had more face value.

Yes, we were probably rather bored that day.

 

The large bottles are typically used to supply drinking water and are installed in a water cooler. This link describes the water cooler.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=water+cooler+images&qpvt=water+cooler+images&FORM=IGRE

 

Yup. They are popular because they are "free", (at least to the person taking it home), and the tiny neck makes it harder to empty. Kind of like a piggy bank.

Personally I have a glass jar with a large lid. I should get one of these instead since it would slow my wife from emptying the change jar as often as she does. I swear, I have been married 3 years now and that jar gets lower every year.....

 

I know how coolers look like
I never seen a glass bottle / jug of that size before.

 

Glass carboys for wine-making are that size.

 

Umm, this is why I have not seen any, Alcohol is "Available in limited locations" here

 

You've gotta be kidding!

 

Originally Posted by swish513
depends on denomination of said coins... 5 gal of cents is worth less than 5 gals of quarters.

5 gals of dimes would be worth more than 5 gals of quarters.

 

I might agree with you, but what is your foundation for that assertion?

 

I would agree with both assertions. 5 gallons of pennies or nickels would be worth less than 5 gallons of dimes, quarters, halves, or dollars since these other coins used to be silver and as such have higher value content per cc.

Regarding dimes versus any other higher denomination, (excluding small dollar coins), its perfectly reasonable since dimes are smaller and can better fill all available space. However, the 5 gallons of dimes would also WEIGH more than 5 gallons of higher value coins. Both dimes and higher value coins should be equal value per POUND, save for maybe a tiny tweak for Ikes.

Regarding small dollar coins, my suspicion would be they would weigh the most per 5 gallons, as I suspect they have the highest value per cc.

 

It is based upon experimental data in 1968

See my post #29 on page 2 of this thread. :smile

 

Thanks for pointing out the new small-sized dollar coins. :hail: They would certainly beat-out all the other currently circulating US coins.

My experiment in 1968 was only with nickels, dimes, quarters & half dollars. Dimes won under random orientation in the jar.

Are there no tiny gold dollars or fractional California gold pieces in the OP's bottle? :devil: