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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksmooter61, post: 26553150, member: 169607&quot;]So many discussions on the ending of the cent, many about rounding and how many cents are typically paid out per cash transaction. For grins and giggles, I did a calculation using the fewest coins back for each of the 99 possibilities. A few of the returns:</p><blockquote>Average number back per transaction</p><blockquote><p>1¢ - 2.02&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5¢ - 0.40&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10¢ - 0.81&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 25¢ - 1.52</p></blockquote>Average weight in ounces per transaction (used 2.8g for cent, average copper/zinc)</p><blockquote><p>1¢ - .20&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5¢ - .07&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10¢ - .06&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 25¢ - .30&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p></blockquote>Count of each to equal 1 total pound based on averages above <b>(25.2 transactions)</b></p><blockquote><p>1¢ - 50.9&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5¢ - 10.2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 10¢ - 20.4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 25¢ - 38.2</p></blockquote>Dollar value per counts in line above</p><blockquote><p>1¢ - $0.51&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 5¢ - $0.51&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 10¢ - $2.04&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 25¢ - 9.54</p><p><br /></p></blockquote></blockquote><p>Hopefully I don&#039;t have a major blow, I enjoy math but sometimes it doesn&#039;t like me. I come up with <b>$12.60 per pound</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have mentioned in the CRH forum that I offer to &quot;purchase&quot; change from friends and family, at full value rounded up to the next dollar. Saves them from having to return to the bank or worse yet lose money in a Coin Star. My brother recently took me up on it and I got the bucket below from him, which as you can see weighs 28.4 pounds. I don&#039;t want to remove the coins yet, I don&#039;t like jostling them around more than necessary, so not exactly sure about the bucket, I&#039;m going to estimate 10 ounces. That would leave about 27.8 pounds. Based on my calculations I will guess the value to be:</p><p><br /></p><p>$358.28</p><p><br /></p><p>Anybody else care to guess? Not sure how long it will take to separate and count but as soon as I do, I will post it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1692107[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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