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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rounded, post: 1003793, member: 26871&quot;]<b>FUN FACT: (<font size="1">answers.com</font>)</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>How Many pennies weigh a pound?</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If the Pennies are from <b>1983 to Present</b>, then roughly <b>181 pennies</b>. </p><p>If the Pennies are from <b>1982 and earlier</b>, the roughly <b>146 pennies</b>. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There can be a couple ways to look at it. We will just consider a normal size US cent. </p><p>From 1983 to Present pennies weigh 2.5 grams </p><p>1982 and earlier (Modern &amp; Wheat Lincolns) pennies weigh 3.11 grams </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The difference is due to the a higher amount of Copper (95%) in earlier pennies. Modern pennies contain very little copper and are about 99% Zinc. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>1 pound = 453.59237 grams</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><u><i>Math </i></u></b></p><p><b>453.59/2.5 = 181</b> </p><p><b>453.59/3.1 = 146</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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