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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 1103516, member: 11521"]Merc,</p><p> </p><p>Are you sure that is a $1,000 box? That sounds WAY too small for 500 rolls of nickels. </p><p> </p><p>I took out several rolls of nickels and did some measuring. Below are my findings. (All measurements are approximate):</p><p> </p><p>A roll is approximately 7/8" in diameter and is approximately 3-1/16" long. </p><p> </p><p>12 rolls placed side-by-side are about 10-1/4" in length.</p><p> </p><p>The height of two rolls is about 1-9/16", three rolls is about 2-5/16", four rolls is about 3-1/16", five rolls is about 3-13/16", six rolls is about 4-9/16" and eight rolls is about 6-1/16". </p><p> </p><p>A box 10-1/4" long X 4-9/16" high X 3-1/8" wide will hold 69 rolls of nickels. That is $138 face value of nickels in a box with a volume of 146.14 cubic inches. A box capable of holding 500 rolls of nickels must be much larger. </p><p> </p><p>Playing around with various combinations (number of rolls wide, number of rolls deep, number of rolls long) by my calculations the most efficient use of a box to hold 500 rolls of nickels ($1,000 face) is to have two rolls across and eight rolls deep by 32 rolls long. (With 32 rolls on odd layers and 31 rolls on even layers the box has a total capacity of 504 rolls so space for only four rolls goes unused.) The inside dimensions of this box would measure 6-1/8" wide X 6-1/16" high X 27-1/4" long (for a volume of approximately 1,012 cubic inches).</p><p> </p><p>I hope this answers the OP's question. </p><p> </p><p>PS - Others feel free to check my work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 1103516, member: 11521"]Merc, Are you sure that is a $1,000 box? That sounds WAY too small for 500 rolls of nickels. I took out several rolls of nickels and did some measuring. Below are my findings. (All measurements are approximate): A roll is approximately 7/8" in diameter and is approximately 3-1/16" long. 12 rolls placed side-by-side are about 10-1/4" in length. The height of two rolls is about 1-9/16", three rolls is about 2-5/16", four rolls is about 3-1/16", five rolls is about 3-13/16", six rolls is about 4-9/16" and eight rolls is about 6-1/16". A box 10-1/4" long X 4-9/16" high X 3-1/8" wide will hold 69 rolls of nickels. That is $138 face value of nickels in a box with a volume of 146.14 cubic inches. A box capable of holding 500 rolls of nickels must be much larger. Playing around with various combinations (number of rolls wide, number of rolls deep, number of rolls long) by my calculations the most efficient use of a box to hold 500 rolls of nickels ($1,000 face) is to have two rolls across and eight rolls deep by 32 rolls long. (With 32 rolls on odd layers and 31 rolls on even layers the box has a total capacity of 504 rolls so space for only four rolls goes unused.) The inside dimensions of this box would measure 6-1/8" wide X 6-1/16" high X 27-1/4" long (for a volume of approximately 1,012 cubic inches). I hope this answers the OP's question. PS - Others feel free to check my work.[/QUOTE]
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