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"Just guess"
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07-05-14, 01:35 AM (EST)
 
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How much is this pile of coins worth in U.S. dollars and cents?
Don't worry, I don't have a clue either. I read somewhere that a group guess was often better than the best individual guess. Post your guesstimate and I'll count it all up sometime in the next few days. Lurkers welcome. Best guesser gets a sig. How's that? Here's your challenge: Put up a number.
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cahaya 19207 desperate attention whore postings
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07-06-14, 08:07 AM (EST)
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9. "My guess" |
$90.77I arrived at this figure using the clue in post #1 and this chart from the Mint: 
Grams/pound: 453.592 I'll even venture a guess on the number of coins in the pile that adds up to $90.77: 275 quarters, 147 dimes, 73 nickels, and 367 pennies.
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07-06-14, 08:54 AM (EST)
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10. "RE: My guess" |
LAST EDITED ON 07-06-14 AT 08:56 AM (EST)$20.14 Side bet? You are high. Another side bet? Your guess is also high.
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07-06-14, 10:57 AM (EST)
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13. "My 5c" |
Oh, it's US coinage is it?Long time complaint Speaking as a non-US coin user how can you have a coin that doesn't tell you what it's worth? What's this? It's a dime. OK what's it worth? A dime. You aren't helping you know.
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07-06-14, 12:06 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: My 5c" |
This from a native of a country that had one of the most bizarre monetary systems of the 20th century. (Decimalization finally arrived in 1971).4 farthings for a penny
12 pence for a shilling
20 shillings for a pound But there were coins called florins, half crowns and crowns. (2 shillings, 2 shillings 6 pence, and 5 shillings respectfully). One also had to deal with nicknames for coins such as tanner and bob. Going back to the time of Queen Victoria, silver coins had the same exact design, with no mark of value at all - the difference in size was your only clue.
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cahaya 19207 desperate attention whore postings
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07-07-14, 07:17 PM (EST)
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28. "RE: My guess" |
I assume I won our first bet?I'll collect, thank you very much, your guess was way lower than mine was higher. Ching-ching!  The method to my madness: I was only a dozen coins off of the coin count, but I didn't predict the coin distribution correctly. My figure was based on how much change you collected with one cent change up to ninety-nine cents change, evenly distributed. It turns out that there were more pennies and nickels and a lot fewer quarters in the pile than predicted with this assumption. To arrive at $90.77, count up all of the change from one cent to ninety-nine cents, determine the total weight and distribution of that change and then multiply the coin counts to add up to seven pounds. 
Sherlocked by agman.
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07-07-14, 10:28 AM (EST)
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19. "$26.71" |
I've had a similar sized pile and came up with something like $45 - though, it had some loonies ($1 coins) in there.
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