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Fun Facts: Money

January 11, 2008 on 10:43 am | In Fun Facts |

This post will be about money!
I will be using whole numbers today. No need for 9 digits of accuracy at the moment.  

The US one dollar bill is 6.14 x 2.61 x 0.0043 inches.

Stacked long end it takes 256,962,119 bills to go around the Earth.
Stacked short end it takes 604,500,924 bills to go around the Earth.
Stacked it takes 3,669,180,027 bills to go around the Earth.

How about to the Moon?
Stacked long end it takes 2,412,775,401 to touch the Moon.
Stacked short end it takes 5,676,031,021 to touch the Moon.
Stacked it takes 34,452,188,296 to touch the Moon.

It would take a stack of 34,883 dollars to equal the height of the Empire State Building. That’s a lot less than I would have first guessed!

2007 Production run on coins:

Pennies:
Made: 7,401,200,000
Value: $74,012,000
Stacked: 37,637,335 feet
Weight: 40,792,132 lbs or 20,396 tons
Coins per lb: 181
Value per lb: $1.81

Nickels:
Made: 1,197,840,000
Value: $59,892,000
Stacked: 7,663,346 feet
Weight: 13,203,925 lbs or 6,601 tons
Coins per lb: 90
Value per lb: $4.50

Dimes:
Made: 2,089,500,000
Value: $208,950,000
Stacked: 9,254,675 feet
Weight: 10,447,675 lbs or 5,223 tons
Coins per lb: 200
Value per lb: $20.00

Quarters:
Made: 2,796,640,000
Value: $699,160,000
Stacked: 16,056,824 feet
Weight: 34,958,587 lbs or 17,479 tons
Coins per lb: 80
Value per lb: $20.00

Half Dollar:
Made: 8,200,000
Value: $4,100,000
Stacked: 57,841 feet
Weight: 205,003 lbs or 102 tons
Coins per lb: 40
Value per lb: $20.00

Now that’s interesting, $20 per pound.