How much change?!?

[poisonidea]

Cleared out my room yesterday and found 3.25Kg of loose change scattered around :eek: Its mostly 1p's 2's and 5p's although there are loads of 10 and 20p's in there plus a few 50p's. Haven't counted it yet but am going to take it to one of those Coinstar machines in asda tonight, So my question is....

.....How much do people think it will tally up to???? :fish:

Clue: It fills a 1 litre bottle...

[Binky]

.....How much do people think it will tally up to???? :fish:

Clue: It fills a 1 litre bottle...

?27.54

[Dave The Rave]

3.25kg! Bloody heck ... I guess £63.42.

[Binky]

3.25kg! Bloody heck ... I guess ?63.42.

I Can't see how that much could fit into a tiny 1 litre bottle... :confused:

[cuffy]

£9.34

What do i win for guessing correctly ;)

[poisonidea]

Not sure if its exactly 1 litre, its a soda stream bottle... which looks about 1 litre...

[stewie]

Enough to pay for a cleaner ? :D dunno, £18.63

[hovis]

I Can't see how that much could fit into a tiny 1 litre bottle... :confused:

:confused: what litre bottle?

i say 103.45

[poisonidea]

If anyone guesses it on the button it's there's. However, considering there's the odd foreign coin in there it'll be bloody hard! I'll need the exact amount and currencies :)

[Scoobs]

25 quid

[poisonidea]

:confused: what litre bottle?


You missed out on the super secret hidden clue! ;)

[pencil shavings]

£19.56

before the machine takes its cut!! :P

[Mogs]

58.36 GBP
0.75 US dollars
4 Euros
10 French Francs
1 6mm washer

[muffles]

I don't have a guess, but I had two slightly-smaller-than-pint-size glasses (think 450-500ml) filled with coins (ok, one was overflowing, the other wasn't quite full). That had anything up to £1 in though.

Got around £60 for that little lot, not sure how much it weighed - would have thought 3kg+ - but can't say for sure!

[poisonidea]

Yeah, the machine takes 7.9% apparently....

[magicrat]

Watch out tho, I those machines have a setting where you can donate your change to charity. Was waiting in a supermarket foyer a couple of years back and all of a sudden heard a "Nooooooo!" come from the guy who'd just donated his savings :D

Oh how i laughed.

[ooger]

Yeah, the machine takes 7.9% apparently....

Stop right now....

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You can actually (with a bit of jiggerypokery / reading the screen properly) get those machines to do you a full receipt for the amount of shrapnel you put in, then toddle over to the customer service desk and demand your cash, if I errr....recall*

(assuming you're doing your bit for charity elsewhere of course, you won't feel guilty)

*Yes, I worked there many moons ago, and had a lot of stingy Manchester** people do this. Repeatedly. Each weekend.

**I have no grudge against any Mancunians. Honest.

[poisonidea]

Hmm.. I'll have a looksee, I'm always giving money to charity, I pay tax, and the government gives my money to those less fortunate for me. Its a good system........

[poisonidea]

Well I took it to the change machine thing last nice, the grand totals were.....

308 1p's
180 2p's
125 5p's
34 10p's
24 20p's
2 5p's

Grand Total £22.08 (-1.74 Handling fee...)

Plus:

3.76 EUR
0.25 USD
4.50 AUS
2.05 NZD
Some coin that I cant read (writing looks arabic :eek:)
2 6mm washers
1 8mm washer
1 badge (drugdealer cheerleader(?))
3 slimline filter tips

So all in all a good hauld :p

[poisonidea]

So the winners are:

Pencil shavings: closest GBP amount

Mogs: closest USD, EURO and 6mm washer amounts




Well done =D>

[hovis]

Its mostly 1p's 2's and 5p's although there are loads of 10 and 20p's in there plus a few 50p's.

Well I took it to the change machine thing last nice, the grand totals were.....

308 1p's
180 2p's
125 5p's
34 10p's
24 20p's
2 5p's

Grand Total £22.08 (-1.74 Handling fee...)

Plus:

3.76 EUR
0.25 USD
4.50 AUS
2.05 NZD
Some coin that I cant read (writing looks arabic :eek:)
2 6mm washers
1 8mm washer
1 badge (drugdealer cheerleader(?))
3 slimline filter tips

So all in all a good hauld :p

So the winners are:

Pencil shavings: closest GBP amount

Mogs: closest USD, EURO and 6mm washer amounts




Well done =D>



i smell a rat............

what happened to the 50p's?

[pencil shavings]

So the winners are:

Pencil shavings: closest GBP amount


Well done =D>

Champion!!
Another reason to get drunk tonight!!! :drunken::drink:

[Blue_SV650S]

Ok, copper coins weigh 3.56g per penny (the fact is 1p or 2p is irrelevant as a 2p is twice the weight of a 1p).

So it was ALL copper 3250grams is worth ?9.13.

But you say there were some 'silver coins' in there too .. without knowing proportions, I'd guess you probably only have ~£15 worth in total ...

EDIT: Doh ... just flicked through the thread ... you have already done it an it was ~£22 :oops: ...

I still like the way I tried to solve the problem though 8)

[poisonidea]

Ok, copper coins weigh 3.56g per penny (the fact is 1p or 2p is irrelevant as a 2p is twice the weight of a 1p).

So it was ALL copper 3250grams is worth ?9.13.

But you say there were some 'silver coins' in there too .. without knowing proportions, I'd guess you probably only have ~£15 worth in total ...

EDIT: Doh ... just flicked through the thread ... you have already done it an it was ~£22 :oops: ...

I still like the way I tried to solve the problem though 8)

Very good :smt056


Also theres a typo, i meant to say 2 x 50p (not 5p, sorry hovis...)