Monday, May 19, 2014

How Many Golden Dimes to a Pound (Coin Sizes)

A few years back I did a post about coins sizes a few years back, here's another one.

Anyone ever ask you how big a coin was relative to U.S. coinage?  Here's a chart to answer such questions (If my math isn't off)

How many U.S. Coins in a pound if they were minted from :



Gold
Silver
Copper
Platinum
Electrum
(50/50 G&S)
70-g
30-c
Penny
50.375
92.857
108.625
45.219
65.316
60
Dime
65.468
120.678
141.17
58.768
84.885
78
Nickel
32.317
59.57
69.686
29
41.9
38.5
Quarter
27.525
50.737
59.353
24.7
35.68
32.8
K. Half Dollar
14.082
25.958
30.365
12.64
18.259
16.782


A quick look at the chart above tells you a classical 1/10th pound coin is big, or thick.

Here's a another chart giving you the weights of coins based on thin coins only 1 mm thick and in various diameters.

Weight of Coins by diameter and metal (in grams)

Diam.
Gold 1mm thick
Silver
1mm
thick
Copper
1mm
thick
Platinum 1mm thick
Electrum
50/50
S&G
70gld
30cpr
5mm
0.4
0.217
0.1855
0.4456
0.3085
0.33565
10mm
1.6
0.868
0.742
1.7824
1.234
1.3426
15mm
3.6
1.953
1.6695
4.0104
2.7765
3.02085
20mm
6.4
3.472
2.968
7.1295
4.936
5.3704
25mm
9.99999999
5.425
4.6375
11.14
7.7125
8.319125
30mm
14.4
7.812
6.67799
16.0416
11.106
12.0834
35mm
19.6
10.633
9.0895
21.8344
15.1165
16.44685
40mm
25.6
13.888
11.872
28.5184
19.744
21.4816
50mm
40.0
21.7
18.55
44.56
30.85
33.565
60mm
57.6
31.248
26.712
64.1664
44.424
48.3336

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