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Pennies in a Jar RESULT

 
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lexprod
NOT not a title
PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:23 pm    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote
So hey I got pennies. In a jar. I'm gonna coinstar them today. I'll keep the results secret for a week, then reveal them.

You can guess at how many pennies are in thur.

Closest wins.


YAY

Here's the picture:


Have at you. Guesses probably best sent via PM but if you're lazy post it in the thread. Guesses due by next sunday
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The Potter
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:30 am    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote
Four hundred and fifty six.
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MNOWAX
0.999... of a Troll
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:38 am    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote
there's about 2.50 in there.
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Zag
Unintentionally offensive old coot
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:39 am    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote
325
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3iff
very unbifflike
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:23 am    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote
513
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No harm. Pun intended!
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:23 am    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote
457
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The Potter
Feat of Clay
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:28 am    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote
*hopes someone goes for 458*
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Chuck
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:33 pm    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote
455
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3iff
very unbifflike
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:37 pm    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote
I was waiting for someone to do that!
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Elethiomel
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:45 pm    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote
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Jack_Ian
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:30 pm    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote
600
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itisally
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:03 pm    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote
811... I am assuming it is a 1 pint jar based on the size of your hand.
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Amb
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:21 pm    Post subject: 13 Reply with quote
Don't be fooled by the photo, he has shot it so his hands look a lot bigger than they actually are Wink

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MNOWAX
0.999... of a Troll
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:53 pm    Post subject: 14 Reply with quote
1 penny Bob!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:33 pm    Post subject: 15 Reply with quote
968,051,737
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Quailman
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:58 pm    Post subject: 16 Reply with quote
$14.73
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
PostPosted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:06 pm    Post subject: 17 Reply with quote
MNOWAX wrote:
there's about 2.50 in there.

The joke is on all of you because this is the correct answer. Most of the jar is actually full of quarters, and he only asked about the pennies. Cannibal
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Amb
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:53 am    Post subject: 18 Reply with quote
Quarters are brown?
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The Potter
Feat of Clay
PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:07 am    Post subject: 19 Reply with quote
The funny thing is quarters are 91.7% copper while pennies are just 2.5% copper (after 1982).
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lexprod
NOT not a title
PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:28 am    Post subject: 20 Reply with quote
In case you are curious: no there's no trickery, it's filled all the way around with pennies. ONE NOTE: we did find two small foreign coins in there that coinstar rejected. So if your guess is off by 2..sorry
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Jack_Ian
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:59 am    Post subject: 21 Reply with quote
I love the remote hooked up to the transformer BTW Felicitous
No frustration with batteries and you always know where it is.
Wireless tech is overrated. Cannibal
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
PostPosted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:05 pm    Post subject: 22 Reply with quote
Amb wrote:
Quarters are brown?

Behind the front wall of pennies...
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referee
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:55 pm    Post subject: 23 Reply with quote
Yeah, do you know it cost the government 1.8 cents to coin each one of those pennies?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:48 am    Post subject: 24 Reply with quote
referee wrote:
Yeah, do you know it cost the government 1.8 cents to coin each one of those pennies?

Actually, it's 2.41¢

I'm guessing... 504.
Well, not so much guessing as averaging all the other guesses, but who cares to split hairs?
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3iff
very unbifflike
PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:03 am    Post subject: 25 Reply with quote
There's actually an article in the UK Metro paper today about this subject.

Canada are apparently killing off the 1¢ coin as they cost 1.6¢ to make. The US 1¢ coin costs 2.4¢.

...but it's a newspaper so it might not be true...

(Aha, found the ¢ character at last!)

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The Potter
Feat of Clay
PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:08 am    Post subject: 26 Reply with quote
New Zealand killed the 1¢ and 5¢ coins. It was a very good move. Even 10¢ seems pretty worthless these days.
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Amb
Amb the Hitched.
PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:20 pm    Post subject: 27 Reply with quote
I miss the Tuatara!

But the worst thing was, they changed our 10c to a horrible brown coin.
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esme
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:43 pm    Post subject: 28 Reply with quote
773 pennies.
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The Potter
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:00 am    Post subject: 29 Reply with quote
I found an old 10¢ piece on sidewalk. At first I thought it was Australian...

You could game the rounding system by paying in cash for amounts ending in 1-5 and with plastic when it is 6-9. You might save about $5 a year.
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lexprod
NOT not a title
PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:18 am    Post subject: 30 Reply with quote
AND THE ANSWER WAS....



Here's the board, with the right answer listed as ANSR

Code:
NAME -- GUESS

MNWX -- 0250
ZAGG -- 0325
SCRA -- 0350
AMBB -- 0360
CHCK -- 0455
PTTR -- 0456
nvce -- 0457
bg96 -- 0504
3IFF -- 0513
ETML -- 0550
JACK -- 0600
JEDO -- 0666
ANSR -- 0754****
esme -- 0773
ally -- 0811
QLMN -- 1473
DFDF -- 968051737


Which makes esme the winner!

Thanks for playing! For those curious I used it on a starbucks giftcard. Woo!
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Jedo the Jedi
Paragon in Training
PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 2:38 am    Post subject: 31 Reply with quote
I thought we were doing the Price Is Right method. Wink
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esme
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 3:59 pm    Post subject: 32 Reply with quote
lexprod wrote:

Which makes esme the winner!

Thanks for playing! For those curious I used it on a starbucks giftcard. Woo!



Yippee!

Wait, I dont get the money?
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Dented Ford
Hoopy Frood
PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 4:31 pm    Post subject: 33 Reply with quote
Haha, you actually put mine in the answer list Extreme Delectation

Grats esme
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