How many Wheat cents per pound?

[rollmeupabe]

What is the ratio of wheat pennies per pound of weight? I was thinking it was 145 wheaties per pound.

[coop]

BU and heavily circulated older dates would be different weights. They had a problem in the 20'30 with some of the coins wearing so thin, the rolls looked shorter or you had to add more to a tube to get them to fit. I've never weighed any to sell. Probably a couple full rolls and 45 singles might give you an answer. But never had tried that.

[wavysteps2003]

I always went by the figure 147 per pound.

BJ Neff

[Jack]

A few years ago I needed to find the weight of coins it took to come up with 5000 wheat cents. I had at the time over 100 rolls of wheat cents teens to 50's and found the weight of 100 rolls (5000 coins) to be just over 32 pounds. This would place the number per pound at say 156 coins at 32 pounds and 151 coins at 33 pounds.
Jack

[Bob P]

I always go with the number 150. That allows for a little give and take in both directions. I think BJ's number of 147 is more exact though. If you are selling them by rolls, then 3 rolls would be a good number to equal 1 pound.

[Dick]

Looks like my scale was all screwed up, because I always counted 165, three rolls , and 15 loose Referring to wheats, of course. I bought many one-pound lots, or multiple pound lots. Usuallt 10 lots, per order.. for some reason they all seemed to come from the same bulk of wheats, no matter from whom I bought, or where in the U.S.
Dick

[notabot]

I did some math, and the main point to make is that the tolerances on the cent are wide enough to allow a penny either direction. I arrived at 146 pennies of pre-1982 to make a pound.

Notabot


But I still can't take a macro close-up

[rollmeupabe]

Thanks to everyone for the input. I think the correct answer is 145 when buying, 155 when selling

[Dick]

Rollmeupabe, that depends on who is selling, and who is buying. Now if I am buying, then it should be 155, but if I am selling, then it obviously is 145! "Makes cents to me"!
Dick