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A while back I read a story about a local Lions club that was asking for pennies for charity.\u00a0 They wanted to raise something like 1 million pennies to help a little league rebuild its ballpark.\u00a0 The club was asking for pennies because they aren\u2019t worth much and people are willing to donate them (here<\/a>).\u00a0 So\u2026It got me thinking. How much is a million pennies worth, really?<\/p>\n

The answer is: a million pennies is $10,000 dollars<\/em>.<\/p>\n

How Much Is A Million Pennies Worth?<\/h3>\n

The math is pretty simple.<\/p>\n

Per the coinage act of 1792, each US dollar is worth 100 pennies (clicky<\/a>).\u00a0 \u00a0So, you simply divide 1 million by 100 to get the number of dollars.\u00a0 Or, 1,000,000 \/ 100.\u00a0 This gives you $10,000.<\/p>\n

So, how many dollars is one million pennies? Its $10,000.<\/p>\n

Here Are Some Fun Facts About Pennies:<\/h3>\n

1) Pennies are made out of 2.5% copper, with the rest made out of Zinc.<\/p>\n

2) Between 1828 and 1848, pennies were made out of copper from Cornwall, England.\u00a0 After 1850 the mint used copper ore from Michigan.<\/p>\n

3) Per Wikipedia<\/a>, pennies used to be much larger.\u00a0 For example in 1857 the penny was about the size of a Susan B Anthony dollar.<\/p>\n

4) Each penny weighs about 2.5 grams. Thus, a million pennies weigh about 2.5 million grams. This translates to 5,511 pounds.<\/p>\n

5) Pennies are 1.52 millimeters thick. If you stacked a million pennies on top of each other, they\u2019d be about .94 miles tall.<\/p>\n

6) Pennies have smooth edges.<\/p>\n

7) Due to changing commodity prices, sometimes the value of the copper in US pennies is worth more than its face value.\u00a0 But, don\u2019t think you can find a bunch of pure copper pennies and melt them down.\u00a0 Per the Federal Register, this is against treasury regulations and could get you into hot water (click here if you want to read the regs yourself<\/a>).<\/p>\n

8) The most valuable penny you might find in circulation today is the 1983 double die reverse.\u00a0 The word \u201cdouble die\u201d refers to an error in the minting process whereby the coin is struck twice. This causes the coin\u2019s design to slightly overlap. For the 1983 pennies, the error is on the back where it says \u201cONE CENT\u201d.\u00a0 Here is an image of what this looks like:<\/p>\n

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Image source: Ebay.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9) There are lots of pennies. There are about 130 billion pennies currently in circulation. In 2020 the Mint produced about 4.4 billion pennies.<\/p>\n

10) In 2025, The Trump Administration announced it was planning on getting rid of the penny.\u00a0 This is because the penny costs 3.7 cents to manufacture, meaning the government looses money on each penny it produces.\u00a0 Its unclear if the Administration can do this via executive order, as some legal analysts feel only Congress can abolish the penny, see the PBS story on this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By way of a conclusion, pennies are great for talking about compound interest. Dividend Power has a great article that talks about what happens when you double a penny every day for 30 days<\/a>.\u00a0 Hint: In effect it says that compound interest is so powerful that at the end of 30 days you\u2019ll have more than $5.3 million dollars\u2026<\/p>\n

For More Great Dinks Articles Read These:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Got a Half Million Spare Dollars? Why not buy an oil well?<\/a><\/p>\n

Here Are Ten Factors Affecting Your Wealth<\/a><\/p>\n

Building Wealth On $600 Per Month \u2013 Yes, You Can Do It<\/a><\/p>\n

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James Hendrickson<\/a><\/h3>\n
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James Hendrickson is an internet entrepreneur, blogging junky, hunter and personal finance geek. When he\u2019s not lurking in coffee shops in Portland, Oregon, you\u2019ll find him in the Pacific Northwest\u2019s great outdoors. James has a masters degree in Sociology from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Bachelors degree on Sociology from Earlham College. He loves individual stocks, bonds and precious metals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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