This article will show you the exact weight of a roll of quarters.
Knowing the weight of a roll of coins, in this case, quarters can be very effective when trying to determine the weight of something else if you don’t have a scale handy.
Referencing the weight of a roll of quarters is easy and convenient to do.
It’s not often that you will carry around a roll of coins and chances are you don’t know how much they weigh.
Coins can vary in size, materials, and weight so keep that in mind when referencing coin weight.
This article will reference the weight of the USA silver quarter coin.
So how much does a roll of quarters weigh?
In the USA, 1 roll of quarters weighs 226.8 grams or 8 ounces. This weight is also equal to 0.5 pounds. Each quarter weighs exactly 5.670 grams.
1 USA quarter coin = 5.670 grams
40 USA quarter coins = 226.8 grams
This weight does not include any coin holder sheets or coin rollers that hold the coins.
If you want to know the weight of a roll of quarters including the coin roller, you need to add a few grams to the weight depending on what the coins are rolled with.
There are 40 quarters in a roll and each quarter is worth 25 cents. A roll of quarters is valued at $10 USA funds.
Dimensions of a USA quarter
The diameter of a quarter is 0.955 inches or 24.26 mm. Its thickness is 1.75 mm.
What is a quarter made of?
The USA quarter is a silver coin composed of copper and nickel. It is exactly 8.33% nickel and the remaining is copper.
Weight of a roll of quarters – factors to consider
When determining the weight of a roll of pennies, you need to consider a few things.
- Type of quarter – which country is it from?
- How many quarters are in a roll?
- What is used to roll the quarters?
For example, let’s reference the Canadian quarter coin. There are 40 quarters in a standard roll of Canadian quarters which equals 10 dollars.
This is similar to the USA quarter roll with the exception of the weight. Each quarter in Canadian coins weighs 4.4 grams, therefore 40 of them equal 176 grams which is 50.8 grams lighter than the USA roll of quarters.
You will also need to add the weight of the coin wrapper used to roll the coins.
Items that weigh the same as a roll of quarters
As mentioned above, you can use coins as a weight reference to compare other items.
Here are a few things that weigh the same (or close) to a roll of quarters.
1.5 Bananas
Most bananas weigh around 120 grams. So half of a banana weighs 60 grams which is very close to weighing the same as a roll of quarters.
15 AAA Batteries
The weight of an alkaline AAA battery is around 11.5 grams. Therefore 15 of these batteries will weigh very close to 176 grams equalling a roll of quarters.
176 Dollar bills
A dollar bill in the USA weighs 1 gram regardless of the denomination. A twenty-dollar bill weighs the same as a one-dollar bill.
If you had 176 dollar bills, they will weigh 176 grams which is equal to the weight of a roll of quarters in the USA.
How much does a 5-gallon bucket of quarters weigh?
The answer will vary depending on how many quarters you can pack into the bucket.
Placement of the coins will be crucial to determining how many you can fit.
But you should be able to fit between 13,000-14,000 quarters in a 5-gallon bucket.
Let’s use 13,500 as an average number.
Each quarter weighs 5.670 grams, therefore 13,500 quarters weigh 76,545 grams which is equal to 168.75 pounds and including the weight of the bucket, will be close to 170 pounds total.
How much does $100 in quarters weigh?
If you happen to have $100 in quarters, you will have 400 quarters as they are 25 cents each.
Knowing that each quarter weighs 5.670 grams, 400 quarters equal 2268 grams or 5 pounds.
How much does 1 million dollars in quarters weigh?
1 million dollars in quarters is a lot of quarters. 4 million to be exact.
To determine the weight of this many quarters you can divide 4 million by 40 to determine how many rolls of quarters there would be which is 100,000.
Since 1 roll of quarters weighs 226.8 grams or 8 ounces, 100,000 rolls weigh 800,000 ounces which is equal to 50,000 pounds.
1 million dollars in quarters weigh 50,000 pounds!
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