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I can't help wondering how big a cube you'd need to fill it with 1 million $1 coins.

43x43 piles of 541 coins each make 1000309 coins with a pile height of 541*2mm = 1.082m, while the width would be somewhat less than 43*26.5mm = 1.1395m with a hexagonal packing.

So just over 1m cubed, a little smaller than the bill version. But at 8100 kg, tons heavier.






Edit: Well, damn. I got about the same as you did and rechecked my math and got it wrong.

Anyway, the weight would be 8.1 metric tons.

https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coins-and-medals/circulating-co...


This is what 8 million (Swiss) 5c pieces looks like: https://cdn.unitycms.io/images/BasDL2iBqV3BLXFiXIPDdm.jpg?op...

(A party put them in front of the parliament to launch a campaign for universal basic income)




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