Pennies

Would you rather get

  • A billion dollars (usd) in pennies dumped on your home

    Votes: 24 58.5%

  • A hundred thousand (usd) deposited in your bank account

    Votes: 17 41.5%
  • Total voters
    41
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Novax25

TKR 6 - IA Staff
FYI a penny is .01 usd

the pennies appear on your roof 

The pennies will appear whenever you choose within the next day (basically no cheesing saying I’ll build a giant funnel)

Neither of the options will affect the market

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Just when you think you’ve got an original, yet pointless, idea…The Internet proves you wrong. 
 

“A penny is worth 1 cent So 2.5 x 1,000,000 = 2,500,000 grams. Now, 2.5 million grams would be the answer if each penny was worth $1, but it is worth $0.01, so then multiply 2,500,000 by 100 and you get 250,000,000 grams. Converted to pounds, that is 551150 pounds. In tons, that is 275.575 tons.”

 
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Opa-Athenalite said:
Just when you think you’ve got an original, yet pointless, idea…The Internet proves you wrong. 
 

“A penny is worth 1 cent So 2.5 x 1,000,000 = 2,500,000 grams. Now, 2.5 million grams would be the answer if each penny was worth $1, but it is worth $0.01, so then multiply 2,500,000 by 100 and you get 250,000,000 grams. Converted to pounds, that is 551150 pounds. In tons, that is 275.575 tons.”
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This maths doesn't maths. $1b in pennies is 100b pennies. Each penny weighs 2.5g. 2.5*100b is 250b g or 250m kg

 
How is anyone choosing the $100k? One billion dollars is enough money to set you up for generational wealth to the extent you will never have to stress about money ever again. Even if those Pennie’s flatten your house you can easily buy a new one. Take the pennies, rent a shit ton of 18 wheelers to come scoop them up to bring them to deposit in a bank. No brainer. 

 
Lancelot said:
How is anyone choosing the $100k? One billion dollars is enough money to set you up for generational wealth to the extent you will never have to stress about money ever again. Even if those Pennie’s flatten your house you can easily buy a new one. Take the pennies, rent a shit ton of 18 wheelers to come scoop them up to bring them to deposit in a bank. No brainer. 
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Well reasoned, counselor. Exactly what I would do. 

 
$1b worth of pennies = 100b pennies

1 penny = 2.5gm constituting 97.5%Zn and 2.5%Cu

Therefore...

100b pennies = 250,000 tonne total weight = 243,750 tonne Zn + 6,250 tonne Cu

243,750 tonne Zn @ ≈ $2,800/tonne = $682.5m worth of Zn

6,250 tonne Cu @ ≈ $8,800/tonne = $55m worth of Cu

Even if you can't make good a penny in its coin form, you can still smelt it down to its constituent elements and do quite well.

 
Etat said:
$1b worth of pennies = 100b pennies

1 penny = 2.5gm constituting 97.5%Zn and 2.5%Cu

Therefore...

100b pennies = 250,000 tonne total weight = 243,750 tonne Zn + 6,250 tonne Cu

243,750 tonne Zn @ ≈ $2,800/tonne = $682.5m worth of Zn

6,250 tonne Cu @ ≈ $8,800/tonne = $55m worth of Cu

Even if you can't make good a penny in its coin form, you can still smelt it down to its constituent elements and do quite well.
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I’m pretty sure the government won’t want you smelting down their money. 

 
Doctor said:
Etat said:
$1b worth of pennies = 100b pennies

1 penny = 2.5gm constituting 97.5%Zn and 2.5%Cu

Therefore...

100b pennies = 250,000 tonne total weight = 243,750 tonne Zn + 6,250 tonne Cu

243,750 tonne Zn @ ≈ $2,800/tonne = $682.5m worth of Zn

6,250 tonne Cu @ ≈ $8,800/tonne = $55m worth of Cu

Even if you can't make good a penny in its coin form, you can still smelt it down to its constituent elements and do quite well.
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I’m pretty sure the government won’t want you smelting down their money. 
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I'm pretty sure it's illegal to smelt money

 
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