Number of Coins in Mint Bags?

[ToddsPoint]

It's winter, and I'm bored...

I know for certain that a bag of $20 gold double eagles from the mint contained 250 coins, or $5000 face value, and weighed 22.5 lbs.

I'm guessing the other gold denominations were multiples, as in $10 eagles with 500 coins, $5 half eagle with 1000 coins and $2 1/2 quarter eagle with 2000 coins. All with $5000 face value and all weighing 22.5 lbs. This is just a guess.


What about the pre-'65 silver coins? How many in a bag and what did they weigh? Gary

 

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[Dozer D]

I don't think the limiting factor is by WEIGHT, but rather by exact FACE VALUE Quantity Count.

 

[ToddsPoint]

I figured the gold was all $5000 face but wasn't sure about the silver. I guess no one has any mint bags laying around that can tell me. Gary

 

[PetesPockets55]

It's winter, and I'm bored...

I know for certain that a bag of $20 gold double eagles from the mint contained 250 coins, or $5000 face value, and weighed 22.5 lbs.

I'm guessing the other gold denominations were multiples, as in $10 eagles with 500 coins, $5 half eagle with 1000 coins and $2 1/2 quarter eagle with 2000 coins. All with $5000 face value and all weighing 22.5 lbs. This is just a guess.
What about the pre-'65 silver coins? How many in a bag and what did they weigh? Gary

Good info at this LINK on US mint issued bags.

Well, let's look at the weights of mint bags (1900 to present):

Cents- (5000 per bag)
..... Copper cents- 5000x3.1g= 15,500g= 33.07 lbs
..... Zinc cents- 5000x2.5g= 12,500g= 27.56 lbs

Nickels- (5000 per bag)
......................... 5000x5 g= 25,000g= 55.11 lbs.

Dimes- (5000 per bag)
*..... Silver- 5,000x2.5g= 12,500g= 27.56 lbs
*..... Clad- 5,000x2.27= 11,350g= 25.02 lbs


Quarters- (4000 per bag)
*..... Silver- 4,000x6.25g= 25,000g= 55.12 lbs
*..... Clad- 4,000x5.67g= 22,580g= 49.78 lbs

Half's- (2000 per bag)
..... Silver- 2,000x12.5g= 25,000g= 55.12 lbs
*..... 40% silver- 2,000x11.5g= 23,000g= 50.71 lbs
*..... Clad- 2,000x11.34= 22,680g= 50.00 lbs

Dollars- (25 to 2000 per bag)
..... 90% Silver- 2,000x26.73g= 53,460g= 117.86 lbs
..... Silver Ike- 2,000x24.62g= 49,240g= 108.56 lbs
..... Clad Ike- 2,000x22.68g= 45,360g= 100.00 lbs

..... SBA- (25 & 100 per bag)
--------------- 25x8.1g= 202.5g= .45 lb
------------------- 100x8.1g= 810g= 1.79 lbs

..... Sac.- 2000x8.1g= 16,200 g= 35.71 lbs

..... Pres.- (100& 250)
------------- 100x8.1g= 810g= 1.79 lbs
------------- 250x8.1g= 2,015g= 4.44 lbs

..... Native American- 140,000 (YES! 2,615 lbs incl. steel pallet from US Mint-5/8/18)
--------------------- 140,000x8.1g= 1,134,000g= 2,500.04 lbs

Hope someone finds this interesting or at least helpful!
(Guess my daughter was right as a teen, telling me I really needed to get a life. LOL)

* = Edit on 2/13/2019 to correct info. (Thanks Tommybuckets and TxAG at Coin Roll Hunting forum)
Please let me know if any others are incorrect.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Thanks Pete, that's just what I was looking for. Silver dollars...117 lbs.! I guess no one snatched up one of those and ran away. Gary

 

[pulltabfelix]

I think most of us here have a life. At least we are not laying around eating potato chips watching some stupid TV show. Coins and metal detecting help me keep my brain active. Or even worse being in politics and screwing up a lot of people's lives.
But teens will always look at their parent's hobbies as being weird. That is just the way it is.