Don't know what to think of this article, but some things don't add up. "he wheeled his collection in on a dolly to see how much he had." First off, the weight of that many coins? I collect pennies (Cents. I know) for the copper play. they consistently run 165 to the pound. So that means he had 3,113 pounds worth of pennies. He rolled them in on a dolly? If he can MOVE over 1 and a 1/2 TONS of coins on a dolly, he is a superman. It didn't happen. Secondly, how did he GET them there? IN his car? Ahhh, not as easy as you think. My TRUCK says the payload in the back is 1 ton. I couldn't even get them there in my truck, much less this old man getting them there in a car.
Then there is the loading OF that vehicle. Let's assume he has a dually and could get that much on a truck. They say they were in "15 plastic containers". that's an average of 207 pounds per bag, if they all were exactly even in quantity. He lifted 15 bags of over 200 pounds each into his vehicle at home, and off again at the bank?
Last issue is volume. Both in the bags and in the vehicle. Each bag would have about 35,000 coins in them. I don't know of bags that would HOLD that much. The bags on the coin counters at my bank hold $50 worth of pennies, and then the teller that changes out the bag struggles to pick up that bag. Imagine SEVEN of those bags? I know of NO ONE that could carry those bags, and NO bags that could support the weight. Then the physical volume. Have you ever stacked $25 penny boxes? I have. And it take SPACE. the SPACE of 205 of thee boxes is MUCH more than a vehicle OR a dolly could fit. I know his were in the bags (the 207 pound each bags) but it should be about the same physical volume either way.
No, this article sounds great, but something doesn't add up here. A LOT of things don't add up here.
And the guy is 73 years old! Slinging those 200 pound bags all over the place and pushing 3,113 pounds on a dolly. I:m calling something fishy on this.
