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by John Eoff on April 11th, 2006

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How many grams of each element are in a typical U.S. quarter, dime, nickel and penny?

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  • by Quirkie on May 4th, 2006

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    To two decimal places for typical coins:
    quarter: 5.20g copper, 0.47g nickel. (total mass 5.670g)
    dime: 2.08g copper, 0.19g nickel. (total mass 2.268g)
    nickel: 3.75g copper, 1.25g nickel. (total mass 5.000g)
    penny: 2.44g zinc, 0.06g copper. (total mass 2.500g)

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