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Actually copper, nickel and silver help to inhibit bacterial growth, therefore coins are far less likely to carry numerous bacterial colonies.

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What nine coins can you use to make 93 cents and there are 2 more dimes than qaurters?

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Oh, dude, let me break it down for you. So, 25,723 dimes would be worth $2,572.30, and 231,524 pennies would be $2,315.24. So yeah, the dimes are worth more, like obviously, but who's counting when it's all just loose change, am I right?


How many more pennies than dimes must you end with?

Must you end with? I would say none.


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What nine coins can you use to make ninety-three cents and there are 2 more dimes than quarters?

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Why are dimes smaller than pennies but have a bigger amount?

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What weighs more a pound of pennies or a pound of dimes?

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How much is 190 pounds of pennies nickels dimes and quarters worth?

It would all depend on the mix. If you had 180 pounds of pennies and the other 10 pounds were nickels, dimes and quarters that would be worth a lot LESS THAN if you had 180 pounds of quarters and the other 10 pounds were pennies, nickels and dimes.


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It's plated. The US never made silver pennies - for one thing, they'd be worth more than dimes!