It's mass is 2.5 grams.
3.11 grams for pennies made from 1959 to 1982
US Lincoln cents from 1909-1982 weigh 3.11 grams coins from 1983 to date weigh 2.5 grams
2,500,000g. (two million and five-hindred thousand grams. (us standard penny of 2001+ print))
First, you have to tell us WHICH penny. If you mean the new U S penny, a billion of THOSE would weigh 5,511,565 pounds. More or less. Yes, that is over 5 and a half million pounds.
It depends on the date.Indian Head pennies dated 1864 to 1909 weigh 3.11 grams.The Lincoln, Wheat Ears Reverse penny weighs 3.11 grams except for steel cents made only in 1943 that weigh 2.67 grams.The Lincoln, Memorial Reverse penny (1959 to mid 1982) weighs 3.11 grams.The Lincoln, Memorial Reverse penny (mid 1982 to present) weighs 2.5 grams.It's not easy to tell the 1982s apart, so to figure out how many cents weigh a pound (or any other amount) you'd have to decide which date range you wanted to use and eliminate all 1982 coins. A pound is 453.6 gm so just divide that by the weight of the penny date that you decided to use.See Related Links, below, for a list of all current specifications for other U.S. coinsRead more, below about the various pennies.
The current penny weighs 2.5 grams. 1100 x 2.5 = 2750 grams which is about 6.06 pounds (US).
A penny weighs more than a dime. Current US Penny: 2.500 grams Current US Dime: 2.268 grams
The weight depends on the year, as there was a change in the metal composition in 1982. Pennies minted after that weigh 2.5 grams. Older ones weigh 3.11 grams.
3.11 grams for pennies made from 1959 to 1982
US Lincoln cents from 1909-1982 weigh 3.11 grams coins from 1983 to date weigh 2.5 grams
The current US Dime weighs 2.268 grams. The current British Penny weighs 3.56 grams.
US bills and coins are generally dimensioned in SI units. Current paper bills weigh 1 gm each, or about 0.035 ounces.
1909-Current Date; Abraham Lincoln
A nickel weighs the most.The US mint lists the weights of current circulating coins:Dime - 2.27 gmCent - 2.5 gmNickel - 5.0 gm
Modern copper-plated zinc cents weigh 2.5 gm or about 0.09 oz. Older bronze cents (mid-1982 and earlier) weigh 3.11 gm or approx 0.11oz
2,500,000g. (two million and five-hindred thousand grams. (us standard penny of 2001+ print))
One US cent weighs 2.5 grams or 0.0882 ounces.