June 25, 2012 - A Penny for your Thoughts
 

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From Floor and Decor.

Here's another image showing it being laid out.

Find a penny pick it up...

This might take a while.

It's common cents.

Oh, yeah: Thanks classicman.

I couldn't get your original image to copy as an image. It says it's a part of a video.

no prob.. here ya go.

Hey Kerosene - Does that father in the pic look like anyone you know?

Probably not to you, but I did a double-take when I first saw it on my news feed.

Another fun fact, math nerds please verify....
I read that the cost per sq ft. was $2.58 in pennies.
GO!

The diameter of a US penny is 0.750 inches, so it's area is 0.4415 sq in.
A 1x1 ft square has an area of 144 sq in.

The pattern for maximum packing of US pennies in a 1x1 ft square
is left as a simple mind-exercise for the Reader... :rolleyes:










Mathematics

I would ask why you insist on packing a square foot of pennies in a shape that is a square? To my mind, a square foot of pennies could be much more reasonably accommodated in a hexagon.

because your parents were honeybees ?

because circles pack well in hexagons

Maybe he grew up in Hex House.

Oh, bee hive!

Squashing my buzz. :mad:

I want a DIY guide. How do you seal those down? We have wood laminate floors now, could you do it on top of that?