Apr 13th, 2017: Bottle-Cap Alley

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by blueboy56

Uh. . . You mention it is ~50 meters long and 2 meters wide but didn't say how deep is my love. Sort of.

Boom-tish.
He'll be here all week folks, we also have ham on the menu.

[blueboy56]

Just saw a story on news Re: the Trevi Fountain in Rome. It gets about $1.5 million in coins per year. Does anyone know how long it would take to fill up if they didn't sweep it out every day?

[xoxoxoBruce]

It's big, 65 ft wide and in the movies looks a couple ft deep. BBC News, in 2006, said they collected an estimated 3,000 euros each night. But assuming the coins are from a shitload of countries, that doesn't help much.

7. It’s a crime to steal the coins from the Trevi
Perhaps for just that reason, it’s illegal to fish out coins from the fountain. In the past it was common for gangs of thieves to sweep the coins out of the fountain at night. In fact, three were caught by a T.V. show using a hidden camera in 2011. The most famous raider, however, was known by his nickname, d’Artagnan. He stole the coins from the fountain for 34 years before he was caught in the summer of 2002.

So they didn't start the daily sweep until at least 2011 The fountain was refurbished, and reopened in December of 2015. They may not have started until then.

So to answer your question... duh, Idono.