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22 June 2006

MeCha! I Challenge You to count these coins and guess correctly!

post by: fenriq at: 13:39 | 22 comments

≡ Click to see image ≡

The winner wins something. The closest to it wins something too. It's still being counted so it may take a little while.

Some stats: It weighs 65 pounds, is 12 inches tall and 8 inches wide at its thickest. It took a long time to fill up. When it was half full it had about $650 in it.

posted by fenriq 22 June | 13:41

I guessed at flickr. That is one awesome brandy snifter...

posted by iconomy 22 June | 13:42

$326.42

posted by jonmc 22 June | 13:44

I guessed at flickr too.

posted by SassHat 22 June | 13:47

I'll go out on a limb and say $1300.

Hell, I'll live a little. $1300.87.

posted by ferociouskitty 22 June | 13:47

37 cents

posted by Capn 22 June | 13:50

$1100.33

posted by cmonkey 22 June | 13:54

Wait, I want to change my answer

37 cents, 4 buttons, a paperclip and a bobbypin.

posted by Capn 22 June | 13:57

Obviously fake.

posted by brainwidth 22 June | 14:01

$1157.43.00

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 22 June | 14:19

42?

Okay, $1042.42?

posted by elizard 22 June | 14:21

brainwidth, I can assure it is not. You'd like more photos? How about a video?

Its about half empty now, I've got to go get more quarter rolls.

posted by fenriq 22 June | 14:26

$777.77

I lowballed it horribly when my friends did this a few months ago.

posted by Eideteker 22 June | 15:01

$1262.53

posted by Specklet 22 June | 15:29

$1234.56

posted by Capn 22 June | 15:35

$978.34 not including lint

posted by chewatadistance 22 June | 15:42

$1000.00 dollars.

posted by seanyboy 22 June | 16:13

Forty-seven pounds eight shillings and threepence farthing.

posted by essexjan 22 June | 16:21

Are we counting coins or value?

posted by eamondaly 22 June | 17:44

$900.00

posted by deborah 22 June | 18:28

Dibs on the pennies. All 829 of them.

posted by kyleg 22 June | 20:32

Oh, duhhh... I didn't see the stats before. Umm, better revise my guess then to $1369.06.

posted by Eideteker 22 June | 22:15

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