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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Snapshot:

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    PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,112 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ARE you kidding me!!!

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    DiggerJimDiggerJim Posts: 489 ✭✭✭✭

    Hey I think that’s a 1914-D MS66 right on top!!!

    DiggerJim

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,036 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Colossal waste of time! Akin to covering your floor in them.

    bob :)

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    CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 1, 2019 12:45PM

    The basic unit appears to be a stack of 5 coins. Each level has n-squared stacks. There appear to be about 60 levels with some missing. Summing n-squared to 60 we get a funky formula which is on the order of n-cubed / 6. Comes out to about 36,000 stacks or 180,000 pennies - $1,800 more or less. There about 140 pennies in a pound so have about 1300 pounds. I'm assuming they did not cheat and make the thing hollow, or put in a void for somebody's tomb, etc. Also we can't see the back, which could be made out of $20 libs or something else.

    Ya know, you could not pay me $1,800 to build such a thing.....not enough patience........

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    OMG !!! ;)

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    HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Two sided pyramid? Notice the the base supporting the pyramid does not seem to extend around the two sides of the pyramid that are not visible. I'd like to see an overhead picture. Preferably taken from a miniature helicopter made out of wooden nickels.

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    1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,156 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coinosaurus said:

    The basic unit appears to be a stack of 5 coins. Each level has n-squared stacks. There appear to be about 60 levels with some missing. Summing n-squared to 60 we get a funky formula which is on the order of n-cubed / 6. Comes out to about 36,000 stacks or 180,000 pennies - $1,800 more or less. There about 140 pennies in a pound so have about 1300 pounds. I'm assuming they did not cheat and make the thing hollow, or put in a void for somebody's tomb, etc. Also we can't see the back, which could be made out of $20 libs or something else.

    Ya know, you could not pay me $1,800 to build such a thing.....not enough patience........

    Actually, that is 938,322 cents weighing 5,792 pounds and he has 91.993 to go for the world record :smile:

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    JBKJBK Posts: 17,514 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My first reaction is WOW! :o

    My second reaction is WHY? :#

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    Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wonder if it is solid and (as posted already) complete on all sides.

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    JeffnluJeffnlu Posts: 297 ✭✭✭✭

    Meh, show me one built out of Morgans, then I'll be impressed. :D

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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hopefully they were checking for varieties while building it. :D

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,935 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 3, 2019 12:49PM

    More evidence of their inherent value. Our legislators should be proud.

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    illini420illini420 Posts: 11,564 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Jeffnlu said:
    Meh, show me one built out of Morgans, then I'll be impressed. :D

    Just time travel to 1962 Seattle and you can see one... probably some Peace Dollars in there too though.

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    Mdcoincollector2003Mdcoincollector2003 Posts: 665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder if they pulled the wheats and foreigns out. There was also probably a good chance of an Indian and proof in that.

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    Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,410 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I say it's all glued together. Say it ain't so! Peace Roy

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    OnastoneOnastone Posts: 4,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 1, 2019 5:28PM

    Look closely at the base, using shiny cents and brown cents, he has made a diamond pattern.
    Could this be photoshop trickery?
    It doesn't appear to be symmetrical all the way around...but the video at the beginning makes it seem quite symmetrical.

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    jabbajabba Posts: 3,177 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 1, 2019 5:27PM

    I was wondering where all the pennies go


    https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/publishedset/209923

    https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/quarters/washington-quarters-major-sets/washington-quarters-date-set-circulation-strikes-1932-present/album/209923

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    Walt_AltmenWalt_Altmen Posts: 184 ✭✭✭

    I wish all the “take a penny” plates were that organized.

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    oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 13,076 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't see a "penny" in this...however I see lots of "cents".

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    ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,916 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For everyone wanting to see all sides. :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro5Dqb65Udw

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    ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,916 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Besides the time and effort to build it, think about the time to stop photo for the video and the amount of photos that would be required.

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    GRANDAMGRANDAM Posts: 8,785 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I wonder how many times it fall apart during construction?

    GrandAm :)
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    metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,614 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What the !!! is my first reaction.

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    thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does the world record have financial incentive?

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I cannot understand why anyone would do this....I guess if someone has an empty life, bereft of challenge or interests, then perhaps boredom drives the effort. Not for me... Cheers, RickO

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    kbbpllkbbpll Posts: 542 ✭✭✭✭

    The time lapse shows some elaborate patterns buried inside. Clearly the creator is not worried about wasted effort.

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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 32,644 ✭✭✭✭✭

    nice, I wonder how much time they spent building that one? I like :)

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