One square foot of Lincoln cents.

[Petespockets55]

This topic came up on another thread and thought I'd share the info here.

Two common ways to put cents into a square 12"x12".


Method "A"- 1 foot square area = 16 cents x 16 cents (equal number of rows and columns)
256 cents in 1 square foot



Method "B"- 1 square foot area = 16 cents x 18.5 cents(+-) (Successive rows staggered)
296 cents in 1 square foot

(Method "B" requires about 15.6% more cents to cover the same area.)

Now you can plan and save for those copper projects you've been dreaming of.