How much is a pound of pennies worth?

A pound of pennies produced from the design launched in 1982 is worth $1.81, containing 181 pennies at 2.5 grams each. Pennies minted from 1962 to 1982 contain less copper in the plating. Based on a weight of 3.11 grams each, a pound of those pennies is worth about $1.45. read more

Uncirculated pennies in certain years can be worth face value to hundreds of dollars by the roll.. So a roll is about 5oz, pennies vary in weight by year.. 16oz in a pound, that is a little over 3 rolls, so at face value, you have a little over a $1.50 in coins, from there it goes up by what kind of pennies are in that pound.. read more

So there are about 180 zinc cents / pennies per pound. Those numbers of pennies per pound are of course for new, "uncirculated", zinc or copper cents. When minted, new copper cents weigh about 3.11 grams each and new zinc cents about 2.5 grams each and that is our basis for the number of pennies in a pound. read more