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So How Many Quarters is $460,000 ?

Roger Herrin

So How Many Quarters is $460,000 ?

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One reader says let’s do the math;
$460,000 over 25 months
25 months = 760 days
760 minus weekends = 544 days
544 days minus paid holidays = 524 days
524 days minus 3 weeks vacation = 494 days of work in 25 months
1.8 million quarters divided by 494 days = 3643 quarters per day!
If $100 in quarters equals 5 lbs, then $1000 = 50 lbs,
then 3643= approx 180 POUNDS PER DAY!!
But feel free to check my math.
Either way, this is WAY too much to be a one person job!

but some differ in their mathematical

To put this in perspective, and bearing in mind that $100 in quarters weighs 5 pounds, taking $460,000 in quarters requires carrying 31.5 pounds out of the building every single day. If he didn’t go to work on weekends or holidays, and was there 250 days per year, he’d have to carry out 46 pounds a day. If he missed a day, he’d have to carry out over 90 pounds, more than a sack of cement. You don’t put that in your pants pockets and converting that many quarters to cash would be a full time job by itself.

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most think that he didnt act alone

I don’t think he took 12 tons of quarters. He stole some, and others stole some too.He got caught, and copped to it once he knew he wouldn’t go to jail. The trick will be watching his finances to see where he gets the money to pay it back. My guess is he will be getting lots of bank envelopes full of cash from various people over the next few years.

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