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How much does a US nickel weigh?
5 g0.176 ozWhich one: US Mint spec
A US nickel weighs about 5 g (0.176 oz).
Household items, coins and gadgets, using a standard size or a well-known model.
How heavy is that?
- A US nickel weighs about as much as 5 paperclips.
- A US nickel weighs about as much as 200 grains of rice.
- It takes about 12 US nickels to balance an egg.
- It takes about 900 US nickels to balance a cat.
About the same weight
More everyday objects
- US penny 2.5 g
- Sheet of paper 4.99 g
- Credit card 5 g
- US quarter 5.67 g
- Pencil 5.8 g
- US half dollar 11.3 g
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