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How much does a US penny weigh?
2.5 g0.0882 ozWhich one: US Mint spec
A US penny weighs about 2.5 g (0.0882 oz).
Household items, coins and gadgets, using a standard size or a well-known model.
How heavy is that?
- A US penny weighs about as much as 2.5 paperclips.
- A US penny weighs about as much as 100 grains of rice.
- It takes about 48 US pennies to balance a banana.
- It takes about 850 US pennies to balance a brick.
About the same weight
More everyday objects
- Plastic bottle cap 1.3 g
- Metal bottle cap 2.1 g
- LEGO brick 2.32 g
- Sheet of paper 4.99 g
- Credit card 5 g
- US nickel 5 g
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