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  2. Would You Rather Have a Penny Doubled Every Day for a Month ...

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    On Day 20, when a penny doubles for 30 days, you’ll have $5,242.88 in your bank account. By Day 21, you’ll break $10,000. How Much Is 1 Penny a Day Doubled for 28 Days?

  3. Wheat and chessboard problem - Wikipedia

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    Updated for modern times using pennies and a hypothetical question such as "Would you rather have a million dollars or a penny on day one, doubled every day until day 30?", the formula has been used to explain compound interest. (Doubling would yield over one billion seventy three million pennies, or over 10 million dollars: 2 30 −1 ...

  4. Missing dollar riddle - Wikipedia

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    The solution appears very obvious if the owner withdraws every day only $10 from $50. To add up 40 + 30 + 20 + 10 using the same pattern from above would be too obviously wrong (result would be $100). The answer to the question, "Where did the extra dollar come from?" can be found from consecutively adding the bank rest from three different days.

  5. 6 Pennies from the 1900s Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    1969-S Lincoln Penny-Doubled Die Obverse. The 1969-S Lincoln penny is one of the most valuable double die varieties ever produced, according to Gainesville Coins. Doubling is seen on the obverse ...

  6. 4 Lesser-Known Coins That Are Worth Thousands of Dollars

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    This penny’s high value is mainly because there are not a lot of specimens with this particular doubling. Per PCGS, the auction record for this coin took place in 2019 and totaled $14,400. 1969 ...

  7. Coin rotation paradox - Wikipedia

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    The outer coin makes two rotations rolling once around the inner coin. The path of a single point on the edge of the moving coin is a cardioid.. The coin rotation paradox is the counter-intuitive math problem that, when one coin is rolled around the rim of another coin of equal size, the moving coin completes not one but two full rotations after going all the way around the stationary coin ...

  8. 12 of the Rarest U.S. Mint Error Coins Worth a Fortune - AOL

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    Coins like the 1943 Copper Penny, struck in copper instead of wartime steel, or the 1955 Doubled Die Penny, with a striking double image, are worth thousands — or even millions — due to these ...

  9. 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln cent or Lincoln penny is also colloquially referred to as a wheat penny because the reverse features two wheat heads. The 1909 penny weighs 3.11 g (0.110 oz) and has a 19 mm (0.75 in) diameter with a plain edge. The composition of the penny is bronze. [1] Its metal composition is 95% copper, 2.5% tin and 2.5% zinc. [2]