About 181 pennies per pound.
100 pennies = 1 pound.
240 copper pennies equal a pound.
1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pennies so 1 pound = 240 pennies.
There were 240 pre-decimal pennies in a pound.
About 181 pennies per pound.
In 1 pound of pre-1982 copper pennies, there are approx 448 grams of weight. Knowing that a copper pre-82 penny weighs 3.11 grams, simply divide the approx 448 grams in 1 pound by the individual penny weight of 3.11grams. The answer to"how many copper pennies does it take to make a pound" is this.It would take 144.05144 copper pennies to weight 1 pound........give or take a couple.One copper cent weighs 3.11 grams, and one pound is 453.59 grams. Do the math, and it comes out to 146 copper cents per pound.
100 pennies = 1 pound.
240 copper pennies equal a pound.
1 pound = 20 shillings, 1 shilling = 12 pennies so 1 pound = 240 pennies.
There are approximately 147 copper pennies in one pound.
240- there were 12 pennies in a shilling and 20 shillings in a pound.
There were 240 pre-decimal pennies in a pound.
100 pence (=pennies)
Now it is 100 pence to the pound. Pre decimal currency, there were 240 pennies in a pound.
One Pennie is about 1 oz. in weight. So 16 oz. per pound multiplied by 50 equals 800
Prior to decimalisation, there were 240 Pennies in a British Pound. On decimalisation, there are 100 Pennies in a British Pound.