.76- .83 mm thick
a centimeter
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It is physically impossible to fold a piece of paper in half more than 8 times. However, assuming you could do it (though it would be easier to cut the pile so far in half and put one half on top of the other), then: After 1 fold the stack has 2 sheets After 2 folds the stack has 4 sheets After 3 folds the stack has 8 sheets After n folds the stack has 2^n sheets After 50 folds the stack will be 2⁵⁰ sheets thick As each sheet is 0.1mm, the stack will be: 2⁵⁰ × 0.1 mm = 112589990684262.4 mm thick = 112589990.6842624 km thick ≈ 1.126 × 10¹¹ m thick
Regulation diminsions are 25.4 mm thick and 76.2 mm diameter.
It is, in fact, 1.75 mm thick, not 2 mm. So any reasons which tried to explain why it is 2 mm thick would be contradicted by reality!
a flea or a crumb could be a millimeter. A US dime is 1.35 mm thick, and a penny is 1.55 mm thick. See related link
They are all 2 MM thick.
It is 10 mm thick.
a 5mm nail
.0781 inches1.98 mm
A US quarter is 1.75 mm thick. Canadian quarters are 1.58 mm thick.
.1406 inches or 3.57 mm thick. (USG)
You can buy the well made sterling silver coin bezel coin that is 50.8 mm 2 by 3 mm thick at Ebay. Ebay doesn't sell any bezels of this size (50.8mm in diameter by 3mm thick).
19 gauge steel is 1.11 mm thick and 20 gauge is .953 mm thick.
In Imperial standard (swg), 16 g is 0.064" (1.63mm) thick.
The lead of a common pencil.