Coin floor inflation

Furniture & Lighting Technology
Coin floor inflation
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A Seattle family exposed to the virulent penny floor meme has contracted a more expensive (and therefore probably less contagious) mutant strain that metabolizes nickels instead of pennies. I do like the different color effect this achieves, but by my math (and depending on how much space you leave between the coins) penny flooring costs between $2.50 and $3.00 per square foot, whereas nickel flooring costs four times as much ($10-$12). I did not bother to compute costs for quarter-, dime- (ouch), or Sacagawea dollar-flooring, on the assumption that no one would ever go there. But if they do, please, nobody tell me about it.

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8 thoughts on “Coin floor inflation

  1. Shadyman says:

    Dollar-bill flooring? Or even better yet, dollar coin flooring?
    Hundred-dollar-bill flooring?

    Or for us Canucks,
    Two-dollar-coin flooring :)

  2. jason says:

    Nickels in contact with bare feet in the bathroom? Hello contact dermatitis.

  3. Ben says:

    Way too much time on my hands:

    https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/xn13.com/pub?key=0Ao4pSfXynOtAdEVBQkpNS2pZMXRrZGN0R0dhTC1qZFE&hl=en&output=html

    Assumes full packing–coin edges touch. Does not count any other material or labor costs. Coin sizes pulled from Wikipedia.

    1. Tony says:

      Ben, can you please make that spreadsheet public? I’m interested in seeing your work. Yes I’m a geek. LOL.

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