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And I know that someone here knows the answer...
What is the volume of one million gold pieces?'
Thanks.
Volume? I'm not sure. According to the PHB, 50gp is a pound, so 1,000,000 gold would be 20,000 lbs. I'm fairly certain that that is WAY MORE than any bag of holding could accomodate. If you convert it all to platinum, however, it's only 2,000 pounds.
And I know that someone here knows the answer...
What is the volume of one million gold pieces?'
Thanks.
1,000,000 / 50 = 20,000 lbs = just over 9 metric tonnes
Density of gold = 19 therefore 1 cubic metre of gold would weigh 19 tonnes.
So the volume of gold on would be 9/19 cubic metres 474,000 cubic centimetres.
This assumes the gold is pure and that no space is lost when stacked (the coins are square or hexogonal). For round coins, you'd probably need to round the volume up to around 600,000 cubic centrimetres.
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1,000,000 / 50 = 20,000 lbs = just over 9 metric tonnes
Density of gold = 19 therefore 1 cubic metre of gold would weigh 19 tonnes.
So the volume of gold on would be 9/19 cubic metres 474,000 cubic centimetres.
This assumes the gold is pure and that no space is lost when stacked (the coins are square or hexogonal). For round coins, you'd probably need to round the volume up to around 600,000 cubic centrimetres.
So using a quick metric converter, it looks like 600,000 cubic centimeters converts to around 21.2 cubic feet.
I'm feeling kind of mean and am deciding to give the PCs some of their treasure in copper pieces. They have a portable hole, but was wondering if it would fit. By my quick calculation, the portable hole is 282.6 cubic feet so that gives me some idea as to how much would fit.
Thanks for the help.
I think their volume goes to 11A miniature of Stonehenge would fit in a Portable Hole...
Sorry, couldn't help myself...
-That One Digitalelf Fellow-
what about a pod person?
Density of copper is a bit below 9. A million copper pieces would take a bit more than twice the volume.1,000,000 / 50 = 20,000 lbs = just over 9 metric tonnes
Density of gold = 19 therefore 1 cubic metre of gold would weigh 19 tonnes.
So the volume of gold on would be 9/19 cubic metres 474,000 cubic centimetres.
This assumes the gold is pure and that no space is lost when stacked (the coins are square or hexogonal). For round coins, you'd probably need to round the volume up to around 600,000 cubic centrimetres.
So using a quick metric converter, it looks like 600,000 cubic centimeters converts to around 21.2 cubic feet.
I'm feeling kind of mean and am deciding to give the PCs some of their treasure in copper pieces. They have a portable hole, but was wondering if it would fit. By my quick calculation, the portable hole is 282.6 cubic feet so that gives me some idea as to how much would fit.
Thanks for the help.
Wait, does that work out right? Are the coins the same size? I guess the sources are silent on that and all we have to go with is the "50 coins = 1 pound" rule, which makes this math right... but it seems strange for some reason (as if anything in D&D dealing with coins isn't completely whacko!).
The PHB said that there are 50 coins per pound. It never said that the coin was assumed to be purely the metal in question. So there would presumably be tin, zinc, nickel or iron or other metals as additives, reducing the precious metal content, just as modern coins are composed of different metals rather than being purely one.