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The MegaPenny Project
by kokogiak media

Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer the question: "What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?"

All the following pages have tables at the bottom, listing things such as the value of the pennies, size of the pile, weight, and area (if laid flat). All weights and measurements are U.S. standards, not metric.

It's best to step through the project starting from the beginning, but if you'd like to just jump in, links are available below.

Enter the MegaPenny Project

Pages, in order:

| • One penny • Sixteen pennies • One Thousand pennies • Fifty Thousand pennies • One Hundred Thousand pennies • One Million pennies • Ten Million pennies • One Hundred Million pennies • One Billion pennies • Ten Billion pennies • One Hundred Billion pennies • Pennies Currently in circulation • One Trillion pennies • One Trillion (part II) • Empire State Building • Sears Tower • One Quadrillion pennies • One Quintillion pennies • Index, Table and Links • MegaMoo - a special bonus section | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |