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Show ContentRhaedas@fedia.io29·2 months agoThe odds of a US nickel landing on its edge is about 1 in 6000. If there are any other country’s coins thicker the odds would probably get better.
Show Contentporksnort@slrpnk.net22·2 months agoA standard US nickel, yes. I prefer better odds than that… Thick Nickels
Show Contentmrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish4·2 months agothank you for this blessed website in trying times
Show ContentHakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org14·2 months agoThe old UK £1 was similar in size but twice as thick. It’s now 12-sided but not sure how that impacts the odds.
Show ContentRhaedas@fedia.io16·2 months agoI know there’s a way to figure that out, but I have no idea where to start. So I’m going with 1 in 3000, plus or minus 42.
Show ContentChrobin@discuss.tchncs.de4·2 months agoWell, but it also has to stay on its edge, and that’s a lot less likely…
The odds of a US nickel landing on its edge is about 1 in 6000. If there are any other country’s coins thicker the odds would probably get better.
A standard US nickel, yes.
I prefer better odds than that…
Thick Nickels
thank you for this blessed website in trying times
The old UK £1 was similar in size but twice as thick. It’s now 12-sided but not sure how that impacts the odds.
I know there’s a way to figure that out, but I have no idea where to start. So I’m going with 1 in 3000, plus or minus 42.
Well, but it also has to stay on its edge, and that’s a lot less likely…