How many CP fit in a Bag of Holding?

[roguerouge]

Inspired by the other thread, I realized that I don't know the answer to that question. Also, how many fit in a Handy Haversack?

 

[blargney the second]

IDHMB, but I recall that Draconomicon discusses the volume of coins in the Dragon's Hoard section.

 

[skelso]

Though I can't remember where, I remember reading somewhere in the PHB that 100 coins of any type weigh one pound. Metal is dense, so you're not going to reach your volume maximum before you hit your weight maximum.

100 times the weight limit =
2 side pouches: 2000 each
large central portion: 8000

Total = 12000

I sometimes see people reference that 50 coins weight a pound. I assume that's either due to the fact that a pound of raw material is worth 50 coins of the same as listed in the Commodities table. Or I've misread the weight of a D&D coin. In any case, I've always assumed that those differences were due to the minter taking his cut.

*Edit based on gnfnrf's post:*

50 times the weight limit

Handy Haversack = 6000 coins

Bags of Holding:
Type I = 12500 coins
Type II = 25000 coins
Type III = 50000 coins
Type IV = 75000 coins

 

[gnfnrf]

I sometimes see people reference that 50 coins weight a pound. I assume that's either due to the fact that a pound of raw material is worth 50 coins of the same as listed in the Commodities table. Or I've misread the weight of a D&D coin. In any case, I've always assumed that those differences were due to the minter taking his cut.

From the SRD:

Coins

The most common coin is the gold piece (gp). A gold piece is worth 10 silver pieces. Each silver piece is worth 10 copper pieces (cp). In addition to copper, silver, and gold coins, there are also platinum pieces (pp), which are each worth 10 gp.

The standard coin weighs about a third of an ounce (fifty to the pound).

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gnfnrf

 

[ElectricDragon]

Wasn't this covered in Portable Hole Full of Beer?

Ciao
Dave

 

[Khuxan]

By my calculation, there are 280 square feet in a portable hole. I don't think we know the dimensions of a copper piece - but does anyone care to guess how many coins a portable hole would fit?

 

[Pat]

By my calculation, there are 280 square feet in a portable hole. I don't think we know the dimensions of a copper piece - but does anyone care to guess how many coins a portable hole would fit?

Godwin's article "How many coins in a coffer?" in Dragon #80 goes into a lot of detail, listing specific gravities of various metals, speculating on coin dimensions, and the differences between stacking them and leaving them loose.

I haven't gone back over all his assumptions (I believe he used impurities to hand-wave all coins weighing the same), but he calculated 1,954,320 coins can fit in a portable hole (283 cu. ft.). Since coins in those (AD&D1) days weighed five times as much, that should be around 9,771,600 in 3.X. Twenty coins per cubic inch.