Face Value of Coins per Pound Based on the weights of the different coins, their face value works out like this: Pound of quarters: $20.00 Pound of dimes: $20.00
How big is the edge of a United States quarter?
The coin has a 0.069-inch (1.75-mm) reeded (or milled) edge. Owing to the introduction of the clad quarter in 1965, it was occasionally called a “Johnson Sandwich” after Lyndon B. Johnson, the US President at the time. As of 2011, it cost 11.14 cents to produce each coin.
