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One Dollar Coin: 0.3 oz Four Quarters: 0.8 oz The ultimate showdown — a dollar coin versus four quarters. And, guess what? The $1 coin is nearly 3X lighter. This means that for many transactions, the dollar coin will actually reduce pocket weight.

Five Dollar Coins: 1.5 oz Snickers: 2.1 oz Candy bars only cost a buck or two… but did you know a Snickers bar weighs 28 percent more than 5 dollar coins?  

Five Dollar Coins: 1.5 oz Men’s Wallet: 4.0 oz OK guys… so we know you can’t really fit coins in your wallet, but this men’s wallet is more than twice the weight of just a few dollar coins.  

Dollar Coins: 1.5 oz Altoids: 3.0 oz It is important to keep your breath minty and fresh, but the weight of all those mints can really add up. A pack of Altoids is double the weight of five $1 dollar coins.

Dollar Coins: 1.5 oz Keys: 4.7 oz Everyone carries keys, right? Between house keys, car keys, various key fobs, key chains and other items, the weight can really add up. Like this set that weighed close to five ounces — that’s more than three times the weight of five dollar coins, which come in at a relatively svelte 1.5 ounces.

Dollar Coins: 1.5 oz iPhone: 5.6 oz Most everyone agrees the iPhone is a device that revolutionized the handheld market in the United States. But, all that computing and processing power does add up in the weight department. In fact, an iPhone 4 in a case weighs about 5.6 ounces — a far cry from five dollar coins which only …