Comments on: How Much Does a Million Dollars Weigh? http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:22:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: richard woodell http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-154581 richard woodell Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:44:49 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-154581 To answer Daniel Diehl'question: One trillion dollars in thousand dollar bills. (Assuming, of course, the U.S. Mint still made them) would form a column approximately 60 miles high. That's the height of 215 Empire State Buildings! To answer Daniel Diehl’question:

One trillion dollars in thousand dollar bills.
(Assuming, of course, the U.S. Mint still made them)
would form a column approximately 60 miles high.
That’s the height of 215 Empire State Buildings!

]]> By: richard woodell http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-153571 richard woodell Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:55:06 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-153571 Interesting and very informative. Let's push the envelope a little higher. How much is one TRILLION dollars? ($1,000,000,000,000) One trillion dollars, stretched end to end, would form a line 97,064,393 miles long! It would weigh approximately 1,020,400 tons! Assuming you could find a crane to lift it, you could aim it at the sun, and it would penetrate it! If you cashed a trillion dollars at your local bank, and they geve it to you on one hundred dollar bills. You could give it to your grandson at the time of his birth. If you told him to spend $100 every second, he would be 317 years old when hw ran out of money! Change we caqn believe in@ Interesting and very informative. Let’s push the envelope a little higher.

How much is one TRILLION dollars? ($1,000,000,000,000)
One trillion dollars, stretched end to end, would form
a line 97,064,393 miles long! It would weigh approximately 1,020,400 tons!

Assuming you could find a crane to lift it, you could aim it at the sun, and it would penetrate it!

If you cashed a trillion dollars at your local bank, and they geve it to you on one hundred dollar bills. You could give it to your grandson at the time of his birth. If you told him to spend $100 every second, he would be 317 years old when hw ran out of money!

Change we caqn believe in@

]]> By: Hefeweisen http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-152351 Hefeweisen Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:04:28 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-152351 You're all close, but not quite. I have actually weighed one million dollars in $100 bills, it was precisely 21 pounds 4 ounces on a very accurate digital scale. We even broke it down into smaller amounts and then added them back together to double check the accuracy and it was always 21 pounds 4 ounces. You’re all close, but not quite. I have actually weighed one million dollars in $100 bills, it was precisely 21 pounds 4 ounces on a very accurate digital scale. We even broke it down into smaller amounts and then added them back together to double check the accuracy and it was always 21 pounds 4 ounces.

]]> By: Jere http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-137346 Jere Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:58:22 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-137346 In the movie "Pelham 123" John Travolta's character make a reference the the fact you'd need a Wheelbarrow to carry $10,000,000 in 100's. Stating that it 220 lbs. Using your formula that is completely accurate. Nice to see that someone in Hollywood researches shit. In the movie “Pelham 123″ John Travolta’s character make a reference the the fact you’d need a Wheelbarrow to carry $10,000,000 in 100’s. Stating that it 220 lbs. Using your formula that is completely accurate. Nice to see that someone in Hollywood researches shit.

]]> By: Fred http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-128239 Fred Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:36:03 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-128239 Interesting that I found this article because of a comment on CSI NY about how a car with $2 million dollars in it would leave heavier tire tracks... Of course that's assuming it was $2M in ones, which is slightly ridiculous. Most likely it would be a bunch of 20's with maybe some 10's and 5's and some 100's. So a million dollars of 1's would weigh 1000kg but a million dollars worth of, say, 20's would be 1/20th of that or 50kg and I don't think that a bit more than 100 pounds would make that much of a difference on the depth of some tire tracks. Interesting that I found this article because of a comment on CSI NY about how a car with $2 million dollars in it would leave heavier tire tracks… Of course that’s assuming it was $2M in ones, which is slightly ridiculous. Most likely it would be a bunch of 20’s with maybe some 10’s and 5’s and some 100’s.

So a million dollars of 1’s would weigh 1000kg but a million dollars worth of, say, 20’s would be 1/20th of that or 50kg and I don’t think that a bit more than 100 pounds would make that much of a difference on the depth of some tire tracks.

]]> By: Sneeze Whiz http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-120504 Sneeze Whiz Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:42:53 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-120504 I am grateful for your research. My local NPR station ran a news story that included an anecdote from a real estate broker about selling a house for $600,000.00 in singles and carrying the bag into the bank. I doubt the woman carried a duffel bag weighing 1300 lbs. I am grateful for your research. My local NPR station ran a news story that included an anecdote from a real estate broker about selling a house for $600,000.00 in singles and carrying the bag into the bank.
I doubt the woman carried a duffel bag weighing 1300 lbs.

]]> By: bo brown http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-119607 bo brown Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:52:32 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-119607 High, I have question. I have alot of change, quarters, dimes and nickels and i was wondering if you can tell how much you have in vaule by weight? you know if you had five pounds of quarters how much would you have and the same goes for nickels, dimes and pennys. if you can break that down for me i would be grateful. Thank you High, I have question. I have alot of change, quarters, dimes and nickels and i was wondering if you can tell how much you have in vaule by weight? you know if you had five pounds of quarters how much would you have and the same goes for nickels, dimes and pennys. if you can break that down for me i would be grateful. Thank you

]]> By: daniel j. diehl http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-68703 daniel j. diehl Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:37:13 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-68703 Can you tell me how high a stack on $1,000 bills would be to make a billion $ better yet a trillion $. I am trying to figure how far we are in debt. Can you tell me how high a stack on $1,000 bills would be to make a billion $ better yet
a trillion $. I am trying to figure how far we are in debt.

]]> By: 911 was an inside job http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-66789 911 was an inside job Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:54:34 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-66789 I cant belive the US shipped 363 tons! of $100 bills to Iraq! and handed it all out and didn't Acount for any of it! Fricken cowboys! thats 4 BILLION! I cant belive the US shipped 363 tons! of $100 bills to Iraq! and handed it all out and didn’t Acount for any of it! Fricken cowboys!

thats 4 BILLION!

]]> By: The Comedian http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 The Comedian Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:40:57 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-1821 Legend has it that the standard Zero Halliburton aluminum attache was sized to hold a million dollars in hundred dollar bills. Sadly, I've never had a chance to test. Legend has it that the standard Zero Halliburton aluminum attache was sized to hold a million dollars in hundred dollar bills.

Sadly, I’ve never had a chance to test.

]]> By: Blog Mike http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Blog Mike Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:37:50 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-1765 Here is some fun reading about how much a million dollars is: http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/million/million.html Here is some fun reading about how much a million dollars is:

http://www.cockeyed.com/inside.....llion.html

]]> By: FMF http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 FMF Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:33:15 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2006/02/07/how-much-does-a-million-dollars-weigh/#comment-1764 How much does a check for $1 million weigh? ;-) How much does a check for $1 million weigh? ;-)

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