Question Asked: How Much Does Money Weigh?
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Oct 14th, 2008 |
According to the US government (other countries will certainly vary), a single note (regardless of denomination) weights roughly 0.032653 ounces. Which means there’s roughly 490 notes in a pound.
So, how much would a million dollars weigh?
- 2,040 pounds (if all one dollar bills.)
- 408 pounds (in five dollar bills.)
- 204 pounds (in ten dollar bills.)
- 102.04 pounds (in twenty dollar bills.)
- 40.81 pounds (in fifty dollar bills.)
- 20.40 pounds (in hundred dollar bills.)
How much would a billion dollars weigh?
- 2,040,816 pounds ($1 bills)
- 408,163 pounds ($5 bills)
- 204,081 pounds ($10 bills)
- 102,040 pounds ($20 bills)
- 40,816 pounds ($50 bills)
- 20,408 pounds (in $100 bills)
So, if you were thinking of knocking off a bank and saying “Give me a million in $50s and $20s), and thinking you were going to run off into the sunset carrying it, it’s heavier than you probably expected. 40 pounds may not seem that heavy, until you’ve been carrying it for a while. You wouldn’t get far.
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October 14th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
In comparison, how much would the same denominations weigh in gold bars?
October 15th, 2008 at 9:26 am
@CJ:
$1,000,000 in Gold Bars would weigh approximately (depending on the price of gold, right now it’s $836.43 per ounce): 74.63 pounds (roughly 2.71 gold bars, at $367,906 each bar.
$1,000,000,000 in Gold Bars would weigh approximately (based on the same price per ounce): 74,747.35 pounds, and would be approximately 2,718 gold bars.
That’s a crapload of gold bars, that’s for sure.