Raising a million, or How much does a million dollars weigh

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Ah, a million dollars… Well, who hasn't dreamed about it? Surely the thought of this amount has repeatedly occurred even to those who already have a couple of millions in their bank accounts. What can we say about those who do not have it. Today we are not going to teach you how to earn this money, our article is not about that. Let's, as they say, visualize a dream. For example, do you know how much a million dollars weighs? And what kind of bag should I prepare to carry it away? Or do you need a whole car? Let's discuss…

Secrets of banknotes

It is known that the American currency is considered the most secure in the world. Not a single banknote in the world can boast of such a number of unique elements. But few people know that American paper money has not only watermarks, roughness and other distinctive details. Even the weight of banknotes is one of the degrees of protection. The fact is that any genuine bill with the American president weighs exactly 1 gram. The value doesn't matter here. This knowledgesummarize our research on the topic "How much does a million dollars weigh?" to simple mathematical calculations.

Million in banknotes

So let's calculate the weight of one million "American Presidents" in banknotes of various denominations.

The heaviest "lemon bucks" comes in $1 bills. It will weigh a whole ton:

1 million grams=1,000 kg=1 t.

A two-dollar bill will weigh half a ton, or 500 kg. If you weigh a "lemon" in $5 banknotes, you get 200 kg, and $10 - a centner. In general, a lot.

Twenty-dollar bills will "pull" a million for half a centner, and "fifty dollars" - for 20 kg.

And here's the most interesting thing: how much does a million dollars weigh in 100-dollar bills? If we weigh such an attractive amount in "Franklins", only 10 kg will come out. Not much, especially when you consider that all this we alth fits in a regular medium-sized duffel bag.

But it turns out you can get a much easier million. Not everyone knows that in the period 1928-1945, the US Federal Reserve issued even larger denominations into circulation. You can pay with them today.

So, if you have banknotes of $500, a million will "pull" only 2 kg, and thousandths and even 1 kg. In $5,000 bills, a “lemon bucks” will weigh only 200 g, and if you take the same amount in $10,000 bills, it will come out only 100 grams.

However, there is a small caveat. It will be possible to spend 1,000,000 with such bills only on the territory of the country. Export of such banknotesoutside the United States is strictly prohibited.

Now get ready to be even more surprised. In America, there is a $100,000 banknote! And this is absolutely true. True, there are few such banknotes. A total of 42,000 copies were printed, and they can only be paid within the walls of the Federal Reserve Bank, and only there. In this case, the notorious "lemon of bucks" will consist of only 10 pieces of paper and weigh, respectively, as much as 10 grams.

Million coins

Well, we figured out the banknotes. Now let's determine how much a million dollars weighs in metal coins.

The weight of the metal dollar is 8.1 gr. Accordingly, a million will weigh 8,100 kg or 8.1 tons.

It is interesting that "lemons" in coins of 50, 25 and 10 cents will weigh the same, 22 tons 680 kg. Although the weight of each of these coins is different:

• 11, 34g;
• 5.67g;
• 2, 268 grams respectively.

In five-cent coins, a million will "pull" as much as 100 tons, because each weighs only 5 grams. And if you weigh this amount with 1¢ coins, you get as much as 250 tons, since each of them weighs 2.5 grams.

However, the heaviest "lemon of bucks" will come out if you weigh it in cents from the period 1909-1982. The fact is that these coins were very heavy and weighed 3.11 g each. Accordingly, the amount we need would weigh a record 311 tons.

And if inrubles?

If you prefer to keep your savings in the national currency, let's calculate how much a million rubles weighs. Russian millions, as it turned out, are not too heavy. If such an amount is collected by five thousandths, it will weigh only 204 grams, thousandths - 1 kg and 40 grams. Five-hundred bills will also come out a little - 1.9 kg, and "hundreds" - 9.3 kg. Banknotes of 50 rubles. a million will weigh 19.4 kg, and ten-ruble notes - 94 kilograms.

We won't count in coins. It is unlikely that anyone will have a piggy bank of this size.

And now let's count how much a million dollars weighs in rubles. Given all of the above, it is easy to calculate that at the current exchange rate, the weight of a million bucks, expressed in rubles in five-thousand bills, will be just over 12 kg.

That's it. Now you can independently calculate how much 100 million dollars or even a whole billion weigh. However, rather than calculate the weight of a ghostly million, it is probably better to go earn it.