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What does 1,000,000 U.S. one dollar bills weigh in pounds?

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), April 16, 2002

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If you send them to me I will weigh them right away and let you know!!!

-- Melissa in SE Ohio (me@home.net), April 16, 2002.

Will do right away Melissa, but first there is a $2,000.00 registeration fee and shipping must be prepaid, only $693.00 and of course insurance is 307.00. Will be waiting for your cashiers check or credit card number......

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), April 16, 2002.

Okay, I'm guessin' that one hundred $1 bills weigh about 1 ounce. Using that assumption, a million bucks would weigh 10,000 ounces or about 625 pounds. Am I close?

-- Cabin Fever (cabinfever_MN@yahoo.com), April 16, 2002.

Cab, your not even within 50% of the answer.~

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), April 16, 2002.

You're right! I was way off. I walked over to the lab and weighed a bill on the scale. I ain't gonna give an answer cuz I cheated, but I was way low with my guess.

-- Cabin Fever (cabinfever_MN@yahoo.com), April 16, 2002.


Cab, if you have an answer post it, its getting late in the day.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), April 16, 2002.

It would weigh 1,000,000 grams, give or take a little depending on the wear off the bills and the dirt on them.

The Columbian drug cartels take in so much US cash so rapidly they don't have time to count it so they just shrink wrap it on pallets and weigh it then warehouse it. Amazing to consider, isn't it?

-- Gary in Indiana (gk6854@aol.com), April 16, 2002.


It would weigh 1,000,000 grams, give or take a little depending on the wear off the bills and the dirt on them.

The Columbian drug cartels take in so much US cash so rapidly they don't have time to count it so they just shrink wrap it on pallets and weigh it then warehouse it. Amazing to consider, isn't it?

I forgot to do the math in my first post. It's just over a metric ton. The total weight would be just over 2204 1/2 pounds (1,000,000 Grams = 2204.585537918871 Pounds).

-- Gary in Indiana (gk6854@aol.com), April 16, 2002.


Very close Gary, my stats are from the mint and are for new unused money without dirt, just a bit lower.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@citlink.net), April 16, 2002.

The drug dealers were dealing with used bills in larger denominations which, depending on their age, may or may not have the metal tag strips in them, too. In any event, I think the phrase "That's a ton of money" would still be pretty accurate. ;o)

-- Gary in Indiana (gk6854@aol.com), April 16, 2002.


Mitch, I'm just curious here. Since you have access to this info, can you find out if there is a difference between the denominations and between the pre- and post-metal strip currency? What are the differences, if any?

-- Gary in Indiana (gk6854@aol.com), April 16, 2002.

1,000,000 in U.S. one dollar bills weighes 2040.8 pounds in new unused bills. As far as the differance between old and new money, I am not sure. There is no metal tags, but there are silicone, electrical sensitive reflective units; read able from 84 feet through 8 inches of concrete or at 24 feet at 60 mph, but this is not guaranteed or known for sure; it may be anti drug or anti counterfiting propaganda, I do not know, I will see what I can find. Either way I would not take a briefcase of cash through any airport security system.

-- mitch hearn (moopups@cutlink.net), April 16, 2002.

I think you're right about those claims being propaganda and wild theories. I could see how there's enough metal in the ink of those strips to be detected but it's doubtful that it would be possible from the side of a road while you're in your vehicle. I'd think wrapping your cash in foil would defeat detection also, at least the strips themselves.

If you're real careful, you can slide those strips out in one piece without damaging the bill. I've done it many times just for kicks and never had the bills rejected when I go to spend them.

-- Dave (multiplierx9@hotmail.com), April 16, 2002.


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