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The logistics alone are kind of alarming. That's a huge mattress, for starters.

by diminoten 7y ago

nickjj 7y ago
You'd be surprised at how much cash you can fit into small spaces. Someone once proved in court you could fit 7,400 bills into a normal shoe box. Filled with $100 bills that's $740,000.
- OldHand2018 7y ago
  Most (all?) of the Federal Reserve banks have a money museum attached to them, and they will generally have a few stacks of money in various denominations that total $1,000,000. 1 million $1 bills is really large. The $20 bills would fit in a suitcase. The $100 bills fit into a briefcase, which will have a clear plastic cover over it so you can take pictures of yourself holding a million dollars in a briefcase. FYI: They also give away bags of shredded cash, which you can then use as baller confetti at your kids' birthday parties.
stordoff 7y ago
Depends on the currency. If you can get hold of €500 notes, you can fit quite a lot of money in a small space: > Tests by the Serious Organised Crime Agency found it was possible to carry €25,000 in €500 notes in a cigarette packet, €300,000 in a cereal box – £1 million in banknotes weighed 50kg while its equivalent in €500 notes only 2kg. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/the-500-note-a-glamorous-instrument-for-criminals-1.1582518 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/the-500-note-a-... Note that having that much in €500s may raise some questions.
killjoywashere 7y ago
Kill the Messenger (1) has a bit about this where the CIA was funding the Contras by pushing cocaine through the US. One of Oscar Blandon's minions describes hotel rooms full of cash and they had to have people circulate the money from the top to the bottom to prevent mold. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Messenger_(2014_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Messenger_(2014_film)

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The logistics alone are kind of alarming. That's a huge mattress, for starters.

by diminoten 7y ago

The logistics alone are kind of alarming. That's a huge mattress, for starters.

nickjj 7y ago
You'd be surprised at how much cash you can fit into small spaces. Someone once proved in court you could fit 7,400 bills into a normal shoe box. Filled with $100 bills that's $740,000.
- OldHand2018 7y ago
  Most (all?) of the Federal Reserve banks have a money museum attached to them, and they will generally have a few stacks of money in various denominations that total $1,000,000. 1 million $1 bills is really large. The $20 bills would fit in a suitcase. The $100 bills fit into a briefcase, which will have a clear plastic cover over it so you can take pictures of yourself holding a million dollars in a briefcase. FYI: They also give away bags of shredded cash, which you can then use as baller confetti at your kids' birthday parties.
stordoff 7y ago
Depends on the currency. If you can get hold of €500 notes, you can fit quite a lot of money in a small space: > Tests by the Serious Organised Crime Agency found it was possible to carry €25,000 in €500 notes in a cigarette packet, €300,000 in a cereal box – £1 million in banknotes weighed 50kg while its equivalent in €500 notes only 2kg. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/the-500-note-a-glamorous-instrument-for-criminals-1.1582518 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/the-500-note-a-... Note that having that much in €500s may raise some questions.
killjoywashere 7y ago
Kill the Messenger (1) has a bit about this where the CIA was funding the Contras by pushing cocaine through the US. One of Oscar Blandon's minions describes hotel rooms full of cash and they had to have people circulate the money from the top to the bottom to prevent mold. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Messenger_(2014_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_the_Messenger_(2014_film)