The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million
At the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Money Museum, there’s a big transparent cube on display. It’s filled with tightly packed stacks of $ 1 \$1 $1 bills, claiming to contain $ 1,000,000 \$1{,}000{,}000 $1,000,000. The plaque proudly declares: Have you ever wondered what one million dollars looks like? You don’t have to wonder anymore because you can see it right in front of you! But I don’t trust signs. I trust counting. The Big Count I first tried counting the stacks right there in the