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Posted By: ramram

Question No. 1 - If they still had $1,000 bills in circulation, then how big of a coat would a buyer need to pull out enough of those $1,000 bills to buy the Yankees from George Steinbrenner (or, more interestingly, how much more would his coat weigh)?

Answer No. 1 - The Yankees are reportedly worth one billion dollars. All US paper currency weighs one gram. There are 454 grams in a pound so 454 currency notes would weigh one pound. One billion dollars would be one million $1000 notes. One million thousand dollar notes would therefore weigh 2200 pounds or just over a ton. So...one ton of $1000 notes might get you the Yankees.

Question No. 2 - How about if that owner only had $100 bills (which, of course, is the largest denomination available now)?

Answer No. 2 - 10 tons.

Ok, now I gotta go find a life again.

Rob M.