It has been pointed out that the 'box full of $1 million' at the Currency Museum actually contains more than $1.55 million, and it has been confirmed by counting

The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Currency Museum in the United States has an exhibit that is said to contain 1 million one-dollar bills in a cube-shaped case. Software engineer Calvin Liang actually counted the bills to see if they were really packed with 1 million dollars.

The Fed says this is a cube of $1 million. They're off by half a million. - Calvin Liang

Although 'counting' does not mean counting by pointing, there were no tools that could count bills by analyzing images. So Liang used his knowledge to create a tool that could count objects. When you click on something, it displays dots and counts the number of dots.


The final measurement results are as follows: 102 x 8 x 19 bundles of $100 bills.

However, this would result in a figure of $1,554,000, an error of $554,000.

'Maybe the Fed is planning a long-term strategy,' Liang said. 'If they continue on the current path with their 2 percent inflation target, by 2047 that would be worth $1 million in today's value.'

However, it's possible that the stack of bills is only on the outside of the cube, and the inside is stuffed with other items such as newspapers. Even if only the outside is real, it should still be worth $530,400, so if you stuff the remaining $469,600 somewhere, you can complete the 'Million Dollar Cube.'

Liang said, 'The exhibit says, 'Have you ever wondered what a million dollars looks like? You can see it in front of your eyes. No need to wonder anymore!' But I didn't believe it and counted it. The result is probably $1.55 million. You don't need to count it either.'