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Museum's million-dollar cash display actually holds $1.5 million, visitor finds

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 01, 2025
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Calvin's Tools Dot Counter

A visitor to Chicago's Federal Reserve Money Museum uncovered an error hiding in its famous "million-dollar cube."

Calvin Liang created a tool to analyze photos of the cube. His count revealed 102 x 8 x 19 stacks of hundred-bill bundles, totaling $1,550,400 — more than half a million dollars over the advertised amount.

Liang went…

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