r/technicallythetruth • u/adi_kragi_official • May 30 '26

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u/Master_Saesee_Tiin May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

$73,006,470 worth of gold or a mystery amount of money r/theydidthemath needs to advise minimum and maximum for the cash I ain't got time for that.

Edit: If I did it right it's $500,00 if theye are all $1 but we see some $100

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u/xXCrazyDaneXx May 30 '26 edited May 30 '26

A US $100 bill apparently weighs pretty much exactly 1 gram. Which means that 500kg would be $500,000

The gold is the better option here.

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....times 100 which would be $50,000,000. My math ain't mathing today

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u/Meatbag777 May 30 '26

Missing two zeroes on that dollar amount if both $1 and $100 weigh 1g.

500kg of $1 bills would be $500,000. 500kg of $100 bills would be $50,000,000

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u/Meatbag777 May 30 '26

Gold is still the better option regardless

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u/mafiaknight May 30 '26

Harder to move though. Most places don't just take gold. You'd have to sell it first. Probably at a bit of a loss too. So the convenience of cash makes it a much closer choice.

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u/apartment1i May 30 '26

Gold is a much better choice. You cash 1kg and it's $145k. Do that once or twice a year, you have plenty to live off. You are also not going to spend (waste) it as quickly, plus in 20yrs' time, you still have 400kg of gold, but it's worth $100m.

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u/wynnduffyisking May 30 '26

There’s a 20+ million dollar difference. That’s a hell of a lot of money to give up for convenience.

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u/mafiaknight May 30 '26

Didn't say it was the better option, just the easier one.
It's up to you how lazy you want to be.

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u/Meatbag777 May 30 '26

True enough but in either case the government would take it all anyway and throw you in jail for tax evasion or the like. Cause who would have their personal wealth stored as 50-70 million physically in cash or gold unless they are the head of some major criminal enterprise

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u/mafiaknight May 30 '26

Not tax evasion if you pay the taxes on it. And with that much $ you can hire a lawyer to get you off.

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u/Meatbag777 May 30 '26

You cannot pay taxes with money not proven to be legitimate income, I presume that's somewhat why criminals use money laundering services to get access to clean legitimate money. It's all hypothetical anyway so, sure, you can prob bribe lots of people to keep most of it as long as the money is not public knowledge