Since we are dealing with such large numbers, this post looks for a simple way to address the question, "how much is a trillion dollars?" The $100 Federal Reserve Note has been issued since 1862. It is the largest denomination currently issued. So let us think about $1T as 10 billion $100 bills.

Each note is about 0.0043 inches thick and weighs about a gram. So a stack big enough to make you a millionaire would be 43 inches tall, about the size of a small child, and would weigh about 22 pounds. And it follows that $1T in hundreds would stack 678 miles into the sky and would weigh 22 million pounds.