If you were to count a billion one dollar bills by hand it would take you almost 34 years and 8-1/2 months. If you started January 1, 2000, you would finish the project sometime in mid-August, 2034. (If this doesn't look right to you, click here.)

$60 per minute =

$3,600 per hour (60) times (60) =

$86,400 per day ($3,600) times 24) =

$31,536,000 per year ($86,400 times 365)

34.7 years ($1,000,000,000) divided by ($31,536,000)