# Grand question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 28, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-question/90140 "2001-10-28T19:52:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![insider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-question/90140/1 "2001-10-28T19:52:11Z")
How did the word grand become associated with $1000.00? ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-question/90140/2 "2001-10-28T20:11:24Z")
Send me a grand and I’ll tell you. ---
**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-question/90140/3 "2001-10-28T20:34:55Z")
Also, “large” = $100 bills, at least at the bank. I do not know why. I was in the bank the other day withdrawing some money and the teller (why aren’t they just called cashiers or something like that) asked me if I wanted the money in “large”. First, I didn’t know “large” was a noun. Second, I thought she said “go large” and wondered if I was in the local fast-food retaurant by mistake! ---
**Author:** ![You\_re\_aptly\_named](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f19dbf/32.png) [@You\_re\_aptly\_named](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/You_re_aptly_named)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-question/90140/4 "2001-10-28T20:40:05Z")
A Grand was originally a piano. This was originally converable into 100 Gold Eagles, or $1,000.