Corrected entry: Bond won $114 million at the casino ($115 million, less the $1 million tip to the dealer). Vesper was able to withdraw the money (extremely quickly, by the way, but that's a mistake for another day), and carry the money away in a small briefcase. $114 million on $100 dollar bills would be extremely heavy (1.14 million notes weighing one gram each), something in the order of 1,140 kilograms.
Blathrop
9th Oct 2025
Correction: I could be incorrect, but I don't believe it's ever explicitly stated that the briefcase is filled with $114 million in cash. Just that Vesper withdrew the money somehow. Something like bearer bonds or some sort of equivalency is mostly like what's inside the case. Something that would break the money down into smaller individualized transactions, but be small and easily transportable. (In fact, a few years back, a briefcase with over $130 billion worth of counterfeit bonds - 1000X more - was found being smuggled.)
TedStixon
I thought about that, but the US and EU don't use bearer bonds anymore, for the same reason it was favoured by drug dealers. And you'd still have the problem that the bank would happen to have that amount of bonds ready to go so quickly... I know, movie logic, but still.
Blathrop