- TODAY'S FACT
- August 28, 2025
- TODAY'S FACT
- August 28, 2025
The nickname 'a grand' for $1,000 dates back to 1915 in The Boston Daily Globe, when a thousand was seen as a 'grand sum.' In today’s money, that’s about $32,000.

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