I was at my local bank here in Arkansas a few years back. Waiting in line I saw the clerk count out $16,000 in cash and put it in a sack for the customer in front of me.
Made my little $100 check look like a pittance.
He did not even have any guards with him.
Interestingly enough I did something much like this but I withdrew 25000 in $100’s once when buying a used track hoe and the seller wouldn’t take a cashier’s check.