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techstrategist
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I created a fake business and bought it an online ...
A 5 USD bill.
Retra
on Sept 17, 2015
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I was thinking a penny, but that makes so much more sense.
wpietri
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As far as I know, it's not something people say in real life, just a funny turn of phrase; "a Benjamin" is the only common use of a president's name for the denomination.
savanaly
on Sept 17, 2015
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Friendly correction that Benjamin Franklin was not a president, your point stands though.
wpietri
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Hah! Something I even knew. Thanks for the correction. I guess we need to stop calling cash "dead presidents" [1] now.
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dead+presiden...
johnward
on Sept 17, 2015
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I'd be willing to bet a Washington that no one in real life uses the term Lincoln.
quadrangle
on Sept 17, 2015
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Benjamin Franklin was never a President.
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