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0 pointsRetra10y ago0 comments

I was thinking a penny, but that makes so much more sense.

0 pointsRetra10y ago0 comments

I was thinking a penny, but that makes so much more sense.

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wpietri10y ago· 4 in thread

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.

savanaly10y ago

Friendly correction that Benjamin Franklin was not a president, your point stands though.

wpietri10y ago

Hah! Something I even knew. Thanks for the correction. I guess we need to stop calling cash "dead presidents" [1] now.

[1] http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dead+presiden...

johnward10y ago

I'd be willing to bet a Washington that no one in real life uses the term Lincoln.

quadrangle10y ago

Benjamin Franklin was never a President.

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