Denomination

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U.S. dollars come in a range of denominations: One dollar, five dollars, ten dollars and so on. Think: "de" as in a gangster's way of pronouncing "the." Then "nom" as in "name." Yes, that's our two years of Latin now fully amortized. And then in "nation," like relative to overall...value. We have multiple denominations in order to make paying for stuff...easier.

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