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Tearing a dollar bill does not make two fifty cent pieces

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Despite what playground logic dictates, destroying federal property rarely doubles your purchasing power. Banks strictly require you to possess at least fifty-one percent of the distinct paper note just to prevent people from artificially doubling their wallet size.

Tearing a dollar bill does not make two fifty cent pieces
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