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Hi all,thanks in advance for any help on this. We are going to Costa Rica for the first time in June and have a lot of questions on getting…

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Mon, 14 May 2007 19:36:42 +0000

Please excuse my cultural centrism. Each denomination of US money has a portrait of a past US president. Umm,.except for the $100, which has a portrait of Benjamin Franklin. Hence, the slang term 'Benjamins' referring to such bills, and 'Dead Presidents' referring to US bills in general. And, MUCH less common, my obscure reference to engravings of presidents.

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Mon, 14 May 2007 19:54:05 +0000

Yellowdog: Duh, of course! I feel like such an idiot for missing that... :)

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