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in this (fascinating) article: where's george, this sentence made me question my usage: Quote:
Participants can register a dollar bill, of any denomination, and monitor its geographic circulation.
(emphasis added)
I would have thought that "dollar bill" was the denomination, but I guess they're talking about the serial number?
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My first inclination is to agree that a dollar bill is the denomination, except that we *do say "a 5-dollar bill" or a "50-dollar bill." So, logically, there can be "dollar bills" of more than one denomination. No? 
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It's rather telling that the punctuation is also (IMHO) wrong, i.e. there shouldn't be commas around "of any denomination", but there could be commas if it was "OR any denomination".
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if you can actually get in to http://www.wheresgeorge.com/ (thanks to this article), the tracking form lets you select from 1/2/5/10/20/50/100 dollar denominations.
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It is my understanding that the usage of the word denomination is basically defined as: a value or size of a series of values or sizes (as of money) or a name, designation; especially: a general name for a category So with this in mind the phrase of : Quote:
Participants can register a dollar bill, of any denomination, and monitor its geographic circulation.
Is correct for it is specifically stating that the amount, or denomination, can be anything with in a dollar format, as opposed to say coin, check or cash format.
Just my opinion
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We-ell, look who's back!  Hey, Alimae, how've you been? JFTR, I had been going to make a post responding to the topic, but tsuwm beat me to it.
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hmm, I guess. a dollar bill is just a dollar to me. $1.
not sure how I would say it otherwise, though, so I guess that's that.
thanks all.
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eta, maybe this will help: have you ever seen just a part of a bill sticking out of somewhere, and wondered what denomination it was?
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I don't have a problem with the word denomination meaning different amounts, I do have problems with them saying "a dollar bill, of any denomination". a dollar bill is $1. that's it. it's not a $5, or $20.
but again, I don't know what I'd say in it's place: "paper money of any denomination"? maybe.
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"a bank note of any dollar denomination"
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I think you're objecting because it makes it sound like it ought to be, e.g., "a five dollars dollar bill" (?)
Time to go back to bed, but what is the difference in the function of the modifier "dollar" in eta's two options ("dollar" and "dollar")?
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