re: How many $50 bills would you eat to get the same amount in return?

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Technically, your payout would be 2X.

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As long as you swallowed them whole.

Technically, you'll get credit from the bank if you have 51% of a bill remaining, so you don't need the entire bill. You can actually get credit for less than 50% of a bill, but that is hard to do and the Treasury is involved.