I used to believe that when someone said they had a dollar, it was equal to a normal dollar (4 quarters). But when they said they had a buck, a buck was equal to 2 dollars (8 quarters).
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if I poked my grandfather in the belly-button he would spit out quarters. — Justin
- In old west lore, Billy the Kid was called 'buck toothed'. I thought this was because he sucked his thumb. — Monty
- I used to believe that 7 times 12 was equal to 83 or 84, depending on the math problem.— Eric Swensen
- that if you rip a dollar coins come outAnon
- I used to think that of you ripped a dollar 100 pennies would fall out of the rip.— Glad I never tried it
- i used to think that if i tore a dollar bill in half it would make fifty cents— stacy