Freedom is a big word that without clarification doesn’t tell us much of what you believe in. I think you boiled it for too long.

Would it round to the closest denomination? So $1.04 would round to $1, and it would then even out.

Edit: that’s how it works in my country at least.

Edit 2: got it wrong, $0.96 would round to nearest ¢5(assuming it’s the smallest US denomination) so $0.95, and $1.04 would round up to $1.05