You don't see these very much anymore, not that they were that common even when I was a kid. So I've decided to start using them for tips at restaurants and drive thru's. People give you a smile and it brightens their day. They will remember the tip and probably take it home to the kids. I had one young man ask me if it was real money and he had to ask the supervisor. Your bank may have to go into the back room to get $30-$40 of them, they don't get many requests. Try it, everyone will like it and it makes you feel good too.
The $2 bill
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I have done that before. I gave up trying to use $2 bills and $1 coins.
My family is originally from south Texas very near the Mexican border. During WWII they could shop across the border for things that were rationed in the US, like sugar. My mother told me that the Mexican merchants would only take $2 bills because they thought no one would try to counterfeit that denomination. She always kept a few $2 bills - the kind with red serial numbers.
My family is originally from south Texas very near the Mexican border. During WWII they could shop across the border for things that were rationed in the US, like sugar. My mother told me that the Mexican merchants would only take $2 bills because they thought no one would try to counterfeit that denomination. She always kept a few $2 bills - the kind with red serial numbers.
I use 'em as bookmarks.
I've used them when it would be too heavy to send the appropriate amount of dollar coins. In about every diner I go to the waitresses say that there is one guy who pays in $2 dollar bills. Of course they probably mention me as the guy who comes in and spends and tips in $1 coins. It's all legal tender.
On my last job one of our staff was going to Las Vegas on her honeymoon so I stuck a bunch of $2 bills in her wedding card.
On my last job one of our staff was going to Las Vegas on her honeymoon so I stuck a bunch of $2 bills in her wedding card.
SHUSH one of the old dealers at gun shows sells them for $3.00 each
and does a good business
and does a good business
Many years ago I was in NYC, I was standing in line at a store to pay for what I was buying, the woman behind me said is that a real two dollar bill, I said yes, she said I've never seen one before, will you take five dollars for it, I said sure, why not. [emoji1]
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Ivan the Butcher
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When I settle my tab at the club, the trappers have a tip jar. I make sure every trapper gets a gold dollar every shoot in addition to folding money. One of the boys saved every one of his gold dollars. When he went off to college he had 107 of them, all his other money had been spent in the pursuit of girls! (which is not a bad choice for a teenaged boy!)
If all you give is a 2 dollar bill or a dollar coin, the people that wait on you will remember you, but not in a good way. But if you give a nice tip PLUS a unusual bill or coin they will always remember you in a very good way!
Ivan
If all you give is a 2 dollar bill or a dollar coin, the people that wait on you will remember you, but not in a good way. But if you give a nice tip PLUS a unusual bill or coin they will always remember you in a very good way!
Ivan
Good for you. I make sure that the total of Golden Dollars I leave adds up to a good tip. Doing some bartending gave me an appreciation for the lives of people who rely a lot on tips for their living.
There used to be a Mexican restaurant in the mall in Westminster, MD that was done up like a cantina. The waiter did a good job so when he brought the bill I gave him a number of Golden Dollars for a good tip. When I reviewed my bill, I decided that in light of the décor and that the bill wasn't too big, I would pay the bill all in Golden Dollars. So I put a pile of Golden Dollars in the tray for payment. When the waiter brought my change, he was jingling like mad. Not only did he have the Golden Dollars I gave him for a tip, he traded for the Golden Dollars I used to pay my bill.
joeb1
US Veteran
I carry a few.
Texas Star
US Veteran
I wonder how many Americans can tell you whose picture is on them, without reading the bill?
Today, about all the publicity this truly great President gets is scorn for a possible intimate relationship with one of his slave girls, Sally Hemmings. What a shame!
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence and much of the Constitution, and, as President, made the Louisiana Purchase! And sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
And his reward is to be seen on the unusual $2.00 bill?! Oh,well: he and his home made it onto the nickel coin.
Today, about all the publicity this truly great President gets is scorn for a possible intimate relationship with one of his slave girls, Sally Hemmings. What a shame!
This man wrote the Declaration of Independence and much of the Constitution, and, as President, made the Louisiana Purchase! And sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
And his reward is to be seen on the unusual $2.00 bill?! Oh,well: he and his home made it onto the nickel coin.
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I've got a 1976 $2 bill stashed in my tool box. The bicentennial year.
StrawHat
Member
I live across the street from a horse track. $2 bills are not uncommon here.
Kevin
Kevin
misswired
Absent Comrade
bigwheelzip
Absent Comrade
For some reason, when I receive a two buck bill or a buck coin, I keep it. Same for those state quarters, until I had a full set for each grandchild.
The only currency I actually remember the details of receiving, was also the smallest denomination, a shiny new 1-Rappen coin. It was given to me 30 years ago, along with a handful of peanuts, by Samichlaus and Schmutzli (with donkey carrying sacks of peanuts), as we were entering our local Migros grocery store in Aarau, Switzerland. It was the only time I'd seen the diminutive coin, and it was eventually removed from circulation. I still have the Rappen coin, whose value was a hundredth of a Swiss Franc, or about a penny.
As usual when in Switzerland, I had my camera with me and took a picture of this Christmas tradition.
The only currency I actually remember the details of receiving, was also the smallest denomination, a shiny new 1-Rappen coin. It was given to me 30 years ago, along with a handful of peanuts, by Samichlaus and Schmutzli (with donkey carrying sacks of peanuts), as we were entering our local Migros grocery store in Aarau, Switzerland. It was the only time I'd seen the diminutive coin, and it was eventually removed from circulation. I still have the Rappen coin, whose value was a hundredth of a Swiss Franc, or about a penny.
As usual when in Switzerland, I had my camera with me and took a picture of this Christmas tradition.
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The group I used to hunt and fish with had one that we had all signed. The idea was to stick each other with it. I was got the waitress in a strip joint to pass it along. Knowing who would by the next round.
I had a cashier refuse to accept $2 bills as payment for a purchase. I told her to call her manager, which she did. He said it was fake money and said she was right for not accepting it. Don't you just love the millennials?
Next time you shop there you should pay in pennies.
I don't keep the new ones and have had cashiers do a double take on them. Leading up to the last election I was given a $1,000,000 bill. It looked real on front, on back was politicians picture and political agenda.
I carry a little folding money for lunch and such in a business card money clip in my shirt pocket. I was at a Stop & Go getting a drink and clerk was one of those tattooed, rings thru the nose, bones in ears type. I paid for my drink and guy saw that bill in money clip. He said sir is that real? I told
him it wasn't. Missed my chance to spend it. He probably couldn't make change for it anyway.
I carry a little folding money for lunch and such in a business card money clip in my shirt pocket. I was at a Stop & Go getting a drink and clerk was one of those tattooed, rings thru the nose, bones in ears type. I paid for my drink and guy saw that bill in money clip. He said sir is that real? I told
him it wasn't. Missed my chance to spend it. He probably couldn't make change for it anyway.
I have heard of local companies paying their employees in $2.00 bills. It lets the local merchants know of the importance of the company to the community.
CAJUNLAWYER
Member
I LOVE $2 bills. I also LOVE the dollar gold coin. Both are hard to get these days. Years ago before the indian casino opened a local bank kept a large supply of Eisenhower dollar coins that were used in local poker games together with $5 and $20 bills. Since the Casino however the private games all use their own chips-which is better as you're not playing for real money any more 
Back in 1961 in Key West Navy Sonar school we were all paid in $2 bills to show the city how much there economy was supported by the Navy. 
kamloops67
Member
I used to spend weekends in Washington state when i lived closer to the border
Used to leave tips in Canadian notes , a couple times i watched the reaction of the server discovering the bill on the table
A mix between pleasure and puzzlement topped off with a nod of satisfaction
We do have cool looking cash
Used to leave tips in Canadian notes , a couple times i watched the reaction of the server discovering the bill on the table
A mix between pleasure and puzzlement topped off with a nod of satisfaction
We do have cool looking cash
bigchuck83
Member
I've carried a two dollar bill in my wallet for years.
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Back in 1961 in Key West Navy Sonar school we were all paid in $2 bills to show the city how much there economy was supported by the Navy.
A few years back one of the big mouth groups in Albany was going to show off their power. On one particular day they were only going to use $2s, the Susan B Anthony or possibly the Sacagawea for all their purchases.
They tried it or at least said they tried it, nothing was ever heard about it again, no merchant or representative of the group boasting about how good it worked!
Absalom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
And then, compare that to William McKinley, who made it onto the $500 bill, even though the only thing most people remember about him is that he had the good grace to get himself shot so Teddy Roosevelt could become president
I think at the time the portraits were chosen, nobody could foresee that the two-dollar bill would turn into such an orphan as far as acceptance and use by the public are concerned.
I'd happily see a lot more in circulation. They're twice as efficient as one-dollar bills; I've never quite gotten our infatuation with wads of relatively low-value paper.
