So does my mother in law.
The $2 bill
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So does my mother in law.
Well, the Feds have gotten rid of high value paper so as to make it easier for them to track our purchases.
Recusant
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A few years back one of my high school students handed me a $2 bill and asked if it was real. She had never seen one and thought it was fake. A customer at the restaurant she worked at had given it to her as a tip.
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BearBio
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I no longer have a coin collection since my "white trash" brother stole it and bought candy but I have a box full of oddities (A Roman coin I bought at a garage sale, "gold" dollars, $2 bills, etc.). My brother also stole some $2 bills my dad had marked "Hawaii" from WWII, that he picked up on his way back from Burma. He also stole my dad's Flying Tiger flight jacket from the war!
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I used to keep them as well as old silver certificates. Fast forward thirty or forty years, and I wish that I had spent them or deposited them into a CD.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.
All are gone now. Mostly as tips.
Tubbsy
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I've got probably 4-5 of them one with the red seal, along with dozens of dollar coins, half dollars, a couple mercury dimes, a whole bag of wheat pennies, and one very old indian head penny....
My son has a quilted advent calendar with pockets for the dates. When he was little I'd fill it with toys.
These days I fill it with money. Went to the bank recently and got fresh, crisp $2 bills, SBA dollar coins and Sacagawea dollar coins. Teller then told me another teller had just taken in "a bunch of really big dollar coins."
So I made my way over and scored 16 Eisenhower dollars, 1971s, 1974s, and some bicentennial 1976s. The boy pulled his first one out of yesterday's pocket and was right impressed! Took it to school and the other kids all thought it was very neat -- never seen one.
These days I fill it with money. Went to the bank recently and got fresh, crisp $2 bills, SBA dollar coins and Sacagawea dollar coins. Teller then told me another teller had just taken in "a bunch of really big dollar coins."
So I made my way over and scored 16 Eisenhower dollars, 1971s, 1974s, and some bicentennial 1976s. The boy pulled his first one out of yesterday's pocket and was right impressed! Took it to school and the other kids all thought it was very neat -- never seen one.
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charlie sherrill
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The banks here have plenty of two dollar bills and are happy to get rid of them. I have been using them for restaurant tips for many years. I like the reactions I get when tipping in a Chinese restaurant. I recently gave one to a Chinese waitress and you would have thought I gave her a fifty dollar gold piece. She ran all over the restaurant showing the other employees what she had and even went back in the kitchen to show those workers. They were impressed and I doubt they had ever seen one. I recently gave one to a panhandler. He was confused at first and thought I was trying to fool him. When he finally figured out what he had his face lit up into a big smile. Dollar coins are good for poker games.
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Your post brought back some fond memories ... use to be a big deal getting one of those when I was a kid. Got to wondering about their current production status. Found this in the US Treasury web site:
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I was at a gun show in York, PA and I paid for a Colt in part with a load of Golden Dollars. The seller had never seen them before, and I told him what they were. His remark was, "I'll have to bring them to the next poker game."
What often gets people's attention is when I pull my Golden Dollars out of a Crown Royal bag.
I've had a number of bank tellers express appreciation when I acquire all the Golden Dollars they have in their tills.
misswired
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I'm in the two dollar bill wallet camp.....
Faulkner
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I have a story about a similar situation I should tell sometime . . . the business actually called the police on me over it.
We've been printing them since 1862 until today....latest series is 2013 I do believe...some of the old large size ones are quite valuable..(lazy deuce national). of the newer ones the 2003a star is quite a find...they're a blast to use...I collected paper money until this forum ruined me! Ha Ha
upload photos to urlI have a bunch of $2 and I don't know why.
I stop at the bank once a week to get some cash and see my favorite teller.
I always get some $10 bills to leave for tips. Sometimes the $10 is more than the meal.
I love servers.
RudyN
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I happen to have a $2.00 Dollar Bill sitting here next to my computer. I don't see very many these days. Also have a few gold colored dollar coins somewhere.
nicky4968
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You're might find the Wikipedia entry on United States notes (red seals) very interesting.
I don't want to start a political thread that will get us all in trouble.
I don't want to start a political thread that will get us all in trouble.
1morethan8
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A few years ago, a guy passing through from the city, walked into a small store in the hills of Tennessee... he was a counterfeiter and a poor one...
He had made the mistake of printing $18 dollar notes. He thought he'd pass one because these hillbillies wouldn't know the difference.
He asked the store owner for change for the note... the store owner asked him if he wanted three $6 bills.. or two $9 bills?
He had made the mistake of printing $18 dollar notes. He thought he'd pass one because these hillbillies wouldn't know the difference.
He asked the store owner for change for the note... the store owner asked him if he wanted three $6 bills.. or two $9 bills?
Haven't been to Monticello in a few years, the fee used to be $18. If you gave them a $20 bill they would give you a $2 bill for change. Jefferson is on the $2 bill. Always thought that was cool.
I figured the lack of $2 bills in circulation was there is no slot in the cash drawer.
Cashier probably shoves it in the little slit reserved for the $100's.
Cashier probably shoves it in the little slit reserved for the $100's.
If you go in a topless bar and get change it is $2 bills. That's what I've been told anyway!
meaneyedcatz
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We went to Montecello this spring and they give new unused $2 as change.
Dont take any wooden nickels. [emoji1]Don't know nothing about 2$ bills.
I have tried to pay for stuff in 3$ bills. But oddly no one wants to accept them.
I think I'll try wood pennies next.
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