Well this is different.

[Grayfox]

I went to a little gun show down in Mississippi this morning. Admission was $8, I handed the lady a ten. For change I got back a brand new crisp $2 bill.
WOW! that caught me by surprise. I haven't seen a $2 bill in at least 20 years, probably more. I didn't know they still made 'em.
What's more is that its dated 2013. The lady had a whole stack of nice, new, crisp $2 bills in her change box.
I did a little searching and found that they do still make 'em. But its not a regular item. They just print some every so often as the need arises. As near as I can tell, the last printing before this was in the 1970s.
I just thought it was kinda interesting and posted about it.
But I'll bet there's gonna be some confused store clerks in North Mississippi over the next few days.

 

[da gimp]

friends used to set up at Tulsa.. and always took a stack of $2.00 bills with them... they had an out of state regular customer, who was a noted collector, who came by & got them from them every year... His bank refused to get them for him & told him they were no longer made.. our local bank either had them on hand or was happy to get them as needed...It paid to keep a good customer happy...

 

[zzzippper]

When you visit Monticello change is always given in $2 bills.

 

[Marshwheeling]

There is a local liquor store that has been giving $2 bills in change for decades.

 

[Trooperdan]

Not that I would know personally, but "I've been told" the ladies that dance at the local clubs are fond of them!

 

[rwsmith]

When Clemson played the Orange bowl.....

The fans and alumni took all their money in $2 bills and paid for everything, hotels, food..... so that people would know they had been there. Also, when they have away games, orange tiger paw prints mysteriously appear on the highway leading in to the stadium.

 

[johngalt]

You can order them at your bank.

 

[swsig]

I grew up in San Diego. Back in the '40s and '50s, $2 bills were used to pay local Navy and Marine personnel, so they were fairly common in those days.

 

[Mickey D]

When I was on a cruise, I left them for the cabin maids.
Think I'll start leaving them as tips at restaurants here.

 

[retiredbadge8091]

My grandpa would go to the bank every December and get enough $2 bills to give every one of his children and their spouses, grandchildren and their spouses as well as his great grandchildren a $2 bill for Christmas.

My wife and I saved all of ours, as did my daughter. My son spend his as soon as he could get to the store. He's become more sentimental over the years thank goodness.

The $2 bills are still in the cash envelopes with Christmas themes and the bank's logo. The bank back then furnished the envelopes for free. I have them tucked away in the gun safe and we get them out on the holidays and smile and think of grandpa Bill.

 

[diamonback68]

Two dollar bills were historically very popular in the old days for bets at the race tracks. $2.00 bets were always the minimum bet.

 

[Salty RI]

When you visit Monticello change is always given in $2 bills.

I know, I always give them a twenty.

 

[the ringo kid]

I went to a little gun show down in Mississippi this morning. Admission was $8, I handed the lady a ten. For change I got back a brand new crisp $2 bill.
WOW! that caught me by surprise. I haven't seen a $2 bill in at least 20 years, probably more. I didn't know they still made 'em.
What's more is that its dated 2013. The lady had a whole stack of nice, new, crisp $2 bills in her change box.
I did a little searching and found that they do still make 'em. But its not a regular item. They just print some every so often as the need arises. As near as I can tell, the last printing before this was in the 1970s.
I just thought it was kinda interesting and posted about it.
But I'll bet there's gonna be some confused store clerks in North Mississippi over the next few days.

Yep, still made. If your ever in Corpus Christi? and go to the "Ol Steakhouse Company" formerly known as Longhorn Steak and Ale--they give $2 bills as change-mostly so you can leave them as a good tip.

 

[Bekeart]

I keep some $2 bills around.

Good for tips and to cause confusion.

Bekeart

 

[joe44va]

If you go to Monticello in Virginia the admission is $18. Give them a $20 and get a $2 bill back. Guess who is on the $2 bill?

 

[Muss Muggins]

Not that I would know personally, but "I've been told" the ladies that dance at the local clubs are fond of them!

I may or may not have heard they are not, because they look like a $20 in subdued lighting . . .