# Can the Treasury Department was any more money? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 29, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982 "2003-04-29T19:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/21 "2003-04-30T06:02:52Z")
They can have George Washington when they pry him from my cold, dead hands! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/22 "2003-04-30T06:29:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\*They still make $2 bills?!? 😕 > > Tripler > I thought they were only printed in the 70s and early 80s. \*\* Stop-N-Robs like to use them as a traceable bill if they get robbed. They leave one in the drawer with the serial number written down in the office. If they get robbed, the clerk makes sure to give the crook the $2 bill (which in a couple of stores I worked in was hooked up to the security system and would trigger the 35 mm camera hidden in a speaker) with the rest of the money from the drawer. Pretty easy to track, since they’re only looking for a rarely circulated bill. ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/23 "2003-04-30T06:32:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*Ah, that cursed dollar bill. It is the cause of all our problems. > \*\* But what’ll I use at the strip club??😕 ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/24 "2003-04-30T07:21:04Z")
As an ex-cashier, I love the idea of colored bills. You guys have no idea how easy it is for even the most watchful clerk to accidently slip a ten in with the fives or a five in with the tens, thus either shortchangeing your customer or the store. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/25 "2003-04-30T14:38:16Z")
I’d like to see at least one denomination be bright red! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/26 "2003-04-30T14:45:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whatami \* > **But what’ll I use at the strip club??** You tip with singles? You cheap bastard! Me, I always tip the strippers with twos. Sort of a trademark. The boys just love 'em and a couple of them have mentioned that they have an informal contest going to see who can collect the most. Since they collect them by, you know, _doing things_ to me, everybody wins! I’m off to the credit union today to pick up a new supply. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/27 "2003-04-30T14:47:55Z")
Penny = utterly useless Nickle = mostly useless Dime = moderately useless Quarter = laundromat, vending machines and parking meters Dollar coin = Lucifer Dead trees = $$ ---
**Author:** ![Fin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@Fin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fin_man)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/28 "2003-04-30T14:56:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by D\_Odds \* > \*\*Dead trees = $$ \*\* [nitpick] From the [Bureau of Engraving and Printing fun facts](http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/106) “Currency paper is composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton. Red and blue synthetic fibers of various lengths are distributed evenly throughout the paper. Prior to World War I the fibers were made of silk.” So no dead trees. [/nitpick] ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/29 "2003-04-30T15:06:32Z")
Amended: Dead (sheared?) cotton and flax plants = $$ ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/30 "2003-04-30T16:44:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by whatami \* > \*\*But what’ll I use at the strip club??😕 \*\* thay’d love it. with the coins it would be like a big game of doge ball 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/31 "2003-04-30T19:37:26Z")
You’re not interested in walking into a strip club with a large roll of coins in your pocket? ---
**Author:** ![BadBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BadBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/32 "2003-05-01T00:52:46Z")
**Otto** , I’ll never be able to look at 2 dollar bills the same way again! Until now they were just a neat gift older relatives would press upon me. Now Grammie’s presents will go hand in hand with nekkid go-go boys! Adios to pennies and dollar bills say I. When I think of how often I’ve not been able to get a vending machine to take a dollar bill, well, grrr… ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/33 "2003-05-01T01:53:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\*They still make $2 bills?!? 😕 > > Tripler > I thought they were only printed in the 70s and early 80s. \*\* They made them in the 1920s too. Unless my parents lied to me. Which they might have. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/34 "2003-05-01T02:14:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neidhart \* > \*\*I’d like to see at least one denomination be bright red! \*\* Like [this one](http://www.vpcoins.com/images/f7.jpg)? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/35 "2003-05-01T03:31:52Z")
Whoa. Like, WHOA. . . I had no idea the US Mint was actually making these things in any quantity at all. **Jeep’s Phoenix** and **Tuckerfan** , I thank you for the heads up, and I do _fully_ trust you, but I’ve never seen an official statement that they’re productively minting these things. Gotta link? Tripler Twenty six years of denial may be shattered here. . . 😃 ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/36 "2003-05-01T03:56:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lieu \* > \*\*You’re not interested in walking into a strip club with a large roll of coins in your pocket? \*\* That’s what it usually looks like anyway.😉 > [@](#): > > _originally posted by Aceospades_ thay’d love it. with the coins it would be like a big game of doge ball A friend’s dad, who spent time in Thailand talked of a dance the strippers used to do called the quarter dance. The guys would bring in lots of quarters and stack them on the table. The dancers would then get to keep however many they could “hold on to”. They couldn’t use hands, or breasts. :eek: I can’t speak for the truth of this, but that’s what he told me. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/37 "2003-05-01T05:22:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tripler \* > \*\*Whoa. Like, WHOA. . . > > I had no idea the US Mint was actually making these things in any quantity at all. **Jeep’s Phoenix** and **Tuckerfan** , I thank you for the heads up, and I do _fully_ trust you, but I’ve never seen an official statement that they’re productively minting these things. Gotta link? > > Tripler > Twenty six years of denial may be shattered here. . . 😃 \*\* Well, a quick search of the [US Treasury site](http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/distribution.html) yields _nothing_ about what bills are printed. But it appears from the [Bureau of Printing and Engraving](http://www.moneyfactory.com/section.cfm/4) that they’re still being printed. However, straight guys might want want to think twice about using $2 bills at strip clubs, since it does mean that [you’re gay.](http://www.erlc.com/Culture/Disney/Articles/two_dollar_bills.htm)😉 Oh, and **whatami** , I’ve heard that same kind of story from enough service men to believe it’s accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/38 "2003-05-01T05:29:50Z")
My problem with the bills is they look like they were scanned on a flatbed scanner with the Red/Green/Blue ratio all wrong. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/39 "2003-05-01T05:45:46Z")
Wait … someone is seriously challenging the US Government to spend more money? You don’t want to go there, man. These days, they’d probably blow a full $5K on toilet seats…each. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982/40 "2003-05-01T05:56:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Wait … someone is seriously challenging the US Government to spend more money? > > You don’t want to go there, man. These days, they’d probably blow a full $5K on toilet seats…each. \*\* [Independance Day]What? You don’t _really_ think they spent $500 for a hammer, do you?[/ID] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-treasury-department-was-any-more-money/171982.md?page=3)