I got coffee and went to change a $20 at the 7-11. I noticed it in the cash register and asked for it. The clerk thought I was crazy. “You really want this?”
I didn’t think any were still in circulation. This is being a cheap week, and now I’m down $2 cause of course I’m not spending it.
I love those.
I used to have some. Gave one to a fast food lady. She was thrilled.
Yeah, I think I have/had one somewhere 
They’re neato… though I’m not fond of the colour
I love those too. I have a ‘lucky $2 bill’ in my wallet. Don’t know when I got it or why it’s lucky for that matter, but it is Not To Be Spent. It’s been in there forever and the crease is becoming a perforation. Soon I’ll have a pair of $1 bills, I guess.
I found myself in the US Capitol bldg a while back and realized that the picture on the back of the bill (signing of the Dec. of Ind.) is the mural on the rotunda wall. That was kind of cool.
Yeah, I used to have a nice one, but it disappeared from my wallet about 8 months ago… I miss it 
You can still get new $2 bills from any bank. All you have to do is just order them. My wife and I ordered $200 worth last Christmas and sent them out in our Christmas cards to freinds and family. They all loved them.
When I was working 3 jobs, I would always get my smallest check cashed in $2 bills and run around spending them like mad, trying to get more into circulation. It doesn’t work because the damn register trays don’t have a slot for them.
Yes, I agree that they’re fairly easy to get but cool to have. We went to a comedy club in Portland, Maine, where the admission was $8. Each person got back a $2 bill in change; it was sort of their gimmick, I guess, to remember them by. It must have worked, since this was years ago and I still have mine in my wallet.
I carry one in my wallet too. It’s in the “secret compartment” and wrapped around a $100 bill. Both are Not To Be Spent. (Ok, the $100 is for emergencies. But the $2 is Strictly Off Limits!)
My grandma, for most of my life until the age of 21, sent me a $2 bill every week in a card. I saved all of them, at one point when I was desperate for cash at about 14 years old I cashed in $600 worth. From that point forward I kept saving them, I’ve got around $350 in a old velcro wallet in my bedroom at my parents house today.
Every so often she’d send one with red serial numbers, these are supposed to be more rare. I don’t know the details, since I’m not really into collecting coins and money, but I have around 20 of those in varying conditions.
Thats my little story, enjoy :).
A couple weeks ago, I went out to lunch with some co-workers. One of him paid his share with the following monies:
3 2-dollar bills
1 1-dollar “gold” coin
2 50 cent pieces
That’s exactly the kind of eccentric he is–only he would have all of those floating around in his wallet.
Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple Computer) is the ultimate $2 bill wacko. When he found that he could buy uncut sheets of the bills, he got a bunch, and would cut them off, in front of the cashier, as needed.
He later had them padded and perforated, so he could easliy rip them out of a “book” of $2 bills. As word got out of this weirdo with the funny money, the Secret Service investigated, on suspicion of counterfeiting. He explained it all to them, and, as there was no crime, they let him alone.
The great part about the meeting with the Secret Service is that the only ID he showed the agent was his “Laser Safety Officer” badge which he had made himself.
Seeing this thread reminds me: Is the two dollar bill going to get a make-over like all the others (save the one)?
I love em. But finding them in change is like losing money since I wont spend em, which is wierd since it’s just money worth, so I don’t go out of my way to find them.
I had a lot of fun, however, spending the old Ike dollars a few years ago.
Always ask for special coins when you spot them at a register.
::Worst case senario you decide to spend them later.
::Best case senario, which happened to me, what you thought were 3 Ike dollars turns out to be 3 peace dollars, which was awesome. What an idiot the cashier was for giving them to me but lucky lucky me.
I haven’t seen one of those 2-dollar notes in years. They are cool. But I don’t expect to see one, of course–we don’t even get to see very many of those “gold” dollar coins (Sacajawea) these days, despite the tons of advertising that the government did when they minted them. If they weren’t going to put them in general circulation, why the hell did they create them in the first place (excepting the fact that the mint makes money off of its coinage–making a profit shouldn’t be the Treasury’s primary interest).
While we’re at it, we should have more unusual denomination bills. We could have a $7 bill, or something like that. We need more of that stuff–it builds national character. Maybe a $13.50 note. The possibilities are endless!
this year before i went on vacation i went to the bank and post office for 2 dollar bills and gold dollars. i used them all over san diego and los angeles for tips. they were perfect for that.
[Slight Hijack -sorry]
What’s the deal with the US “quarter”? Do any other countries have a 25c denomination? 20 cents (or Baht or whatever) seems to be the norm. I’m not American, so I find this rather quaint -but strangely cool. It seems a little out of place in a decimal system. I’m curious as to its origins.
Malchats, the Sackies are actually in circulation, in large numbers. But people aren’t spending them and the government can’t force them to do so unless they abolish the dollar bill.
“The farmer won’t eat what he doesn’t know…”
People don’t like changes. Some of the excuses people use for not using Sackies are just ridiculous and irrelevant. And there is a small but vocal minority that spouts off Zionist economic undermining conspiracies when they’re mentioned, as if paper money isn’t just as fiat as the coins.
In any case, it’s not the government’s fault that Sackies aren’t used…it’s the citizens’.
jayjay
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You weirdos have $2 bills? Bwahahahaaa!
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We have had $2 coins in Canada for quite some time now. They are lovely.
TheLoadedDog, Canada has a 25c coin, also called a quarter.
They sell them at the mint in D.C. Funny thing is that it costs $7 for a sheet of four uncut bills. Shouldn’t they cost less?