Two Dollar Bills
 

Does anyone use two dollar bills, except me? I always have them in my wallet and use them to pay for small purchases and in restaurants. They are almost impossible to find, but you can order them from the bank. I order a hundred at a time. Much more useful than one dollar bills, and they are usually new and crisp. Give it a try. It's fun to see people's reaction.

I have a couple hundred in the safe. Found them when we cleaned out my late mother in law's condo... She would give them to the grandkids, tucked into their other presents for birthdays, Hanukkah, etc...

And you're right, they're a hoot to give to younger cashiers, who have never seen one...

I keep one in my wallet, somehow decided it is lucky to have it.

Used 'em a lot before we moved here. The owner of a Vietnamese restaurant in Duluth, MN, told me that they are seen as "good luck". I included them in tips at various Asian restaurants.

My wife and I have traveled all over the US since the early '80's, and overwintered in TV for over 20 years, and I have never seen a $2 bill, let alone handled one!
I had to look them up on Google for confirmation that they are real.
I was convinced this thread was a wind up, and was in the same category as the £9 British bank note.
You learn something new each day.
Now I have to get one! ;)

In Brooksville, Florida there's a restaurant there, Florida Cracker Kitchen. It's worth the trip and they give $2 bills in their change. That is for those of us that still use cash.

Two Bills has never seen a $2 bill! Funny!

I didn't think anyone would pick that up! :D

Very popular racetrack currency at one time.

Thanks for the tip, RG123, on where to get some. I've got a couple. One time, in the 1960's, I had a $1,000 bill for a few days. Now that was fun!

I hate $1 bills, take up too much space so always carry at least 5 #2's. My bank has them all the time so getting quantity is never an issue. I'm also a fan of the Sacagawea but my bank no longer carries them.

The problem is on those larger bills hard to get any one to take them as a payment. Fear they are counterfeit.

I have 1 or 2 in a box on my nightstand that I have had since they came out but that is all for me.

Didn't they declare the $2 bill null and void a couple of years ago? Had something to do with what was going on in 2000.

We just got $80.. from Citizens to take on a cruise

I assume you are kidding? They are still making two dollar bills.

They are a total pain in the axx to businesses they require special handling and counting, do the businesses a favor use $ 1 dollar bills. Believe me they don’t enjoy your little idiosyncrasy.

You are probably the only one.

Back in the early 70's, the City of Norfolk VA was up in arms about the Navy's presence in the city. They were making it as difficult as possible for the service. At the time, the Navy always paid sailors in cash. The disbursing folks came up with a great idea. One payday, they paid all the sailors in the area in two-dollar bills. They flooded the economy with them. The noise about throwing the Navy out of the area precipitously died a quick death. Local establishments and businesses suddenly realized the economic impact on the area should the Navy leave. It was funny to hear the local politicians, who were vehemently supporting the divorce from the Navy, were suddenly backtracking and preaching the benefits of our presence in the area.

Totally agree. They are a pain to businesses when assembling deposits.

So, there are 1.4 billion two dollar bills in circulation, but we shouldn't use them?

I almost never use cash for anything. I get points on my credit card and have a record of all my spending.

This must be a pain for many restaurants since many cashiers can not count money.

I'm doing the same thing for my cruise this week. The staff love getting them as tips.

I can count on one hand the number of times I've used cash in the past year. I use my phone most of the time.

A few years ago stories like this got me to seek $2 bills from my bank. I would use them for tips and other small purchases.

little girl arrested for using $2 bill to purchase chicken nuggets at school

LOL I have a "Lucky One" in my wallet I keep since my wife's passing. Over 20 yrs

Many years ago we went to Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. The entry fee was (I think) $18, so they could give you a $2 bill in change.
If you haven’t looked it up the $2 has Jefferson’s bust on the front and the Trumbull painting “Declaration of Independence” on the back.

It's now $28 at the door.

$10,000 bill
 

Early in my career, I worked for a financial company that frequently had a booth at financial trade shows. They always had a $10,000 bill on display to pull in people. Today, a $10,000 bill can go for up to $150,000.

$100 in cash will last me 2-3 months.

When I did work for the seminole indian tribe in Hollywood the chief of the tribe would come every holiday season and give me 10 $2 bills. They considered them lucky.

$2 bill
 

Rarely see these and consider them like a collectible. We do have one with Bill Clinton on it. 😆

At the company I worked at gave a $2 bill when you applied for a patent. Thomas Jefferson was credited for establishing the USPTO. When I retired, I had a fair number of the bills which are now in a drawer.

I use them with the grandchildren, makes me the coolest with them. We told them that I printed them myself but had to change that story. They tried it on their parents printer. Poppa isn’t into forgery. Ooops!

The same goes for the one-dollar coins. Remember the president dollar coins? We have billions of them sitting in government vaults Under the act from congress we had to continue to make them. What a waste of tax dollars.

I don't think they have any trouble taking any money...:). The servers like them for tips, the business usually puts them under the cash drawer where they also put 50's and 100's. Your belief they consider it an idiosyncrasy is your issue, doesn't seem to be theirs. Our currency is so boring compared to other Countries.

LOL. You mean the Government has been wasting tax dollars? At least the money in the vault is being saved. But, they are still making two dollar bills and putting them into circulation.

NOPE I am number two. If, someone paid ,me with a two dollar bill, I've never had anyone pull that. I would ask them to give me real money. I would not be amused. Now if anyone wants to pay me in SILVER currency, I will gladly accept them at face value.

Actually the government makes quite a bit of money with stamp collectors who pay for a service and put the stamp in a book or whatever. All the different quarters. I was saving them. I still have a can full. I get no interest on them. Were I to sell them the bank would give me a quarter. A coin dealer would give me less than a quarter for them.

Pennies not legal to do it but there is more than a penny worth of scrap copper in each.