Comments on: Yes, Virginia, There is a Two Dollar Bill

By: martin Jordan

martin Jordan — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:42:20 +0000

Speaking of ‘funny money’ I’m reminded of when I was travelling in Latin America in the late 60’s and 70s. I always carried JFK halves for tip money. He was idolized down South and on later visits I’d always have people going out of their way to assist me in any way.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 19:42:46 +0000

I use $2 bills all the time just to see the reaction of the cashier. The first problem they have is that they don’t know what part of the draw to put it in since there is no slot for the $2 bill.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:00:09 +0000

I love $2 bills, they’re such a novelty and, as your story attests to, still many people don’t know they exist.

By: Jose Anes

Jose Anes — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:07:48 +0000

Apparently $2 bills are popular at betting places.

Dollar coins are popular in the Boston Public Transportation System and in some automated Postal Office Stamp Selling Machines.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 14:37:49 +0000

I work at a movie theater and get all sorts of bills and coins. I have a Silver Certificate($1 bill), A couple of silver quarters, nickels and A ton of Silver 50 cent peices. one is a 1932 Liberty coin.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 06:52:52 +0000

Heck, I keep a supply of the gold dollar coins in the key tray of my car…the local self-serve car wash (great for getting off those stubborn deposits of pigeon-sh!t that accumulate when parking downtown) gives a 25% discount if you pay with golden dollar coins, vs the price if paid in quarters or bills.

By: Cap

Cap — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:11:04 +0000

geez, i always thought these kind of stories were just for jokes.

only currency I dont see regularly is the gold dollar coins. which I only received once through all these years…

By: nickel

nickel — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:30:19 +0000

tomdobb, you’re right… According to WikiPedia they were printed as recently as 2004:

In 2004, 121,600,000 of the newest $2 bills, Series 2003, were printed bearing the signatures of John W. Snow and Rosario Marin. Both of these issues have the same design as the Series 1976 $2 bill.

By: The Real Returns

The Real Returns — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 18:25:52 +0000

When I was in college, I worked as a cashier for two years and I never saw a 2 dollar bill. This is a news to me. Interesting!

By: mbhunter

mbhunter — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:03:20 +0000

I love carrying around “funny money” like that — $2 bills, silver and gold dollars, half dollars. They’re fun to give as tips.

By: tomdobb

tomdobb — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 15:17:44 +0000

The $2 bill is actually still made.

http://www.treas.gov/education.....s.shtml#q5