[ARCHIVED THREAD] - $2 Bill (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/28/2012 10:33:04 AM EDT
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How hard is it to get $2 bills from a bank, was thinking of getting a Brick if I could and toss it in the safe and forget about it since they have not made them in almost 10 years.
On a side note picked up a nice 1899 $1 Silver Certificate (Black Eagle) off ebay for a xmas gift |
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It isn't as if they are getting hard to find.
They aren't worth more than $2.00 If you want something to toss in your safe that will be worth more a year from now... Seriously... Look at what the price of EVERYTHING has done. Buy anything you use, need, or want to invest in. Don't keep money as an investment. I bought ammo in 2006. It costs double what it did then. A $2.00 bill in 2006 would still only be worth $2.00. |
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The $2 bill was first issued in 1862 and discontinued in 1966. The bills were reintroduced in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial.
Since 1976, there have been three other series: 1995, 2003, and 2005. While the government still prints $2 bills from time to time, they still read as 2005. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill So, no real advantage to putting a ton away IMHO 
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Shouldn't be hard to get some. May want to call ahead, they might have order you some. Yep, I do this every January before I go on a business trip where $2 bills work better than $1 bills  I was going to suggest that. Lol For those not in the know, certain clubs prefer $2 bills. |
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I order them from my bank a "strap" (50 bills, $100) at a time; takes about two weeks for them to arrive after I ask for them. Sometimes I get new sequentially-numbered bills, sometimes I get used bills. Sometimes they'll be stamped "this bill was from Harry's Strip Club" or wtte.
People smile when they see them; I use them all the time now. ETA My local Chase branches didn't want to be bothered (YMMV); I also use a regional bank and the manager and tellers know my family by name and they have no problems ordering $2 bills and half-dollar coins upon request. edited again for clarification |
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How hard is it to get $2 bills from a bank, was thinking of getting a Brick if I could and toss it in the safe Dude, You don't have to make up some B.S. reason. Yes, they work nicely at the strip club. A bunch of us use them for that. Not at all difficult to get from any decent sized bank. |
| I wouldn't bother. They are only scarce because people keep them. They are not going to go up in value as collectibles. Barring very odd serial numbers, errors, or some star notes (some only), no current US currency is going to appreciate as a collectible in the future. You can do much better with certain foreign currency (no, not Iraq . . .) |
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Literally older than the internet - I was a Freshman at the University of Minnesota in 1993 before the internet was in full swing. This appeared in the paper newspaper on the network bulletin board. (You email stuff to the paper and they print it in the editorial section and you read it on a newspaper made of paper!) Perhaps it's the first viral email!
*** On my way home from work, I stopped at Taco Bell for a quick bite to eat. In my billfold are a $50 bill and a $2 bill. I figure that with a $2 bill, I can get something to eat and not have to worry about anyone getting irritated at me for trying to break a $50 bill. Me: "Hi, I'd like one seven-layer burrito please, to go." Server: "That'll be $1.04. Eat in?" Me: "No, it's to go." At this point, I open my billfold and hand him the $2 bill. He looks at it kind of funny. Server: "Uh, hang on a sec, I'll be right back." He goes to talk to his manager, who is still within my earshot. The following conversation occurs between the two of them: Server: "Hey, you ever see a $2 bill?" Manager: "No. A what?" Server: "A $2 bill. This guy just gave it to me." Manager: "Ask for something else. There's no such thing as a $2 bill." Server: "Yeah, thought so." He comes back to me and says, "We don't take these Do you have anything else?" Me: "Just this fifty. You don't take $2 bills? Why?" Server: "I don't know." Me: "See here where it says legal tender?" Server: "Yeah." Me: "So, why won't you take it?" Server: "Well, hang on a sec." He goes back to his manager, who has been watching me like I'm a shoplifter, and says to him, "He says I have to take it." Manager: "Doesn't he have anything else?" Server: "Yeah, a fifty. I'll get it and you can open the safe and get change " Manager: "I'm not opening the safe with him in here." Server: "What should I do?" Manager: "Tell him to come back later when he has real money." Server: "I can't tell him that! You tell him." Manager: "Just tell him." Server: "No way! This is weird. I'm going in back." The manager approaches me and says, "I'm sorry, but we don't take big bills this time of night." Me: "It's only seven o'clock! Well then, here's a two dollar bill." Manager: "We don't take those, either." Me: "Why not?" Manager: "I think you know why." Me: "No really, tell me why." Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security." Me: "Excuse me?" Manager: "Please leave before I call mall security." Me: "What on earth for?" Manager: "Please, sir." Me: "Uh, go ahead, call them." Manager: "Would you please just leave?" Me: "No." Manager: "Fine -- have it your way then." Me: "Hey, that's Burger King, isn't it?" At this point, he backs away from me and calls mall security on the phone around the corner. I have two people staring at me from the dining area, and I begin laughing out loud, just for effect. A few minutes later this 45-year-oldish guy Comes in. Guard: "Yeah, Mike, what's up?" Manager (whispering): "This guy is trying to give me some (pause) funny money." Guard: "No kidding! What?" Manager: "Get this .. A two dollar bill." Guard (incredulous): "Why would a guy fake a two dollar bill?" Manager: "I don't know. He's kinda weird. He says the only other thing he has is a fifty." Guard: "Oh, so the fifty's fake!" Manager: "No, the two dollar bill is." Guard: "Why would he fake a two dollar bill?" Manager: "I don't know! Can you talk to him, and get him out of here?" Guard: "Yeah." Security Guard walks over to me and...... Guard: "Mike here tells me you have some fake bills you're trying to use." Me: "Uh, no." Guard: "Lemme see 'em." Me: "Why?" Guard: "Do you want me to get the cops in here?" At this point I am ready to say, "Sure, please!" but I want to eat, so I say "I'm just trying to buy a burrito and pay for it with this two dollar bill. I put the bill up near his face, and he flinches like I'm taking a swing at him. He takes the bill, turns it over a few times in his hands, and says, "Hey, Mike, what's wrong with this bill?" Manager: "It's fake." Guard: "It doesn't look fake to me." Manager: "But it's a two dollar bill." Guard: "Yeah?" Manager: "Well, there's no such thing, is there?" The security guard and I both look at him like he's an idiot, and it dawns on the guy that he has no clue. So, it turns out that my burrito was free, and he threw in a small drink and some of those cinnamon thingies, too. Made me want to get a whole stack of two dollar bills just to see what happens when I try to buy stuff. If I got the right group of people, I could probably end up in jail. You get free food there, too. |
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I wouldn't bother. They are only scarce because people keep them. They are not going to go up in value as collectibles. Barring very odd serial numbers, errors, or some star notes (some only), no current US currency is going to appreciate as a collectible in the future. You can do much better with certain foreign currency (no, not Iraq . . .) Holy shit I've never heard of star notes before. I very recently got a handful of them, I have to check that I haven't spent them already. |
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I wouldn't bother. They are only scarce because people keep them. They are not going to go up in value as collectibles. Barring very odd serial numbers, errors, or some star notes (some only), no current US currency is going to appreciate as a collectible in the future. You can do much better with certain foreign currency (no, not Iraq . . .) Holy shit I've never heard of star notes before. I very recently got a handful of them, I have to check that I haven't spent them already. http://money.howstuffworks.com/question703.htm On occasion, a bill shows up that has a small star in place of the final letter in the serial. This star represents what is known as a replacement note. When a printing error occurs during a normal press run and renders a set of bills unusable, replacement notes are used instead. With replacements notes, a set of serial numbers can still have the proper number of bills even if some of the original bills had to be pulled. The replacement notes have a sequence of their own, using the star as their final "letter." This allows for 99,999,999 possible replacement notes for any given bank, series and denomination. This should be more than enough: According to the Paper Money Collecting FAQ, there's about one error in every 100,000 U.S. bills. In general, replacement notes aren't worth more than regular bills. However, if you find a replacement note with a particularly interesting serial number -- like 00000001 or 999999999 -- or a large number of consecutively numbered replacement notes that you keep together as a lot, you may have a collector's item on your hands. |
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Shouldn't be hard to get some. May want to call ahead, they might have order you some. Yep, I do this every January before I go on a business trip where $2 bills work better than $1 bills I was going to suggest that. Lol For those not in the know, certain clubs prefer $2 bills. Especially if you fold them to look like $20s 
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Quoted: I got change for a $20 once at a convenience store after paying with a $2, gave the change back and took a few minutes of Quoted: Girls think they are $20 in the dim lightI'm not understanding all the strip clubs comments. Why are they so popular at strip clubs?  and  Should have just kept it  My bank pawns them off on me occasionally, along with dollar and half dollar coins. |
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How hard is it to get $2 bills from a bank, was thinking of getting a Brick if I could and toss it in the safe Dude, You don't have to make up some B.S. reason. Yes, they work nicely at the strip club. A bunch of us use them for that. Not at all difficult to get from any decent sized bank. So how exactly do they work at strip clubs? At first it sounded like some sort of secret key to the back room, now it sounds like "stripperz cant count their dumb!!1! "
Genuinely curious about this since I haven't been to one of those establishments since I was 21 or so. Have I been missing out on the The Secret all along? 
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I wouldn't bother. They are only scarce because people keep them. They are not going to go up in value as collectibles. Barring very odd serial numbers, errors, or some star notes (some only), no current US currency is going to appreciate as a collectible in the future. You can do much better with certain foreign currency (no, not Iraq . . .) Holy shit I've never heard of star notes before. I very recently got a handful of them, I have to check that I haven't spent them already. They have to be brand spanking new to be worthwhile. Not one crease, no writing, no wrinkles. Even a small corner foldover will make its value go down the shitter. Bends (as in not laying perfectly flat) may be ok. Some star notes even if perfect have very little additional value. |
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I order them from my bank a "strap" (50 bills, $100) at a time; takes about two weeks for them to arrive after I ask for them. Sometimes I get new sequentially-numbered bills, sometimes I get used bills. Sometimes they'll be stamped "this bill was from Harry's Strip Club" or wtte. People smile when they see them; I use them all the time now. ETA Chase didn't want to be bothered; I also use a regional bank and the manager and tellers know my family by name and they have no problems ordering $2 bills and half-dollar coins upon request. I got 50 $2 bills from a Chase bank a couple of years ago, still have few. |
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I order them from my bank a "strap" (50 bills, $100) at a time; takes about two weeks for them to arrive after I ask for them. Sometimes I get new sequentially-numbered bills, sometimes I get used bills. Sometimes they'll be stamped "this bill was from Harry's Strip Club" or wtte. People smile when they see them; I use them all the time now. ETA Chase didn't want to be bothered; I also use a regional bank and the manager and tellers know my family by name and they have no problems ordering $2 bills and half-dollar coins upon request. I got 50 $2 bills from a Chase bank a couple of years ago, still have few. I clarified my post ;-) |
| I got 50 bills (new) at one of the larger local Chase branches upon request. They seemed to have a lot more that time, but sometimes they only have a handful (whatever is in the drawer); they have never been totally out when i've requested them. The smaller branches never carry $2 bills and pretty much say not to bother asking; it was the same when they were all still WaMu branches. |
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How hard is it to get $2 bills from a bank, was thinking of getting a Brick if I could and toss it in the safe Dude, You don't have to make up some B.S. reason. Yes, they work nicely at the strip club. A bunch of us use them for that. Not at all difficult to get from any decent sized bank. So how exactly do they work at strip clubs? At first it sounded like some sort of secret key to the back room, now it sounds like "stripperz cant count their dumb!!1! "
Genuinely curious about this since I haven't been to one of those establishments since I was 21 or so. Have I been missing out on the The Secret all along? What? Stripperz cant count their dumb? What does their dumb look like? Does it look like their tits? Can you count your dumb? Oh. Wait! You meant "Stripperz can't count. They're dumb!" |
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Quoted: How hard is it to get $2 bills from a bank, was thinking of getting a Brick if I could and toss it in the safe and forget about it since they have not made them in almost 10 years. On a side note picked up a nice 1899 $1 Silver Certificate (Black Eagle) off ebay for a xmas gift go to the bank and ask them, they usually have them, if not they can order them. I get stacks of them to take to tsrip clubs, they more than pay for themselves. |
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Quoted: they hold some kind of magic apparently over stupid people. Most people dont see them that often, and associate them with scarcity=more value. You walk in with 2 dollar bills and they treat you like a superstar.
So how exactly do they work at strip clubs? At first it sounded like some sort of secret key to the back room, now it sounds like "stripperz cant count their dumb!!1! " |
| I collect them just.... Well, honestly just because! I don't go out and get them though, I just grab one if I see it (if a cashier has one or something, I ask to trade her for 2x $1). I thought they stopped printing them in 2004 though, and are set to be taken out of circulation before long. If that happens, banks will no longer give you them, but make friends with someone who works a cash register somewhere like a gas station. They may come across them. |