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Has anybody else noticed the sudden increase of $2 notes in circulation over the past few months? I started really seeing them last summer, used to be I'd maybe handle one or two a month and now it seems like I get 5 or 6 a week flowing through my tills. In fact last week on a routine post-work bike ride I even found, scattered in the gutter alongside the road, $14 worth of them and in seemingly brand-new condition. Most I've seen (that I've closely examined, anyways) are of the 2013 series.
Did the treasury department find they had a surplus of $2 bills they wanted to get rid of so they decided to put them into circulation, or what?
They have become popular as tipping units. A number of credit card gurus have talked about tipping in 2s the points guy, million mile at a time etc. my wife and I travel for work a fair amount and to the same places so it does make you easily rememberable if you frequent places, sometimes results in better service sometimes not
Edit: they are all older bills just not circulated much. Every chase Branch I’ve asked for them at they’ve had them on hand
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If you ever make to the city of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, it seems like half the US currency in circulation over there are $2 bills. It's funny seeing non-American tourists look at them and think they are all counterfeit and fake, since most have never seen a US $2 bill in their life, including when they have traveled throughout the US.
My one aunt, who used to work in a bank, used to give me money for Christmas and my birthday, in a all $2 bills, this was back in the 80s and early 90s though.
A stigma from WW11 Hawaii.
Legal brothels allowed by the Police Chief and the Military CO.
$2.00 for two mins.
There were curtains separating women on cots.
Servicing 5 men then taking a break.
Saw it shown on the History channel as I recall.
Today cash registers do not have a bin for a $2.00 bill.
I for one hate having all the $1.00 bills in my wallet while. $2.00 bill would save space and less bulky....also would be nice to have bills in different colors like they have in Canada...hard to make any mistake in change.
Has anybody else noticed the sudden increase of $2 notes in circulation over the past few months?
Not me.
The issue always has been the number of slots in an a standard cash register drawer. There is a slot for ones, fives, tens and twenties. Fifties and hundreds go underneath. Where do the $2 bills reside?
That's the same issue for the $1 coins: a standard cash register drawer has a spot for pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. There is no spot for a 50 cent coin or a $1 coin.
Today cash registers do not have a bin for a $2.00 bill.
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The issue always has been the number of slots in an a standard cash register drawer. There is a slot for ones, fives, tens and twenties. Fifties and hundreds go underneath. Where do the $2 bills reside?
At work they just put them in the slot where the tenners used to go!
The tills they use have five bins for coin: ¢1, ¢5, ¢10 and ¢25, plus a wider fifth bin that usually seems mostly to be populated by paper clips, car wash tokens, lottery pencils and such but also is a convenient group home for the few ¢50 and $1 coins (name your design/era) that flow through there, plus the occasional beaver or maple leaf.
Has anybody else noticed the sudden increase of $2 notes in circulation over the past few months? I started really seeing them last summer, used to be I'd maybe handle one or two a month and now it seems like I get 5 or 6 a week flowing through my tills. In fact last week on a routine post-work bike ride I even found, scattered in the gutter alongside the road, $14 worth of them and in seemingly brand-new condition. Most I've seen (that I've closely examined, anyways) are of the 2013 series.
Did the treasury department find they had a surplus of $2 bills they wanted to get rid of so they decided to put them into circulation, or what?
I haven't seen a $2.00 bill in a long time - I would welcome them, I really liked them! I don't like the gross looking one dollar bills that look so dirty and clutter up your change purse. If I start seeing them, I am going to collect as many as I can. Maybe we can go to the bank and ask for the $2.00 bills, if they are in print again. I don't like those huge coins though, glad I don't see those - I think they are $1.00, could you imagine carrying $10.00 worth of $1.00 coins?
Veering a bit off topic: according to my grandmother, if you keep a $2 bill in your wallet at all times, you will never be broke.
I've had a $2 bill folded up and tucked into my wallet for decades.
I used to have a $2 silver note tucked into my wallet but, unfortunately, that was stolen, so I had to replace it with a regular $2.
Your grandmother, a wise woman!!!
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