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Is the two dollar bill legal tender?
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I got this hilarious note in an email just now.
Enjoy -- it could happen to you...
THE $2.00 BILL
IF YOU'RE AS OLD AS I AM - THIS IS A RIOT!
The $2 Bill. Everyone should start carrying them! I am STILL laughing!!! I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public. The younger generation doesn't even know they exist.
STORY:
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 he 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.
Just think... those two will be voting soon... YIKES!!!
Enjoy -- it could happen to you...
THE $2.00 BILL
IF YOU'RE AS OLD AS I AM - THIS IS A RIOT!
The $2 Bill. Everyone should start carrying them! I am STILL laughing!!! I think we need to quit saving our $2 bills and bring them out in public. The younger generation doesn't even know they exist.
STORY:
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 he 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.
Just think... those two will be voting soon... YIKES!!!
I'm the Proud recipient of a genuine "you suck" award dated 1/24/05. I was accepted into the "Circle of Trust" on 3/9/09.
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<< <i>I hope they didn't spit in your 7th layer of your burrito.
Would that make it an eight layer burrito?
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<< <i>Snopes Link... >>
Great background Robb!
<< <i>Try paying with something with an IKE. The poor kid behind the register at Starbucks did not know what to do. He just kept flipping it over, then reluctently took it with a look of cluelessness. >>
Funny you should mention this because I just now got back from paying for my meal at Burger King with 8 Eisenhower dollars. The cashier was simply delighted to receive them.
I like to laugh at a lot of these stories which can be quite amusing but I also keep in mind that these stories are dealing with money and a lot of the folks that handle coins and currency are not nearly as familiar with them, or their history, as we are on these boards.
With that in mind, what panics would occur if a $2 or $5 coin were to emerge? And what if they ACTUALLY DID get rid of the one dollar note and eliminate the 1 cent?
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Snopes Link... >>
But still funny. I bet you don't think Larry the Cable Guy really has all those funny relatives or ever got in trouble for putting his finger in the pickle slicer either...
<< <i>to bad you didn't have one of those BEP sheets they used to sell... imagine the look on his face when he didn't want your deuce you unrolled a sheet of dollar bills and cut him off a couple
Now that's a funny idea.
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<< <i>Snopes Link... >>
But still funny. I bet you don't think Larry the Cable Guy really has all those funny relatives or ever got in trouble for putting his finger in the pickle slicer either... >>
Say it ain't so!
The main reason I posted the Snopes link is because of the stupid comment made to the effect of, "Just think, these people will be voting in a couple of years. Yuk-yuk!" when the story has been floating around since the 90's.
Keith
<< <i>The main reason I posted the Snopes link is because of the stupid comment made to the effect of, "Just think, these people will be voting in a couple of years. Yuk-yuk!" when the story has been floating around since the 90's. >>
Well, they'll still be voting again this year unless their stupidity killed them.
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
this readio reporter in New York took a bunch of $2 bills and used them in ordinary commerce... taxis, newsstands, buying coffee, gas stations, etc. and most of the time the vendor made change for a FIVE dollar bill.
now I am in Los Angeles, and here $2 bills are common. they are frequently given as birthday gifts in the Latino community.
Regarding the sheets of bills you can buy from the BEP. Go to the web site www.moneyfactory.com which is the official web site of the BEP and you can still buy sheets of $2 bills.
A few years ago, a freind of mine who has a small coin shop, sold me some "partial sheets" of $1 and $2 bills that he got as part of a deal. I took the partial sheets and cut them up so that I had five one dollar bills togehter, and three two dollar bills together... you get the idea.
I took the money to Vegas for a new years weekend.
Here's how I used them...
At the craps table when I wanted to bet five dollars on the hard-8 I would toss five one dollar bills (still attached to each other) on the table and announce "five dollars on the hard 8." this of course stopped the craps action as the dealers, boxman and pitboxx examined the bills.
finally, the boxman would fold the five bills so it would fit the slot for the cash box.
other bills were left as tips for waitresses, etc.
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Ditto
All its missing is Jack Benny
I wonder how he'd react to other issues?
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<< <i>to bad you didn't have one of those BEP sheets they used to sell... imagine the look on his face when he didn't want your deuce you unrolled a sheet of dollar bills and cut him off a couple
To pay off a losing bet, I once took a small stack of $2 bills to Office Max and asked them to put them in a gummed pad with a cardboard backing. Then I made the guy promise he would only remove the bills when he was spending them, not before. He agreed, but had no idea how much commotion it was going to cause. I almost feel like I won the bet because he got hassled everywhere he tried to spend them, especially when he would pull out the little pad and start peeling them off. It could not have looked more suspicious to anyone who wasn't familiar with the $2 bill.
New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.
I took the sheet into work to show folks and one gentleman could NOT be convinced that I didn't print those puppies up! No way, no how! I had to literally show him the BEP webpage to keep him from calling the cops!
I cut the sheet down the middle and gave $16 to each son.
The eldest, cut them up and spent them and since I didn't get any calls, I'll assume he cut them up at home!
(I kinda wonder how many of those have been stuck away in some sock drawer as printing errors since scissors aren't the best method of separating them!)
The youngest still has his on his wall right next to the 16 Two Dollar Sheet!
The name is LEE!
Hey, I thought "The Dark Knight" and the "latest" bat-man movie were TWO SEPARATE MOVIES. Heck, I'm not sure as of this moment if it is "knight" or "night"!!!
Sometimes, it depends on our interests vs. ignorance. Doesn't signify we are dumb...
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