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Do you have a two dollar bill somewhere in your wallet?

ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I'm thinking.....yes
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    drei3reedrei3ree Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭✭
    NO.
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    erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭
    Wallet, no. Taco box at work...yes.

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    TURBOTURBO Posts: 510 ✭✭✭
    No.
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    nibannynibanny Posts: 2,761 ✭
    Yes, few of them.
    The member formerly known as Ciccio / Posts: 1453 / Joined: Apr 2009
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    MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,614 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I used to collect them when I was a kid. I think they were issued (or re-issued) in 1976 to commemorate the country's bicentenial.

    But I don't have any now.
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    ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    Let's see, library card, GHIN golf handicap card, ATM card long since expired and for a bank I no longer use, couple of blank checks, a $5, two $10's and a gum wrapper on which is written a faded phone number that must have been important. No $2's though.
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    JazzmanJABJazzmanJAB Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭✭
    No, however, I never did see a picture of your neighbors' house. Do you have one ?
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    anoldgoatanoldgoat Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭
    No $2 bill.

    I do have a $5 with a binary serial number I got in change yesterdayimage

    Alright! Who removed the cork from my lunch?

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    FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
    No, none present, none wanted.

    I do however want a $500 bill in there. One day I swear I'm gonna pull the trigger on eBay. A nice one, prefolded , might not hurt too bad. Think I can find a graded authenticated one with fold lines?

    I'd have to cut it out to carry in the wallet, of course.
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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    no

    https://acoinshop.com/ —-> https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

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    MowgliMowgli Posts: 1,219 ✭
    When I worked at Terrible Instruments I used to cash my check and get several hundred dollars in $2 bills to spend throughout Houston. People remembered me because I did it for a few years - I'm guessing their remembrances were not fond ones.
    In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
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    StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭✭
    Yep. Just received one yesterday in fact. Paid for $8 parking at the Yarmouth Clam Festivalwith a sawbuck, received a deuce in change.

    AU, Series 1976, fairly low 4-digit S/N.

    What's not to like? image
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    RYKRYK Posts: 35,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I do not own a wallet. image
    My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132
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    CoinHuskerCoinHusker Posts: 5,034 ✭✭✭
    Yep
    Collecting coins, medals and currency featuring "The Sower"
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    ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    Yes, I have three there at the moment, getting rather ratty at this time.
    In my youth in the NE, they were very common during racing season.
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    JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭
    yes i do , and a star note $1
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    SmallSizedGuySmallSizedGuy Posts: 503 ✭✭✭
    From a paper money guy:

    I have a $1 silver certificate, a 1976 $2, a 1963 $5 United States Note (red seal) and several star notes. Great show and tell items.
    Jim Hodgson



    Collector of US Small Size currency, Atlanta FRNs, and Georgia nationals since 1977. Researcher of small size US type - seeking serial number data for all FRN star notes, Series 1928 to 1934-D. Life member SPMC.



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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not in my wallet but there is a envelope of them in the safe.
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    My Current project....https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/mysetregistry/album/160794
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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,790 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I actually had a few in there a week or two ago, but they got spent. Most of the contents of my wallet is receipts, credit cards, ID cards, membership cards, and assorted frequent eater cards (Jimmy John's, Buffalo Wild Wings, Which Wich). I don't quite have the Costanza wallet going, as I purge it before it gets that bad.

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    John
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    DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    image
    Becky
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    tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    I have one that I keep in my wallet all the time. Don't have any to spend right now though.
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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>No, however, I never did see a picture of your neighbors' house. Do you have one ? >>



    I want to see that also! In my head I know what it looks like but I have an active imagination. MJ
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    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,332 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, but I have a couple in my desk drawer.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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    BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭
    I do. It's supposed to be a conversation starter, but it's been in there for a few years and has started 0 conversations. Eventually, I will probably want something badly and not have anything else to buy it with and spend it.

    I also have an Ike dollar in my pocket at all time, but I'm hoping the other change will clean the scuzz off it that got on it during a basement flood. No change yet, went in in 2009 or so.
    Billy Kingsley ANA R-3146356 Cardboard History // Numismatic History
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    anablepanablep Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Always ask for them at the bank and usually get a few.

    Few months ago I received 6 dated 1928.

    They had creases and were worn, but I was thrilled and kept them.

    The newer ones I spend at fund raisers at school and the kids get a kick out of them.

    I also use them as tips.

    You'd be surprised at how many people thank me.

    I gave my mailman 5 of them for a Christmas tip last year and he still talks about it.
    Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!

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    BuzzybestBuzzybest Posts: 932
    No,but thanks for asking. I found many other things that I didn't know I had in there,including a dead bug! I really need to get out more and use it!
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    CoinspongeCoinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭
    I wish I did cause then I would have 2 dollars more than I thought I did.
    Gold and silver are valuable but wisdom is priceless.
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    ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My Dad explained it to me that it was your money of last resort. Back in his day, no ATMs, no cell phones, no charge cards..... If you wuz broke you wuz broke. In such case, again, going back a half century...2 bucks could do a lot for you
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    jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Funny this thread came up now. I got a $2 bill at the bank on Wednesday, I haven't had one in my wallet ever before. It's still there image
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,594 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I do not own a wallet. image >>



    In that case, do you have one in your purse?image

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,594 ✭✭✭✭✭
    None in my wallet but a few in my dresser drawer.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

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    BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Down to just one, have to buy more this week. I like spending them around town.
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    MaineJimMaineJim Posts: 838 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yep. Just received one yesterday in fact. Paid for $8 parking at the Yarmouth Clam Festivalwith a sawbuck, received a deuce in change.

    AU, Series 1976, fairly low 4-digit S/N.

    What's not to like? image >>



    That is pretty fuuny - I spent one there today!

    Jim
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    tcmitssrtcmitssr Posts: 1,570 ✭✭✭
    Yep, sure do for good luck plus I have a $100. for emergency money.
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    pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,092 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, but I do have a holed 3 cent silver.
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    BaseballAbsBaseballAbs Posts: 2,621 ✭
    Not in my wallet, but I do have a couple. Don't ask me why, they will never be worth anything. My grandpa use to give them to us for Christmas every year. I think he thought they would be valuable some day.





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    lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hate thick wallets. I have some $2 bills for fun. But my wallet only holds my driver's license, a couple of credit cards, and my concealed weapons permit.
    Lance.
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    howardshowards Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭
    Yup, in my wallet. Got it from the bank. Been many years since I got one in change.
    Howard
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    MVCMVC Posts: 277
    Yes, I have several. Each time I go to the bank, I ask for a few. The reaction when I spend them is sometimes priceless.
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    phnataccphnatacc Posts: 367 ✭✭


    << <i>Wallet, no. Taco box at work...yes. >>



    TACO BOX?!

    * imagines a magical box of never ending tacos *

    What, pray tell, is a "Taco box"?
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    erickso1erickso1 Posts: 1,706 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>Wallet, no. Taco box at work...yes. >>



    TACO BOX?!

    * imagines a magical box of never ending tacos *

    What, pray tell, is a "Taco box"? >>



    I've mentioned it before, but we have an older lady who makes homemade breakfast tacos ( if you've never had hand made tortillas andtomatillo/serrano salsa you are missing out) and brings them to our office on Mondays and Thursdays. They cost $2 a piece and rather then missing out on a taco day, I keep $2's at work in what I call my taco box. It started out just for me but has since evolved into a office taco box where if you need taco money you can borrow from the box. I don't keep track of it and it always gets repaid. It also has about $20 in half dollars, and has had dollar prezies when I was able to get them at face, shipped from the mint. It's an exercise in A.) goodwill, B.) office camaraderie and C.) self policing. image
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 33,184 ✭✭✭✭✭
    no, if anyone wants to know. i had even less in it when i was married.
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    yellowkidyellowkid Posts: 5,486 ✭
    No, but for some reason I have one in a Jazz book that has been there for 35 years, now I don't dare do anything with it!image
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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 34,029 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes. I spend them and/or give them as tips all the time.
    Numismatist. 54 year member ANA. Former ANA Senior Authenticator. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and ANA Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Also won the PNG's Robert Friedberg Award for "The Enigmatic Lincoln Cents of 1922," Available now from Whitman or Amazon.
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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,230 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I open my wallet and moths fly out....But I have a book full of em.....
    The bitterness of "Poor Quality" is remembered long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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    FountainheadFountainhead Posts: 956
    Yes, I usually try to get a few each time I go to the bank. I've also noticed that a few vending machines now take them.
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    JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I give them to people I want to annoy. MJ
    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,730 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I give them to people I want to annoy. MJ >>



    I spent a couple at Coachella a few years back and the guy thanked me and said they were lucky.

    I didn't tell him how to get very lucky very fast.
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