Anyone out there spending 2 dollar bills?

Eastwood4450 · August 7, 2007 9:09AM

I talked to a guy at work and he said he had gotten 2 dollar bills at the bank and was spending them at a local store for a laugh. I didn't realize you could even get 2's at the bank but I'll add them to my bag of tricks if they have some. Anyone have any good stories to share with spending them?

StrikeOutXXX · August 7, 2007 9:12AM

<< I talked to a guy at work and he said he had gotten 2 dollar bills at the bank and was spending them at a local store for a laugh. I didn't realize you could even get 2's at the bank but I'll add them to my bag of tricks if they have some. Anyone have any good stories to share with spending them? >>

The last bachelor party I went to the group of us put about 200 of them to good use - let's just say they have replaced the single as the bill of choice where the dollar coin simply just doesn't work. Other than local auctions, I haven't seen one in circulation in 15 years.

goose3 · August 7, 2007 9:13AM

I get them all the time at my bank and use them all over. It ticks my wife off.

Cam40 · August 7, 2007 9:15AM

not sure why they dont circulate more than they do.
they still print them and are not scarce or rare.
we have a metal recycling place here that advertises
that they will pay you in two dollar bills.

i see them as collectible as todays golden dollar coins.
fun to collect but, thats about it.

Cameonut · August 7, 2007 9:17AM

I love spending them and watching the expression on the cashier's face as they decide where to put it in the cash register. Priceless.

nickel · August 7, 2007 9:22AM

while many banks don't normally have two dollar bills available,
some will let you order a strap or two if you are a customer .
pretty neat if you get the crisp ones and just peel them off
at the grocery or gas station . after you've pumped gas ,
they have no choice but to accept them ..

STONE · August 7, 2007 9:31AM

I usually spend 'em when I get 'em.

fc · August 7, 2007 9:34AM

i ask for them at the bank and then spend them.
the tellers never seem to mind giving me what they have.
i do not ask for them to check other teller's drawers tho!

i think that is sorta rude and one should prepare with the bank
if you need quantity.

mrearlygold · August 7, 2007 9:36AM

My Wife saves them and seems to be building a hoard. If anyone wants to get rid of there, a buck for a buck, er, 2 bucks for 2 bucks......it would go to a newbie's collection/hoard

tr8cer · August 7, 2007 9:37AM

<< I get them all the time at my bank and use them all over. It ticks my wife off. >>

You must live in Houston too.

-Memorial area here

Bochiman · August 7, 2007 9:38AM

<< 

<< I talked to a guy at work and he said he had gotten 2 dollar bills at the bank and was spending them at a local store for a laugh. I didn't realize you could even get 2's at the bank but I'll add them to my bag of tricks if they have some. Anyone have any good stories to share with spending them? >>

The last bachelor party I went to the group of us put about 200 of them to good use - let's just say they have replaced the single as the bill of choice where the dollar coin simply just doesn't work. Other than local auctions, I haven't seen one in circulation in 15 years. >>

I think a dollar coin would be great to "use" at the bachelor party

tr8cer · August 7, 2007 9:39AM

<< I love spending them and watching the expression on the cashier's face as they decide where to put it in the cash register. Priceless. >>

Allright newb here, I hear about ordering ASEs and other things a lot. Do you just go in and see a normal bank rep and order them just like that.

Thanks

ricko · August 7, 2007 9:40AM

I get them in change occasionally when mall shopping... and I spend them ...never any issue at all. Cheers, RickO

UTTM07 · August 7, 2007 9:42AM

At the last coin show I attended one dealer had a pack of 200 he was using for change, so I got 10 dollars worth and spent 4 on lunch and 1 at wal mart. I have yet to find someone who doesn't accept them as money.

tightbudget · August 7, 2007 9:43AM

Moi

Heywood · August 7, 2007 9:44AM

I get bricks ($2000) and check for stars, ladders, repeaters etc. and spend the rest.

Eastwood4450 · August 7, 2007 9:45AM

It'll probably be like when I asked for 20 rolls of half dollars. The teller rolled her eyes and made me take the entire box they would have to order. I'd like to see it used more, getting a fist full of dollars in change takes up a lot of space in the wallet.

Cgb · August 7, 2007 9:46AM

I actually received a $2 in change from a drive in movie theater. I spend them all the time.

Pentimento · August 7, 2007 9:56AM

I get a strap every time I go to the bank. I use them for lunch and coffee.

tmot99 · August 7, 2007 10:03AM

The way we get them in our house is the tooth fairy brings them. In that they are magical and no one ever gets them in change, only somebody special like the tooth fairy must be able to get them.

Bochiman · August 7, 2007 10:05AM

<< I get a strap every time I go to the bank. I use them for lunch and coffee. >>

That's like $200!!! I don't eat or drink that much

BAJJERFAN · August 7, 2007 10:13AM

Get a strap of crisp new bills with consecutive serial numbers and put them up on eBay and see what they bring.

kiyote · August 7, 2007 10:34AM

I can get them all day long at a local branch. I get ten at a time and spend them, but I dislike putting up with the fuss cashiers make sometimes.

Bochiman · August 7, 2007 10:36AM

<< Get a strap of crisp new bills with consecutive serial numbers and put them up on eBay and see what they bring. >>

I thought about that. 2 years ago, I got a strap of new $2 bills....I didn't ebay though...I handed out about 10-15 as tips and such. Kept the rest for some strange reason.

USCGCraig · August 7, 2007 10:39AM

I took a strap to Aruba in July. The locals loved getting deuces. The US dollar is as well accepted as the Aruban Florin. They also really liked the new Presidential coins. Only had $50 in those. Would leave tips, pay for cabs, pool boy tips etc.

19Lyds · August 7, 2007 10:41AM

<< not sure why they dont circulate more than they do.
they still print them and are not scarce or rare.
we have a metal recycling place here that advertises
that they will pay you in two dollar bills.

i see them as collectible as todays golden dollar coins.
fun to collect but, thats about it. >>

They don't circulate because they confuse your typical cashier who doesn't haven't a clue where to put them!

DRUNNER · August 7, 2007 10:43AM

I've told this before . . .

I get $200 packs from the Credit Union. Used one at an Arctic Circle Drive Inn locally to pay for two brown-topper cones at the drive-through. It took forever . .so I craned my neck back and could see the teen burger-flipper and the manager on the phone, describing the bill while holding it up to the light. They finally came back with my (now semi-melted) brown toppers and change and confessed they had called the FBI (didn't have any idea the Secret Service was probably the correct government entity) to determine if I was passing "funny money".

The FBI assured them it was real.

I dripped ice cream on my new cargo shorts . . .

Drunner

Edited for spelling . . . my two-finger typing is too fast for this keyboard.

19Lyds · August 7, 2007 10:43AM

<< I think a dollar coin would be great to "use" at the bachelor party

>>

Wouldn't that be the equivalent of the "pencil test"?

flaminio · August 7, 2007 10:53AM

I spend 'em whenever I get 'em. Unfortunately, despite all the "Taco Bell" stories, I've never had one refused.

ProofArtworkonCircs · August 7, 2007 2:59PM

I spend them when I can get them which I find difficult. I find halves difficult to get also, but dollar coins are pretty readily available. They seem to flow into banks by themselves.

Fifty years ago twos were very common in New England and halves seemed to be. Silver dollars were the difficult ones to get then.
I best expand on the twos back then. They were only common in actual circulation during race season. A few would show up at other times. The banks were always loaded with them.

tightbudget · August 7, 2007 3:00PM

<< I can get them all day long at a local branch. I get ten at a time and spend them, but I dislike putting up with the fuss cashiers make sometimes. >>

Are you kidding me? I LIVE for the fuss they make!

CaptainCal · August 7, 2007 3:21PM

I used to get my allowance strictly in 2 Dollar bills, I was a werid kid though and would pick stiff that most people never used I also occasionally wanted Dollar coins. It was fun but, the novelty wears off after a few people call their manager to see if its real.

pendragon1998 · August 7, 2007 3:30PM

The only time I've seen $2 bills used in circulation was when I was a cashier at a drug store back in high school (1990s). I had a good ol' boy come in and pay with a handful of them. I asked, "Gee, where'd you get all of those $2 bills?" and he just smirked at me and said, "Strip club".

direwolf1972 · August 7, 2007 7:18PM

Its late and I didn't read every post so sorry if someone already went over my idea.

I work in a restaurant waiting tables for a day job. I know that most of the other servers I work with go nuts over $2 bills or anything else that has way too much of them out there (i.e. bi-cent. quarters in F-EF grade, any saq's. or prez bux, etc... They all seem to be putting them up for their kids, grandkids and the like.

At first I tried to explain to them that 1976 series $2 bills were issued for around twenty years and billions were printed in that time. No one ever really seemed to listen though and they still love them. It works out great when I want to unload a bunch of prez bux. Just bring a handful into work. On the upside I'm known at work as the weird coin guy who likes to go thru all four cash reg. drawers daily.

So everyone brings me their find first to see if I'll offer them anything extra for it. Got a nice 1963a star Barr note last week from another employee and only paid double face for it.

Anyway I'd suggest if you eat out much leave appropriate tip for the meal in em and if the servers are anything like the ones I work with then it works out well for you to get rid of them and happy waiter/waitress.

morganbarber · August 7, 2007 10:04PM

Someone on this forum, a few years back, went to Taco Bell in a local mall with only a fifty and a two dollar bill. They refused the fifty. When he tried to pay for his beverage with the two, they threatened to call the police. I hope whoever that was is still active here.

Pentimento · August 8, 2007 12:25AM

<< They don't circulate because they confuse your typical cashier who doesn't haven't a clue where to put them! >>

They know just where to put them-- under the cash tray with the $100's. Or under the checks in the spot on the end.

<< Someone on this forum, a few years back, went to Taco Bell in a local mall with only a fifty and a two dollar bill. They refused the fifty. When he tried to pay for his beverage with the two, they threatened to call the police. I hope whoever that was is still active here. >>

Read about it here Snopes urban legends

57loaded · August 8, 2007 1:05AM

<< 

<< 

<< I talked to a guy at work and he said he had gotten 2 dollar bills at the bank and was spending them at a local store for a laugh. I didn't realize you could even get 2's at the bank but I'll add them to my bag of tricks if they have some. Anyone have any good stories to share with spending them? >>

The last bachelor party I went to the group of us put about 200 of them to good use - let's just say they have replaced the single as the bill of choice where the dollar coin simply just doesn't work. Other than local auctions, I haven't seen one in circulation in 15 years. >>

I think a dollar coin would be great to "use" at the bachelor party

>>

you put my mind in the gutter,

direwolf1972 · August 8, 2007 3:14AM

<< Someone on this forum, a few years back, went to Taco Bell in a local mall with only a fifty and a two dollar bill. They refused the fifty. When he tried to pay for his beverage with the two, they threatened to call the police. I hope whoever that was is still active here. >>

I had the same thing happen at Sonic Drive In when the new $100 bills came out sometime in the mid ninties. And they did call the cops. Both the car-hop and the manager thought that the 100 I had handed them was fake.

VicThrust · August 8, 2007 3:35AM

I have a friend renting a loft from me. She's this hot little filipino number that works at a strip club. She pays the rent in $2.00 bills because they use them at the club she works. I get like over 300 of these bills a month from her. I spend some and send the rest to the bank. They usually smell real nice.

fishcooker · August 8, 2007 5:11AM

I got a stack from the bank a couple times. Never found a cashier who cared or thought they were unusual.

ghh101 · August 8, 2007 5:38AM

I will buy some of those from you.

TorinoCobra71 · August 8, 2007 5:40AM

I give them to my renter, he then gives them to his daughter...........

TorinoCobra71

Mowgli · August 8, 2007 6:05AM

I used to get a 100 of them at a time and spend them over town. After a while I stopped because the merchants just kept returning them to the bank so I was circulating the same bills over and over.

sumnom · August 8, 2007 7:16AM

My wife got a two in change last week. I haven't gotten one in change for close to ten years.

Cocoinut · August 8, 2007 7:40AM

The last time I received a $2 bill in change was over 30 years ago when the bicentennial design was first issued. It makes more sense to use them than 2 $1 bills. Merchants don't want them, so the banks don't order them. Maybe we should reduce the size of our currency again so more denominations will fit in a cash register drawer (assuming the trays are easily replaced).

Jim

Nysoto · August 8, 2007 8:05AM

I ask for them at the local bank, sometime get $20 worth at a time. Like Mr earlygold, my wife hoards them for some reason. They are fun to spend to see the confused look on the cashiers face. At work in a large office area, I occasionaly put them in the box for the coffee fund, I have seen the coffee fund manager get excited over these and a few Ike's that I put in. A local coin dealer that is known as a rat among other dealers sells them for $3.

Anyone out there spending 2 dollar bills?

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