Hmm 2 dollars notes!!

[Vegito]

they still have these somewhere uncut.. you can buy a sheet of them... i forgot the website, maybe the us mint.. they also got dollar coins !

 

[DougK62]

That Taco Bell story is hilarious!

Just out of curiosity, if an establishment refused to take a legal tender note, what agency would I call to report them?

 

[walkur]

I've only been to the US on vacation, but I recieved tons $2 bills.
I relly had to get used to the large amounts of bills, especially since they all have more or less the same color.

I'm used to ?1 & ?2 coins and bills that have different sizes and colors...

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: Nik
They're not made anymore and (relatively) rare. They're supposed to be removed from circulation, although not all banking institutions adhere to the policy.

If you ever go visit Jefferson,s home in Virginia, they give the $2 bill as change.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: DougK62
Just out of curiosity, if an establishment refused to take a legal tender note, what agency would I call to report them?

That is one of the two major falicies I keep on seeing on this forum (the other is the false assumption that a person can sue a business for false advertizing).

US Treasury on legal tender. "There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise."

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: DougK62
Just out of curiosity, if an establishment refused to take a legal tender note, what agency would I call to report them?

That is one of the two major falicies I keep on seeing on this forum (the other is the false assumption that a person can sue a business for false advertizing).

US Treasury on legal tender. "There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether or not to accept cash unless there is a State law which says otherwise."

Ah - I read that whole passage on the webpage and I can see how it'd confuse people. Good to know.

 

[Juice Box]

where have you been?

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
My Dad collects $2 bills and Mercury dimes. He must have 300 $2 bills.

OMGWTF$600!!!

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: Nik
They're not made anymore and (relatively) rare. They're supposed to be removed from circulation, although not all banking institutions adhere to the policy.

*sigh*

Man, you really do just make stuff up in every thread you get to, don't you?

They, obviously, are not very popular but they sure as heck are being printed. There is a local grocery store chain that will slap on a santa sticker over the face of Jefferson and sell the $2 bill for three bucks as "Santa Dollars."

I've never seen this at the grocery store, but i did see this advertised on tv a few weeks ago, my reaction = WTF

 

[geno]

Homer: There's a $10,000 bill in it for you.
Barney: Oh yeah? Which president's on it?
Homer: Uh... All of them. They're having a party. Jimmy Carter's passed out on the couch.
Barney: Wow!

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: Nick5324
... There is a local grocery store chain that will slap on a santa sticker over the face of Jefferson and sell the $2 bill for three bucks as "Santa Dollars."

thats gotta be illegal as hell. Ever see WheresGeorge.com ? the secret service made them stop selling stamps that people used to mark money. Basically, defamation of currency is a big no no.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: ChefJoe
Meh, my grandfather always used to give them to me in birthday cards. I have 2 crisp, never folded ones in my dresser drawer right now. I think they're worth $2 each. :-/

HAHah my grandparents did the same too.

 

[OverVolt]

Originally posted by: geno
Homer: There's a $10,000 bill in it for you.
Barney: Oh yeah? Which president's on it?
Homer: Uh... All of them. They're having a party. Jimmy Carter's passed out on the couch.
Barney: Wow!

The Treasury really did print a $10,000 note. There's about 300 that exsist, still legal tender. You'd be dumb to spend one though, since there worth 3-5x face value to collectors. I can't remember which president was on it.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
The Treasury really did print a $10,000 note. There's about 300 that exsist, still legal tender. You'd be dumb to spend one though, since there worth 3-5x face value to collectors. I can't remember which president was on it.

No president appears on the $10,000 bill, which was last printed in the 1940's.

 

[Homerboy]

Gooooooooooooooogle

Edit: gah! forgot the

 

[austin316]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: OverVolt
The Treasury really did print a $10,000 note. There's about 300 that exsist, still legal tender. You'd be dumb to spend one though, since there worth 3-5x face value to collectors. I can't remember which president was on it.

No president appears on the $10,000 bill, which was last printed in the 1940's.

according to eBay it does have a president on it. (Or at least some old white guy.)

eBay Linky Poo

$96,000 Reserve Not Met.

 

[Nimloth]

Originally posted by: Train
in college me and my buddies used to get $2 dollar bills to get into the $3 frat parties, in the dimly lit entry, they would always think we handed them a $5, and give us 3 ones in change.

wouldn't 5 minus 3 equal 2 ?

You no make sense!

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Nimloth

Originally posted by: Train
in college me and my buddies used to get $2 dollar bills to get into the $3 frat parties, in the dimly lit entry, they would always think we handed them a $5, and give us 3 ones in change.

wouldn't 5 minus 3 equal 2 ?

You no make sense!

Yeah, I was wondering that myself.

 

[MrMaster]

$2 bills are annoying. I wish they would all go away. Yes, you can order as much as you want from the FEDS.

 

[DougK62]

Can anyone find a link with pictures of the $500-->$100,000 bills? I'm really curious to see them.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: kranky
Link to Taco Bell $2 bill story.

I had some great fun last year when I lost a bet, and paid it off by getting brand new $2 bills from the bank then had them made into a gummed pad at OfficeMax. I made the guy agree to peel them off the pad when spending them, which caused massive consternation with cashiers.

hahah thats funny.

on a side note, when i go on road trips, like im going to do for christmas when i drive down to texas. I go to the bank and get 50 bucks in the gold dollar coin and uses them to pay for stuff on the road. its kinda cool when i go through the small towns and hand the person a stack of gold dollars and they look like i just gave them a pot of gold, maily because they have never seen one before.

i try to make my road trips entertaining....

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: DougK62
Can anyone find a link with pictures of the $500-->$100,000 bills? I'm really curious to see them.

I answered my own question. For those interested, you can see all of these old high-value notes here:

http://www.frbsf.org/currency/world/nocirc/

 

[vailr]

Originally posted by: austin316
according to eBay it does have a president on it. (Or at least some old white guy.)

eBay Linky Poo

$96,000 Reserve Not Met.

Salmon P. Chase (as in: Chase Manhatten Bank, Chase Chemical Bank).

http://www.chase.com/

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Nimloth

Originally posted by: Train
in college me and my buddies used to get $2 dollar bills to get into the $3 frat parties, in the dimly lit entry, they would always think we handed them a $5, and give us 3 ones in change.

wouldn't 5 minus 3 equal 2 ?

You no make sense!

Yeah, I was wondering that myself.

1. You have a $2 bill, hand it to other guy
2. Other guy gives you $3, thinking you gave him a $5
3. You now have $1 more than you started with, and are admitted to the party.
4. That's called profit.

 

[Homerboy]

but the party was $3 to get in... so if you gave him a $2 and he thought it was a $5... $5-$3 = $2 change.