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1STmammal2wearPants1STmammal2wearPants Worcester, MA Posts: 2,939
edited July 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
I think it's kind of funny that in some places these wouldn't be accepted, or known to exist. Just got one handed back as change from a toll taker the other night -- which is the first time that one has been handed to me in general circulation (been given them as gifts because of the rarity). Anyone else use these or encounter them a lot?
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    edited July 2009
    there's a place in Houston that will pay you in $2 bills for your scrap metal. man, those commercials were annoying!! 8-)
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 17,244
    I don't see $2 bills too much any more, but these were plentiful in Provoncetown:

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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Manage a toy store, so on occasion we get a kid emptying his/her piggy bank, which often includes presidential dollar coins, half dollars, lots of assorted change and.......two dollar bills.
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    Really? People don't TAKE two dollar bills? Do they think it's a joke or something?!?! hahahaha


    I used to get them when I sold college textbooks back after the semester was over.
    It was funny to see how many of them would also circulate the bars shortly after! :lol:
  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    Haven't seen one in years but it doesn't surprise me that people won't take them. I've found some people don't want to take dollar coins. :roll:
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    mfc2006 wrote:
    there's a place in Houston that will pay you in $2 bills for your scrap metal. man, those commercials were annoying!! 8-)
    http://www.cdscrapmetal.com/
    http://www.cdscrapmetal.com/cdnewvideo.htm (the commercial--this one isn't that annoying, actually. but the old ones drove me crazy)

    God I hated those commercials!
  • brother123brother123 Posts: 792
    i have a small collection
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    1STmammal2wearPants wrote:
    I think it's kind of funny that in some places these wouldn't be accepted, or known to exist. Just got one handed back as change from a toll taker the other night -- which is the first time that one has been handed to me in general circulation (been given them as gifts because of the rarity). Anyone else use these or encounter them a lot?

    was the toll taker ignorant that they exist? gee...
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    I just got on the other day from a 7-11. Bought a Coke and some chips and gave a five and got a $2 bill and some change back. First time I've gotten one in a long time.
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    work in hotels, see them all the time. along with some rad looking foreign currency. the US has easily the most boring bill out there.
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    I want to see more $2's!
  • deadmosquitodeadmosquito Posts: 729
    i see them all the time, as a bank teller. they are more annoying than anything else. they don't go through the money counter and are usually in poor condition. and because you don't have many of them, or enough to sell to the vault anyway, you have to find someone to pawn them off on or just mutilate them and sell them off that way. i hate them.
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    singularity wrote:
    work in hotels, see them all the time. along with some rad looking foreign currency. the US has easily the most boring bill out there.


    Without a doubt. How about a little color? Or different sizes per denomination or something? I like Canada's bills.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    Every time I make a deposit at my bank I ask for as many $2 bills I can get. I use them for tips and mostly when I travel or for gifts, I keep 50-100 dollars in $2 bills. Sometimes I love the expression on people's faces when they see them....like WTF.

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  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    singularity wrote:
    the US has easily the most boring bill out there.
    +1
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  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    g under p wrote:
    Every time I make a deposit at my bank I ask for as many $2 bills I can get. I use them for tips and mostly when I travel or for gifts, I keep 50-100 dollars in $2 bills. Sometimes I love the expression on people's faces when they see them....like WTF.

    Peace
    My husband likes to tip with dollar coins. People seem to get such a kick out of it when he does. :D
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,301
    whoprincess wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    Every time I make a deposit at my bank I ask for as many $2 bills I can get. I use them for tips and mostly when I travel or for gifts, I keep 50-100 dollars in $2 bills. Sometimes I love the expression on people's faces when they see them....like WTF.

    Peace
    My husband likes to tip with dollar coins. People seem to get such a kick out of it when he does. :D

    They are probably thinking "Really? WTF is that cheap-o!" :lol:


    What I haven't seen in a long time are 50cent pieces!
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Flagg wrote:
    singularity wrote:
    work in hotels, see them all the time. along with some rad looking foreign currency. the US has easily the most boring bill out there.


    Without a doubt. How about a little color? Or different sizes per denomination or something? I like Canada's bills.
    its EMBARRASSING how little the US cares about the blind population... how hard would it be really to have different sizes? they certainly find the time to change the size of the presidents heads and make special quarters :roll:
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  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    sgossard3 wrote:
    Flagg wrote:
    singularity wrote:
    work in hotels, see them all the time. along with some rad looking foreign currency. the US has easily the most boring bill out there.


    Without a doubt. How about a little color? Or different sizes per denomination or something? I like Canada's bills.
    its EMBARRASSING how little the US cares about the blind population... how hard would it be really to have different sizes? they certainly find the time to change the size of the presidents heads and make special quarters :roll:
    They could also put braille on the bills. That seems a lot less silly then having a blind person try and remember the size of a twenty.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    They could also put braille on the bills. That seems a lot less silly then having a blind person try and remember the size of a twenty.
    brails not really that practical with the wear and tear that bills go through... itd be like sand paper in a strippers G-string... besides, the different sizes work perfectly everywhere else in the world... its nice that everything fits conveniently in vending machines and wallets right now (that would probably be the biggest concern with issueing the new bills) but i think it could be done... even a slightly different texture could do the trick thanks to the heightened sense of touch

    sorry to get off topic... i think i still have a $2 bill i got from my grandpa somwhere :)
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    mca47 wrote:
    whoprincess wrote:
    g under p wrote:
    Every time I make a deposit at my bank I ask for as many $2 bills I can get. I use them for tips and mostly when I travel or for gifts, I keep 50-100 dollars in $2 bills. Sometimes I love the expression on people's faces when they see them....like WTF.

    Peace
    My husband likes to tip with dollar coins. People seem to get such a kick out of it when he does. :D

    They are probably thinking "Really? WTF is that cheap-o!" :lol:


    What I haven't seen in a long time are 50cent pieces!

    I got one back in change on Saturday from the bait shop then gave it back when I bought some candy before heading off to go fishing.

    Peace
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    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Who PrincessWho Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    mca47 wrote:
    whoprincess wrote:
    My husband likes to tip with dollar coins. People seem to get such a kick out of it when he does. :D

    They are probably thinking "Really? WTF is that cheap-o!" :lol:
    I didn't mean that he only tips ONE dollar! :oops:

    I shoulda known somebody would take it that way. :roll: :lol:
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  • TravelarTravelar Kalamazoo, USA Posts: 3,410
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    They could also put braille on the bills. That seems a lot less silly then having a blind person try and remember the size of a twenty.

    Out of curiosity, how well is braille going to hold up on a bill folded up in someones wallet? While it's a good idea, I think it needs some improvement. :)
  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    TrAvELAr wrote:
    tvismyfriend wrote:
    They could also put braille on the bills. That seems a lot less silly then having a blind person try and remember the size of a twenty.

    Out of curiosity, how well is braille going to hold up on a bill folded up in someones wallet? While it's a good idea, I think it needs some improvement. :)
    We got bumps and stuff on our money in Canada and it seems to hold up fine.
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