they're common in that they aren't worth any more than their face value, and if you want to get some it's pretty trivial
they just aren't seen very often because they aren't terribly useful
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A customer just gave me a $2 bill as a tip. Is it worth anything?
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they just aren't seen very often because they aren't terribly useful
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look carefully at the serial number, if it starts with 79 and ends with 34 you won't believe this OP
hope you are sitting down
are you ready?
prepare for your life to change
don't touch the bill with your greasy fingers
savor this moment
it'd be worth $2
hope you are sitting down
are you ready?
prepare for your life to change
don't touch the bill with your greasy fingers
savor this moment
it'd be worth $2
Lmao I remember getting a bunch of $2 bills when I worked at a restaurant and when I tried to use them stupid cashiers everywhere didn't believe that it was real money.
Nothing. Being uncommon probably.
lol i watched a video that talked about the 2 dollar bill. people keep hoarding them thinking they are rare and worth more and the mint then prints more which are then hoarded by people. its not worth more than 2 dollars and unless there is some kind of print error on them they won't be worth more than that in the future.
Well this barista from Starbucks who is the OP has no idea. I wonder what would have happen if the customer tried to pay them with it.
Most of them are from 1976 and that's what you'll mostly get at the bank. There's no rare issue year in circulation.
definitely not true.. the design hasn't changed since 1976, though.
It is worth 2 dollars and you get a story from the person you gave it too because if they haven't seen one they will talk to you about it, which then gives them a story to tell others and so on and if they have, then they feel part of a secret circle which is also kinda fun and silly. So in other words, don't hold onto them, spend them, they are worth 2 dollars.
A coworker told me to keep one on you and something lucky will happen. Once it does, give it to someone else as a tip to give them luck.
I'm not a very superstitious person, but it was a fun idea. So I've followed it since.
I'm not a very superstitious person, but it was a fun idea. So I've followed it since.
I have a friend who semi-regularly orders a stack of $2 bills (I think it's 100 bills) from his bank because he thinks it's fun to give them out for tips and such. Occasionally, the bank has to order them for him, but they're always easy for him to get.
in my country a 2$ bill is consider a good luck charm, additionally the more "8" number the bill has, the luckier it gets lol
I don't understand how they're not rare. Anecdotal, but I've worked in retail, restaurants and bars for about a decade and I can count the $2 bills I've seen in one hand.
I should have said of the years in circulation 1976 was the biggest printing by far (over half a billion bills). My wording implied more than half are from 76 when in reality that was just the biggest batch, the three or so times we've minted more since were way smaller runs.
People tend to hoard them rather than spending them, because they think they're rare/valuable/novel, so many of the bills in circulation are sitting in drawers unused. That's also why they all tend to be in really good condition.
I work in retail too though and I've seen far more than one hand's worth swapping out the cash in the registers at night, and I only do that once a week. I've seen much more than that in a single night.
Lol since at a cursory glance it doesn't seem like many people have given much of an answer, you don't see them a lot, but they're not terribly rare. It depends some - For example, I live in the San Jose area where there's a sizeable Vietnamese population, and $2 bills are considered lucky. My wife would get $2 and $20 bills from relatives at holidays growing up etc. Someome at my local Peet's (another coffee chain) tends to tip with them since they often have a couple in their tip jar.
When I lived in the US I received a couple of 2 dollar bills for tip too! Never heard of them until I got it in my hands...googled it and Yeah, it's 2 dollars.
Some people, I read it online, leave them as a tip as a way to make you remember them because they're the "2$ bill tip customer"
Some people, I read it online, leave them as a tip as a way to make you remember them because they're the "2$ bill tip customer"
My grandma used to give me $2 bills every year for my birthday or Christmas. I had so many of them.