Is it illegal to deface 2 dollar bills or other currency? 

Thanks for the video. Now I can continue using my $100 dollar bills as toilet paper

It's hard to imagine that anyone would want to mark up such a pretty two-dollar bill. But, then again, people deface many things in life in the interest of "art"! An individual choice, but I won't accept a funked-up $2 bill. Just a personal preference.

Since banks are federally issued if you give them a ripped bill (not cut with scissors) at a bank they will give you a crisp new dollar bill of that denomination

I have the "Donald Trump lives here" stamp. Supposed to be stamped on the $20 because of White House, but I stamp on any bill $5 and up to $100! People always get laugh or are confused here they see the $100 stamped with that!

I use two dollar bills to buy stuff, in fact the 1928 two dollar bills had its corners ripped to avoid confusion of other denominations. A couple of weeks ago, Burger King inside Walmart in Brownwood,TX “checked” the two’s I used with counterfeit markers! Even the manager wasn’t sure they were real! Oh shout out to Members Trust Federal Credit Union of Stephenville,TX for having some two dollar bills. 1st Convenience Bank Of Stephenville, TX for having $2.00 as well.

Every time I see markings and stampings on _any_ denomination of banknote, I cringe.

My understanding is when those marked bills go back to the bank, they are sent to the treasury to be destroyed. I very seldom see any marks bills now in circulation. Have not seen a "Where's George" in quite awhile. Plus where are all those Clemson $2 bills?

Solid explanation!

Banks stamp Bill's all the time. Explain this please

great video, did not know. thanks.

Im in the UK I found a case in my loft it had 3 $100 bills which are no use to me so I tore them up into peaces and put them in the trash

“You can’t advertise your business on it” So would you be prosecuted for writing “please go to Wendy’s” in the back corner?

Can get $2 bills at a credit union since they are not a bank

i was actually at ben and jerrys while this was premiering

So getting arrested for using a $2 bill in Wallmark and getting taken to jail wouldn’t happen

I had a friend who owns a business & he was thinking of writing a message on the borders of all the bills he has for "free advertisements". I'm wondering if he'll be in legal trouble for doing that. (He even included the name of the website and/or phone numbers of his company.)

But if you have a kind of Bill as long as you have 25% of the bill then you can return it and get a new one

Enjoyed the video

I have a question about the $2 Dollar Bill. Was there a time when they stopped making the $2 Dollar Bill and what year was that?

Can you find a two dollar bill at any foreign country

It is illegal because it would remove it from circulation. Think accounting. If money goes missing, the book becomes unbalanced or unaccounted for. Technically, destroying bills would physically deflate currency. If you have $100 and destroy $10. That $90 that you have suddenly becomes worth more in value, but less than what you’ve originally had.

what if you rip a 2$ bill on accident in front of a cop?

I see advertisements on the TV about $2 bills with the Space Force on it or Donald Trump's image on them. Are these actual 2 dollar bills that have been changed? And if so, are they legal tender?

That's ridiculous. More of something makes it less valuable.

i write on them to track them and see if i get them back

I have 100 $2 bills but I'm confused about where I can sell them at a high price

I’ve been struggling with the idea of money for a few years, and I’ve been able to conclude that the monetary systems of this world will not cease until they have destroyed every human being. That’s unless we can reveal money for what it really is: paper. Money was originally a commodity, meaning it had value in itself (gold, silver, shells, etc. ), but as travel and bartering progressed, paper money was commissioned as a representative money. This money gained its value from the commodity it represented. Therefore, this paper money became a symbol for value. If you are not familiar with linguistics or semiotics, it is important to know that a symbol can be attached to several different connotations, which can compromise human beings’ perspectives, motivations, and behavior depending on how they communicate with this symbol or how the symbol is communicated to them. In 1971, Richard Nixon, through several economic measures, revealed that US currency was in fact fiat currency, meaning it was not backed by a commodity. For years, Americans were lead to believe that the dollar was backed by gold, meaning money had real value (although I never really understood why shiny rocks held so much value either. I suppose all paths lead back to the main economic tool of profit, scarcity). No Gold Standard meant no real value, leaving us with bank vaults, wallets, and mattresses full of paper. So if the US dollar, along with most world currencies, didn’t have any value then what’s the point? First, let’s remember that paper money is a symbol, a symbol which originally had the connotation of “commodity” attached to it, but like all symbols, it can have several connotations attached to it. With the paper dollar’s original connotation stripped away, we are left with the predicament of the symbol: the symbol had been compromised, so with no real commodity value, money has become a tool used to manipulate human perspective, motivation, and behavior. It’s not real. The most powerful people in this world aren’t rich because they have money; it’s because they have the power to control money, and with this power, they use money as a tool to control human energy for their own benefit. Money merely shadows the currents of human energy, but that energy is there regardless of money. Humans need to wake up and realize that every creation, good or bad, has been done with human hands, and we can continue to progress, innovate, and improve the quality of the human existence with our energy, independent from the compromised and corrupted symbol systems of money. “But we need money; how will thing’s get done?” To those asking this question, I pose you this counter question: What really needs to “get done”, and what is money’s role in this? So what does need to get done. My answer: end the wars, stop poverty, save the environment, cure diseases, end racism, end classism, end sexism, educate our children, find clean energy, stop crime, end the prison industrial system, stop (real) drug abuse, etc. When I look at this list of problems, I realize that all paths lead back to money. Money compromises the human existence. Money feels no human emotion. It forces us to fend for ourselves, turning us against one another. It feels no love. It feels no pain, fear, or hate, but it creates it. “Tough” business decisions may lead to a loss of jobs, foreclosed homes, or even a war, but business, markets, and money have no conscience towards the domino effect of anguish that they push into motion. So, here’s my call to action: WRITE ON MONEY. Use pens, Sharpees, paint, whatever. Send it into circulation. Be creative, funny, political, enlightening, optimistic, informative, but most importantly help those who communicate with it realize that it’s only paper. Once that idea is made clear, we can begin taking exponentially faster steps towards a more relishable human existence. Please Submit your bills to the blog for posting, and make sure to write the website on the back of your bills to direct others on how this project works. Or start your own write on money campaign. Either way, write on money!

A $2 bill versus a $5 bill

What about people who turn them into jewelry?

good vid

What happens if you destroy your money?

Can you pay with $2 bills at a self-checkout like at Walmart?

This man's going to jail for every dollar bill destroyed.

What if 2 dollar bills are actually rare like people thought they were?

My question is I have old outdated $2 bills, old outdated $1 bills, one outdated $20 bill from 1977, old pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters dating from 1964 and earlier plus I have an old euro Brazilian $10,000 bill. I went to my local back they wouldn't take the money since it was so old. I don't know what to do but wanna get the money for the full amount and get rid of them. What can I do?

what is your oldest $2 bill?

People that do this should go to jail. I hate the ones that turn silver or gold coins into rings for jewelry.

How do they make new two dollar bills?

Spoiler Yea I think it’s illegal to destroy legal tender u need to pay a fine of a 30 bucks or?

You can still spend the $2 bills

Awesome!!!

Why is it illegal to tear or write on your own money?

Hahaha I will take Care of your money very nice line

Defacing 20 dollar bill is already a thing

Thanks for these videos. Decorating 😂

0:55. Looool. Bill is taking about Bill-s

Ben isn’t wrong. Greed has corrupted politics for decades

Or draw a different president on your bill

what if your intent was to vandalize the dollar bill?

What happens if your two dollar billGot ripped and route and route so you would have to get a new one

What about melting zinc Pennies to cast things?

تحياتي لدي اكثر من ٦٠٠ دولار فئة ٢ دولار انا أعلم أنها صالحة وكم من التعامل بها في كل دول العالم ولا يزال توجد طبعات جديدة منها ولا يوجد أي إشكال ولحد الان... كذلك ارجو وجود بعض التعليقات بالعربية..... havi a good day

I have a question the people behind the dollar bill who are they and do they still exist

What should I do if I find a torn dollar bill?

YOU BROKE THE LAW just kidding

Is it illegal to make a photo copy of a 2 dollar bill

What happen the two dollar bill you’re breaking or you broke broke it

What is the lowest $2 bill

Good pm I'm in the Phillipines,just want to ask of what will I do to my 100us dollar which soak in laundry,it was damage by water and crumble..it was cut in to two..pls help me to change a new one..thank you,looking forward to your reply..

I know a person who is proud of (he burned the currency twice) burning US currency. I have a video of this person. Where I can send this video? I know to report to US Treasury but you know someone from inside the Treasury ?.... so I can send the video clip thru emial. thanks..

Yes

Who new ripping a paper would sometimes get you arrested HOW PATHETIC

What about taping $2 bills to a lighter

What to do with to wosh $$

Yes it is illegal. You can't intentionally destroy American currency.

Why make a 2 bill for

If it in your wallet you can do whatever you want with it

What is the most valuable two dollar bill?

Why was the two dollar bill made?

is a two doller bill more than 2 dollers?

what if you burn bilions

The thumbnail physically hurts Edit: wait no it all hurts help me

Oh boy! 50s left

Do 2 dollar bills have as much germs&drug traces compared to other denominations?

can I get a $2 bill at face value?

Am I the only one who doesn't know about 2 dollars I think we do have that where I live it anyway go's to 1,5,10,20,25 and more but not 2 never 2 pls tell me am not alone and crazy

if they still make 2 dollar bills today how come we donuts see them

I’ve got a 2 that has the number 32 wrote on it with pen is that illegal and I’m not the one who wrote it

As a magician I deface money all the time , having people sign money , I burn money I.....um.. NOTING!.. NEVER MIND!!.

i like this

Second comment! Hurrah!

what if you burn it on purpose and video it on facebook just for a challenge

Can you legally spend colored 2 dollar bills i have some merrick mint custom 2 dollar bills am i still able to spend it?

are we sure this is america?

I have a 5 dollar bill and a 1 dollar bill

Decoration? Sad to think that this character made a business out of rubber stamps to exercise their "rights" of free speech by "decorating" any currency,. I wonder how other countries (EU for example) handle this kind of decorating. Maybe this hints that keeping a stash of virgin bills might make them of interest downstream when the world is polluted with cartoonish currency. Hell, keep a stash anyway, in addition to spending them at the local McDonalds (which always throws the young counter-clerks into a tizzy). They thought my Kennedy 50 cent piece was a dollar coin last week.

What's your favorite $2 bill on your collection?

what would happen if you put a different face on it?

I enjoy defacing my bills. I even cut one, I also like to throw away coins

That's different. It's not making the bill illegible and unusable. The key word is" Intent" You need to be careful. If you are a Trump supporter you will be prosecuted.

Love money

First comment!!!! Yay

I've always marked out the religious jargon on every bill that I come in contact with.

I have a question, "Exactly how many different $2 bills are there made?"

Actually I predict if anyone is EVER stupid enough to put Donald Trump's putrid image on a bill then within a short time I am guessing it will become illegal to use these bills UNLESS they are defaced in the prescribed manner ...By A. By simply drawing a circle around the bastard's image and then simply placing a prominent diagnonal slash either left to right or right to left passing through his disgusting face hold ING personal significance of your are right or left leaning ...one could expect any of these bills to end up with a X over the face in a very short time once it was the found the man was actually NO ONE's president But my quests initially will be more people choosing option B. WHich will simply be writing any one of a no doubt growing list of approved words accross Trump's image ... like "MORON" "LOSER" "IDIOT" "IMEBICLE" "LIAR" "CHEATER" "TRAITOR" "PHONEY" .....Well you get the idea but NO you may NOT write "FUCKER" ....well unless the bill is only ever after seen by adult. But you WILL be permitted to put "F*cker"...or even something like "Dick Head" "Numb Nuts" ....Now I can't guess if they will these bills to be enhanced as aftermarket collectibles ...like totally painting over his head with colorized anatomically accurate image of limp penis ....or and anus or infect vagina....personally however I don't see anyone but perhaps a few religious groups having a problem with this....

$20

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I thought this video was a joke...

As a collector, I think defacing currency should be illegal.

Is it illegal to burn money is it illegal to eat money is it illegal to rip money on purpose is it illegal to do all the things I ask you on purposely only 7 so I don't know it's just my mom's profile picture so is it illegal