Why $2 bills aren't seen very often 

I alkways try to get them when I go to the bank. Always fun to spend when theres a younger person as a cashier...

hamOn Rye “counterfeit! Lemme get my manager!”

Not to mention 'silver dollar's 😵😱

Lorenzo Maximo what if something’s 1$?

I believe inflation ruined the usefulness of the half dollar.

Well, had to use the name on the question, ya know?

Good question. The government actually DOES advocate people to use twos because they save money on printing if more people would use them. It's just that people don't. Good possible question for a future video though.

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary Trust ME! I am doing my part in Texas, it's the banks I have accounts with, that have an issue, or can't hold them for me, or call me to tell me they have $2.00 bills available.. I'd make a special trip to purchase them, and spend the $2.00's! I might need enough $2.00 bills to get my car repaired.. Approx about $1,600.00 or so in trans-axel, and air conditioning repairs, driver side door hinge, weather strip repairs... I also might need about $5,000.00 for a new / used engine.. for my 1982 Ford Granada.. :"( I have serious needs, heck, to have a small cooler full of $2.00 bills, to pay for day to day expenses, food, bread, chips, cheese, salsa. Ritz crackers, ect... paying nothing but $2.00 bills in Texas.. :D But... I'm going on faith, and prayer to G-d / Hashem for a serious break in my financial woes, lonely single Jewish women, wanting a boytoy, lover to spoil rotten as her security guard? :)

The Two Dollar Bill Documentary yes great question, another could be why you get the looks from cashiers when trying to use them. With the dreaded marker to test counterfeiting, then they mark it again damaging more ! I think the treasury should run some commercials to promote its use and educate the younger generation.

The problem is they dont have a place for them in the registers and it makes the casheers go crazy.

These are all great comments - thanks everyone. The looks from cashiers will continue until those cashiers understand that the $2 is normal currency. If $2s start getting used more, cashiers can adjust their registers accordingly. I doubt they'll ever get rid of $1s, but they should stop making them, as there are already over 11 billion out there. let them slowly fizzle out.

No vending machines in Texas has $2.00 capabilities. It’s $1, $5, Only..

We've been collecting a lot of hidden camera reactions over the last month, and it should be our next video on May 23. We have a video on our channel already about vending machines, but it's more of an explainer than actually going around testing machines. We do have a video planned where we test them in ATMs. And finally, we do have one sort-of reaction video, where we spent $2s at fast food places. It's conversational, not just reactions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WT25xaYLdoI.html

I usually get strange looks from the kid at fast food store and sometime the kid running to the manager to see if the 2's are ok to take. I also spend half dollars, and if I gethome the chance I refer to them as 4 bit pieces. Which sometimes gets me a chance to say something about the history of our currency.

There were $2 notes issued before those you mentioned. Issued by the Continental Congress as well as the several States and many private banks through the 1850's. As well as many unusual denominations.

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary do a video on why 3 dollar bills real.

This channel (and the film it's based off of) is all about educating and entertaining about the $2 bill, so I appreciate the comment and I'm glad I could open your eyes about the $2 bill. You can always get more at the bank! In this video, we tested 10 banks to see how many we'd get. You might find it interesting: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bpfBAwf2HPI.html Also, you may also learn a lot by watching the film, which is on Amazon: amzn.to/2gpRKum Thanks again. Hope you're a subscriber!

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary Yup, I subscribed after watching another video by you recently. 😀

If you go to the ocean money comes on the beach for free.

Thank you! It's great to get that kind of feedback, so the comment is very much appreciated. I've got lots of great content planned, some fun and some educational. When I read comments like this, it inspires me to keep up my game! Have a great day.

Me too sir! ♥️❤️$2.00 bills!

I have two dollar bills ranging from 1976 to 2013

By any chance, are you in Portland, Oregon? We know all about a place that does that; they're in this video clip: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ICY4HV80FFY.html. But other strip clubs use $2s often for that very reason. Yes, strip clubs are a big part of the $2 bill story.

Thanks! Love to hear that - both the compliments about the channel and the fact that you spend $2 bills. I'm not sure if what they printed last November was Series 2019 or the continuation of another series, but if they are in fact 2019, I'll be eager to get my hands on some too.

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary I'll let you know if I find any. My local bank only has stacks of new 2013 issue bills. DM if you can, I have some great stories to share with you that I have from the past three weeks of using $2 bills.

When you inherit them, you can spend them!

Yes they are. But since some people don't consider them real money for some reason, they may often think you stiffed them by giving them a "souvenir" instead of usable cash. So I always leave a normal cash tip and top it off with one or two $2s.

You kinda missed the point. Ever counted a stack of the same bills before? You go fast. If a different bill happened to be in there and you'd forgotten about it, you'd fly right past it. That's why even today, cashiers who get $2 bills don't know where to put them in the register. If they put them in a pile with another bill, it could get missed. Yeah you can look, but that slows you down!

I confused old people with them

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary you put them in the 100$ slot on top of them to hide them

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary and then the fact there isn't a space for it in their drawer. That got replaced with the dollar bill way back when

Peter Szwed I got 100 from my credit union today.

Are they worth money instead of just $2?

@@nicoleyap6070 Only the 1963 series red seal ones and older are worth more than $2. I just like to use them to keep them circulating.

@@jefferylawrence9812 I get my $2 bills at my bank. I buy at least 50 at a time. They are still legal tender so I would never pay more than face value. 2$ bills made before 1976 have a red seal, different back, and are considered collectible. It is rare to find them still in circulation. My bank usually has 2$ bills in inventory so it's just a matter of asking for them. Once, I had to order them and wait a week for them to be delivered to the bank but what I got was a stack of new sequential bills. Hope this helps.

That's called a perfect prop. Did you notice the date on it too?

Agreed. Now all you have to do is convince the government.

Because they are (I think) the first U.S. coin. Don't throw out history.

Maybe if the government made less 1 dollar bills, people would use more 1 dollar coins and more 2 dollar bills.

Pennies are important, so we shouldn't ditch it

You won’t be able to give someone your $.02 without them.

Tim Holmes I think they did something similar like this with military officers giving them special bills to show the effect caused

Agreed! But Americans are too used to using $1s. They have to be conditioned to use the $2s more. So keep spending them and keep informing others about them. Send them to this channel too. :)

If we switched to a dollar coin, that people would use, it would take a very long time for dollar bills to become uncommon.

@@pedrowhack-a-mole6786 ::shrug:: I've got nothing personally against $1 bill. It's just not necessary anymore. We don't need to take them out of circulation ahead of schedule. Just stop making them, and replace old one with coins. Prior to the Information Age, a dollar bill would be lucky to last 4 years, with 18mons lifespan being common. Coins would last 30 years. However, nowadays, with most transactions being electronic, $1 bills easily make it to 4 years, and conceivably, coins could last indefinitely. It may take a decade for $1 bills to disappear, but that's OK.

How can I possibly put a one dollar coin down the stripper's g-string??

@@chrismack4320 Inflation. Use $2 bills now.

I'll take the dollar coins off your hands

I collect both of them.

Where is it today?

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary I have no clue.. But I do have around 5 of them now....

Absolutely. What kind of business are you in that you use $2s?

Coin business.

Sometimes folks request singles but most are not unhappy with 2's and some ask for them.

The only place they have them is where ladies dance with no cloths on and they put them in dirty places. I hope you know.

@@greenlawnfarm5827 I find they go too fast in those types of establishments.

What do you mean? You know what I said. They hide them there and they get dirty.

Don't think they ever will - at least not for a long time.

Interesting. I'll have to look that up. Don't know much about those. Thanks for the comment.

Cool story, thanks for sharing.

As of now, no. But if they did change the $2 bill, we had some fun with guessing who could replace Jefferson on it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v7CV9Zw-mYg.html

Awesome! Got a $2 and made a buck as well.

We agree: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IKj7bxstnMY.html

This is a great question. It didn't really change, but there were some interesting things that happened with it (good story down at the Mexican border). You also had the Navy paying their recruits in $2 bills. We'll consider a video on this - thank you. In the meantime, here's a really cool $2 bill from World War I: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5lmdBmQXcGU.html

I've heard they're also becoming very popular in Ecuador. Wish we could get cameras to both places and do some videos there for this channel.

1976 bills aren't worth more than $2. The only way a $2 bill has more value is if it is a "star note" or has a unique serial number. Details in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YrjYDq85s2k.html

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary thank you for the information.

There IS a spot in the register - one was designed for $2 bills. But no one uses them that way. Here's our video on the subject: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f76wmDQWZKo.html

You can get them at the bank! See: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IKj7bxstnMY.html

We live in a mostly cashless society now with online transactions, credit and debit cads

Yes, those and other denominations as well. catalog.usmint.gov/currency/uncut-currency/

This video - one of the first on our channel - covers that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5AdKp5SPHKM.html

Maybe to a collector. Hard to say. You can contact PCGS Currency - look them up online - and ask them.

Very cool. Thanks for the comment.

Several a week? That's not typical. What kind of store is it and in what city?

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary a local convenience store in Jacksonville

@@jcsadventures8975 Hey that's great! I'll be in Jacksonville on July 2 for the Jumbo Shrimp's $2 bill night (they're a minor league baseball team). They're giving out $2 bills and I'll be there with giveaways, trivia, and I'll even be shooting video for a piece that will air on this channel. Come to the game and say hi!

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary That's cool!

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary i may check that out if I have the night off

Sure does. More people should learn about this convenience. That's why we're here! Thanks for the comment.

It's a great idea, but the problem is that people are too used to their $1 bills and have proven time and again they are reluctant to use $1 coins or even $2 bills. It's tough. As for the Navy, we have a great story in our film about a Navy officer reunited with a $2 bill they signed - over 70 years later! It's not here on RU-vid, but sounds like you would really enjoy the full film: amzn.to/2gpRKum

Dylan Veekmans 2013 I believe

They actually printed more in October of 2018, but those could still be the 2013 series.

The Two Dollar Bill Documentary They are, I checked production reports.

The first Federally-issued $2 bill was in 1862. If you have something from 1780, either it's a very rare piece known as Continental Currency (and doesn't look anything like money as we know it), or someone gave you that item and a bogus story. Contact Heritage Auctions at ha.com and they'll tell you what you have.

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary it's a coin

Don't know much about coins. Plenty of coin dealers out there. I'd say Google some and run it by them; they may offer to buy it from you too.

Lots of thing are a dollar and change, making a $2 useful. But I also use them when I buy something for $19.99 and the text puts the total around $21.40. Then I use a $20 and a $2 and it's very convenient.

Great to hear! That's what you should do. And then the people you give them to should spend them again instead of stashing them in a safe place at home

I ask for them almost every time. Down here in Florida, they seem to be a bit more common, as evidenced by what happened in this video... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bpfBAwf2HPI.html

Can't your banks order some? I don't have a suitcase full of twos, and by the time you paid for me to ship what I'd have, you'd be at a bit of a loss!

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary Oh the tellers 'say' they will order some, and I'm back to work for 4 nights of 12-16 hour shift due to mandatory overtime.. 1st Convenience Bank out of Killeen, TX has branches in my area, yet many don't actually order some for me, but mostly military so it's a serious hit or miss.. by the way If G-d / Hashem forgave me, of my sins, and destroyed this financial curse on my life, to have a 7 to 12 figure income of millions in my accounts, to be respected by the banks I deal with, it wouldn't be an issue. I work for the prison, and take home only after 15 years of service $3,500 a month, and about $2,500 take home, and take out mortgage costs, I have $1,800 to spend on bills.. Compared to Military Soldiers, and Federal Government employees that get way more respect than a low paid prison guard.. Banks in Central Texas just either ignore me, or just blow me off.... So, I travel up to 400 miles in other towns to find banks I don't have accounts with if they sell what they got.. Yet... I ask you to please pray for me to find a higher paying more suitable security job, with better benefits, pay scale, I can qualify for, to help pump the $2.00 bills into main stream circulation.. Heck, I just stopped at Starbucks in Stephenville, paid my coffee with a $2.00 bill and a $1.00 and put another $2.00 bill in the tip jar.. But... my FWD transaxel transmission shut down on my 1990 Buick LeSabre, and broke down, in front of a guy's house to beg for a jump start, I limped home... So.... I asked the 1st Convenience Bank in Stephenville for $2.00 bills and they had none... Good thing, I am lonely, single, and no love life.. lol no wife and no kids... Struggling... like everyone else. :'( Thank you for responding... Yet... It would be sweet, if I had a job paying me $6,500 a month, spending nothing but $2.00 bills, like a stable job with retirement, till I turned 70... I'm 46... 6 feet.. single. Travel to towns in Texas, spending $2.00 bills on gas, food, motel stay, auto repairs, having so many $2.00 bills to get my trans-axel FWD repaired-replaced... Day to day stuff, reload my Debit Cards with $2.00 bills, shopping at Wal-Mart, and H.E.B. spending NOTHING but $2.00.. heheh perhaps some wealthy Jewish sugar mama, that wants a boyfriend to spoil, gives my pay allowance in nothing buy $2.00 bills... Seeing the reaction on people's faces, as I use nothing BUT $2.00 bills.. :D A good reliable car... restoring my 1982 Ford Granada with a used engine, or new old style engine, transmission, rack-n-pinion, front brake overhauled repairs being paid but nothing but $2.00 bills... (I'm VERY DEAD Serious about spending $2.00 bills and circulating them into cash registers ALL OVER Texas... (ASSUMING THEY ARE NOT, the Red Seal $2.00 bills) :) I'm keeping those! lol But that's OK.. I'd like to work for a bank that pays more than a prison guard for a long term job..(Till 2035) TDCJ is Ranked #47 in base pay, high stress, high turnover, and mandatory overtime..

If I could.. I’d pay the tow truck and a transmission shop $1,500 bill in $2.00 bills! I just ask G-d for a blessing of millions of dollars in $2.00 bills! ♥️♥️♥️♥️😎👍🕍

So many $100 bills are made and sent to forign countries and that probubly bader.

This whole channel is about the $2 bill. We've got over 40 videos. Plus we always do make more! New one launched today (Sep 27)

Awesome! On your own, or were you prompted to do so by watching one of our videos?

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary On my own. When ever i cash a check i ask the teller if they have any strange money. Like.... Fifty cent pieces, dollar coins. I have been a collector of any bicentennial money since i was a kid and could afford it. At one time i thought the 2 dollar bill was first issued in 1976. : )

Glad we could educate you some. You can learn more about the red seal bills that preceded the green ones in this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pqwxn-6HTuk.html

Do away with the one dollar bill, use a dollar coin, also do away with the penny, then the two dollar bill will be popular. That's what Canada did.

Go into a bank in the city you're visiting and see if they have any. If you want to pay a little more for one, you can always try eBay (or Amazon)

I live in a small town, and of the town's three banks and my credit union, it was only the credit union that did not have any $2 bills; the banks each had several.

You can get them at bars where ladies dance with no cloths.

They are getting used, just not as much as they should for a piece of currency that isn't rare at all. People have to learn that they are "normal" and start treating them that way.

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary next time a cash my checks I will try and get some

The dollar coin came in a little later than you suggested. In the 70s, the idea was that by printing more $2 bills, the government could save money, since you could get twice as much money made with half the paper. It was never intended that the $1 bill would be replaced - they just wanted to print less of them. It didn't work. Then later on they went the $1 coin route as you said, and it failed. The most one dollar coins I've ever seen in one place is in a mobile app for iPhones called The Container. You have to guess how many of something is in a container, and on one of the early levels, they filled a giant pot with dollar coins. Worth a look - it was around 2500 of them. Anyway, thanks for the comment!

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary Sorry, I meant the 80's, but the reasoning was the same. The $1 bill is the most used paper and the Government wanted to save money by creating a $1 coin. From what I read, they DID want to replace the $1 bill for the dollar coin, but it was a colossal failure.

Yup. People love the $1 bill. It will be very difficult to get people to stop using it.

The video where I went to 10 banks... I did that to see who had how many on a random day. BUT, had I told any of those 10 banks that I wanted more ad asked for them to order some for me, I assume most of them would. THAT'S really what people need to do - get their banks to order some for the Fed so the bills stop sitting in a government bank collecting dust, and instead, get into people's hands. If you only withdraw what they have, they'll end up back at a bank at some point, and you haven't accomplished much. I have multiple banks that order from the Fed for me all the time, and I get those into circulation.

What do you mean you wish the treasury still issued them? They are still being made! More were printed last October. And here's why: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_Bzg9pNVePk.html

Duke Nukem uh I want to spend $2,000 or more in nothing but $2.00 to get my transmission fixed! In red, blue and gold seal $2.00’s My dream bank pays me all kinds of twos in special wallets that I pay bills with and my dream Jewish sugar mama leaves thick envelopes stuffed with tens of thousands of $2.00 bills as Secret Service Agents confirm to every doubtful person to accept them or get audited!!!

A majority of the population believe them to be good luck, but there are those who find them to be the opposite. Here are the origins of some of the bad luck ideas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lUXhwYvvXK8.html

punker4Real $2

@#FreeKekistan RaceCarNow Wrong. Old fiat money printed en masse are not valuable. Bills with special demarkations and errors are incredibly valuable.

In this video on our channel, we show how it's up to the cashier. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f76wmDQWZKo.html But if you were trained a certain way, then the $2 was in fact out. The register slots were a factor for sure, but it certainly could have been overcome if people just used the bill. Thanks for the comment.

They're great for tips. And I hope you actually spend them and don't keep them as a collectible. Good to know people are using them. Thanks for the comment.

Agreed. The banks should definitely give them out. Stores should too, and then if people balk, it's an opportunity to educate. Great comment and thank you.

Here's the strip club part of the equation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ICY4HV80FFY.html

Great story! Yes, hard to beat that one, but in researching and shooting the film this channel is based o n, we've heard lots of great $2 bill stories. Thanks for sharing.

They have to order them unless people are bringing them in and depositing them. So, ask them to order some! You'll end up with pristine, uncirculated, sequential serial number bills in straps

They are the older ones and not ones that are used as they are mostly collectors items. I see them selling for $3-5 each depending on condition. I have a few rough ones from the 50s in my wallet I spend sometimes to catch people's attention. Maybe even get someone collecting

If you are interested in selling any of the red seal, pm me. I am very interested in them

@@richardaenriquez2122 let me see what extra ones I have left. I may be able to sell for face plus ship!

@@keywellcoinsmafiametals8726 ok cool. Thanks