Wiki has quite a bit to say on the subject, but it sounds as if Americans find no need to have a $2 bill.
Australians changed their $1 and $2 denominations to coin as soon as their value had deflated appropriately. The "$2 shop" is a popular name for a chain of el-cheapo variety stores, and a lot of shops keep $2 bargains in easy reach. People tend to treat the $2 as small change simply because it's a coin.
Until they came out with a $2 coin in Canada (which we call the "toonie"😉, the $2 bill was very popular. We never understood why Americans don't like $2 bills and it's extremely rare to see one, even though they have one in circulation. In 40 years of travelling through the U.S., I've seen only one being spent. I keep one at home as a curiosity and when I show it to Americans, most are amazed that it exists.
the two dollar bill did not catch on in the usa becasue the cash drawers in the registers are universally not designed to hold another bill...so the cashiers constantly had to put the two dollar bill someplace where there was no real place to put it. the dollar coins, being colored gold and some white ( with 8 sided edges ) are more easily dropped into the coin slots and are more easily distinguishable from the other coins.
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Originally posted by AttilaTheHorni got one as change somewhere and i really didn't know it existed before then, actually looked at it a bit to see if it was fake. think i'll hold on to it as well, i read a bit about it after i got it but apparently there was two series, one in 76 which i have and another in 90 something.
Until they came out with a $2 coin in Canada (which we call the "toonie"😉, the $2 bill was very popular. We never understood why Americans don't like $2 bills and it's extremely rare to see one, even though they have one in circulation. In 40 years of travelling through the U.S., I've seen only one being spent. I keep one at home as a curiosity and when I show it to Americans, most are amazed that it exists.
think it will be worth anything in the future? 😛
