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Today I found a two dollar bill in my wallet--must have been from something I bought on Saturday.
Posted by Alex Tabarrok on July 6, 2009 at 10:58 AM in History | Permalink
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Those are the new 20's. Inflation's a bitch.
Posted by: Andrew at Jul 6, 2009 11:04:20 AM
I love $2 bills.
If you want some fun, get some $2 bills, some dollar coins, some Kennedy 1/2-dollars and use them to pay for lunch at your favorite, giant, fast-food chain.
Posted by: Dave Barnes at Jul 6, 2009 11:04:37 AM
If you want some fun, get some $2 bills, some dollar coins, some Kennedy 1/2-dollars and use them to pay for lunch at your favorite, giant, fast-food chain.
Try using a Susan B. Anthony (not one of the recent dollar coins) at the Dulles Toll Road. It worked, though the toll booth worker said, "This is a dollar?" while accepting it.
Posted by: John Thacker at Jul 6, 2009 11:14:32 AM
The last time I got two dollar bills was in change at the San Diego Zoo. $16 dollar admission, give them a twenty and you get two two dollar bills back. (This was some time ago. Admission is now $35.)
I've always wondered if the zoo was trying to get the locals to be nice to the Zonies (Tourists from Arizona) by making the point that they spend a lot of money there.
Posted by: theodorerud at Jul 6, 2009 12:11:31 PM
The US must be one of the few countries where a 20 is the major denomination. In most countries it would be the 10 or 100. (One exception : In Nigeria which refuses to issue higher denomination despite the drop in its Naira , it is the 50) . In most countries a 2 unit currency note would be taken in stride. More $2 bills in circulation would reduce currency printing costs.
Are we odd ?
Posted by: Rama at Jul 6, 2009 12:59:07 PM
When the Susan B Anthony coins first came out, I worked for months to introduce them into the local (Atlanta) economy. Each payday, I bought a roll of Susans and dutifully forced them on the fast food industry. Alas, all to no avail. I gave up when I found I no longer enjoyed educating the terminally slow.
Posted by: John at Jul 6, 2009 1:00:21 PM
the hubbub around the SBA dollar was what threw the 1980 presidential election in reagan's favor.
we won't see currency denomination reform in this country again.
Posted by: babar at Jul 6, 2009 1:46:19 PM
I wish that we wouldn't emblazon worshipful images of past Presidents, or any politicians, upon our money.
I also wish that individual dollars and cents didn't have so little individual value that one can readily find oneself with a messy pile of small bills and useless coins. It might suppress the use of those obnoxious prices that end in 9.
I like the dollar coins, but I'ven't seen a Sacajawea dollar coin in years and I've never seen any of the new presidential series.
Posted by: Paludicola at Jul 6, 2009 2:15:35 PM
I live in Canada, though I am American. Here they have 1 & 2 dollar coins, no one dollar bill, and a dearth of tens. If I give a 20 to the cashier, and say the cost is 3.45. I will get back 3 fives, a loonie and 55 cents. It drives me insane because I feel like I am not getting the right change back.
Posted by: R. Pointer at Jul 6, 2009 2:38:57 PM
Alex, did you buy a ticket to Monticello on Saturday?
Posted by: Kyle S at Jul 6, 2009 3:20:46 PM
I'm pretty sure it was Carter who "threw the 1980 presidential election in reagan's favor."
Posted by: Tom at Jul 6, 2009 7:01:02 PM
To Tom :
Not the Hostage takers from Iran?
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Posted by: Juicy Jewlery at Jul 7, 2009 2:40:23 AM
"Not the Hostage takers from Iran?"
Nope, that was just the icing on the cake.
Posted by: Tom at Jul 7, 2009 2:17:42 PM
My guess is you went to a strip club.
Posted by: brad at Jul 7, 2009 3:41:39 PM
I give them out at the book store I work at. Any chance you've been by Dupont Circle lately?
Posted by: Alex at Jul 7, 2009 6:33:34 PM
