Spending $2 Bills

I love the reaction I get in your beautiful country when I use them on vacation... It seems most of the population is oblivious to them. I'm used to paying for things in "toonies" so a 2-dollar denomination is a must for me.

Ah yes, the fun that can be had with spending $2s. I always make sure to have a few with me for special occasions, and it only get more fun with dollars and halves thrown into the mix. No great stories yet, but I did get a few dollar discount a while back when a friendly seller refused to take my Ikes because they were "silver dollars".

How many of the Presidential dollars have been/will be released?

I got one in change in vegas (martin van bruhel or something) and thought it was a nice coin... if someone wants to collect me a full set how many dollars would be there and would they be willing to trade for some English coins (commemorative 50p's and £2 coins?)

Don't get me wrong I like that I live here but seeing you guys talk about your currency I wish I could teleport over there for a couple of days and pick up some cheap additions for my US album.

Young clerks generally marvel at deuces when I spend them, some questioning their authenticity.
Older clerks at times comment that they haven't seen one of them in a long time.
I got a strap a couple of months ago (found 2 star notes in it too) and have been spending them whenever I get the chance.
I usually carry 5 with me and replenish my wallet stock every morning.

Nina, great idea but you don't accept email. I am sure we could do some trading in the future.

All right, I just picked up my strap of $2 bills. They asked me if I wanted new bills or whatever they had available, and I said I'd take whatever they had (they claimed it would take longer to process if I wanted new bills).

Well, I ended up getting 100 crisp, new, sequentially numbered $2 bills (Series 2003). No star notes, unfortunately, and no inherently interesting serial numbers (radar, ladder, binary, etc.). However, they are numbered from 04231901-04232000 (or 04/23/1900 - 04/23/2000, if you catch my drift). I'm sure they would make great gifts for people who were born on April 23 anytime during the last century or who had some other important event happen on April 23, but I'm not sure they're worth holding onto just for that. Pity the serial numbers didn't include 04262003, since that's my wedding anniversary...

I suppose I could try selling them on ebay, but the odds seem pretty slim that I would put the right serial number up for sale right when somebody is looking for it, and I suspect I would end up wasting a lot of money looking for the right buyer to come along for each note.

Ok so I have three things to say about this subject.

Quite a few years ago.. maybe ten or so, I read an article in the newspaper. Apparently a man tried to buy somethings with $120 worth of sequential two dollar bills at a local best buy. They detained him, and called the cops. After about four hours of dinkin around they confirmed that the bills were legit money and let him proceed with his purchase and let him go. Ridiculous.

Also there is a bar around here that only gives $2 bills, dollar coins and halves as change. I think it's more of a trick to get more tips. I buy a beer that costs $3 I hand them a five I get a $2 bill as change. Now I can either not tip them or give them the $2 bill back.. and who wants to be that guy who doesn't tip. But paying $5 a beer is a bit outrageous, so I usually just tip every other beer and it works out ok.

And finally, I LOVE spending $2 bills!! I love that moment when they say "Your total is $3.47" and you hand them two $2 bills. There is always a pause.. then they just proceed. I love that pause, and slight look of stumpedness on their face for that split second or two.

So there are my opinions and stories, Enjoy. :)