Redesign Of The $2 Bill

Your poll is flawed, I'm afraid. I would prefer the option "Other."

If we assume that we are leaving Jefferson on the bills (setting aside that I really wish all of our currency was redesigned, Jefferson was pretty awesome and I am down with him staying because he really got short shrift, what with being on the nickel--least-used, least-popular coin--and the $2 bill--ditto), I would prefer that on the back we have a representation of the Declaration, actually printed out with the large WE THE PEOPLE Of the United States at its top and the smaller text possibly being microprinted (can you imagine the whole Constitution on our money? AWESOME), and fading into an updated version of the picture currently on the back.

I love using $2 bills. I order 100 at a time from my bank (they seldom have many on hand) My order used to come with nice crisp new bills, but now can be from somewhat used to downright ratty.
Stores don't have a slot for them so they just slip it under the tray with the checks and larger bills. I always include one with my restaurant tip. And a $2 bill to the strolling drink waitress in casinos will make sure you aren't ignored.

That's a great idea! More people today might actually be tempted to read it this way.

Actually, bilingual money is not a bad idea. MANY Americans--yes, even legal citizens who were born here or immigrated here legally!--speak either Spanglish or speak better Spanish than English (and many second-language learners will tell you that while you may sound fluent when speaking, reading is much harder--I'm an exception to that rule because I read Spanish well on the same level that I speak it, but I was also reading in English when I was eighteen months old). Not saying I think we should do it, just that it's an interesting idea and not a bad one.

@jbuck: I'm serious, though. I didn't often make change with nickels; you don't use three nickels for 15 cents, you use a dime and a nickel. There are no nickels in the vast majority of numbers you might give in change. When I say "least popular" I mean in terms of how it circulates--it might take my old store an entire week to go through five rolls of nickels, but in the meantime we've used 24 rolls of quarters, 12 rolls of dimes and $30 in pennies. They're simply not used that often if you're making change properly (that is, with the least number of coins).

It is okay. I do not spend nickels; have not used one since around 2008. I keep every one I get, which, as you are correct, is not very often. Cents and dimes are the most common change I receive. Odd, I will often get three dimes instead of a quarter and a nickel.

Considering hispanic-americans are one of the fastest growing groups in the U.S., it is quite possible to one day see Spanish next to English on U.S. currency.

There's also the fact that we have a large Latino "tourist" population (I'm using the word loosely to encompass those here on work visas, those who are here visiting relatives, those who are here to see the sights, visiting for medical treatment, etc.) from both Mexico and the GIANT MOSTLY SPANISH-SPEAKING CONTINENT RIGHT BELOW IT. (Lots of people seem to forget it's there.)

Last year, the envelopes for $2's from each Federal Reserve bank featured a new Monticello engraving. I thought to myself, "Should the $2 ever be redesigned, I can see this on the back, or the Jefferson Memorial (to be analogous to the $5 bill)."
http://www.currencyamerica.com/img/...--BEP031.jpg

I agree, I like that.