Talk:United States two-dollar bill
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The first part of the history section incorrectly cites the reference given at the bottom of the page. According to the BEP link, the first two-dollar bill in the United States was printed in 1862 and bore the image of Alexander Hamilton. The image of Thomas Jefferson was not used until 1869.
There's a claim that the US $2 bill is not worth counterfeiting. Is this true? My understanding was that the bill (because of its rarity) had a market value of about $40. Since counterfeit collector's items abound, I wouldn't be surprised if there were counterfeit $2's out there. So I'm not sure that claim is correct. Mike Church 21:37, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
They aren't that vaulable. You cnan go to a U.S. bank and get them for $2.
- Actually the older ones are worth quite a bit. There was a long period where none were printed, those before that period are collectors items (especially in good condition). - Hephaestos|§ 01:02, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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- Any denomination bill is valuable if it's old enough Nik42 05:38, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Question
Can anyone make the pages for the other denominations look the way the $2 bill page now does?? Here they are:
For the $1 bill, it doesn't have a page of its own at Wikipedia; you just use the Federal Reserve note page.
Hey folks. I just added some more content, roughly doubling the size of this article. It occurs to me that after my edits, the little blurb about it being adapted from the bureau of engraving and printing might not be quite so necessary. I won't remove it though; if my edits stick around, maybe someone who thinks similarly can do so.
Also, I went ahead and addressed the oft-repeated misconception that a two dollar bill is worth more than two dollars. It's not, as we covered here.
[edit] True or false??
True or false: the Series 2003 $2 bills have a new appearance. 66.245.68.167 18:07, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- False. I have several of them. They look the same as the earlier printings Nik42 08:43, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
Is the foot under the table (on the reverse side) a misprint? It seems to face the wrong way. --Waterygrave 22:22, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Deleted Anecdote about $2 Usage
This section was just deleted by anon 216.78.46.11 , probably because its veracity can't be confirmed, but I thought I'd preserve it here. --Ponder 22:49, 2004 Aug 31 (UTC)
Why shouldn't it be restored? With a note that it's probably apocryphal, it's a useful example of Americans' attitude toward the bill. Nik42 22:06, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- I remember $2 bills being given out to navy servicemen at the Orlando Naval Training Center on at least one occasion. I seem to remember it being part of an economic impact study. --ssd 15:04, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
I just deleted the "Navy" $2 bill story on the talk page, since it's on the article page. Perhaps the "consciousness" section should be moved to its own article (?) because it's apocraphal nature shouldn't be mixed in with true fact--Especially if most of what people know of this bill is the unverified urban-consciousness. Scoutersig 14:13, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Strip Clubs and $2 bills
It is also rumored that some Gentlemen's Clubs in Las Vegas give change for larger denominations strictly in two dollar bills, probably in order to raise the average tip given to the dancers that work there.
I live in Las Vegas and go to Strip Clubs often and I haven't ever received a two dollar bill as change (although I tend not to use high denomination currency in them).--Comrade Nick @)---^-- 07:17, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Interesting concept. I'll have to field test that some time. —RaD Man (talk) 02:47, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
Someone keeps deleting my addition to this page that speaks about strip cluds. I've seen it first hand at clubs. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.50.13.4 (talk • contribs) 17:50, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
- Read Wikipedia:No original research Hu 17:54, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Register
Few cash registers and money-handling machinery (such as vending machines) accommodate it.
As a cashier, I can say that that's not really true, as far as cash registers go. Every cash register I've seen has five bill slots. Since $50's and $100's are commonly placed under the till, and only $1, $5, $10, and $20 are commonly used of the smaller denominations, this leads to an empty slot. That slot is often used to store coin rolls, but they can also be placed behind or under the till itself (as I myself do). I've placed $2's in my register a few times, with no problems, and generally got rather good reactions when giving them as change, as opposed to dollar coins which tend to have mixed reactions Nik42 08:49, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] References
I have added {{citations missing}} to this article because there are only four references, and not a single inline citation that fits the requirements of WP:CITE. The template says that either citations AND/OR footnotes are missing -- in this case, inline citations are missing. Without a source, the information cannot be verified: see Wikipedia:Inline Citation, WP:VERIFY, WP:CITE, WP:OR
Latitude0116 06:32, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] US Navy
Does the US Navy really think there's nothing wrong with their service people behaving unacceptably on shore leave simply because they're an important part of the economy of the town their in? Do they really think it is arrogrant for a town to expect a resonable level of behaviour? Nil Einne 17:20, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Stamping money
- A similar story [4] involves the use of two dollar bills by Clemson University fans when their football team travels to away games. Some two dollar bills are even stamped with the school's logo, an orange tiger paw, to reinforce the message that the money came from a Clemson fan.
Wouldn'tt his be considered defaced? Also if you're going to stamp your logo, why not just stamp them all and ignore the kind of bill? Nil Einne 17:22, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
- No, it is not defacement. The law defines defacement as something that renders bills unfit to be re-issued. Search4Lancer 06:57, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Contradiction
This is about the physical size of the notes. Please discuss at Talk:Large-sized note. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 08:29, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
