Must be a lot of them then. The $2 bills were stockpiled as cash for wages after a possible nuclear war. Americans rejected them so they government supposed they would be less Choosey after an attack. So there must be an abnormal amount that are from the 20th century that are in new condition.
$2 notes date back to the earliest years of modern US currency in the 1860s. I've heard the $2 note grew unpopular in more recent times due to its association with gambling. Horse and dog track bets tend to be based on $2 stakes, so a stack of $2s had a noxious connotation, like if someone busts out a huge stack of singles and you crack a joke that they must be a stripper.
Many countries get by fine with currency units worth ~$1 and $5 and nothing in between (i.e. Japan ¥100/500 coins, Korea 1000/5000 won notes)
Yeah that would make sense, I had no idea about the stockpile thing, got any sources I could read up on that. In fact that could be its own interesting post lol.
Must be a lot of them then. The $2 bills were stockpiled as cash for wages after a possible nuclear war. Americans rejected them so they government supposed they would be less Choosey after an attack. So there must be an abnormal amount that are from the 20th century that are in new condition.
$2 notes date back to the earliest years of modern US currency in the 1860s. I've heard the $2 note grew unpopular in more recent times due to its association with gambling. Horse and dog track bets tend to be based on $2 stakes, so a stack of $2s had a noxious connotation, like if someone busts out a huge stack of singles and you crack a joke that they must be a stripper.
Many countries get by fine with currency units worth ~$1 and $5 and nothing in between (i.e. Japan ¥100/500 coins, Korea 1000/5000 won notes)
Yeah that would make sense, I had no idea about the stockpile thing, got any sources I could read up on that. In fact that could be its own interesting post lol.
It's mentioned on this show. Not sure about the video: https://youtu.be/89rytWMKsf0