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Author Topic: Are $2.00 bills worth more than their face value? Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-24-2003 08:14 PM                        I was going through some old papers in my office today and came across an envelope containing seven crispy $2.00 bills with a portrait of Thomas Jefferson. They were all minted in 1976. Does anyone know if they are worth more than their face value? -Claude  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 03-24-2003 09:46 PM                     Nah. Just two dollars. We get these from time to time at the theater. I don't so much collect them but I tend to buy them as they come in. I like to give them out as tips when I am in a restruant or a bar. I am suprise the number of people that haven't seen them before.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-24-2003 09:49 PM                     I see on sell.com's website the $2.00 with Jefferson on the front and Declaration of Independence on the back, but it does not say what year they were printed, but it did say "new condition." The price was $12.00 per item (negotiable) So, maybe they are worth something. Save them.  |  IP: Logged Michael Gonzalez Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 790 From: Grand Island , NE USA Registered: Sep 2000 posted 03-24-2003 10:19 PM                     I don't know if that is a good indication or not. I am sure that you have seen some of the scams that unscrupulous people try to get away with selling on E-bay because other people are ignorant as to it's true value (anyone remember PICTURES of Playstation 2 selling for $100.00 two christmases ago because bidders did not read the auction carefully and relise what they were really bidding for). Unless someone can point to some kind of collectors website that says differently, I am stil convenced that they are only worth their face value.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-24-2003 10:23 PM                        If they're worth 12 bucks, I'm heading over to ebay right now to put mine up! I have about $100 worth of $2 bills at home. We give 50 cent coins as change in the boxoffice. You wouldn't believe the people who just LOVE to get them. "I haven't seen one of these in years!" I don't tell'em that we buy them by the bag-full at the bank every week.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 03-24-2003 11:18 PM                     I "deal" in $2 bills as one of my wacko side hobbies (I'll sell them to you for $1.99 for quantities less than 100 ). $2 bills aren't worth any more than two dollars in the general case, but like all bills, if you go back far enough, they can be worth something. In 1976, the $2 reverse changed to a Bicentenial version, and the $2 is still that way today. Most of the $2s you see are 1995 Fort Worth -printed $2s (Mary Ellen Withrow/Robert E. Rubin), but there are a fair bit of 1976 twos in circulation. I'd say for a given strap (100-count) of used $2s, I see 60% 1995 and 40% 1976. But usually I just get fresh clean 1995 $2s. Anyhow, 1976 $2s aren't worth anything more than $2. If you want to find the value of an older bill, pick up a copy of Bank Note Reporter and turn to the "price guide" section. It'll tell you what all US paper money is worth, approximately. --jhawk  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-24-2003 11:28 PM                  The people here and their vast variety of knowledge, talents, interests, and hobbies never ceases to amaze me! >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-24-2003 11:59 PM                     What can I say? Personally, I would settle for $1.95 for a $2.00 bill. I hate those things! Nobody wants them! But I still say, keep them if you have them. Heck, they are "already paid for" and maybe someday when Uncle Sam finally realizes nobody wants them and discontinues printing of them, they may be worth something. Remember the Edsel by the Ford Motor Company?  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-25-2003 12:07 AM                     I actually like the $2 bill...a very logical denomination and would much prefer it's adoption over the stupid small $1 coins or the elimination of the penny. Steve  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-25-2003 12:30 AM                     Ah, but do you have any Susan B. Anthony dollars??? quote: I came across an envelope containing seven crispy $2.00 bills. Does anyone know if they are worth more than their face value? quote: Nah. Just two dollars You mean $14...he has seven of 'em.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-25-2003 12:51 AM                     I have a couple $2 bills in my wallet just to kind of keep as good luck or some superstitious baloney like that. If I find a good "liar's poker" dollar, I'll keep that as well. Susan B. Anthony dollars are okay. I have a few of those I collected via change at the post office. That's also the only way how I have come across those gold colored Sakajewa (or whatever the hell her name is) dollars. All the new dollar coins are too small. I like the old Eisenhower dollars coins. I used to have a couple of those, including the Bicentenial version. If you flipped that one onto a counter, the cashier knew for damned sure that you just banged a dollar out there! Maybe they need to bring back the Liberty dollar coin.  |  IP: Logged Nicholas Roznovsky Expert Film Handler Posts: 156 From: College Station, TX, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-25-2003 12:54 AM                        Someone once bought a car from my father and paid him $3000 entirely in $2 bills, Susan B. Anthonys, and Eisenhower dollar coins. My dad deposited it all at the bank, much to the annoyance of the tellers. At least you know your $2s won't go down in value. All U.S. money is worth it's face value for perpetuity, even bills printed by the individual states before the Civil War (if you can find someone who will take it!).  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-25-2003 12:54 AM                  I think we should go digital (binary). 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc bills and coins. >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Mitchell Dvoskin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1869 From: West Milford, NJ, USA Registered: Jan 2001 posted 03-25-2003 08:05 AM                     $2 bills are still available from the treasury. Your bank can order them, but only in large quantities. /Mitchell  |  IP: Logged Gordon Bachlund Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 696 From: Monrovia, CA, USA Registered: Aug 1999 posted 03-25-2003 08:19 AM                        I recall getting $2 bills at racetracks years ago. Perhaps the denomination begat the $2 bet or vice versa....  |  IP: Logged

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