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sugar magnolia wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:30 pm What moron would pay $5.58 for a $2 bill you can get at the bank for......$2? You have to tell them ahead of time you want them but it's just like ordering 1000 $1 bills. And you can specify if you want uncirculated ones.

My grandfather left a bequeath in his will that all the players on the girl's basketball team at the little podunk high school in his town got a $2 bill when they graduated. It lasted until the first graders the year he died had graduated. I never had an issue getting the bills from the bank.
:yeahthat: and cool story!

I used to collect 2 dollar bills until I found out I could just go get them from the bank if I wanted them. Seemed pointless after that. :shrug:
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raison de arizona wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:38 pm

I used to collect 2 dollar bills until I found out I could just go get them from the bank if I wanted them. Seemed pointless after that. :shrug:
$2 bills with either radar numbers or star notes are worth a bit more than face value and are fun to collect.
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Azastan wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:51 pm
$2 bills with either radar numbers or star notes are worth a bit more than face value and are fun to collect.
Ok, I had to look that up. A radar number is a serial number which reads the same backwards as it does forward. A star note is a bill in which the serial number has an asterisk next to it, denoting that the bill is a replacement bill. It was printed to replace a mis-printed bill.

I have a couple dozen $2 bills collected over the years as I came across them. I checked them out now - no radar numbers, no star notes. But it was interesting because one has the serial number and seal printed in red instead of green. That red $2 bill is a Series 1953 C.
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MN-Skeptic wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 6:09 pm
Azastan wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:51 pm
$2 bills with either radar numbers or star notes are worth a bit more than face value and are fun to collect.
Ok, I had to look that up. A radar number is a serial number which reads the same backwards as it does forward. A star note is a bill in which the serial number has an asterisk next to it, denoting that the bill is a replacement bill. It was printed to replace a mis-printed bill.

I have a couple dozen $2 bills collected over the years as I came across them. I checked them out now - no radar numbers, no star notes. But it was interesting because one has the serial number and seal printed in red instead of green. That red $2 bill is a Series 1953 C.
Radar notes are fairly common, but star notes are much scarcer, especially on a $2 bill.

Nice find, the red bill!
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Reddog wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 7:49 am The way I read it is that they used a legal tender $2.00 bill. Then pasted a picture over the portrait. It doesn’t specifically state that it’s still legal tender after the alteration. There is a certificate of authenticity, it’s an authentic altered $2.00 bill.
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US currency could be differentiated by the color ink used on the bills.

Green = Good old Federal Reserve Notes

Red = United States Notes

Blue = Silver Certificates (one could turn in a silver certificate and receive the equivalent in silver.)

Yellowish brown = Gold Note (like the Silver Certificate one could redeem a gold note for gold.)

Gold notes were discontinued when we went off the gold standard in the 30s. Silver certificates were discontinued when we no longer minted silver coins (1965).

I think US Notes continued for a spell -- maybe until 1970 or so.

What was interesting was that not every denomination of bill was available in all styles.
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sugar magnolia wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:30 pm
What moron would pay $5.58 for a $2 bill you can get at the bank for......$2? You have to tell them ahead of time you want them but it's just like ordering 1000 $1 bills. And you can specify if you want uncirculated ones.

My grandfather left a bequeath in his will that all the players on the girl's basketball team at the little podunk high school in his town got a $2 bill when they graduated. It lasted until the first graders the year he died had graduated. I never had an issue getting the bills from the bank.
In fairness, I paid 18 GBP for a 50p commemorative Pride coin.

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More technically, I paid 54GBP for 3 of them. I wanted a few to hand out to friends and loved ones who are LGBTQ.
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That's an awesome coin Ben!

In other news, when is the last time you saw a pro-Biden vehicle decked out like this? Proof Biden lost!
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There’s a house near where I live that’s decorated like that.

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Mental illness is a sad thing.
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:crazy:

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How the hell do these guys have enough sense to make millions? Some of the smartest people I know can barely make ends meet.
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sugar magnolia wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:18 pm How the hell do these guys have enough sense to make millions? Some of the smartest people I know can barely make ends meet.
They have no morals or ethics.
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sugar magnolia wrote: Tue Sep 13, 2022 4:18 pm How the hell do these guys have enough sense to make millions? Some of the smartest people I know can barely make ends meet.
Right place, right time, lots of luck.

My now nutjob neighbors next door are the hardest working people I have ever known, and they barely get by. If hard work was all you needed to be successful, they'd be billionaires.
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raison de arizona wrote: Sun Sep 11, 2022 5:38 pm
:yeahthat: and cool story!

I used to collect 2 dollar bills until I found out I could just go get them from the bank if I wanted them. Seemed pointless after that. :shrug:
My brother used to work for Morton Thiokol, the rocket people. When bonuses were paid they were paid in $2 bills. The reasoning was that as the bills started to circulate in the community it would remind everyone of the company.

I thought it was a quite clever public relations idea.
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Walter Masterson @waltermasterson wrote: I’m not joking when I tell you that a majority of MAGA’s believe Putin, Xi and Modi are the good guys fighting against the deep state.
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:brickwallsmall: and WOW!
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Phoenix. All I can say is at least it was an American truck, I guess. I was behind a Kia the other day covered (not as much as this) in America First crap that just boggled my mind.
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raison de arizona wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:08 pm Phoenix. All I can say is at least it was an American truck, I guess. I was behind a Kia the other day covered (not as much as this) in America First crap that just boggled my mind.
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Can we have some low hanging power lines :?:
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RTH10260 wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 5:00 pm Can we have some low hanging power lines :?:
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Keep them in the dark. Feed them bullshit.
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I've been told that, if you have to tell people you're smart...you're not.
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