Anyone recently pay with a $2 bill? Genius store clerks called 911..

my gay-infested life in Hellywood ^ | 06/08/2022 | max

[max americana]

I "tried" buying a can of Monster today at a convenience store. Genius store clerks called the bill "fake" and told me to stay while they call 911..

I said don't be stupid, you cant call 911 because it's not an emergency. They got 911, operator said something (like "you're an idiot, don't call for stupid crap like this" and they hung up. Yeah I know, I doubt they were Americans and it's obvious they never knew the existence of a $2 bill

[max americana]

I thought these bills were supposed to be lucky LOL

[Neanderthal]

Now go back and try a $3 bill

[crusty old prospector]

I’ve got one with Slick Willie on it.

[normbal]

I remember the summer those came out, 1976 was it? Or fall 1975.

My cousin and I were in a jazz club in St. Pete (16th street and something around 22d ave N) and I put a $2 bill on the tray and the barmaid brought me change for a $20.

Paid our tab after another pitcher with miscellaneous change, got another pitcher and put a $2 bill on the tray.

Same change for a $20. Left a $2 tip for the barmaid and GTFO there.

Same thing happened several other places... for about a week.

Yeah, young and stupid, I went in the Army in ‘76.

FTA.

[Tellurian]

Seems like I read that nationally chartered banks are required to have $2 bills on hand. They’re there for the asking.

[Lazamataz]

I recently found a $7.34 dollar bill.

[Equine1952]

I think the $2 bill is a lot less fake than our commander and dumbass in the WH. And worth more too. IMO

[where's_the_Outrage?]

In the 90’s a group of us Army guys on our reserve weekend went to a GOGO bar with a wad to $2 bills to see how they worked as tips for the dancers. The DJ remarked that $2 bills were being used, but there was no extra effort from the girls.

[Notthereyet]

Years ago whilst paying for a pair of shoes a cashier opted to challenge me using the various Dollar coins. I told her I’d have Treasury on the line if she refused to take my monies. She called her Store Manager, who I could hear tell her in no uncertain words to take my monies. LOL

When I shop or tip I prefer to use cash and enjoy using the $2 bills. There are many waitstaff who have started to save the $2 because they simply like the way they look. I told them that’s a great idea because when you get to a point where you really need to get your piggy bank out you’ll have funds.

Years ago my husband used a Kennedy .50 piece and it took a McDonalds Manager to tell the drive-through cashier to take the money. This was not actually just years ago; it was actually decades. LOL

Still, amazing how so many folks cannot recognize legitimate monies.

[bigbob]

Old buddy made a bunch of copies of those fake “twp dollar Bills” and put a wad down the hatch of a port-potty, then waited nearby. Before long a guy goes in, then comes busting out a minute later, shaking his hand in the air and cussing a blue streak.

[crusty old prospector]

Well, I guess he has a story to tell his friends. “My days as a porta potty diver.”

[max americana]

I read somewhere they were re-issued for the Bicentennial.

[max americana]

“Seems like I read that nationally chartered banks are required to have $2 bills on hand. They’re there for the asking.”

Yes, I just learned that today :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl3UH0BDxMA

[blackdog]

My local bank branch holds all their funny money for me and I buy it up every week or two. I’ve got thousands of $2 bills and Susan B Anthony coins. Kinda became a hobby.

[eyedigress]

I went skydiving a few times in Coolidge, AZ and the first time all my 10 dollar change was 5 two dollar bills.

The charge was 100 bucks -10 for the military discount.

I still have them. :^)

[Deaf Smith]

Old Mad Magazine toon…*Look before you flush, you may have dropped your wallet.

[max americana]

I’ll go to the bank and get a lot of $2 bills from now on so I can piss off the next convenience store..

[eyedigress]

You should probably pay it.

[Radix]

You can get them at almost any bank. I have been picking them up for my grandchildren for years, usually for Christmas. They each have a boat load of them.

Back around 1974, (Maybe1976, I forget) a new series was issued on 13 April. That was Jefferson's ‘official’ Birthday. Thomas Jefferson's birthday was changed due to the implementation of the new Gregorian Calendar, which England had resisted for years. I got one with a stamp ‘cancelled’ by the Post Office. Very cool collectors item.

[Radix]

I won’t touch a Susan B. Anthony Dollar. Forty years ago, EUSAREUR dumped them on the military. No paper One Dollar Bills could be found. All of the Coke machines and other mechanized vending machines were reset for those abominable coins. Another thing to thank Jimmy Carter for.