At one point, superstitious people believed the $2 bill was \u201cunlucky\u201d and came with a curse.<\/p>\n
But the deuce will not jinx its handler, instead it may bring a lot of luck along with a few thousand dollars.<\/p>\n
Keep reading to learn how to determine the value of your $2 bill!<\/p>\n
Long considered the unloved stepsibling of the $1 bill, the $2 note has often been<\/p>\n
scoffed at by many Americans. Some even think $2 bills are rare, not printed anymore or have gone out of circulation.<\/p>\n
But in 2023, the Federal Reserve reports there were 1.6 billion crisp $2 bills in<\/p>\n
circulation, a tiny amount compared to 14.5 billion $1 bills or 11.2 billion $20 bills.<\/p>\n
Widely unappreciated, the banknote has gained a bit of momentum over the past 20 years, where in 2004,<\/p>\n
there were only 0.07 billion in circulation, a small fraction of the $24.2 billion currency circulated that year.<\/p>\n
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) explains that \u201cfor most of their history,<\/p>\n
$2 notes have been unpopular, being viewed as unlucky or simply awkward to use in cash exchanges.\u201d<\/p>\n
Notes were often \u201creturned to the Treasury with corners torn off, making them mutilated <\/p>\n
currency and unfit for reissue,\u201d the BEP writes of superstitious people who ripped the corners, hoping to reverse the curse.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the New York Times wrote in a 1925 article, \u201cHe who sits in a game of chance with a two-dollar<\/p>\n
bill in his pocket is thought to be saddled with a jinx. They have been avoided as ill-starred.\u201d<\/p>\n
The banknote is even the star of a documentary, The Two Dollar Bill, a 2015 film that<\/p>\n
explores \u201call aspects of the deuce, from its history to the many superstitions surrounding it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite their lack of popularity, the $2 bill is still underestimated and is at least worth two dollars.<\/p>\n
Some $2 notes, however, may be valued at thousands.<\/p>\n
In 1862, the first official $2 banknote was printed with the face of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, on the front.<\/p>\n
It was in 1869 that the bill was redesigned to feature a portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, a key image that remains unchanged to this day.<\/p>\n
On the flipside was the picture of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson\u2019s estate in Virginia, but the back was changed to a vignette of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the famous document authored by Jefferson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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