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Your $2 bill may be worth a lot more than you think…

Tech ZoneBy Tech Zone2024-10-14Updated:2025-03-243 Mins Read
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At one point, superstitious people believed the $2 bill was “unlucky” and came with a curse.

But the deuce will not jinx its handler, instead it may bring a lot of luck along with a few thousand dollars

Keep reading to learn how to determine the value of your $2 bill!

Long considered the unloved stepsibling of the $1 bill, the $2 note has often been scoffed at by many Americans. Some even think $2 bills are rare, not printed anymore or have gone out of circulation.

But in 2023, the Federal Reserve reports there were 1.6 billion crisp $2 bills in circulation, a tiny amount compared to 14.5 billion $1 bills or 11.2 billion $20 bills.

Widely unappreciated, the banknote has gained a bit of momentum over the past 20 years, where in 2004, there were only 0.07 billion in circulation, a small fraction of the $24.2 billion currency circulated that year.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) explains that “for most of their history, $2 notes have been unpopular, being viewed as unlucky or simply awkward to use in cash exchanges.”

Notes were often “returned to the Treasury with corners torn off, making them mutilated currency and unfit for reissue,” the BEP writes of superstitious people who ripped the corners, hoping to reverse the curse.

Meanwhile, the New York Times wrote in a 1925 article, “He who sits in a game of chance with a two-dollar bill in his pocket is thought to be saddled with a jinx. They have been avoided as ill-starred.”

The banknote is even the star of a documentary, The Two Dollar Bill, a 2015 film that explores “all aspects of the deuce, from its history to the many superstitions surrounding it.”

Despite their lack of popularity, the $2 bill is still underestimated and is at least worth two dollars.

Some $2 notes, however, may be valued at thousands.

History

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.

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.

The auction site reports that collectors offer these rates depending on factors such as printing method and location.

Also, some notes come with “fancy serial numbers,” so if you’re lucky to find one of these very rare notes, your two dollars can be worth up to $6,000.

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