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NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's little-used $2 bill, which occasionally turns up in birthday cards and souvenir drawers, is on a roll.

From Mom-and-Pop retailers to strip club owners, the bill is shedding its play-money image and turning up in more and more wallets.

In 2005, depository institutions ordered $122 million in $2 notes, according to Federal Reserve statistics. That is more than double the average amount ordered from 1991 to 2000.

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Art
Glad to see it. I like $2.00 bills. They're pretty darn handy when almost nothing costs less than $1.00 plus tax.
jtryka
QUOTE(Art @ Nov 7 2006, 07:38 AM) [snapback]271739[/snapback]

Glad to see it. I like $2.00 bills. They're pretty darn handy when almost nothing costs less than $1.00 plus tax.


Perhaps this is why the BEP is printing the series 2003A for all the Federal Reserve Districts!
doogie68
I think it is great! I love to seeing them in circulation.
Abish
laugh.gif Keep it up, folks... it is slowly catching on.


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