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.
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