$2 bill- anyone a collector?

[mojo]

i'm not a collector by any means. i do have a $2 bill on me that i've had for a few years. it's been hardly circulated, although i doubt it would qualify as "uncirculated." however, it's still flat, shows little signs of wear or anything. no tears or nuttin. it's been folded, but no hard creases.

anyhow, i dunno anything about these things. it's a series 1976, which i guess would make it bicentennial (afaik, they all are).

i doubt it's worth a whole lot. i've looked on ebay and seen worse going for a couple bucks and change. the thing of it is, i've had it for roughly 5 or 7 years and stuff, so i'd hate to just spend it like it's regular money when i know it's in decent shape for a collector.

so should i:

take it to a collector and have it "appraised" and take the 30 extra cents they'll prolly give me

or

sell it on ebay and take the 30 extra cents they'll prolly give me

or

keep it and pretend it's worth something


ok, so i'm not entirely serious on those. but i dunno what to do. anyone have any idea what something like this is worth? i'll prolly end up selling on ebay just so i know a collector has it.

[CornMonkey]

back in my mom's place, i used to have a nice crip $2 bill with the serial number and dept. of treasury seal printed in red ink. i thought it was the coolest thing on earth. too bad i don't know what happened to it...

[mojo]

Originally posted by DarkFury
A $2 bill is worth just that... $2


I don't think there is any "collectors" value in it unless there is something "special" about it... (Like the rumors that there is a Black man actually pictured on the back with the rest of the Continental Congress...) :shrug: well, i'll be darned if the 6th dude over from the left (not including the dude at the table taking notes) isn't black. if he's not, then he musta just got in from vacation in the bahamas or something :hihi:

but ya, it's worth more. the face value doesn't reflect that, but it's basically worth what the market will pay for it.

which is why i was asking for collectors' opinions ;)

i'm not so much interested in the 30 extra cents as i am in just getting it to a collector. but of course, if i'm gonna do that, i dont wanna get 30 extra cents for it and have it be worth more. dig?

[NuTs62]

i'm kind of a collector, in the sense, when i get one, i usually keep it and store it up. my mom probably has a few hundred stored up. during chinese new years, when married couples are to give out red packets, sometimes they give $2, which I'm not sure whether if its because its more lucky or not.

1976 is not the only year it was printed. I forget the other year(s) but I do remember looking at a few and was like "wow, cool".. sorry, don't know the collector's value of it, or the market price.. and when i'm in serious need of cash, i will use mine too. most of mine are crisp. you can still step into banks and ask to get $2 bills.. even in a whole stack.

[mojo]

Originally posted by NuTs62

1976 is not the only year it was printed. I forget the other year(s) but I do remember looking at a few and was like "wow, cool".. sorry, don't know the collector's value of it, or the market price.. and when i'm in serious need of cash, i will use mine too. most of mine are crisp. you can still step into banks and ask to get $2 bills.. even in a whole stack. ya, i noticed more of them now that i took "1976" out of my search criteria :hihi:

silly me :P

but i'm noticing a lot of these go for basically face value plus shipping. of course they always pad the shipping. then again a lot are going for more, depending on the quality and such.

i'm not really too into it or attached. it's just one of the things that i'm getting rid of from my old married days (see my other (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50111) thread on this stuff). i just don't wanna keep it around. and i sure don't wanna go all the way to the coin collector to get $2.30 for it when i can ebay it and just mail it for the same thing (ya, i'm that lazy :hihi: ).

anyhow, it's be interesting to find out.

and df, later on i'll scan it for you so we can look at the back.

[InfiniteNothing]

Is there a such thing as a $3 bill?
I'd be embarrassed to bring it to a dealer and ask for 30 cents. The impersonalities of ebay seem superlative.
I have a friend who had 15 uncut $2 bills framed in his room. I thought it was pretty cool

[Merlin]

You can just go to the bank and ask for them so what's the big deal? :shrug:

That said, I don't so much collect them but rather keep them as good luck charms and rememberances.

If you are in Los Angeles you can go to Universal City Walk. Parking there cost $6 (at least last time I was there it did :shrug:) and if you give them a $10 they will typically give you change in $2 bills. Thats how I got the few that I have.

[Burzhui]

i have like 5 of these 2 dollar bills, i have 1 with a red seal, 1 with a blue seal, and 3 with a green seal.

they aren't worth that much now but one day...

[WhiskeyPapa]

I am a collector. It's worth $2. I quite often get them at the bank to pay my kids' allowance. They love it. I alternate between $2 bills and Sacagawea dollars.

The date on paper money is not the date it was made ("1976"), but the date the series started. The next series of two dollar bills was started in 1995. So your bill could be as recent as 7 years old.

Yes, there is a black guy on the back. If I remember my trivia correctly, he is the first black person to be on US money (and he's on the back, with a whole bunch of white dudes!)

If you find a $2 bill with a series 1963 and earlier then you probably have something worth $2.50 or so. You can easily tell because the back has an engraving of Monticello, not the Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Just spend it. Even if you could get 30 cents more selling it on eBay, it's not worth the hassle.

[Blu]

Trivia: They still use $2 bills regularly at Monticello's(Thomas Jefferson's home in VA) gift shop

[glagic]

i have a bill minted in 1995:P whats the deal with the different colored seals?

[WhiskeyPapa]

I should be working, but instead I'm searching.

"There is a black man depicted on the reverse side of the $2.00 bill. Samuel Poor, a Revolutionary War hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill, is shown sitting in the front row at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Samuel Poor has also been depicted on a U.S. postage stamp."

[latingirl]

Originally posted by kb0wwp
I am a collector. It's worth $2. I quite often get them at the bank to pay my kids' allowance. They love it. I alternate between $2 bills and Sacagawea dollars.

The date on paper money is not the date it was made ("1976"), but the date the series started. The next series of two dollar bills was started in 1995. So your bill could be as recent as 7 years old.

Yes, there is a black guy on the back. If I remember my trivia correctly, he is the first black person to be on US money (and he's on the back, with a whole bunch of white dudes!)

If you find a $2 bill with a series 1963 and earlier then you probably have something worth $2.50 or so. You can easily tell because the back has an engraving of Monticello, not the Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Just spend it. Even if you could get 30 cents more selling it on eBay, it's not worth the hassle.

You can AFFORD to pay all your kids allowances?? :P

[WhiskeyPapa]

Originally posted by latingirl
You can AFFORD to pay all your kids allowances?? :P
Yeah, but they gotta work for it!

[mojo]

Originally posted by DarkFury

Ya mind pointin' him out for us... :D

http://www.bep.treas.gov/uploads/twob.jpg


Originally posted by mojo
well, i'll be darned if the 6th dude over from the left (not including the dude at the table taking notes) isn't black. if he's not, then he musta just got in from vacation in the bahamas or something :hihi::disa:




:P

[mojo]

Originally posted by kb0wwp
I am a collector. It's worth $2. I quite often get them at the bank to pay my kids' allowance. They love it. I alternate between $2 bills and Sacagawea dollars.

The date on paper money is not the date it was made ("1976"), but the date the series started. The next series of two dollar bills was started in 1995. So your bill could be as recent as 7 years old.

Yes, there is a black guy on the back. If I remember my trivia correctly, he is the first black person to be on US money (and he's on the back, with a whole bunch of white dudes!)

If you find a $2 bill with a series 1963 and earlier then you probably have something worth $2.50 or so. You can easily tell because the back has an engraving of Monticello, not the Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Just spend it. Even if you could get 30 cents more selling it on eBay, it's not worth the hassle. aight, thanks for the info.

[oblongmelon]

since COIN/bill collectors tend to hoard things like two dollar bills, silver certificates etc and after a while, like all good things coming to an end they will be hard to find....I suggest keeping it..stick it in a strong box somewhere with your important papers..someday when you have kids you can say..HEY LOOK, a two dollar bill..it will make a nice conversation item.

[Kenas]

Originally posted by kb0wwp
I should be working, but instead I'm searching.

"There is a black man depicted on the reverse side of the $2.00 bill. Samuel Poor, a Revolutionary War hero at the Battle of Bunker Hill, is shown sitting in the front row at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Samuel Poor has also been depicted on a U.S. postage stamp."

The interesting thing is that I also heard about the black man on the bill. However I saw the color version of the bill (American Historic Society) and to my disappointment the guy was not black.

[mojo]

Originally posted by Kenas


The interesting thing is that I also heard about the black man on the bill. However I saw the color version of the bill (American Historic Society) and to my disappointment the guy was not black. correct me if i'm wrong here, but the declaration of independence wasn't even signed by all parties on the same day. so the back of the bill is probably not historic, but symbolic.

and isnt the color one like a colorized one? if the mint didn't color it, then we dunno if they adhered anyhow.

[WhiskeyPapa]

I think you got us there, DF. That's not the first UL I fell for, and most likely not the last!