My wife is from Thailand and she lived in the US with me since 1980. She has always been fascinated by $2 bills because she gets them so rarely. I doubt she has ever spent one but she’s visited back home with a handful to pass out as souvenirs.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Has she seen my full documentary? It's on this channel. If she's fascinated by the $2 bill, she'll learn a lot and will really appreciate the bill more. Here's the link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZpZntsWzitOpj7w.html

One of my favorites is when the cashier pulls out the counterfeit ink pen to check the $2 bill. Really would anyone ever take the time to fake a $2 bill especially when it’s crisp and uncirculated. Sometimes I think they just truly don’t know what it is so they use the ink pen.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly it. It's not just that you might be counterfeiting a $2, it's that you might be making up some new currency and trying to pass it off as legit. They use that ink pen like a security blanket.

@ianandersen265

Жыл бұрын

Same happened to me once, after buying some decks of playing cards from Walmart. In their defense, the texture was a little different due to moisture (possible exposure to strippers), and I was in a smaller isolated town, that once universally stayed at home to watch the fake Hatfield and McCoy tv show on History. We knew that show was fake, because one of the aggressive guys with a shotgun, was in real life a very friendly man we knew, who helped my father find cheap car insurance when money was tight.

@Luna_Potato

7 ай бұрын

i doubt most anyone who's gonna take the time to try and counterfit money ain't gonna bother with anything less than an $20

I discovered that The Home Depot accepts them, but my local Kroger rejects them every time. The food kiosk at my workplace accepts them too, even has a $2 bill icon on it.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I would like to have gone to a few more places for this video, but I think watching $2 bills get inserted into machine a dozen times at different places would have ultimately gotten boring (or redundant). Five times in this video seemed like enough.

@kcclark9664

Жыл бұрын

I'm in a Kroger family. Both of my kids worked there and it is my wife's preferred grocery store. Has been a number of years since she has been at a Kroger self-checkout that does not take $2s.

@lawnmowermanTX

Жыл бұрын

@@kcclark9664 I’m a H.E.B. Customer in Central Texas and had positive experience. I was in Cransfill Gap, TX that loved getting $2.00 bills. I shared with the younger store clerks to watch for the Red Seal 1963 $2.00. The older store clerk agreed with me, yet I did find a worn $2.00 red seal bill. John has wonderful videos on the history of the different seal color of $2.00.

Love this experiment! Excellent work Keep it up!

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

11 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

I have had the $2 work in every supermarket and pharmacy with self checkout I have tried. (I travel weekly all over the country and always try at well over 60 different in the last decade.) I have even had it work in a few vending machines that only said $1 and $5 on the label (though I have seen a few machines that also list the $2 these days). I use a lot of "golden" dollar coins in vending machines also, though they hardly ever take my half dollars. Nice video as always! Keep up the great work.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! If I knew you were doing that, I would have had YOU shoot some video at all these machines and submitted it. :)

@YukonGhibli

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary Ha, I actually tried at two vending machines this morning while in Baton Rouge, La., but they did not work (It only said 1 and 5). It did take my "golden" dollars. Been a numismatist for years; my friends call me Mr. Weird Money. Ironically on my last visit to Japan I used a bunch of 2000 yen notes (worth about $20 bucks normally) as they are kind of Japan's version of the $2. One gets similar responses as in the States with twos.

Looks like the machine is smarter than the average store manager.

The grocery store I work at, the self checkout machine accepts $2 bills as well as .50¢ and $1 coins.

I remember going to a Gamestop oncr and I saw in the register at that Gamestop that there were $2 bills by the $1 bills.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Some cashiers leave a space for a $2 bill. I covered all of this cash register stuff in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGtq2c99gbrAe9I.html

Great video! Today I tried using my $2 bills in the new touch-screen California lotto machines, but unfortunately neither of them would accept it.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

I haven't seen those yet! I wish you would have taken video of that attempt. Go back and try again (I know it won't work) and have someone film it with their phone. If you shoot it vertically and can send it to me, maybe I'll use the footage in a short. You can email me by finding that address on the channel page / ABOUT

I just found a couple of those in a old box of random stuff. I didnt even know they were still in circulation.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

They sure are. Still being printed too

Can confirm that 2$ bills work at Fred Meyers

Never even knew I wanted to know. Can't wait

When you get 100 two dollar bills from the bank are the serial numbers consecutive also did you ever get any with all the same numbers?

Thank you for the great videos! Does anyone know of a community or forum through which people discuss two dollar bills and a half dollars and dollar coins? Also it would be interesting to find out if there has been any consideration for additional types of unusual US currently such as maybe a five dollar coin.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

On WheresGeorge.com, there is a full discussion forum on $2 bills. If you watch the full film on this channel, there's a segment on them toward the end. It's a tracking-$1-bill website, but the $2 has also taken off on it, to the point where the creator made a whole forum for people who love the $2 bill. There's even a list called Top Tom's (Google it) ranking who has posted the most $2 bills for tracking. The top two people were interviewed for the film and also appear in that segment.

I can confirm that my local Target's self checkout doesn't like the $2 bill's coin counterpart: it rejected my half-dollar, even though the slot was big enough for it.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

That's interesting - I never thought to use coins like half or silver dollars in those. Of course, this IS a $2 bill channel. But thanks for the info! I may just have to try that on my own time.

Wal- Marts in Tallahassee take 2 Dollar bills!

The intro to this video sounded like a dramatic Dateline special. LOL

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Yup. Made dramatic on purpose! Keeps people watching (I hope)

I learn something everyday.

I accepted the challenge on using $2.00 bills Today on Friday the 13th! 1st place was an automated car wash in Early, TX sadly the worn out mom and pop vending machine HAD rejected the crisp new $2.00 bill several times.. REFUSED!! 2nd Place San Saba,TX Dairy Queen burger place.. Managers enjoying a break.. I ordered a Hunger Buster with cheese, fries and drink combo. $15+ dollars so, I paid $16.00 dollars in $2.00 bills.. (Results were perplexing because the lady, freaked out, and ran to the back office to get a “cash counterfeit marker” then scrutinized every $2.00 bill I used to pay for the meal to go.. She was rather silently-rude, yet all of the $2.00 bills checked out!! There are towns in Western parts of Texas and Central Texas that scrutinized $2.00 bills. I’m ashamed of my fellow Texans, but that’s ok! The only positive experience was a Kwik Kar oil change place in Brownwood, TX where I brought my own oil and filter. $54.00 oil change and I used my $2.00 bills to pay. The oil-tech-clerk was happy to see me pay with $2.00 bills! I surmise 52% is FOR the use of $2.00 bills and 48% AGAINST the use of $2.00 bills.. State Funded facilities and the vending machines assigned, are Against the use of $2.00 bills due to antiquated regulations and equipment.. Sadly after explaining I wanted to video document my experience at the San Saba, TX Dairy Queen, the manager looked at me alarmed and quietly asked me to leave. My 45 years experience with fellow Texans are simply private people and do not want to be recorded. Unless they usually get paid to advertise and share on KZread Channel. State Facilities are not accepting of being recorded as they can use legal action. Privacy Laws? I dunno. I’m not taking the risk.

You will be surprised to learn that US$2 bill is very common in Cambodia and Zimbabwe

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

11 ай бұрын

I am surprised to learn that! Thanks for sharing.

I'm surprised it worked, if you have a 100 dollar bill it rejects the older ones. I do have a question for you. How do you buy a federal reserve brick of $2.00 bills? I'm interested in doing that. But my bank acted like they never heard of that.

I've seen Walmart self-checkouts before that don't take cash as well. Also in a lot of self-checkout machines you can put multiple bills in at the same time, just like at an ATM.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

I put two $2 bills into a Walmart machine at the same time the first time I filmed for this video; it accepted them as one bill. Had I not been crooked filming it, I probably would have included the shot here. But either way, I wasn't going to put multiple bills in the machine at the same time again. Thus, what you see here is me always putting in one bill at a time!

@cavestoryking8761

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary Oh wow! I remember a similar thing happening to you in the ATM video. I think I'll be very wary of using multiple bills in these machines from now on.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, yes! I didn't learn my lesson, I guess. Once the machine takes the first one, it's anticlimactic as to what will happen with the others, but at the same time, I'm not going to insert a cluster of $2s and lose them all because the machine thought it was one bill. The viewers just have to watch me do them one at a time in any and all future similar videos. :)

I’m a big $2.00 spending machine myself. I made a few friends spending $2.00 bills. The young cashier’s go nicely nuts yet say: “I’m buying these!!” 😅 I’d say 92% positive experience in Texas. Great video John!! 🫶🫶😁😁😇😇👍👍👍

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good to hear from you. Bring someone with you when you spend $2 bills. Have them take some video of the exchange (phone turned horizontal). Maybe I could use it in a future video!

I think the death of paper money will be one step closer to the death of freedom. Not that I use cash a lot nowadays, but some people like to keep Uncle Sam out of their pockets stealing what they worked hard to get.

Surprised the Walmart you're at accepts cash still! In my area, self checkout is card only, and most human operated checkout lines are card-only too. I haven't really used cash outside of smaller concert venues in a decade, though with the surge of things like Venmo, that will likely fill the void like merch stands at small concert venues

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully you watched til the end, and the one supermarket that didn't take cash. I think we are definitely headed in that direction overall.

@Luna_Potato

7 ай бұрын

I live in New jersey, and in 2019, it was ruled to be illegal for any brick and mortar business in the state to not accept cash, so this concept seems foreign to me lol. even before the ruling, there were very few places I'd ran across that didn't accept cash.

Does target or rite aid accept them

Great video! I got my hands on a 2 dollar bill in December, at an exchange center. My country is in the balkans and Eastern Europe, and I don't know how many are here, probably very few...

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Wow! Cool that you got one there. Thanks for sharing. Comment again if you ever get another one!

Do five below

Did you check those serial numbers before using those bills???

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

I believe I did.

Didn’t know ATM passed out 2 dollar bills. I knew they could put out the denomination you ask for but in my experience you have to have the bank manager order the bills and then call you. Thx

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

5 ай бұрын

They don't pass them out. They accept them as deposits (most of the the time). Big difference! You want to get $2 bills, you definitely have to go inside the bank.

I am just curious if the self-checkout machines that accept $2 bills will also give them out in change to future customers?

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

11 ай бұрын

Most likely no. These machines give out coins most of the time, but in the few instances where cash is necessary, it's singles. Another denomination takes up more space and would have to be programmed, even though it's more practical.

I wanted to buy a lottery ticket for a two dollar bill but the machine doesn’t take them 😢

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

I think I tried that once myself - I may have even filmed it but I haven't used it in a video yet. There are lots more machines I can make videos with; they work as short, themed videos instead of one long, drawn-out video where I hit every type of machine. More of these to come!

Us programmers and engineers know our stuff. So this obviously works.

Wal - Mart also takes 1 dollar coins

Can you get them at any bank or credit union?

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

3 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say "any" bank or credit union, although logic says you should. Because they're not in high demand, banks don't carry them often. Some do. Even if yours doesn't, you can ask them to order some for you, and then they'll have whatever you requested in about a week's time.

Are there any banks that might have rare two dollar bills?

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

2 ай бұрын

If you get lucky and pull an old red seal in a withdrawal like I've done a few times, no. They don't keep them to sell. You can find a local coin & currency dealer for those. I do have some in an online store, on Etsy, and through my Whatnot account if you're looking for something in particular. Message me at john@2dollarbillmovie.com if you'd like.

Another interesting video. I was actually surprised that WalMart and Target self check out accepted $2.00 bills. I have a question for you. Will slot machines accept $2.00 bills? Maybe I can win another $2.00 bill for this question.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

In the full documentary on this channel, there was a moment where I tried to use one in a slot machine and it was rejected. It was a quick montage of $2s being rejected in a number of machines, and there was at least one other slot machine in there. So my answer would be no. But I can certainly run down to Hard Rock one day and try a bunch more. Videos like this seem to do pretty well; the one where I test $2 bills in ATM machines is one of the more watched videos I've put up recently.

Just saw Steve Wozniak on a SteveO video with a tablet with sheets of four $2 bills each.... Woz said they were legal tender 😳🤯😬 He seemed serious... 🤷🏻‍♀️

@SnarkNSass

Жыл бұрын

Oh, and I expected the check outs to accept them just fine. 😁🤑😂

@Rubycon99

Жыл бұрын

As will often happen with highly intelligent individuals, he didn't explain it super clearly. The print shop he goes to doesn't actually print the bills he uses, he gets uncut sheets from the Mint (anyone can buy them) and has the print shop make them into notepads.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

They are legal tender, but I don't think anyone would accept them in a sheet, even if it were just 4 bills. Great question as to whether the self checkout machine would take 4 bills in one sheet. I know I put two bills in a self checkout machine for this video and it counted it as one, which is why I inserted every bill one at a time in the footage I used here.

@SnarkNSass

Жыл бұрын

@@Rubycon99 well Bun of a Sitch😒 I thought The Woz had lost his marbles. Thanx for the reply👍🏻😁

Yes, self-checkout machines WILL accept 2 dollar bills, Target is a great example where their self-checkout machines can and will accept 2’s as payment

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

I guess there's no reason to watch?? There's actually a machine in this video that doesn't... you may want to see whose, and why.

@anthonyminimum

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary Interesting, I didn’t know that there were cashless self-checkout machines

can you pay with 2 dollar bill at dollar tree?

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Probably! I'll probably try it out in a future video... been wanting to make one to see what you can still buy for $2 nowadays, and the Dollar Tree would be a good place to look.

Is there a chance that I could find 2 dollar bills at a currency exchange in Europe?

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Someone else just commented on this video that they got one. They said it was the first time. But I guess it's possible. Scroll the comments here and see if you can find it - maybe you can reach out through KZread.

@christian5051

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary I will! Love the vids!

How do I submit a question for a video?

@ml9867

Жыл бұрын

Right here in the comments.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Click on the channel page and click on the Community tab. Scroll down to the question where I ask people to submit (There's an example on the screen next to me in this video). That said, I see comments almost everywhere, so if you ask one, I'll probably see it and will save it if I think it has possibilities for a video.

Has there ever been a blue ink 2 dollar bill

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

You mean like this? kzread.info/dash/bejne/f2mHxLCsdNrKc5c.html

The people who watch these videos are chads.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Didn't you watch??

@cavestoryking8761

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary Chad isn't an insult these days, (look up the gigachad meme) he's saying the people who watch these videos are cool.

Can you try to deposit a $2 bill in your bank's ATM?

@ml9867

Жыл бұрын

I just went through your videos & found you had tried this & I had already watched a while ago & liked the video.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Yes... I was going to say to look for the one on this channel! Glad you found it.

How is a teenager supposed to buy a coke at the store if it doesn't take cash?

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

It just doesn't take $2 bills.

Here's a story about a 2 dollar bill: One day, my friend Andy had a daughter who was struggling with her heart. She decided to try a transplant and of course her and Andy had to wait. Then he found a 2 dollar bill that was blowing around, and that night that he found the 2 dollar bill she was in for a transplant so Andy will keep his bill forever in his pocket.

i told you about this 2 years ago. Where is my 2 dollar bill>?

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Where did you post your question? Because as you can see from this video, two other people had the same question, which I bookmarked until I was ready to make this video. I'm sorry if I missed yours because I get a lot of comments and suggestions, but if I don't see it in the section where I request questions, I can't attribute the question to you.

@chriscourson2824

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary well, i posted it 2 years ago and better! Told you about the Tallahassee bus system taking them also

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

I kinda remember the Tallahassee post! If I get ever up there, I'll film something, but again, I apologize for missing your self checkout post.

Does restaurants accept $2 bills?

At Target, you should have torn a $2 bill in half instead of using that $1 bill.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

That would have been funny. I still should have used two $2 bills and taken the dollar bill as part of my change, but I was trying to do a quick transaction because of a line and some eagle-eyed employees watching me.

Do ATMs, Coinstar, or or other such similar things accept two dollar bills

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

ATMs: that video was posted in July 2021: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWSFsZeOg6SaiKw.html

I should pay my taxes with $2 bills.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

I don't think the IRS accepts cash

@vermontvermont9292

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary probably for good reason 😆. I can totally see myself paying with pennies or dimes even if they did. Least I could do for all the money they steal from me.

Obviously, you don't use cash machines very often.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

This was made for entertainment/education sake, so you really can't draw conclusions about what I do and don't do. :) I do use cash machines, but not always with $2 bills. I like to spend those with actual humans so I get a reaction.

Hmmm are products taxed with the dollar or 2 dollar bill?????

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

8 ай бұрын

Products that need to be taxed are taxed regardless of how you pay for them.

Taco bell is at it again. Manager of a local store refused my 2! The kid at the drive up window, broke out in tears. After I told her the manager lied and said the bank would NOT accept them! I said that was a lie since I just got them at the bank! What do I do with this manager. I have no issues anywhere else since the smart phones came out.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like the best thing to do with this guy is just keep your $2s away from his store. Not worth the hassle. One idea though: you can pay with nickels and dimes instead! When he complains about it, tell him, "you wouldn't accept my $2 bills, so I have to pay with my change. It's all I have!"

@intercityrailpal

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary I'll have to think about this. I try to call corporate to report the store. They laid off people to take your calls. And have not returned my call.

@theferrones

6 ай бұрын

I’m going to bet the manager was over thinking (under thinking). I’m hoping he’d google it and find out he’s in the wrong

1:20 I can see you're a fan of lock picking lawyer!

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

I can't figure out what you're referring to (seriously). What do you mean?

@setharnold9764

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary oh no, sorry! When a lock is especially easy to open without a key, he'll open it a second time, while saying what has become his catch-phrase, "to show that it was not a fluke".

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Ahh, gotcha. The use of the phrase a second time was intentional, as a callback to the first one. But if that makes me a lock picking lawyer, so be it!

The real question is can you fit a dollar bill in the slot

@ml9867

Жыл бұрын

I just used cash at a Wal-Mart self-checkout for the first time recently & was surprised at how aggressively it took it in when I was trying to center it. The ATM at my bank takes cash deposits much more gently.

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, all the Walmart machines in this video took bills rather aggressively once they got their clams on it, as you can see.

*Society is definitely going cashless...*

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Did you watch til the end of the video? I mentioned that and linked to an "End of Cash" video. But here it is: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p3Zm1tZ-mryeadI.html

Printing some new 2$ bills with your new printer paper? Lol

@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary

Жыл бұрын

Shhhh. Don't tell anyone.

@joshweickum

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary hahah