>>>My American aunt gave me a $2 bill, in a wee presentation cardboard wallet, when I was a kid, saying "Take care of this. These are rare and it might be worth something in the future." I think I still have it somewhere. What's the score? Are they rare? Was she BSing me?
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>>Yes, they're rare. Nobody uses them regularly. We have a small pile of them here that someone gave one of the kids for a gift, but otherwise, I haven't seen any in years and years.
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>>Tamar
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>We don't see any around anymore either. Of course, we went with one and two dollar coins, but the province of Alberta pretty much got rid of two dollar bills many many years ago. They were still legal tender in Alberta, of course, but nobody wanted them. The inane reason was that they were considered to be bad luck. Maybe that's also why they started disappearing in the U.S.

FWIW, $2 have been unusual in the US throughout my lifetime. At least for the last half-century, they haven't been widely used.

Tamar