I remember my uncle used to call those $2 bills - "Racetrack dollars" because of the $2 window at the racetrack (where my uncle - "Champagne Charlie" - was known to spend his time ;-)

I believe that because of the current price of nickel the biggest money loser for the treasury is making the penny - I believe each one costs over 2c to make.


>It looks like you're right --
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>http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060920193642AA05M2y
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>>I don't think so :o) Sorry. I have a bunch so I doubt they are worth anything. They are still in circulation. Unless it's one of the really old ones with Alexander Hamilton on it? That would be cool.
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>>>Remember $2 bills? My grandfather had a couple dozen of them, which passed on to my mother. Not sure what they're worth now but I bet more than $2.
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>>>>Like the flawed state quarters that were worth so much... :o) I never got one :(
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>>>>>ya they're not to competent when it comes to spending it either.
>>>>>I'm sure that a few of those bills (if not QUITE a few) will eventually end up in the hands of collectors. As matter of fact perhaps they should actually sell a few of them...
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>>>>>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101206/us_yblog_thelookout/government-cant-print-money-properly
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>>>>>>I guess they could call Zimbabwe for advice ... < g >
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>>>>>>Interestingly, the article says a mechanized system will scan the 1.1 billion questionable bills in about a year. That works out to about 35 bills/sec if it runs 24/7, which is fairly impressive and can't be cheap.
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>>>>>>With all that in mind I wonder how much it costs to print a "new" $100 bill...