Are two dollar bills worth more than two one dollar bills?

Answer 1

If you're talking about modern green-seal $2 bills dated 1976 or later, the answer is no. These bills are readily available from larger banks and have no extra value.

If your bills are older, it depends on the relative collector value of each. If you have older bills, please post a new question with their dates.

This bill is still printed by the U.S. Treasury, but in much smaller quantities than other denominations. To know a specific value you'll need to identify the bill by its date and seal color. However, all green-seal $2 bills dated 1976 or later have no extra value if you got them in change.

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Two dollar bills, for the most part, are just worth two dollars. However, some of the older ones are worth more because they are in demand by collectors. But even then, you would only get extra money if you sold it to a collector, not if you tried to use it for a regular purchase.

There is a misconception about the 2 dollar bill no longer being in circulation.

The treasury said, "The $2 bill remains one of our circulating currency denominations. According to BEP statistics, 590,720,000 Series 1976 $2 bills were printed and as of February 28, 1999, there was $1,166,091,458 worth of $2 bills in circulation worldwide."

The word circulation simply means that the money is not redeemed for shredding.

In fact, in 2005 alone, 61 million 2 dollar bills were printed in the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Funny facts:

Some people do not know that the two dollar bill is a real U.S. currency. Here are some stories from Wikipedia:

"In a story documented on Snopes.com, a Taco Bell patron at the mall attempted to pay for a burrito with a two-dollar bill. The cashier and the store manager both refused to accept it as valid U.S. currency, believing that there was no such thing as a two-dollar bill. When the patron then said that the only other bill he had was a fifty-dollar bill, the manager said that since it was less than an hour to closing, he didn't want to open the safe. When the patron insisted on paying with it, they called the security guard, who then explained that two-dollar bills are actually valid U.S. currency.

Others have written in to Snopes to report similar incidents at other restaurants. In February 2005, a patron of Best Buy attempted to pay for an electronics installation with 57 $2 bills. The cashier refused to accept them and marked them as counterfeit. The cashier then called the police, and the patron was handcuffed and transported to the county lockup. The Secret Service agent that was sent to the jail cleared up the issue. The suspicion was supposedly caused by ink smearing on the bill. The serial numbers were in sequential order."