depositing US 2 dollar bills

[AlterEgo]

I'll stand by what I said. The assertion was that they were widely used. Your own assertion matches mine. Neither a $1 dollar coin nor a $2 dollar bill is widely used in America. Period.

For some reason, $2 bills have always fascinated me. Every time one has come into my hands in the past 15-20 years, I stick it in my desk drawer. I probably have 10-15 of them in there. I'm not a coin or currency collector of any kind, just these $2 bills. I know, weird.

So, certainly not widely used. Forget the $1 coins, don't think I've ever given or received one.

 

[Hlywud]

For some reason, $2 bills have always fascinated me. Every time one has come into my hands in the past 15-20 years, I stick it in my desk drawer. I probably have 10-15 of them in there. I'm not a coin or currency collector of any kind, just these $2 bills. I know, weird.

So, certainly not widely used. Forget the $1 coins, don't think I've ever given or received one.

They were used in the horse racing business years ago, I have only one......

 

[Big Dan]

I guess I can modify my refuting a ridiculous assertion.

If Nueva York the only place you know in America, and you are from DR originally, there is no where else to go because one has found Mecca. And, if the New York Subway issues change in $1 coins, then they must certainly be widely used. We all know there is no America outside of Nueva York, except for Miami.

So, I stand corrected.

 

[playacaribe2]

I'll stand by what I said. The assertion was that they were widely used. Your own assertion matches mine. Neither a $1 dollar coin nor a $2 dollar bill is widely used in America. Period.

.....And I do not disagree with your interpretation....I just agree that both the one dollar coins and $2 bills "are,", or maybe a better choice of words...."were" "used everywhere, however brief, in the United States at least as to the dollar coins, since they are no longer produced for general circulation. The Two dollar bill is still in circulation, banks still have them, and you can still purchase uncut sheets of $2 bills (collector item) from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

For those so interested: http://www.moneyfactory.gov/

Both were introduced with much fanfare into the banking system.....on/at various times....they were either hoarded (as some posters have alluded to here) or were spent and then were refused when cashiers tried to give change.

No one said "widely" used, but I do agree one might interpret the post that way....and I interpreted it differently. We will agree to disagree.

To the OP's post: Just as the US cash register system was not designed to accept them, and the American public has viewed them as an anomaly, the DR banks refuse to deal with them as well. Are they legal tender...yes, does the DR banking system have to accept them....no! But given the shortage of hard currency currently being experienced by the Central Bank....I think they would take either denomination.


Respectfully,
Playacaribe2

 

[DOMINCAN JOE]

United States two-dollar bill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[PeterInBrat]

The coins were popular for a while in casinos, but that's all been replaced with tokens and debit cards. They've had problems trying to get them so they don't tarnish quickly. I'd rather they make $5 coins than singles.

 

[PeterInBrat]

I hear of one tax idea where every purchase would be rounded up to the nearest nickel so pennies could be done away with. The difference would be a federal sales tax. A penny costs about 2.5 cents to make and we toss out millions of dollars of them every year. Cash itself is getting pretty quaint...

 

[Frank the Tank]

The one dollar was originally set as a day's wages for a workman. And dividing it into 100 parts was sensible. But we no longer neede a dollar which represents just a few minutes worth of work to be divided itno 100 parts. Why don't we (the USA) divide the dollar into 10ths? Make a dime and a 50 cent piece and a dollar coin and forget the dollar bill and the penny and the nickel and the quarter.etc. three coins $1.00, 50 cents, and a dime. Nuff!
Der Fish

Because nobody wants to walk around with a pocket full of change. If you have a man purse then this might not be an issue for you.

 

[dv8]

i pliz you again! frank, all other civilized countries have coins in use, on daily basis. look at one and two pound coins, one and two euro coins. even in PL it's one, two and five zloty coin.
you americans are just so lazy is walking with the "pocket full of change" considered an exercise or something? and requires the use of one of them mobility scooters?

 

[playacaribe2]

QUOTE=dv8;1191878]i pliz you again! frank, all other civilized countries have coins in use, on daily basis. look at one and two pound coins, one and two euro coins. even in PL it's one, two and five zloty coin.
you americans are just so lazy

Dzien Dobry:

Just call us advanced. lol

is walking with the "pocket full of change" considered an exercise or something? and requires the use of one of them mobility scooters?

No....but why walk around with a pocketful of change and leaning to one side if you don't have to?

Growing up I heard all the polish jokes....do you mean to tell me they are all true?....lol.


Respectfully,
Playacaribe2

 

[Tamborista]

i pliz you again! frank, all other civilized countries have coins in use, on daily basis. look at one and two pound coins, one and two euro coins. even in PL it's one, two and five zloty coin.
you americans are just so lazy is walking with the "pocket full of change" considered an exercise or something? and requires the use of one of them mobility scooters?

Is that a Zloty in your pocket bulging or are you just happy to see me DV8?

 

[dv8]

why walk around with a pocketful of change and leaning to one side if you don't have to?
Growing up I heard all the polish jokes....do you mean to tell me they are all true?....lol.

ha! we polaks be smart! we polaks put change in both pockets! or sometimes hold it in our hands. this is why our hands be so long, like then little monkey peoples!

 

[CaptnGlenn]

I had a beach vendor who I had talked with a couple of times, come up to me one day and ask a favor. He had this small bag of U.S. currency change that he wanted me to exchange for paper dollars. When in the D.R. I pretty much exclusively use Pesos, but he agreed to take the few pesos I had in the pocket of my swim suit for his bag of change. At first I thought it was going to end up being some kind of scam, but it wasn't. It was real money, but he explained it was totally worthless to him, as not even the banks would accept it. Occasionally he would end up getting it, here and there, and this was what he had accumulated over a period of time. It wasn't a whole lot of money, maybe about $8 or $10... mostly quarters, for which he was happy to get a few hundred pesos, and with which I was able to "feed" parking meters at home a few times. And the big bonus was that mixed in with the money was a NY subway token.... KA-CHING!!!!! Too bad I'm in Pittsburgh. LOL It was the only time in the D.R. where I got more than my money's worth... unless you count general enjoyment. LOL

 

[Tamborista]

I had a beach vendor who I had talked with a couple of times, come up to me one day and ask a favor. He had this small bag of U.S. currency change that he wanted me to exchange for paper dollars. When in the D.R. I pretty much exclusively use Pesos, but he agreed to take the few pesos I had in the pocket of my swim suit for his bag of change. At first I thought it was going to end up being some kind of scam, but it wasn't. It was real money, but he explained it was totally worthless to him, as not even the banks would accept it. Occasionally he would end up getting it, here and there, and this was what he had accumulated over a period of time. It wasn't a whole lot of money, maybe about $8 or $10... mostly quarters, for which he was happy to get a few hundred pesos, and with which I was able to "feed" parking meters at home a few times. And the big bonus was that mixed in with the money was a NY subway token.... KA-CHING!!!!! Too bad I'm in Pittsburgh. LOL It was the only time in the D.R. where I got more than my money's worth... unless you count general enjoyment. LOL

A NY City Subway token?
They became extinct in April 2003!

 

[Criss Colon]

Back in the day, the Dominican 12.5 cent coin,(Not positive about the denomination??) was the same size as the US quarter, at a small fraction of the cost.
I took bags of them to Boston each time I left the DR.
I smiled every time I used on in the adult video booth!
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[CaptnGlenn]

Back in the day, the Dominican 12.5 cent coin,(Not positive about the denomination??) was the same size as the US quarter, at a small fraction of the cost.
I took bags of them to Boston each time I left the DR.
I smiled every time I used on in the adult video booth!
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I doubt the smile had anything to do with the coins... LOL

 

[AlterEgo]

Back in the day, the Dominican 12.5 cent coin,(Not positive about the denomination??) was the same size as the US quarter, at a small fraction of the cost.
I took bags of them to Boston each time I left the DR.
I smiled every time I used on in the adult video booth!
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I used them in NYC parking meters

 

[Criss Colon]

Did you get a "BJ" at the same time??????
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, My Sweet "Melody"!
I miss her!