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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
I was born in 1945... When I was 12, in 1957, I acquired a paper route
from a neighbor kid who had to give it up because he was turning 18... I had that paper route until 1963 when I turned 18... I immediately bought those blue books that held coins... pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves... Of course it was still the silver coin era for dimes, quarters and halves and many older coins were in circulation... 50 cent pieces were common and widely used everywhere... I don't remember when they fell out of public favor... but I suspect it was after the 100% silver era had been over a few years and people began withdrawing and hoarding the silver... I do remember that some jukeboxes took halves... maybe 9 selections for 50 cents. The poor old 2 dollar bill... the bills with the red seal... mostly series 1953... then and maybe now... We Americans are superstitious... the belief that these bills were "bad luck" was neurotic and laughable... some people referred to them as "upstairs money" for reasons that are probably obvious... yet our Canadian neighbors used their 2 dollar bill with no problem... but not Americans... I never remember them as being used frequently... One exception might have been for payroll purposes in that much safer time and place... When I was 19... in 1964... my first full time job was at a clothing factory which employed 800-900 people... We were paid in cash every Friday by Brinks... The big, old payroll machine in that department spewed forth a final tally for Brinks as to how many bills and coins of each denomination would be needed to fill the accompanying payroll envelopes... and 2 dollar bills were used... the idea being to make the pay envelopes as thin as possible... Whether halves were used I cannot remember... This system went on until 1968 when a computer was acquired and salaries were paid by check... By 1968... the drug era had begun and the pay by cash system was therefore doomed... and with it the common flow of 2 dollar bills. |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
"L M" wrote in message
... I was born in 1945... When I was 12, in 1957, I acquired a paper route from a neighbor kid who had to give it up because he was turning 18... I had that paper route until 1963 when I turned 18... I immediately bought those blue books that held coins... pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves... Of course it was still the silver coin era for dimes, quarters and halves and many older coins were in circulation... 50 cent pieces were common and widely used everywhere... I don't remember when they fell out of public favor... but I suspect it was after the 100% silver era had been over a few years and people began withdrawing and hoarding the silver... I do remember that some jukeboxes took halves... maybe 9 selections for 50 cents. The poor old 2 dollar bill... the bills with the red seal... mostly series 1953... then and maybe now... We Americans are superstitious... the belief that these bills were "bad luck" was neurotic and laughable... some people referred to them as "upstairs money" for reasons that are probably obvious... yet our Canadian neighbors used their 2 dollar bill with no problem... but not Americans... I never remember them as being used frequently... One exception might have been for payroll purposes in that much safer time and place... When I was 19... in 1964... my first full time job was at a clothing factory which employed 800-900 people... We were paid in cash every Friday by Brinks... The big, old payroll machine in that department spewed forth a final tally for Brinks as to how many bills and coins of each denomination would be needed to fill the accompanying payroll envelopes... and 2 dollar bills were used... the idea being to make the pay envelopes as thin as possible... Whether halves were used I cannot remember... This system went on until 1968 when a computer was acquired and salaries were paid by check... By 1968... the drug era had begun and the pay by cash system was therefore doomed... and with it the common flow of 2 dollar bills. Thanks for your remembrances. I was born 10 years later and do remember it was a thrill to find a Mercury dime since silver rosies was the norm. Wheat pennies where no biggie either, My Dad was a truck driver, long haul, he would come back with a pocket full of halves and a few silver dollars, he preferred them to tip with. I remember when he started "hording" silver coins especially the Kennedy Halves, his favorite. I thought it was kind of silly. But what I'd give to have that stash back. My druggie brother stole it and cashed it in at face value many years ago. I did get to keep a 1896 Morgan he gave me and some sitting liberty quarters that I had in my procession, thank goodness. |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
On Jul 9, 12:44*pm, (L M) wrote:
I was born in 1945... When I was 12, in 1957, I acquired a paper route from a neighbor kid who had to give it up because he was turning 18... I had that paper route until 1963 when I turned 18... I immediately bought those blue books that held coins... pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves... Of course it was still the silver coin era for dimes, quarters and halves and many older coins were in circulation... 50 cent pieces were common and widely used everywhere... I don't remember when they fell out of public favor... but I suspect it was after the 100% silver era had been over a few years and people began withdrawing and hoarding the silver... I do remember that some jukeboxes took halves... maybe 9 selections for 50 cents. The poor old 2 dollar bill... the bills with the red seal... mostly series 1953... then and maybe now... We Americans are superstitious... the belief that these bills were "bad luck" was neurotic and laughable... some people referred to them as "upstairs money" for reasons that are probably obvious... yet our Canadian neighbors used their 2 dollar bill with no problem... but not Americans... I never remember them as being used frequently... One exception might have been for payroll purposes in that much safer time and place... When I was 19... in 1964... my first full time job was at a clothing factory which employed 800-900 people... We were paid in cash every Friday by Brinks... The big, old payroll machine in that department spewed forth a final tally for Brinks as to how many bills and coins of each denomination would be needed to fill the accompanying payroll envelopes... and 2 dollar bills were used... the idea being to make the pay envelopes as thin as possible... Whether halves were used I cannot remember... This system went on until 1968 when a computer was acquired and salaries were paid by check... By 1968... the drug era had begun and the pay by cash system was therefore doomed... and with it the common flow of 2 dollar bills. $2 bills are still available at the bank, here. |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
You wrote "$2 bills are still available at the bank, here"
They probably are here also... at least the green seal 1976 bicentennial issue... but when was the last time you received a $2 bill in change... anywhere? In the early 1980s... just for the pure h*ell of it... I used to buy a bundle of $2s... 25 in a bundle for 50 bucks... at a bank and give them out in change... just to hear and see what would happen... Just about every $2 bill met the same fate... the cashier or clerk would lift up the drawer that held the bills and change... and the $2 bill would get tossed underneath... along with $50s, coupons, and anything else that was not going to be given back out in change. A classic line I heard from an older clerk... "I hate these things... I get them mixed up with $5s." Huh?... Why would somebody mistake a $2 bill for a $5 bill?... Why not a $10... or a $1... The obvious answer seemed that a rarely used denomination of bill was just plain unwelcome... and no doubt ended up back at a bank... where it would never be given out as change either. |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
On Jul 11, 6:45*pm, (L M) wrote:
You wrote "$2 bills are still available at the bank, here" They probably are here also... at least the green seal 1976 bicentennial issue... but when was the last time you received a $2 bill in change... anywhere? In the early 1980s... just for the pure h*ell of it... I used to buy a bundle of $2s... 25 in a bundle for 50 bucks... at a bank and give them out in change... just to hear and see what would happen... Just about every $2 bill met the same fate... the cashier or clerk would lift up the drawer that held the bills and change... and the $2 bill would get tossed underneath... along with $50s, coupons, and anything else that was not going to be given back out in change. A classic line I heard from an older clerk... "I hate these things... I get them mixed up with $5s." Huh?... Why would somebody mistake a $2 bill for a $5 bill?... Why not a $10... or a $1... The obvious answer seemed that a rarely used denomination of bill was just plain unwelcome... and no doubt ended up back at a bank... where it would never be given out as change either. They also have 50 cent pieces. In my wallet I have 2 series 2003, 7 series 2003A and 1 series 1995, all with a green seal. In the 1970s, at least for a while, I used to get my entire paycheck in $2s by cashing it at the Treasury. I'm familiar with the comments. The responses from clerks when I use a 50 cent piece are more extreme. Some think it is a dollar coin. Since they don't work in a parking meter, here, they are more of a nuisance. |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
"L M" wrote:
In the early 1980s... just for the pure h*ell of it... I used to buy a bundle of $2s... 25 in a bundle for 50 bucks... at a bank and give them out in change... just to hear and see what would happen... Just about every $2 bill met the same fate... the cashier or clerk would lift up the drawer that held the bills and change... and the $2 bill would get tossed underneath... along with $50s, coupons, and anything else that was not going to be given back out in change. I spent about 200 $2 bills in 2008 and 2009. The parking lot I was using was one of those where you shove the bills into a little numbered slot, and the fee was first $2 and then doubled to $4. One day I came back and found a non-payment ticket on the envelope. I called the number and told them I had paid with 2 $2 bills. The reply came back, "Oh, so _you're_ the one." -- Mike Benveniste -- (Clarification Required) Its name is Public opinion. It is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God. -- Mark Twain |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
My local bank branch is always happy to see me because all of the
tellers gather up their $2 bills and Ike dollars and make me take them. The tellers dislike them because they have no place in their drawer for the oddball denominations. I spend them at the supermarket, McDonalds, use for tips, whatever. Some folks get all excited when I spend a $2 Bill, like it is some sort of rarity or something. |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
On Jul 9, 12:12*pm, "celtex" wrote:
"L M" wrote in message ... I was born in 1945... When I was 12, in 1957, I acquired a paper route from a neighbor kid who had to give it up because he was turning 18... I had that paper route until 1963 when I turned 18... I immediately bought those blue books that held coins... pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, halves... Of course it was still the silver coin era for dimes, quarters and halves and many older coins were in circulation... 50 cent pieces were common and widely used everywhere... I don't remember when they fell out of public favor... but I suspect it was after the 100% silver era had been over a few years and people began withdrawing and hoarding the silver... I do remember that some jukeboxes took halves... maybe 9 selections for 50 cents. The poor old 2 dollar bill... the bills with the red seal... mostly series 1953... then and maybe now... We Americans are superstitious... the belief that these bills were "bad luck" was neurotic and laughable... some people referred to them as "upstairs money" for reasons that are probably obvious... yet our Canadian neighbors used their 2 dollar bill with no problem... but not Americans... I never remember them as being used frequently... One exception might have been for payroll purposes in that much safer time and place... When I was 19... in 1964... my first full time job was at a clothing factory which employed 800-900 people... We were paid in cash every Friday by Brinks... The big, old payroll machine in that department spewed forth a final tally for Brinks as to how many bills and coins of each denomination would be needed to fill the accompanying payroll envelopes... and 2 dollar bills were used... the idea being to make the pay envelopes as thin as possible... Whether halves were used I cannot remember... This system went on until 1968 when a computer was acquired and salaries were paid by check... By 1968... the drug era had begun and the pay by cash system was therefore doomed... and with it the common flow of 2 dollar bills. Thanks for your remembrances. I was born 10 years later and do remember it was a thrill to find a Mercury dime since silver rosies was the norm. Wheat pennies where no biggie either, My Dad was a truck driver, long haul, he would come back with a pocket full of halves and a few silver dollars, he preferred them to tip with. I remember when he started "hording" silver coins especially the Kennedy Halves, his favorite. I thought it was kind of silly. But what I'd give to have that stash back. My druggie brother stole it and cashed it in at face value many years ago. I did get to keep a 1896 Morgan he gave me and some sitting liberty quarters that I had in my procession, thank goodness.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Almost the same with me |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
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, DanU wrote: My local bank branch is always happy to see me because all of the tellers gather up their $2 bills and Ike dollars and make me take them. The tellers dislike them because they have no place in their drawer for the oddball denominations. They would if they would put all the checks, $50 bills and $100 bills under the drawer, but I suppose they might use a $50 in change, so maybe you're right. But most registers have six spaces for bills... $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $50 ....don't they? Just like there's room for dollar coins but the space is often filled with paper clips or rubber bands or rolls of other coins? Paul |
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50 cent pieces and 2 dollar bills... what I remember
On Jul 16, 12:06*pm, DanU wrote:
My local bank branch is always happy to see me because all of the tellers gather up their $2 bills and Ike dollars and make me take them. *The tellers dislike them because they have no place in their drawer for the oddball denominations. I spend them at the supermarket, McDonalds, use for tips, whatever. Some folks get all excited when I spend a $2 Bill, like it is some sort of rarity or something. When they were re-issued, it was "exciting" for about a year. I remember giving them to my kids in cards and they got all excited and then promptly spent them |
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