Credit: Shutterstock Over the past two decades, the banknote has acquired some momentum, despite its widespread underappreciation.
In 2004, there were only 0.07 billion in circulation, a mere fraction of the $24.2 billion in currency that year.
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) elucidates that “for the majority of their history, $2 notes have been unpopular, being perceived as unlucky or simply awkward to use in cash exchanges.”
According to the BEP, notes were frequently “returned to the Treasury with corners torn off, rendering them mutilated currency and unfit for reissue.
” This was done by superstitious individuals who shredded the corners in an attempt to reverse the misfortune.
In 1925, the New York Times published an article in which it stated, “A person who is believed to be burdened with a jinx is believed to be participating in a game of chance with a two-dollar bill in his pocket.” They have been omitted due to their negative reputation.
