Have you ever encountered a $2 bill with the corners torn off? I haven’t, but then again I rarely see any $2 bills.
Not seeing $2 bills in circulation is not an uncommon experience, either now or throughout the denomination’s history. In 1962, when Kalvart K. Tidwell wrote “The Two Dollar Bill” for the May 1962 issue of Coins magazine, few were ever lucky (or unlucky) enough to encounter $2 notes on a regular basis.
“Not long ago a customer handed the clerk a bill to pay for the item in question,” Tidwell wrote. “The young lady stopped short, examined the note