My parents have told me that during and after World War II, whenever
GIs were being mistreated by the local people around military bases,
the military would start paying the GIs in $2 bills. The sudden glut of
those bills in the merchants' tills would emphasize the impact the
soldiers and sailors had on their economy. Then, of course, a $2 bill
was not the "chump change" that some today might consider it.
Jim
On Sunday 18 March 2001 2324, Bill Potts wrote:
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> I have heard that superstitious people associate $2 bills with hard
> times, and thus get rid of them as fast as they can. Possibly,
> previous issues of $2 bills have coincided with recessions.
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