First Day Issue $2 bill

They were worth $2 in 1976 and they are probably worth $2 today.
A collector might pay more for crisp notes, star notes, even the things
which usually detract from currency value (post stamp/ cancellation etc.)
But how much is $2 worth today compared to 43 years ago? It can't be much.
You could get a Big Mac, small fries, small drink for .95 cents. (1974)
Today It's probably $7. So a meal for two people for $2 (in 74) and the Big Macs were MUCH LARGER then, now costs around $13-$14. Your $2 is worth about 30 cents.
And yet people still claim we need the dollar bill to circulate. Dollar coins and $2 bills will easily take up that slack. 2/3 of our currency printed is for dollar bills. All of that paper and ink, and manpower and equipment could be used to print larger denomination bills. It will save money. It will get all those dollar coins out of storage that we are paying for, for them to sit there. Those coins last 30-100 years.

 

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This will sound like heresy to in the numismatics community, but some things are collected "just to have", without regard to "increase in value".

That's what we have in this case. I have a couple of these, both with the Stars & Stripes and the Liberty Bell stamps...just because they're cool.

And, I happen to believe the reverse of the deuce is one of the best reverses EVER!
I think this is the closest we US collectors have to the ancients who have some absolutely great reverses on coins over their history.

 

Yes it's not always about value. But to put it in perspective when you are dealing with coins and currency which already have value at face, then the current collector value is an important consideration.

 

Well, not necessarily. First, these are only about $2 (less than half of a Starbucks) & I got mine, not for my "collection" but just because it's cool (in the same way I have a few Disney bucks, albeit I did pay some premium for those). "Current value" had no place in my decisions on these, & I don't particularly consider them part of my "numismatics" collection. I bet many people feel the same; it's like an impulse buy @ the cash register. Just sayin'

 

I wasn't specifically talking about just the $2 bill.
But all coins and currency in general.
I already established the $2 bill is almost worthless.

 

I think the postal mark gives them character, even with out the postal mark
They wouldnt have much value over spot, like other advice given in this thread
I would just display them in a frame and hang them up on the wall for everybody
To enjoy.

 

@PlanoSteve I couldn't agree more. Sometimes we don't collect 'things' so much as just save them, ie: exonumia. So much exonumia displayed in the thread here on CT that has no more value than the wood the 'nickel' is printed on.

I paid zero for my $2 first day issue. Worth saving? Hell yeah. Even if I paid a few bucks, it's still worth it, as long as I derive pleasure owning it.

How many decorative items do each of us have in our homes from Pier One, Wayfair, and any number of other home goods purveyor? They are worthless, intrinsically speaking, furnishings that we just like. Some things we just want. Not everything in our lives increases in value. Actually, very few things do.

 

Collections are Collections.
Belongings are Belongings.
Pleasure is Pleasure.

 

I’m still new enough it this area not to know what exactly to do with things like these two dollar notes I have, or if I should give them back to the bank for example I have 50 consecutive numbered brand new Crisp $2.00 Dollar bills, Unlike one of the YouTube video people I know and follow, the channel or group commentators He Got $100 of them brand new $2.00 consecutive star notes! Now I know that that’s a huge difference but if they’re is interest in new consecutive two dollar bills, 50 in number (no stars in my bunch) It’s simply a personal desire to keep them