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I get 2's from the credit union kinda frequently. I have NEVER seen a torn corner,
but have only heard it mentioned here before.

 

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I haven't see them on newer $2's. I do see it plenty on older $2's. Especially red seal notes (US Notes). It's like everyone back then believed in witchcraft or something, lol.

 

Every single series 1928 $2 I've owned has had a torn corner, but it's less frequent on the '53, '63, and '76 notes.

 

$2 was the minimum bet at most horse tracks. Winnings would be multiples of the initial bet. So they were places that used lots of $2's, and $2's became associated with gambling, so much so they were often shunned in other places.
Gamblers are a superstitious lot, and so they came up with many reasons to consider this or that $2 unlucky. The bad luck could be expiated by tearing off a corner of the note. A note with a missing corner advertised its bad luck, requiring a second corner to be torn off. So sometimes you'll find a $2 with all four corners gone.

 

This is an example of how my day went today, Almost but not exactly what I was hoping for lol

 

Not a circulation or strap find, but a cool note I thought I'd share with some interesting numbers to me.

 

Picked up in Black Hawk this weekend.

 

Great find! You don't ever see LHNC $20s anymore...all you get are the color stuff.

 

It is not in great shape but its still a keeper.

 

Some recent finds.

 

Some recent finds
Is this worth keeping.

 

Here are some of my recent finds with red and blue ink. If ound another red two but do not have a picture.

 

This however is my best find this year and I got it today.

 

I really like that 1928 $50

 

Thanks.

 

I have a very crisp 1963a dollar bill with henry fowler sig on it. Is it worth anything?

 

without pictures one can only guess.

 

is that the "curse of the deuces" came about? or whatever it's called?

 

2006 $5*