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<p>[QUOTE="Niel, post: 356132, member: 13422"]Funny thing about $2 notes....that's what inspired me into currency collecting as well. </p><p>When I was 7 or 8 I was given a $2 note at a school halloween function. I was more amazed that it had red ink on it then that is was for two dollars!</p><p>Anyway, my mom confiscated it from me telling me it must be fake and I forgot all about them until a couple years ago when I was browsing through a coin store looking for early commems (my first collecting passion.) </p><p>I stumbled across a few $2 the shop keeper had and a whole wave of nostalgia rolled over me. After I got over how my mom had snookered me all those years ago I bought a couple of the nicer looking ones. I then went out in search of some books on the $2 dollar bill and was amazed that they had been around since 1862! Well, I was hooked. Little did I know what I was in for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Niel, post: 356132, member: 13422"]Funny thing about $2 notes....that's what inspired me into currency collecting as well. When I was 7 or 8 I was given a $2 note at a school halloween function. I was more amazed that it had red ink on it then that is was for two dollars! Anyway, my mom confiscated it from me telling me it must be fake and I forgot all about them until a couple years ago when I was browsing through a coin store looking for early commems (my first collecting passion.) I stumbled across a few $2 the shop keeper had and a whole wave of nostalgia rolled over me. After I got over how my mom had snookered me all those years ago I bought a couple of the nicer looking ones. I then went out in search of some books on the $2 dollar bill and was amazed that they had been around since 1862! Well, I was hooked. Little did I know what I was in for.[/QUOTE]
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