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Re: Uncut Currency

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Post by j7ake »

nlh wrote: post #260
muhammadusman wrote: post #258

Earlier quoted context omitted.

kinda off topic but since you're an expert here: what do people do with these uncut sheets? Is it mainly for collectors? also, my favorite form of getting currency is $2 bills in a 100 stack (so $200) from the bank. I used to use these for gift money on holidays :) but unfortunately my credit union doesn't order new stacks anymore, just jumbled up old $2 bills now.

A great question - it's something the BEP offers to collectors basically for the cool factor. People frame them, give them as gifts, etc. It's just kind of fun to see real money as it comes off the press (and, thankfully, it inspires lots of collectors!) $2 bills are SUPER fun. 99.9% are not worth more than $2, but they still bring a smile to peoples' faces when you leave them as tips, etc. I always keep a stack in m…

Is there a market to buy 2 dollar bills for less than two? You say they’re worth less so maybe it’s an arbitrage opportunity

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Post by scarface_74 »

coldpie wrote: post #253
scarface_74 wrote: post #208

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And people spend more when using credit cards than paying cash… https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/credit-cards/credit-cards...

I'm not really sure what you're trying to do in this thread. You asked why people like to use cash, and we're answering your question. You don't have to agree with us, it's OK for people to have different opinions about stuff.

People are concerned with it hurting local businesses.

> they come from the business you're buying from. For local businesses

Which is not true.

And some of the reasons - like security and losing money - is tin foil hat territory.

Re: Uncut Currency

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Post by bityard »

Aeolun wrote: post #45
sschueller wrote: post #32

Why is the US one of the few countries that can't keep a consistent design across their bills and still does not have a way for blind people to identify which note they have. They are all the same size and have no embossed markings.

The thing I cannot fathom is why quarters are so huge, considering they’re nearly valueless. Then you need whole stacks of $1 bills to pay anything relevant. I find both constantly cluttering up my wallet.

I mean, feel free to send me all your worthless dollars and quarters if they bother you that much.

Re: Uncut Currency

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Post by a12k »

jjwatt wrote: post #58

Is there anyway to order new bills like this but cut? It doesn’t seem like banks are offering anything uncirculated nowadays.

When I get cash from the bank teller, as rare as that is nowadays, it is regularly brand new and uncirculated. I bet you could just withdraw cash and ask for uncirculated and they would oblige. They’re hard to count because they stick together.

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Post by mrguyorama »

scarface_74 wrote: post #152
ternnoburn wrote: post #34

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Absolutely no political party in the US is railing against the disabled. The ADA was championed by Bush - a Republican candidate. Especially seeing how many people in “rural America” are claiming disability benefits that could work. But don’t have the necessary skills to get the jobs available are a willingness to move to where the jobs are. Yes I realize that moving somewhere without the extended family support syst…

> The ADA was championed by Bush - a Republican candidate.

No it fucking wasn't. What are you smoking?

>n 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended the enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988.

Re: Uncut Currency

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Post by triyambakam »

nlh wrote: post #154

(Professional coin & currency nerd here) Fun fact about these — when the treasury first issued these, many people decided to cut them into odd off-center pieces and sell the resulting notes as miscut errors. Once that started happening, the treasury (BEP to be specific) very quickly changed the serial numbers so they’re all very recognizable as having come from an uncut sheet. I didn’t check the latest for all denomi…

Is it illegal to purposefully cut it that way?

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Post by furyofantares »

j7ake wrote: post #261
nlh wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A great question - it's something the BEP offers to collectors basically for the cool factor. People frame them, give them as gifts, etc. It's just kind of fun to see real money as it comes off the press (and, thankfully, it inspires lots of collectors!) $2 bills are SUPER fun. 99.9% are not worth more than $2, but they still bring a smile to peoples' faces when you leave them as tips, etc. I always keep a stack in m…

Is there a market to buy 2 dollar bills for less than two? You say they’re worth less so maybe it’s an arbitrage opportunity

> You say they’re worth less

They said they're (mostly) not worth more than $2.

They aren't worth less than $2 either. They are worth $2.

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Post by buryat »

eru wrote: post #79
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #57

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Legally speaking, yes. Practically, I'd reject someone handing me uncut currency as change.

I'd gladly accept a whole sheet of uncut currency, because they sell for more than face value.

Who are you going to resell it to? You've just become the sucker while they recouped some of the losses.

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Post by scarface_74 »

mrguyorama wrote: post #265
scarface_74 wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely no political party in the US is railing against the disabled. The ADA was championed by Bush - a Republican candidate. Especially seeing how many people in “rural America” are claiming disability benefits that could work. But don’t have the necessary skills to get the jobs available are a willingness to move to where the jobs are. Yes I realize that moving somewhere without the extended family support syst…

> The ADA was championed by Bush - a Republican candidate. No it fucking wasn't. What are you smoking? >n 1986, the National Council on Disability had recommended the enactment of an Americans with Disabilities Act and drafted the first version of the bill which was introduced in the House and Senate in 1988.

It was signed into law in 1990.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-with-d...

> Despite pressure from some church groups, who felt the ADA unfairly burdened them, the bill passed the House by unanimous voice vote and the Senate 76-6, paving the way for its signing on July 26 by President Bush, who said, “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down.”

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Post by kube-system »

ternnoburn wrote: post #143
saturn8601 wrote: post #38

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But the US has some of the best disability friendly infrastructure. The whole ADA compliance is taken very seriously here.

I work in accessibility. The ADA is barely acknowledged. Every automatic door, curb cut, and accommodation is still a tough fight.

ADA compliance is always a struggle in the US, but if you travel around the world, the US is leaps and bounds ahead of many places that don't even have the equivalent of the ADA to fight for.
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