Young cashiers at NY grocery store allegedly reject man’s $2 bills

Stembolt · 2025-02-02T11:15:42+00:00

A New York man claims that a local grocery chain refused to accept his $2 bills — with young cashiers believing the unusual, but legal, notes to be counterfeit, he claims in a Facebook post. Then, not one — but two young cashiers insisted that the bills were counterfeit without even making an effort to check them. https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/us-news/young-cashiers-at-ny-grocery-store-reject-mans-2-bills-believing-they-were-counterfeit/

Guy54435

Yes Monica , Picture of her modeling career start.

takeahike

Guy54435
There was something in the last day or two about her starting some sort of podcast series. Does your wife have a Monica handbag?

Dks01

In Canada, the $2 bill (now replaced by a $2 coin) was called a whore's bill. It was considered the cost of a sex worker. https://hardbacon.ca/en/banking/canadian-2-dollar-bill/

broknsymetry

Dks01 the $2 bill (now replaced by a $2 coin) was called a whore's bill.

Toonies.

Dks01

broknsymetry Toonie replaces the bill. In early versions, the centre of the bimetallic coin popped out.

Rich221976

This was my manager rules and I don't think it was the fast food place rules.

I remember when I was working for a fast food place. If someone tried to pass a counterfeit bill, we would confiscate it. We would tell the customer that the bill was fake. (keep in mind that the customer knew). The customer would complain and want the bill back. However, when they made such a fuss we would tell them to go ahead and call the police. We would also say in fact if you like we can call them for you.

My first time they tried to pass a counterfeit bill, it was a 100 dollar bill. The bill was done very poorly. It didn't feel right. I also looked at it for a few minutes. I realized that it wasn't my glasses or my eyes at the time. It was fuzzy. The print was a horrible job.

I ended up grabbing my manager (I wasn't a manager at the time there). He looked at the bill and took over from there. I got a bunch of hi-fives that day, and then we put the bill up on the bulletin board in the back for everyone to see a counterfeit bill. That customer demanded that we give him back his "money". However we kept it since he didn't want the police involved and he left right away.

My manager went ahead and voided the order for me.

broknsymetry

Rich221976 we put the bill up on the bulletin board in the back for everyone to see a counterfeit bill.

Great story, but the manager should have contacted the local U.S. Secret Service field office for them to investigate.

Rock_cake

HooRU

AS a kid, I had a 1/2 penny once I think.

Those were discontinued in 1857...how old ARE you?! 🙂

Rich221976

Rock_cake

Wouldn't that make him old as dirt.

(I'm kidding. I'm kidding)

DrStrange

Rock_cake

I have a US half-cent piece.

He might have a foreign half penny, or he might be a collector.

Trivia question for everyone other than older Brits: What's half of a half penny?

Rich221976

I used to have a bunch of two dollar bills. A good amount of customers would pay me in 2 dollar bills when I was delivering pizzas. I knew that the bills weren't fake though.

At the end of the night, I kept them since I only had to pay the store what I owed them and I keep the 2 dollar bills as tips.

I also used to get a good amount of change as well. I would keep the 50 cent pieces, dollar coins (the different types that we had). I still have those coins.

The job also came in handy for getting all 50 state quarters. We have two sets of them. I would find out what coins I needed and would exchange my dollars or other coins for the quarters that I needed.

Somewhat-Reticent

broknsymetry the manager should have contacted the local U.S. ~~Secret Service~~ Treasury field office

Fixed?

InternetJeff

takeahike Back to the $2 bills, even if acceptable, there's no slot in the register draw for them, so maybe shouldn't be accepted anyway. Besides, why would anybody want to spend them--they're worth a lot more as sentimental pieces for collection.

Apparently, $2 bill are still being printed and issued. You can get them from a bank and they spend like any other currency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill

https://financeband.com/are-2-00-bills-still-being-printed

Guy54435

DrStrange ha'penny?

Andyross

takeahike For reference, I found this info about that Zimbabwe dollar:
https://www.si.edu/object/100000000000000-dollars-zimbabwe-2008%3Anmah_1694052

Not sure how much money it was worth back in 2008. A quick check shows, depending on the condition, some money as a collectors item.
https://www.banknoteworld.com/zimbabwe-currency/100-million-zimbabwe-dollars/?srsltid=AfmBOooy4p9C-FxxQoC1kRdzVEJaVIcD2TIYd0vSBjqWfUQr6dkoMs8H

DrStrange

Andyross https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwean_dollar

Worth something to a collector. Worthless as currency.

DrStrange

Guy54435 Farthing

Before the 1970s:
.25d Farthing
.5d Halfpenny
1d Penny
2d Tuppence
3d Thruppence
6d Sixpence
12d Shilling
2s Florin
2.5s Half Crown
5s Crown
10s Double Crown
20s Pound

broknsymetry

DrStrange The only time I've been to England was in 1988 when my ship pulled into Portsmouth for repairs. I went to a movie theater there and I had a handful of various coins to pay for the ticket, The gent behind me was kind enough to pick out what was needed because I had no clue.

Guy54435

That was what popped into my mind first but then I said nah thats not it.

DrStrange

broknsymetry 80s was after decimalization (decimalisation). 100 new pence = £1.

iahawkeye83

I know very well what a $2 bill is, they even validate on the counterfeit bill detector. I just put them under the large bills. Where I work, we put the $20s, checks and large bills in the slot furthest to the left on the cash drawer. And we put checks between the large bills and the $20s.

Guy54435

Somewhat-Reticent Perhaps both maybe either or depends in what era I guess

broknsymetry

Somewhat-Reticent Fixed?

The U.S. Secret Service has a long and storied history of safeguarding America’s financial and payment systems from criminal exploitation. The agency was created in 1865 to combat the rise of counterfeit currency following the Civil War. As the U.S. financial system has evolved - from paper currency to plastic credit cards to, now, digital information - so too have our investigative responsibilities.

Today, Secret Service agents, professionals, and specialists work in field offices around the world to fight the 21st century’s financial crimes, which are increasingly conducted through cyberspace. These investigations continue to address counterfeit, which still undermines confidence in the U.S. dollar, but it is credit card fraud, wire and bank fraud, computer network breaches, ransomware, and other cyber-enabled financial crimes, that have become the focus of much of the Secret Service investigative work.

https://www.secretservice.gov/investigations

The threat of counterfeit U.S. currency to the financial system of the United States continues to evolve. Advances in technology, the availability of scanning and printing devices and the adoption of the U.S. dollar by nations as their legal tender have exacerbated the global threat.

https://www.secretservice.gov/investigations/counterfeit

The Secret Service has since its creation after the Civil War been the agency that investigates counterfeit currency. It was an agency of the Treasury Department until 2003 when it was transferred to DHS.

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