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In Article <4hrb4o$q89@news2.deltanet.com>, mpanitz@delta1.deltanet.com
(Mark Panitz) wrote:
>A friend gave me a $2.00 bill, I would like to know if this bill
>is good or is it a conterfiet bill, cause I never saw one before.
>is it valid or should I call the Secret Service and tell them
>about this bill from my so called friend, I just don't want to
>get arrested for having conuterfiet money on me
>any help will be appercaited

There are legitimate $2.00 bills; they were printed before 1964 or so, and
during the period 1976-78 or so.  The latter ones have the picture of the
signing of the Declaration of Independence on the back; I don't know what
the former ones have on the back.

I have no way of telling whether the one your friend gave you is
counterfeit, though.  One thing you can do is go to your bank and tell them
that you think the bill is phoney and ask them to help you find out0--they
know what to look for.

However, because the denomination is so small, I doubt that anyone would
have taken the trouble to counterfeit it; most counterfeit bills are tens
and twenties.  Smaller is not worth it, and larger ones draw suspicion
anyway, and aren't all that prevalent.

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