Name: The Nefarious Past of the Two-Dollar Bill
Uploaded: 2019-08-18T13:29:43.000Z
Duration: 1 min 36 s
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- [Narrator] Open up your wallet and you'd expect to find

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The last thing you'd ever expect is a Tom,

It was 1862, the federal government had just started

The first and only denominations were the $1 and $2 bills.

To pay using a $2 bill was a status symbol

on the wealthiest of Americans could afford,

for under the table transactions like political bribes,

The Tom ultimately got a bad rap and was deemed unnecessary.

In 1966, the government took a 10-year hiatus

But in 1976, the government gave them another try,

People began hiding them away as collectors items,

Though rare, Toms are still being printed

and there are over a billion in circulation.

though there is a sub-culture of $2 ambassadors

who are set on keeping the Tom alive by using them

So, the next time you're paying with cash,

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The Nefarious Past of the Two-Dollar Bill

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