CNN Tips Its Hat to $2 Bills
September 17, 2022
Greetings, $2 bill lovers. A little update to share some great $2 bill exposure that came out today.
It’s been a while since we’ve seen a “Where are they now?” type of journalistic piece investigating $2 bills. These pieces seem to ebb and flow across the years, and it’s always an honor (and a surprise) when a journalist or podcaster reaches out to me for an interview. I hope the sine wave of media interest continues to oscillate for many years to come.
Today’s piece is by Nathaniel Meyersohn for CNN Business: “Why it’s time to start paying with $2 bills,” a headline I applaud because it’s not the same old “Whatever happened to it?” idea that has been used over and over.
While my more colorful quotes about the $2 bill’s reputation as a currency dinosaur and the Mesozoic Era may have not made the cut, I’ve gotta hand it to the reporter, who took his time in our interview and had thoughtful questions. Interviews about $2 bills always get my blood pumping, and I wind up pacing up and down the room emphatically while talking.
“Many Americans have pretty dubious assumptions about the $2 bill. Nothing ‘happened’ to the $2 bill. It’s still being made. It’s being circulated,” McCabe said. “Americans misunderstand their own currency to the extent [that] they don’t use it.”
The piece makes several good arguments for using the bill, and John Bennardo (The Two Dollar Bill Documentary) has some solid things to say as well:
“You will get remembered if you use a $2 bill,” Bennardo said. “It has this ability to connect people in way that other bills don’t. It opens up a dialogue between you and the cashier.”
So true. Thanks for the coverage, CNN!










