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+title: It's all about the Jeffersons
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+I [recently
+discovered](http://unethicalblogger.com/2011/05/15/learnings-week-19-2011.html)
+that the branch manager at the Wells Fargo bank I frequent can order a
+bound stack of two dollar bills on request. This is rather handy since banks
+don't normally have *any* just "lying around."
+
+<center><img src="/images/two_dollar_500w.jpg" alt="Front-face of a $2 bill" title="Front-face of a $2 bill"/></center>
+
+Upon discovering this fact, I promptly requested a stack of 100 bills, or $200.
+As I left the bank that fateful afternoon, giddy with excitement over my
+**fresh** stack of uncirculated two dollar bills (I was rather lucky), I
+decided to embark on a little project: **I want to see if I can
+reintroduce two dollar bills into the local economy.**
+
+The ground rules I've been following:
+
+ * Only spend bills at local businesses, tips are a great way to get back into circulation as soon as possible
+ * Record all serial numbers of bills whenever a withdrawal is made
+ * Don't spend more than 4-5 bills at a time, don't want to run the risk of irritating whoever I'm paying too much
+
+
+Thus far I've spent about $80 in twos between morning coffee and breakfast and
+a couple of other beer-related expenses and the reactions have been
+surprisingly boring. I had hypothesized that folks would have been a *little*
+bit more surprised or taken-aback by the sight of 3-4 crisp, sequential, two
+dollar bills.
+
+I suppose outside of an election year, there's nothing that really surprises
+most San Franciscans.
+
+#### The bills
+
+Since I've been recording the serial numbers on the bills, here's a quick break
+down of the districts this money was printed for:
+
+*Legend* **A**: Boston, **C**: Philadelphia, **E**: Richmond, **F**: Atlanta,
+**G**: Chicago, **H**: St. Louis, **I**: Minneapolis and **L**: San Francisco.
+
+* A: 1
+* C: 2
+* E: 1
+* F: 10
+* G: 1
+* H: 2
+* I: 14
+* L: 169
+
+I've not yet seen bills from New York (B), Cleveland (D), Kansas City (J) or Dallas (K).
+
+
+
+I personally find both two dollar bills and the movement of money interesting,
+EC (my wife) on the otherhand refuses to spend them.
+
+
+Can't win them all.
+
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