55. Why $2 Bills are Useless and Essential
The History of...
English - February 04, 2022 01:00 - 8 minutes - 5.68 MBHistory Society & Culture short history history nuggets quick history 10 minute history hustory trivia robert lakatosh the beach boys Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The $2 bill is a curious one. Several people would say the concept is weird or obsolete, even though the EU has a €2 coin. Believe it or not, $2 bills are historically polarizing, for reasons we never would have imagined.
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