Why $2 bills are thought to be bad luck currency - clip from The Two Dollar Bill documentary

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
  • Is the 2 dollar bill good or bad luck? In this clip from the feature film "The Two Dollar Bill documentary", superstition expert Joe Nickell explains some theories behind how this unique currency is considered bad luck, both in the economy and in numismatics. Meet baphomet and see how $2 bills might have influenced the presidential election. Just don't expect to see the all seeing eye - that's on the $1 bill
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  • @damienvlogs15
    @damienvlogs15 5 років тому +28

    I think two dollar bills are good luck. Along with the penny.

  • @doloresmartinez8427
    @doloresmartinez8427 5 років тому +19

    I always got told that the 2 dollar bill was meant to be for good luck

  • @rynorusty
    @rynorusty 5 років тому +8

    I never believed in any curse of the 2 dollar bill. When I started watching your videos i started to like the two dollar bill more and more. I have 4 2 dollar bills that I keep crisp in envelopes and one of them is a 70s one and three are from 2013. I also got inspired from one of your videos and I decided to go to the bank with a 50 dollar bill and ask for all 2s. The twos that I got from the bank I use on a regular day sometimes and sometimes I just keep them. I hope you get to see this comment and just know that the 2 dollar bill is now my favorite bill

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  5 років тому +2

      Love this comment! Thank you for sharing. It's great to see that my videos educate and inspire. It's good to see that the $2 is now your favorite bill - it tells me that you're getting enjoyment from using it and seeing all of its benefits. More videos are coming, so stay tuned. And share any ideas or questions you have that we can turn into a new video. Thanks again.

    • @rynorusty
      @rynorusty 5 років тому +1

      Thankyou so much for replying, Also when you give away the two dollar bills what year are they?

  • @garofalo1707
    @garofalo1707 6 років тому +19

    I feel lucky when I get a two dollar bill.

    • @99CentRapper
      @99CentRapper 5 років тому

      I find a five leaf cover

    • @lowrideroldies134
      @lowrideroldies134 Рік тому

      Right. I don't care what Google says that is a cursed by having a 2dallar bill holding on my wallet

  • @bhupatkanabar2323
    @bhupatkanabar2323 5 років тому +5

    How we get bad luck it depends on our luck not on the bill
    Imagine you are walking and you get a 2 dollar bill on ground
    Just think how happy you will be

  • @lafaralove6992
    @lafaralove6992 4 роки тому +4

    I was given two $2 bills in change today praying it's good luck instead of bad luck either way I'm keeping them I still have one that I've been holding on to about 10 years now,now I have 3 😃

  • @hensen5309
    @hensen5309 4 роки тому +2

    What's up with the baphomet talk in the description??

  • @jonasrugebregt343
    @jonasrugebregt343 6 років тому +4

    They do not have bad luck.

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  6 років тому

      It's all in the opinion of the person who has one. But yes, most people believe they are GOOD luck, not bad.

  • @slevinkelevra5901
    @slevinkelevra5901 6 років тому +6

    2's and 50's are the best bill out there 👍😞

  • @mvzv3913
    @mvzv3913 4 роки тому +1

    I’ll take it all. Send me all $2 bills

  • @guccidemeanor1148
    @guccidemeanor1148 2 роки тому +1

    Wow & I gave my friends each a $2 bill for good luck

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  2 роки тому

      Most people consider them to be good luck. But there are a few who think they're the opposite. This video just shows you why.

  • @brianleabo6295
    @brianleabo6295 Рік тому

    My family from the south on both sides. And was told to carry a two dollar bill . And I always have good luck and stay in money. Loke eating my black eyed pees at the new year.

  • @lifeisstrange5527
    @lifeisstrange5527 7 років тому +13

    i have a 2 doller bill i found it today

  • @larryhagemann5548
    @larryhagemann5548 5 років тому +1

    Spend them and spread them around to bring good luck to all.

  • @tripplemgamming4064
    @tripplemgamming4064 5 років тому +1

    I still have 2 2 dollar bill and its 2019

  • @jamesedwin3917
    @jamesedwin3917 2 роки тому

    For some reason I thought they would actually talk about the meaning of two dars

  • @NYElsa-sx8fi
    @NYElsa-sx8fi 5 років тому

    When I was kid, people were told me two dollar bill's bad luck, but now people saying that, it's good luck, so now I'm so confused.

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  5 років тому

      Here are the reasons people thought them to be bad luck: ua-cam.com/video/lUXhwYvvXK8/v-deo.html But others think they're good luck just because they believe them to be rare, or the way they acquired them had some nostalgia or luck to it. The truth is they are neither good or bad luck - it's just what you believe.

  • @carin5654
    @carin5654 6 років тому +1

    I have a $2 bill, I get both good and bad luck. So... Meh..

  • @achaziadonaldson7010
    @achaziadonaldson7010 6 років тому +4

    I've got a two doller bill and I thought it was good luck but I guess not😮

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  6 років тому

      Most people think they are good luck. The bad luck people make up a small percentage, but this video explains why.

    • @frankelias89er
      @frankelias89er 6 років тому

      The Two Dollar Bill Documentary i have a two dollar bill hanging in my room because rumors said it's good luck is it really a good luck bill?

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  6 років тому +3

      It's neither good nor bad luck, since there's no proof of it ever being one or the other. But some people think it is good luck, and others think it's bad. It just depends on you. If you believe it to be good luck, than it is.

  • @coldpizza1179
    @coldpizza1179 6 років тому +3

    0:51 asbestos? lol

    • @roxcyn
      @roxcyn 6 років тому

      Michael Gonzalez - He says "As best we can tell" real fast and it does sound like asbestos. 😂

    • @panndaacookies213
      @panndaacookies213 4 роки тому

      I'm dead 😂💀😭

  • @complicatedperson8971
    @complicatedperson8971 4 роки тому

    I have a 2 dollar bill in my phone case..

  • @Luke-hq5zd
    @Luke-hq5zd 5 років тому +2

    DONT SPEND THE RED SEALS

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  4 роки тому

      Agreed!

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 3 роки тому

      Yes! US Notes stopped being printed in the 1960s. Depending on condition and denomination most US Notes are worth more than face value as collectibles

  • @kriggs6007
    @kriggs6007 6 років тому

    The ill-repute story has been out there for a long time. Primarily started when Sailors were paid. Given the time period they could have been paid in $2 bills. Another part of the story is that if you were given a $2 Bill you should tear off a corner of the Bill to ward off the superstition. The story doesn't explain what happens after the last Bill corner is torn off.

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  6 років тому +1

      You should see the movie! We talk about tearing corners and a lot of other things you addressed in your comments. You'd probably really love the film. It's here on Amazon: amzn.to/2gpRKum

  • @thebestofus677
    @thebestofus677 4 роки тому +1

    this video is confusing everyone. two dollar bills are supposed to be good luck

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  4 роки тому

      They are only "supposed to be" what the holder assigns it. They have more of a history of bad luck than good, even though a great majority of people assign them to be good luck because they think they're rare (they're not)

  • @sirnoname6943
    @sirnoname6943 2 роки тому

    I always figured 5 dollar bills are good luck

  • @freshgameplay203
    @freshgameplay203 6 років тому +4

    I saw a red-seal dollar bill in this video! Those are so rare wow

  • @DD-uf2uo
    @DD-uf2uo Рік тому

    If anyone has any $2 bills that you think are BAD luck, send them to me. I'll be more than happy to take them by the train load.
    I ONLY HAVE BAD LUCK ANYWAY. If it wasn't for Bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck. Smile. 🤣😂🤣😂
    .

  • @emilynam6084
    @emilynam6084 5 років тому +1

    How do you reverse the bad luck if you get one

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  5 років тому +2

      Great question. This is a clip from a full documentary, and soon after this part of the film, it explains the two ways to remove a "curse" - by kissing rhe bill, or by ripping a corner off of it. The latter is more popular. The full film is here: amzn.to/2gpRKum

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 3 роки тому

      You don’t need to do anything,, or you could just spend it. Paper and ink can’t be lucky OR unlucky. As others have posted, luck is up to each person's choices and not what kind of money they spend.

  • @gerujmi
    @gerujmi 4 роки тому

    I have a 2 dollar bill of 1987

  • @qwerty5570
    @qwerty5570 6 років тому

    I have a lot of 2$ bills in my piggy bank, they are very dirty.

  • @lyricalonix3656
    @lyricalonix3656 5 років тому

    My uncle accidentally gave me one

  • @RENEGADEBLOGS
    @RENEGADEBLOGS 4 роки тому +1

    They bad luck some one gave me one for a tip broke my whole rear view window 30 mins later

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 3 роки тому

      It’s called coincidence. Paper and ink can’t be lucky OR unlucky.

  • @olivia6808
    @olivia6808 5 років тому

    I think they’re unlucky. I carried a two dollar bill in my wallet for about 3 months and I had terrible luck, I spent it and things seemed to turn around. I’m not very superstitious but today I got another two dollar bill and I donated it to a fundraiser immediately because I didn’t wanna try my luck again. I keep a 50 cent coin for good luck now, idk if it’s lucky tho lol

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  5 років тому

      Only a small percentage of people think that $2 bills are bad luck, but despite what you experienced, it's good to hear from one of them! Most people who comment only describe why they're lucky. I hope the 50 cent coin works out for you.

  • @james42519
    @james42519 7 років тому

    think the last one is wrong. i heard $2 was given at strip clubs or something so they had to use that instead of $1. they didn't bring it with them. they got it as change when they got a drink or something so that is what they had.

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 3 роки тому

      The stories go back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. Two bucks was the most common bet at racetracks, and at places where men got to do a lot more, uh, "interacting" than at strip clubs. As a result a lot of people refused to use them because they were afraid others would assume they’d been visiting those less-than-polite businesses.

  • @elviraarriaga1424
    @elviraarriaga1424 4 роки тому

    I did a survey by mail and got a $2 doller bill as a gift and it could be a lucky token

  • @GoogolCompanyUS
    @GoogolCompanyUS 2 роки тому

    I had a 2 dollar bill. I wanted to get rid of it after a few days because I couldnt sleep and I believed that it was bad luck. And a coincidence is that the day I got rid of it was 6/6/2022. There is 3 2s in 2022 which add up to 6 making the worst number of all.

    • @lowrideroldies134
      @lowrideroldies134 Рік тому

      I carrier a two Dallar bill on my wallet and I don't received no bad luck

    • @GoogolCompanyUS
      @GoogolCompanyUS Рік тому

      @@lowrideroldies134 good for you

  • @MakeOutHill17999
    @MakeOutHill17999 5 років тому +2

    Clickbait

    • @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary
      @TheTwoDollarBillDocumentary  5 років тому +1

      Uhhh... no. It's a video explaining the origins of bad luck for the $2 bill. A scene from the documentary. WHat's click-baitish about that?

  • @mikeanzarouth518
    @mikeanzarouth518 Рік тому

    Tell Jdfferson to take his bloody antics and his superstitions elsewhere! I dont have the time nor the patience to deal with some historic Leperchaun...If he doesn't like what this place has become and wants to skirmish because he doesnt agree with people smelling the fetid cheese of feet and being complacent, then we shall have a boxing match. In order to settle this dispute and its ramifications. Poor little Jefferson walking back to Massachusetts on his feet with no horse to tend to, and another win for AMERICAN SPECIAL FORCES ...

  • @efraincruz2216
    @efraincruz2216 6 років тому

    Dont take it...