BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Minding our business right now, Andy's off, Gerri's in. The $2 greenback making a comeback.</s>GERRI WILLIS, FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right.</s>HEMMER: Is it worth it?</s>WILLIS: Well, you know...</s>HEMMER: Does anyone like this?</s>WILLIS: You have one, right? You told me you have one.</s>HEMMER: I have one, yes.</s>WILLIS: Just the one.</s>HEMMER: I see it more as a collector's item. I don't want to use it. I don't want to spend it.</s>WILLIS: Well, OK, you can corner this market. The Treasury is reprinting $2 bills because their own stash of $2 bills is dwindling. They only have 9.5 million $2 bills, so they're going to make some more.</s>HEMMER: Now, is that because people are holding onto them, much like remember when that $1 coin came out and people are keeping them for...</s>WILLIS: Yes, people like to collect them. But other people don't care for them at all. For example, I know people who couldn't use them here in New York City. People would say they didn't want to take them in.</s>HEMMER: Is that right?</s>WILLIS: Yes.</s>HEMMER: What...</s>WILLIS: First issued by the Continental Congress in 1776.</s>HEMMER: Aha, there you go. That's some nice trivia.
$2 Greenback Making a Comeback