Don't Call It a Comeback

The $2 bill has been here for years, but it's recently gaining in popularity.
In 2005, banks ordered 61 million $2 bills, twice the average ordered in the 90s. But well below the 8.6 billion $1 bills that were requested.

What's behind the increase? Strip clubs. Strip clubs now hand out $2 bills when they give customers their change, and the bills end up in dancers' garters and bartenders' tip jars.
"The entertainers love it because it doubles their tip money," said Angelina Spencer, a former stripper and the current executive director of the Association of Club Executives, an adult nightclub trade group representing some 1,000 members.