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Heck of a markup on these things. $2, eight-note sheet, that's $16 before shipping and whatever else. Add $20 ... because they're in demand? idk...
by jagged-chisel 2y ago
Heck of a markup on these things. $2, eight-note sheet, that's $16 before shipping and whatever else. Add $20 ... because they're in demand? idk...
- kubb 2y agoPrinting money costs money too.
- lolinder 2y agoBut these notes stop the printing process early—the purchaser is on the hook to cut them out. So these should cost less than the fully printed and cut bills if we're going by pure cost of creation. Do banks pay upwards of $1.50 on the dollar for new bills?
- HarHarVeryFunny 2y agoNo, but the US mint pays 3c to make each 1c coin, so there's that!
- shawabawa3 2y agothey only sell them as a novelty, and as a novelty they can charge a premium
- lolinder 2y agoRight, I think that's the actual answer.
- pridkett 2y agoThey’re not really sold as currency - they’re sold as souvenirs. If you visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in DC, they’re for sale at the gift shop. I’ve got a set of 32 $2 bills hanging on my wall right next to my set of hyperinflation Zimbabwean currency. If you just want $2 bills, go to your bank. At my bank I need to order them $200 at a time. When I was flying every week they were great as the bartenders at the airport lounges would remember me as the “the Thursday $2 guy”.