<P> During the 1930s, the $2 bill was often used at East Coast horse race tracks to make a bet . Because of the German and Jewish influence, the bill was locally known in parts of New Jersey as a "zwei - buck", and the upper right corner "2" was sometimes torn off to increase the luck . </P> <P> The relative scarcity of the $2 bill in everyday circulation has led to confusion at points of sale, as well as overreaction and prosecution of the individual attempting to tender the bill . </P> <P> In 2005, a man was jailed for attempting to use legally circulating $2 bills to pay a car stereo installation fee that Best Buy originally agreed to waive in the first place . </P> <P> In 2016, a 13 - year - old girl was detained by police, and prevented from eating lunch that day, for attempting to use a legally circulating $2 bill to pay for chicken nuggets in the school cafeteria . </P>

What year did they stop making 2 dollar bills