According to this article, the $2 bill may be making a comeback.

I've always been a big fan of the double-dollar, as well as the $1 coin, but before you get too excited, it seems they're only planning to print a negligible number of them.

I'm trying to understand the motivation behind this. The $1 coin was basically a failure because they hardly minted any. As a result people kept them all as souvenirs. I've only received a $1 coin once in my life! And naturally, it's now sitting in my drawer as a keepsake.

Perhaps the government calculates that there's some kind of economic benefit to printing money that no one will ever use. Kind of like those souvenir stamps that people buy and just keep.

I would love to use $2 Bills and $1 coins (think vending machines). But unless they print enough, I too am more likely to pocket them as souvenirs!