united-states currency legal-tender
Can a creditor refuse to accept a $2 FRN because he doesn&#39;t think they exist?
<p>Like all Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs, aka &quot;bills&quot; or &quot;cash&quot;), the $2 FRN is &quot;legal tender for all debts, public and private.&quot;</p>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/00HOe.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/00HOe.jpg" alt="part of a $2 bill, showing the &quot;legal tender&quot; text" /></a></p>
<p>However, a lot of people don't know about them. If I owe someone $10, and all I have is five $2 bills, is it legal for him to refuse to accept them because he's sure that $2 bills don't exist and they must be counterfeit? Assume that for some reason, he can't just Google &quot;$2 bill&quot; and see that they're real.</p>

<p>If the requirement for the debt is that the debt be paid in US dollars, absent some other stipulation to the contrary, $2 bills are US dollars and would satisfy the debtors obligation.</p>
<p>It's hard to envision a situation where one would go before a judge or magistrate to enforce one's right to pay a debt with a $2 bill, but I suppose that effort would be successful. A debt that is to be paid in US dollars can be paid in $2 bill increments.</p>
