European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                $2 Bills Are common tender at horse race betting facilities because they equal the most common bet but superstitious bettors usually rip off Corners to bring them Good Luck. The proposed $1 Coin of Copper Nickel below bears the likeness of Suson b. Anthony. Can it revive the $2 Bill by Mark Potts associated press the Treasury is hoping that a it Coin will breathe new life into the $2 Bill which has been languishing in Dresser drawers Bank vaults an hidden pockets of wallets since it was reintroduced More than two years ago. The government began printing f2 Bills in april 1976after a 38-year lapse but the Public has shunned them for reasons that include inconvenience fear of confusion with other Bills and sup restitution. Treasury officials Hope to change that with a Copper Nickel 1 Coin a bit larger than a Quarter. The Coin to Bear the likeness of Susan b. Anthony the first american woman Ever to appear on a Coin would replace the cur rent Eisenhower Dollar which is the same size As the old Large Silver Dollar. Approval by Congress is considered  the is Coin flies the c Bill could too said sey Mour Berry director of the Bureau of printing and engraving which makes Bills. Stella Hackel director of the mint which makes coins agrees. The thinking is that people will use pocket change when they want a Dollar and thus be More Likely to Ose so Bills from their walled. Does that mean the end of the Dollar Bill Treasury of we Magazine finals won t say. But they do say the 2 Bill has t Tol piss she my is it a i a Fli now convenient enough to Evv s b jul wow Wal Tarifi. I Mem estimated it could save w million a year on printing costs. So far us Bureau of printing and enc Vlic has issued 647 million 2 Bill. But it ,11 enl dish us an unknown number of other Art Boan by pmator�orhavebebtiick4law.yaseiirioiwe�, ,ib1 a reissued " was not promote properly said under Secretary of the Treasury Belle b Anderson. One reason we May have dragged our heels is that we were hoping we could coordinate it with the new St  Bankers however Are concerned that things May work out differently thai the prejudice against the Bills May rub off on the coins. The american Bankers association has Lold Congress there is no great demand for the new Coin among either the Public or , there is Little demand for the 12 Bills. Nobody wants them head Teller Barbara Kelly of the Boatmen s Bank and Trust co. In Kansas City said. About one out of three customers who receive them give them  said Wendy Carville spokeswoman for Wells Fargo Bank in san  officials Are reluctant to discuss the prob lems saying it usually takes five to eight years to put anew Type of currency into circulation. It has t been Given a Chance to circulate Sidberry. Given the right kind of impetus acre is no reason the it Bill should t  but certainly it has t so far and one reason is that Many Cashiers and Bank tellers say Cash drawers Don t have enough slots for  have to double up Bills in one of their  said Kelly. I get pm mixed up with the 20s," said Wall Falk proprietor of Uncle Wally s Pawn shop in san  pawnbroker said of his customers As Long As it s Money they la Lake  but thai in t True of Many others who have revived a superstition that Hurt acceptance of the old c  ago a $2 Bill was considered unlucky unless a Corner was Lorn off of in said Jack Rollnick a chicag bartender who hoards those thai disgruntled customers throw Back at him400 so  be got about a dozen of the Bills at Home from when i was a kid said Tom Smidt a Public relations Man forthe first National Bank of Denver. Every one of them has the Corner torn  the myth was that the it my carried curse that could be lifted by such mutilation an idea that apparently grew out of fears of Gamma no. Two Dollar Bills were common tender at race tracks because they equated the most popular bet. It used to be that the Only place you d get a 12 Bill Wasat the race track said Alfred Ross who operates a horse track and several dog tracks on the East coast Andin the Midwest. If you pulled one out. People knew you d been at the  have tried to encourage customers to take the new 2 Bills but the results have not been overwhelmingly successful. Some Banks have taken to putting them to automatic Cash dispensing  and the government meanwhile have tried several programs including for example fitting Cash registers with new drawers at supermarkets in washing ton d.c., and upstate new  some people remain unconvinced. As far As i m concerned the government can get rid of  said Fik. And they can throw away the pen Nies  wednesday. August 30, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 13