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While being handed a two-dollar bill at a store (as change, for example) is
certainly uncommon, it is not unheard of. The surest way to obtain a
two-dollar bill, however, is to go to a bank and ask for one. Some people who are otherwise uninterested in currency nevertheless collect the bills.
Two dollar bills are delivered by Federal Reserve Banks in green straps.
The first two-dollar bill in the United States was released in 1776, under a Continental Congress call for "bills of credit for the defense of America". 49,000 were printed.
In 1928 the United States Department of the Treasury issued a two-dollar bill at the current size, with a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the front. The 1953A series featured Jefferson on the front and Monticello on the back.
In 1976, the Treasury Department reintroduced the bill as a cost-saving measure. As part of the United States Bicentennial celebration, the note was redesigned. The front featured a new portrait of Jefferson, a version of an early 19th century portrait painted by Gilbert StuartGilbert Charles Stuart (ne Stewart ( December 3, 1755 July 9, 1828) was an American painter. Born in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, he grew up in Newport and was tutored by Cosmo Alexander, Scottish painter living there, later relocating with Alexander to, and the picture of Monticello on the back was replaced with an engraved rendition of John Trumbull1756 1843 John Trumbull ( June 6, 1756 November 10, 1843), was a famous American artist from the time of the American Revolutionary War. He was born in Lebanon, Connecticut. He entered the 1773 junior class at Harvard at age 15. Four of his paintings hang's painting "The Signing of the Declaration of IndependenceThe Declaration of Independence is a document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. It was ratified by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776; this". 590,720,000 notes from the 1976 series were printed. The bills proved extremely unpopular and printing was quickly stopped.
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