2 — Two Dollars
The artwork
Front: Thomas Jefferson, engraved after Gilbert Stuart's portrait, in an oval frame at centre with his name on a scroll below. Left of him, the black seal of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York with its district letter B and the numeral 2 repeated in each corner; right, the green Treasury seal over a pale grey "TWO". Signed by Rosa Gumataotao Rios as Treasurer and Jacob J. Lew as Secretary, with SERIES 2013 between them.
Back: A reduced engraving of John Trumbull's "Declaration of Independence" — the drafting committee presenting its text to the Continental Congress, Jefferson foremost, John Hancock seated at right. The engraver trimmed Trumbull's crowded chamber, so not every figure of the original painting survives. Banners above and below carry THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TWO DOLLARS, IN GOD WE TRUST and DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1776.
In circulation
The two-dollar note took this Trumbull back for the Bicentennial series of 1976, replacing the Monticello reverse, and has carried it unchanged ever since. Printing is sporadic rather than annual, so the notes are scarce in tills but never demonetised — every one issued since 1976 remains legal tender at face value.
Details
- CurrencyDollar
- DenominationTwo Dollars
- Collectedon the United States journeys, 2012–2016
- IssuerFederal Reserve Note — Federal Reserve Bank of New York, district B
- Series2013
- PrinterBureau of Engraving and Printing, Fort Worth (FW plate mark)
- SignatureRosa Gumataotao Rios, Treasurer of the United States; Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury
- Dimensions156 × 66 mm