USA $2 Series 1976

In April, 1976, the Treasury Department reintroduced the $2 bill as a cost-saving measure. Series 1976 $2 bills were redesigned and issued as a Federal Reserve Note. The obverse remains basically unchanged since 1929 and features the same portrait of Jefferson. A green treasury seal and serial numbers replace the red used on the previous United States Notes. Since the reissue of the bill coincided with the United States Bicentennial, it was decided to use a bicentennial themed design on the reverse. An engraved rendition of John Trumbull's The Declaration of Independence replaced Monticello on the reverse. First day issues of the new $2 bills could be taken to a post office and stamped with the date "APR 13 1976". In all, 590,720,000 notes from Series 1976 were printed.

Signatures

Francine Irving Neff
Treasurer, 21 June 1974 - 19 January 1977

William Edward Simon
Secretary, 8 May 1974 - 20 January 1977

Obverse (Text From Top)

2
TWO DOLLARS
FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
D4
6
FEDERAL RESERVE GEORGIA
BANK OF ATLANTA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(signature)
TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES
SERIES 1976
(signature)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
JEFFERSON
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TWO DOLLARS

Reverse (Text From Top)

2
TWO
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TWO DOLLARS
IN GOD WE TRUST
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 1776