USA $2 Series 2003

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

Anna Escobedo Cabral
Treasurer, 13 December 2004 - 20 January 2009

John William Snow
Secretary, 3 February 2003 - 29 June 2006

Obverse (Text From Top)
Reverse (Text From Top)
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This banknote was received as a change at Siem Reap Night Market on 22 February 2013.

It was marked with rubber stamp on the middle-left on the obverse side of the banknote.

From its original website, SPENDTOM 2010

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