Collectibles
5-2013 $2 bills
- Item Number
- 133
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 56 USD to sseb7596e
- Number of Bids
- 22 - Bid History
Item Description
The United States two-dollar bill ($2) is a current denomination of U.S. currency. A portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801–09), is featured on the obverse of the note. The reverse features an engraving of the painting Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull.
Printing $2 bills is twice as cost-effective for the government as printing $1 bills, since they both cost the same amount (around five cents) to manufacture, but the public has not circulated them as widely. During the Great Depression, few Americans had enough money to require $2 bills. In the middle of the 20th century, $2 bills were often used for betting on horse racing, tips at strip clubs and for bribery when politicians wanted votes (though this is most likely urban legend), and so acquired a negative reputation. Servicemen during World War II and later, were frequently paid with $2 bills, and the notes often saw use at canteens, post exchanges, USO clubs and commissaries.
In November 2013, the B.E.P. began printing series 2013 $2 notes for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; these notes entered circulation in early 2014. A total of 44,800,000 notes were ordered for fiscal year 2014, which ran from October 2013 through September 2014.
This auction is for 5 consecutive numbered 2013 series $2 bills as shown.
Item Special Note
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