This comparative scarcity in circulation, coupled with a lack of public knowledge that the bill is still in production and circulation, has also inspired urbanвЂ…legends about its authenticity and value and has occasionally created problems for those trying to use the bill to make purchases. Production continued until 1966, when United States Notes were phased out and the $2 denomination discontinued until 1976 when it was briefly reissued as a FederalвЂ…ReserveвЂ…Note with a new reverse design.ДЄs a result of banking policies with businesses which have resulted in low production numbers due to lack of use, two-dollar bills do not circulate as well as other denominations of U.S. currency was changed to its current size, the $2 bill was issued only as a United States Note. Throughout the $2 bill's pre-1929 life as a large-sized note, it was issued as a UnitedвЂ…StatesвЂ…Note, NationalвЂ…BankвЂ…Note, silverвЂ…certificate, TreasuryвЂ…orвЂ…'Coin'вЂ…Note and FederalвЂ…ReserveвЂ…BankвЂ…Note. 1818 painting DeclarationвЂ…ofвЂ…Independence by JohnвЂ…Trumbull.

The reverse features an engraving of the c. A portrait of ThomasвЂ…Jefferson, the third presidentвЂ…ofвЂ…theвЂ…UnitedвЂ…States (1801вЂ“1809), is featured on the obverse of the note. The United States two-dollar bill ($2) is a current denomination of UnitedвЂ…StatesвЂ…currency.

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