<P> In 1928, when all U.S. currency was changed to its current size, the $2 bill was issued only as a United States Note . The obverse featured a cropped version of Thomas Jefferson's portrait that had been on previous $2 bills . The reverse featured Jefferson's home, Monticello . The note's seal and serial numbers were red . The Series of 1928 $2 bill featured the treasury seal superimposed by the United States Note obligation to the left and a large gray TWO to the right . </P> <P> In 1953 the $2 bill received minor design changes analogous to the $5 United States Note . The treasury seal was made smaller and moved to the right side of the bill; it was superimposed over the gray word TWO . The United States Note obligation now became superimposed over a gray numeral 2 . The reverse remained unchanged . </P> <P> The final change to $2 United States Notes came in 1963 when the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was added to the reverse over the Monticello . And, because dollar bills were soon to no longer be redeemable in silver, WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND was removed from the obverse . Two - dollar bills, along with $5 and $100 United States Notes, were officially discontinued in August 1966, although they all remain legal tender . </P> <P> On April 13, 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 design remains basically unchanged since 1928 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 (not an exact reproduction) 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 . </P>

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