Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The United States two dollar bill is a current denomination of U.S. currency. The third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson, is featured on the front of the note. The reverse features a reproduction of the painting The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull. Today, the $2 bill it is seldom seen in circulation. Fewer than 1% of all banknotes currently produced are $2 bills. This comparative scarcity in circulation, coupled with a lack of public awareness that the bill is still in circulation, has also inspired urban legends and occasionally has created problems for people trying to use the bill to make purchases.
The rarity of a $2 bill can be attributed to its low printing numbers that sharply dropped beginning in the late 1950s when the $2 bill was a United States Note and recently the sporadic printings of still relatively low numbers as a Federal Reserve Note. Lack of public knowledge of the $2 bill further contributes to its rarity. This rarity can lead to a greater tendency to hoard any $2 bills encountered and thus further decrease their circulation.
background music: Ipanema Daydream - Bird Creek
The United States two dollar bill is a current denomination of U.S. currency. The third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson, is featured on the front of the note. The reverse features a reproduction of the painting The Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull. Today, the $2 bill it is seldom seen in circulation. Fewer than 1% of all banknotes currently produced are $2 bills. This comparative scarcity in circulation, coupled with a lack of public awareness that the bill is still in circulation, has also inspired urban legends and occasionally has created problems for people trying to use the bill to make purchases.
The rarity of a $2 bill can be attributed to its low printing numbers that sharply dropped beginning in the late 1950s when the $2 bill was a United States Note and recently the sporadic printings of still relatively low numbers as a Federal Reserve Note. Lack of public knowledge of the $2 bill further contributes to its rarity. This rarity can lead to a greater tendency to hoard any $2 bills encountered and thus further decrease their circulation.
background music: Ipanema Daydream - Bird Creek
