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In reply to the discussion: What does your home town have a lot of?... [View all]Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)from the Civil War era until they were discontinued in 1971 and replaced completely by Federal Reserve Notes, which are issued by the Federal Reserve Bank. The last $2 United States Note was issued with the series year 1963, and is distinguished by its red seal, rather than the more familiar green seal used on Federal Reserve Notes. The $2 bills that are probably in circulation where you are probably feature the Signing of the Declaration of Independence on the back, a design that was introduced when the $2 bill was resurrected for the 1976 Bicentennial.
A couple of interesting notes about $2 bills-- they were never very popular because they were considered "unlucky". People used to tear corners off of them to ward off the "bad luck". Perhaps they were considered "unlucky" because so many of them were used to bet on losing horses at the $2 window. Another possible reason is that another word for "two" is "deuce", and "Old Deuce" is another name for "The Devil".