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Who made the 2 dollar bill?

Updated: 9/26/2023
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The US 2 dollar bill was first issued by the Federal Government in 1862, along with a large number of other denominations of paper money. At the time it wasn't an unusual denomination. It simply fit into the same 1/2/5 pattern of denominations used for other bills and coins ($10, $20, $50, etc.) The denomination only fell out of favor in the late 19th century when it became associated with racetracks and brothels.

$2 bills have been issued more or less regularly and regardless of popular misunderstanding, they have never been discontinued or withdrawn. The Treasury continues to print them as needed; the most recent series started in 2013.

Even though $2 bills make up only about 1% of all bills in circulation in the US, that still amounts to hundreds of millions of bills so they're neither valuable nor rare, just not often seen.

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