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There is no black man on the 2 dollar bill. John Hanson, The first President of The Continental Congress of America, was not black. He was WHITE and had English ancestry. The black John Hanson was the Liberian Senator almost 100 years later. The claim the first president was black is simply false. The picture depicted on the back of the 2 dollar bill has no black men on it. The gentleman seated often mistaken for a black man is John Morris, a key signer of the Declaration of Independence.

An urban legend has grown up about a black person being depicted on the back of the US $2 bill. One of the signers was John Hanson, who according to some reports was of mixed ancestry but was of European descent.

The legend is abetted by the fact that part of the original painting is shaded. As a result the engraving has heavier ink in that section which gives one of the signers a slightly African-American appearance.

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