The U.S. first issued $2 notes during the Civil War. They were red seal U.S. Notes dated 1862.
Early bills carried a picture of Alexander Hamilton. In 1869 his picture was replaced by Thomas Jefferson's. Other designs followed but Jefferson's image was made permanent in 1928 and continues to be used on current $2 bills.
Busting the myths
The $2 bill has never been discontinued or withdrawn. Modern ones are not rare; they're printed as needed. Despite making up only about 1% of all bills in circulation, that's still hundreds of millions of bills.
1862
a long time ago
1964
No. The US has never printed a 1 million dollar bill, and no US bills of any denomination are dated 1940.
There weren't any printed with that date.
1862
a long time ago
Two things. First, the U.S. has never printed a $1 million dollar bill, ever. Second, no genuine U.S. currency is printed in China.
The us hasn't printed a silver certificate 2 dollar bill since 1899 all twos printed after that were either US notes or federal reserve notes.
1964
No, nor has a genuine million dollar bill ever been printed in any year.
No. You either have a privately-printed novelty item, or a genuine bill that was exposed to some chemical that caused shrinkage. The likelihood is about 99% the first, 1% the second.
No. The US has never printed a 1 million dollar bill, and no US bills of any denomination are dated 1940.
No US $10 bills were printed with the 1998 date.
a million dollars
There weren't any printed with that date.
2 dollar bill