2 dollar bill series#

The face of the two-dollar bill bears an image of grain being flailed (separated from the chaff), with the motto, TRIBULATIO DITAT (Troubles make us stronger). Franklin also suggested inspiring vignettes and mottoes for the notes. That effort has now survived for more than two centuries.Ĭontinental currency was printed by Benjamin Franklin's successors, Hall & Sellers. In the case of this two-dollar bill, someone expert with a needle and thread-perhaps a housewife, or a sailor-carefully sewed the two halves back together. Because if it were not, what would that say about the aspiring nation that had issued it? Various methods were devised to do the job.

2 dollar bill series#

It comes with two different seal colors for the small size series (1928 to present): Red Green. To many, this new money symbolized a new nation-it had to be repaired, kept afloat. The two dollar bill is a mythical denomination in United States currency. That uncertainty led people to adopt all kinds of stratagems to keep notes intact or repair those that had torn apart.īut there was more to it than that. Whether anyone would take just half a note in payment was unclear. Left to themselves, the two halves would eventually part company. Because the notes were often folded horizontally, they often developed top-to-bottom breaks at midpoint. The paper on which it was printed was of very high quality but was also very soft. The 'national' paper went by the name of 'Continental Currency.' As its name suggests, it was issued by the Continental Congress. 8 positive Vintage 2013 2 TWO DOLLAR BILL F ( ATLANTA). Both they and the loose central government they set up under the Articles of Confederation to oversee matters of common concern would continue to do so throughout the War of Independence. Rare 2013 2 Dollar BillThe 2013 1 bills were printed at two different locations- Washington D. By the time they broke with England, the thirteen American colonies had been issuing paper currency for nearly a century.