1917 2 Dollar Legal Tender Note - VG (Very Good) - Speelman/White - Bracelet Reverse - 1917 Horse Blanket Two Dollar Banknote - Fr.60

This listing is for the photographed 1917 Legal Tender 2 Dollar Large Size Note. The 1917 Two-dollar bill is the last year for this design that was started in 1869. Signed by Speelman and White. Bracelet reverse design variety. Vignettes on the obverse display the bust of President Thomas Jefferson in the upper left corner, and a view of the capital building at the center. Beautiful engravings! Very Good (VG) grade/condition, several visible folds and tears around the edges due to circulation, as pictured. Fr#60 (Friedburg Number 60). Excellent addition to any collection!

The United States two-dollar bill ($2) is a denomination of United States currency. A portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801–1809), is featured on the obverse of the note. The reverse features an engraving of the c. 1818 painting Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull.

Throughout the $2 bill's pre-1929 life as a large-sized note, it was issued as a United States Note, National Bank Note, silver certificate, Treasury or "Coin" Note and Federal Reserve Bank Note. When U.S. currency was changed to its current size, the $2 bill was issued only as a United States Note. Production continued until 1966, when United States Notes were phased out and the $2 denomination discontinued until 1976 when it was reissued as a Federal Reserve Note with a new reverse design.

Some Fun Facts About $2 Bills:
The relative scarcity of the $2 bill in everyday circulation has led to confusion at points of sale, as well as overreaction by merchants and even attempted prosecution of the individual trying to tender the bill.
In 2005, a man in Baltimore, Maryland, was jailed for attempting to use $2 bills that the store and local police incorrectly thought were counterfeit because of smeared ink on some of the bills.

In 2016, a 13-year-old girl in Texas was detained by police for attempting to use a $2 bill to pay for lunch in her school's cafeteria. The bill, a series 1953 red seal, while still legal tender, was old enough that the school's counterfeit pen would not work on it,[45] as the chemical properties of the paper used for United States currency prior to 1960 are such that a counterfeit pen is unable to prove whether or not the bill is genuine.

1917 2 Dollar Legal Tender Note - VG (Very Good) - Speelman/White - Bracelet Reverse - 1917 Horse Blanket Two Dollar Banknote - Fr.60