Which denomination did the U.S. Treasury reintroduce as a Federal Reserve Note on April 13, 1976?

The U.S. Treasury reintroduced the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on April 13, 1976.

The date was Thomas Jefferson’s 233rd birthday, and the reissue formed part of the United States Bicentennial program. Jefferson’s portrait appears on the front of the note, while the reverse depicts John Trumbull’s painting Declaration of Independence.

The two-dollar denomination had previously appeared as a United States Note and other forms of currency. The 1976 issue was the first Federal Reserve Note version of the denomination.

The bill remains legal tender, although it is less common in everyday circulation than one-dollar or five-dollar notes. Its Bicentennial connection comes from the reverse artwork and the timing of the reintroduction, not from a special anniversary denomination.