United States Two Dollar Federal Reserve Note, Series 1976

The United States two-dollar Federal Reserve Note of Series 1976 is a small-size paper banknote produced by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing within the Department of the Treasury. Issued under the authority of the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, these notes are printed for the Federal Reserve Banks, which circulate them through member commercial banks. Each note carries the legal tender inscription stating that it is legal tender for all debts, public and private, and legally constitutes both a liability of the Federal Reserve Banks and an obligation of the United States government.

First authorised by Congress and introduced in 1862, the two-dollar denomination had been issued under various currency types before being restricted to United States Notes. In August 1966, the Treasury Department discontinued the denomination, citing low usage. Following a hiatus of nearly ten years, printing resumed in December 1975, and the two-dollar note was reissued in the spring of 1976 as a Federal Reserve Note to mark the bicentennial, remaining an active denomination thereafter.

The obverse of the note features a portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, accompanied by engraved signatures of the Treasurer of the United States and the Secretary of the Treasury. It also carries a green Treasury seal and markings denoting the specific Federal Reserve district. The reverse features an engraved vignette based on John Trumbull's painting Declaration of Independence, replacing the previous depiction of Monticello with a rendering of the drafting and signing of the declaration.