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2 Dollars gold plated
| Issuer | United States |
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| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | TWO DOLLARS THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WASHINGTON D.C. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TWO DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | Gold-plated reverse reproduces the vignette of John Trumbull's painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, rendered across the full width of the note. Scroll banners at lower centre bear the inscriptions IN GOD WE TRUST and DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1776. The legend 24K GOLD appears below the note border. |
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This is not a genuine banknote. The United States has never issued a $2 denomination in gold or gold-plated form through any official federal authority. What's described here is a novelty item — typically a standard Federal Reserve Note chemically plated after the fact by a private company and marketed as a collectible. These circulate heavily in the gift and souvenir trade and carry no numismatic premium beyond the underlying note itself.
The plating process has no bearing on collector value and in most cases reduces it, since the coating alters the paper's surface and technically constitutes alteration of U.S. currency.