A portrait of Jefferson on the left and the blue Treasury seal on the right. At center from top to bottom: Signatures of the Treasury Register and Treasurer, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the signatures of that bank`s Cashier and Governor. Serial numbers are located at the bottom left (adjacent to the Cashier`s signature) and upper right (adjacent to the Treasury seal).
Reverse description
A vignette of the New York-class battleship USS New York
Signature(s)
Houston Benge Teehee, John Burke, William S. Elliott,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
TWO NATIONAL CURRENCY TWO
SECURED BY UNITED STATES CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS OR UNITED
STATES ONE-YEAR GOLD NOTES, DEPOSITED WITH THE TREASURER OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SERIES OF 1918
THE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF
(Federal Reserve Bank)
(Federal Reserve State)
WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND
TWO DOLLARS
MAY 18, 1914
AUTHORIZED BY THE ACTS OF DECEMBER 23, 1913, AND APRIL 23, 1918
TWO FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTE TWO
Reverse lettering
NATIONAL CURRENCY
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK NOTE
TWO DOLLARS
THIS NOTE IS RECEIVABLE AT PAR IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN
PAYMENT OF ALL TAXES AND EXCISES AND ALL OTHER DUES TO THE UNITED
STATES EXCEPT DUTIES ON IMPORTS AND ALSO FOR ALL SALARIES AND OTHER
DEBTS AND DEMANDS OWING BY THE UNITED STATES TO INDIVIDUALS
CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT
INTEREST ON PUBLIC DEBT
