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| Emittent | United States Treasury |
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| Jahr | 1953 |
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| Größe | 156 × 67 mm |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Engraved entirely in green intaglio, the reverse centres on an oval vignette of Monticello, Jefferson's Virginia estate, rendered with precise architectural detail and enclosed within foliate guilloche work. Bold denomination numerals "2" appear at both left and right within scrollwork panels, with the country name arcing across the upper field in a serif banner. The caption MONTICELLO is set in a cartouche immediately below the central vignette. |
| Rückseitenlegende | TWO DOLLARS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2 TWO MONTICELLO TWO DOLLARS |
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| Anmerkungen |
By 1953, the $2 United States Note was already an anachronism — Legal Tender Notes had been functionally obsolete since the Federal Reserve system matured, but Congress had never formally abolished them. The Treasury kept printing small runs largely out of institutional inertia. Public resistance to the denomination was well established; circulation was poor, and most examples were pulled from exchange immediately by collectors or superstitious recipients who considered the bill unlucky.
The 1953C series, signed by Granahan and Dillon, was the last before the 1963 redesign added the "IN GOD WE TRUST" motto. All three 1953 subseries are moderately common, though the 1953B is the scarcest of the three by print run.