Last Of The Horse Blanket Currency Notes

This 1917 $2 Jefferson Legal Tender Currency Note is not only the second two-dollar bill in history, it's also the last of the large-sized currency notes, big "horse blanket" sized notes that are 40% larger than the notes issued today. First issued during the Civil War as a way for the U.S. government to pay its debts, Legal Tender Notes circulated in America in the early 20th century.

Jefferson, The Capitol, And A Bracelet

The intricate engraving, the bold red seal, and serial number create a fantastic image–you can't stop studying it! Its gorgeous design shows a portrait of Jefferson alongside an old vignette of the Capitol building as it appeared in the days before the United States entered the battlefields of the First World War. It's almost fitting that this would mark the end of the large-sized notes, as the first notes ever issued by the United States appeared during the Civil War as a way for the government to pay its debts. The reverse features a prominent fancy "2" surrounded by a "bracelet" of seals–a detail that has led many collectors to refer to it as the "bracelet note."

 Crisp Uncirculated condition