WEEK #293 - Happy Holidays!

[Moon]

QUESTION:

 

What date was the 1976 $2 FRN's issued?

What made this issue date unique?

 

 

 

Good Luck!

 

Our first place winner will receive a coupon for 1 note graded under the Standard grading tier. (You must have an active account with PMG, call PMG for details) There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player with the correct answer.

 

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details.

 

When you post your answer, only the administrators can see it . Stop back this Wednesday (due to Holiday). We will make all the posts visible and announce the winners.

 

[jtryka]

April 13, 1976, it was Thos. Jefferson's birthday.

[bsshog40]

It was April 13th and I believe they were unique beccause they had a Green Seal instead of a Red one.

[Muleman]

April 11th 1976

[Muleman]

Apr. 13th, jeffersons Bday .

[MunkyMan95]

April 13th, 1976.

 

First $2 FRN.

 

200th anniversary of the declaration of independence or something...

 

[rrantique]

Issuance date April 13th 1976.

 

On April 13, 1776, General George Washington, named commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

 

 

[jackson64]

in 1975....it was released before the actual date on the bill

[dan8402]

Issued on April 13, 1976, It is Thomas Jefferson's birthday.

[BankNote1]

1976 - design change in the $2 also all the other $2's that were issued before were U.S. notes(Legal Tenders).

[BigBob]

Issue date:April 13,1976

Uniqueness of date: Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 (new style date due to change from Julian Calandar to Gregorian calendar under the British Calendar (New Style) Act 1750).

 

[rons]

July 4th and it introduced a new reverse for the $2 bill. Changing from the Monticello to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

[just-john]

n 1976, the Treasury Department reintroduced the $2 bill as a cost-saving measure.[2] As part of the United States Bicentennial celebration, the note was redesigned and issued as a Federal Reserve Note. The obverse featured the same portrait of Jefferson, a green instead of red seal and serial numbers, and an engraved rendition of John Trumbull's The Declaration of Independence on the reverse. First day issues of the new bicentennial $2 bills could be taken to a post office and stamped with the date "APR 13 1976". In all, 590,720,000 notes from Series 1976 were printed.

[DC Dawg]

April 13, 1976. It was the 233rd birthday of Thomas Jefferson, whose vignette appeared on the obverse of the FRN.

 

Scott

[Tom Elias]

1976, The signing of Declaration of Independence

[Tom Elias]

Sorry, I hopethis isn't dumb but, 1975 (to correct my prev post) --to celebrate/honor the 200th Anniversery of signing of Declaration of Independence?

[Admiral Mike-migration]

Issue date was July 4, 1976. Most people will say what made this unique was the Bicentennial, and while that was true, I think that you are looking for the fact that date, and the note was issued on a Sunday, for the first time.

[mhardin2413]

july 4, 1976. it's a federal holiday, so it's the only thing the feds ever released on that day.

[Moon]

QUESTION:

 

What date was the 1976 $2 FRN's issued?

What made this issue date unique?

 

ANSWER:

 

April 13th 1976

It was the first time that the US Postal service could postmark the note with the first day of issue. A stamp needed to be affixed.

 

Congratulations to our 1st place winner just-john! You will receive a coupon for 1 free standard grading.

 

No Runner-up this week.

 

Thanks for playing this weeks Numisma-Quest. Dont forget to stop by for this weeks NGC question!

 

[DC Dawg]

This issuing of a postmark is not what makes the issue date unique. It was issued on Jefferson's birthday. What the US Postal Service did was incidental to the release and not something that anyone in the Department of the Treasury coordinated.

 

Scott