1775 United States 2 Dollar Note Value
The United States 2 Dollar Note is a collectible note from 1775, catalogued here from 12 documented examples with its full design description and specifications. Value depends on condition, rarity and collector demand rather than metal content.
Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.
1775 United States 2 Dollar Note specifications
- Series
- United States Paper Money
- Denomination
- United States 2 Dollar Note
- Year
- 1775
- Material
- Paper
1775 United States 2 Dollar Note inscriptions & design
Obverse
Colony of NEW-YORK / THIS BILL shall pass current \ in all Payments in this COLONY, \ for TWO SPANISH MILLED \ DOLLARS, or the Value thereof \ in Gold or Silver Currency; accord- \ ing to the Resolution of the Pro- \ vincial CONGRESS of New-York, on \ the second Day of September, 1775. / TWO DOLLARS [x3] / SIGIL • CIV \ NOV • EBOR
Seal of New York City
Reverse
TWO \ DOLLARS [x5] / New York / NEW-YORK CURRENCY. / NEW-YORK: \ Printed by JOHN HOLD, in the Year 1775 / SALUTARIS SIBI PARENTIBUSQUE
Pair of storks
Measured 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note specimens
12 physically measured 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note examples in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the g, mm minting standard.
| Specimen | Weight | Diameter | Die axis | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #1 | - | - | 12 h | Friedberg.NY-178 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #2 | - | - | 12 h | Friedberg.MD-86 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #3 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-2 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #4 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-2 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #5 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-12 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #6 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-12 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #7 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-12 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #8 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-12 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #9 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-12 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #10 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-12 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #11 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-12 |
| 1775 United States 2 Dollar Note #12 | - | - | 3 h | Friedberg.CC-12 |
Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.