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John Hanson (April 14 [O.S. April 3] 1721 – November 15, 1783) was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Maryland during the Revolutionary Era.In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress after serving in a variety of roles for the Patriot cause in Maryland.
4 John Hanson was Black: Fact or Fiction? 1 comment. 5 The 2 dollar bill picture of John Hanson. 1 comment. 6 African American ancestry myth. 2 comments.
5¢ and 25¢ first issue; Thomas Jefferson – Series of 1869 $2 bill. United States Note. $2 Series of 1869; $2 Series of 1874, 1875, 1878; $2 Series of 1880; $2 Series of 1917; $2 Series of 1928, A—G; $2 Series 1953, A—C; $2 Series 1963, A; Thomas Jefferson – Series of 1918 $2 bill. Federal Reserve Bank Note. $2 Series of 1918; Federal ...
The myth surrounding the first U.S. president confuses two historical figures named John Hanson, one Black and the other white. The John Hanson who was Black was a former slave from Maryland who ...
U.S. Currency Auctions estimates that uncirculated $2 bills from 1890 could sell for up to $4,500, and uncirculated bills from nearly every year between 1862 and 1917 for at least $1,000. The ...
Hanson also established Thanksgiving as the first official holiday in the U.S., according to Michael. "Thanksgiving, as an observance, had been recognized since the days of the pilgrims," Michael ...
The United States two-dollar bill (US$2) is a current denomination of United States currency. A portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States (1801–1809), is featured on the obverse of the note. The reverse features an engraving of John Trumbull's painting Declaration of Independence (c. 1818). [3]
Bills with red, brown and blue seals from 1862 through 1917 can be worth up to $1,000 or more on the U.S. Currency Auctions website, which bases the value on recent and past paper currency auctions.