answers: Thomas Jefferson
context: bill's low use and unpopularity as the reason for not immediately resuming use of the denomination. In 1976, production of the two-dollar denomination was resumed and the two-dollar bill was finally assigned as a Federal Reserve Note, with a new reverse design featuring John Trumbull's depiction of the drafting of the United States Declaration of Independence replacing the previous design of Monticello. It has remained a current denomination since that time. It was estimated that if the two-dollar bill replaced approximately half of the one-dollar bills in circulation, the federal government would be able to save about $26 million in </s> by a man in elegant dress who is presumed to be John Pell. Arranged in arcs around the periphery and separated by asterisks are the legends "NEW•ROCHELLE•NEW•YORK" and "SETTLED• 1688•INCORPORATED•1899". The artist’s initials "GKL" appear to the right of the calf’s forelegs. The design is historically significant for it was Pell, the Lord of Pelham Manor, who sold 6,000 acres of land to French Huguenot settlers for New Rochelle in 1688. One of the conditions was that Jacob Leisler, the man commissioned to handle the transaction for the settlers, would give to Pell and his heirs "one fatte calfe" on </s> to win prizes. "( 7.4218 × 3.125 in ≅ 189 × 79 mm)" In March 1862, the first $2 bill was issued as a Legal Tender Note (United States Note) with a portrait of Alexander Hamilton; the portrait of Hamilton used was a profile view and is unlike the portrait used currently for the $10 bill. By 1869, the $2 United States Note was redesigned with the now-familiar portrait of Thomas Jefferson to the left and a vignette of the United States Capitol in the center of the obverse. This note also featured green tinting on the top and left
question: who 's picture is on the two dollar bill