List of presidents of the United States on currency

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George Washington and Calvin Coolidge on the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence commemorative half dollar Sesquicentennial american independence half dollar commemorative obverse.jpg
George Washington and Calvin Coolidge on the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence commemorative half dollar

Several presidents of the United States have appeared on currency. The president of the United States has appeared on official banknotes, coins for circulation, and commemorative coins in the United States, the Confederate States of America, the Philippine Islands, the Commonwealth of the Philippines and around the world.

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United States

Note: Series dates listed for United States paper money represents a specific issue or set of issues. Different series may represent minor or major design changes, or no design change (series listed on the same line). Only a variety of a president's portrait used on paper money is noted next to the series date.

Twenty-three U.S. presidents have appeared on U.S. coin and paper currency (As of March 2017). By law (31 U.S.C.   § 5114), "only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency". The Secretary of the Treasury usually determines which people and which of their portraits appear on the nation's currency, however legislation passed by Congress can also determine currency design. [1] Presidents appearing on U.S. currency are (in order of service):

George Washington

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Washington on America the Beautiful state quarters obverse

Early coinage

  • 1783, 1792 Washington piece
  • 1783, 1791, 1792, 1795 Washington cent
  • Washington double-head cent
  • 1791 Washington Liverpool halfpenny
  • 1792 Washington Getz pattern piece
  • 1793, 1795 Washington halfpenny
  • 1795 Washington halfpenny, grate token
  • 1795 Washington North Wales halfpenny
  • Success Medal
Five cents
Quarter dollars
Dollar coins

Commemorative coins

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1999 Washington $5 commemorative gold coin

Banknotes

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George Washington – 25¢ Fractional Currency
  • Fractional currency
    • 10¢ and 50¢ first issues
    • 5¢, 10¢, 25¢, and 50¢ second issue
    • 3¢, and 10¢ third issue
    • 25¢ fourth issue
  • United States Note
    • $1 Series of 1869
    • $1 Series of 1874, 1875 A—E, 1878
    • $1 Series of 1880
    • $1 Series of 1917
    • $1 Series of 1923
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George Washington – Series of 1928 $1 bill
  • Silver certificate
    • $1 Series of 1896 "Educational Series" (portrait on back)
    • $1 Series of 1923
    • $1 Series of 1928
    • $1 Series of 1934, A—E
    • $1 Series 1935, A—H
    • $1 Series 1957, A—B
    • $2 Series of 1899
    • National Banknotes
  • $5 Series of 1882

Blue seal Washington on reverse

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George Washington – Series of 1905 $20 bill
  • Gold Certificate
    • $20 Series of 1905 (with reversed left-facing instead of right-facing portrait)
    • $20 Series of 1906 (with reversed left-facing instead of right-facing portrait)
    • $20 Series of 1922 (with reversed left-facing instead of right-facing portrait)
  • Federal Reserve Bank Note
    • $1 Series of 1918
  • Federal Reserve Note
    • All $1 Federal Reserve Notes since Series 1963

John Adams

Coin for circulation

Banknotes

Thomas Jefferson

Coins for circulation

Five cents
  • 1938–1942, 1946–2003 (copper-nickel) nickel with Monticello on the reverse
  • 1942–1945 (35% silver) nickel; wartime composition. The mint mark for these types are located above the Monticello. It helps distinguish between the 1942 types.
  • 2004 nickel Westward Journey Series
  • 2005 nickel Westward Journey Series
    • American bison (similar to pre-Jefferson buffalo nickel reverse)
    • "Ocean in view! O! The Joy!" (quote by William Clark)
  • 2006—present nickel "Return to Monticello" with a forward-facing Jefferson and the Monticello returns on the reverse.
Quarter dollar
Dollar
  • 2007 Dollar (obverse), 3rd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2007.

Commemorative coins

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Jefferson on 5 cent fractional postage note

Banknotes

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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
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Thomas Jefferson – Series of 1918 $2 bill

James Madison

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James Madison $5 commemorative gold coin

Coin for circulation

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

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James Madison – Series of 1934 $5000 bill

James Monroe

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coin

John Quincy Adams

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coin

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John Quincy Adams – Series of 1869 $500 bill

Banknotes

Andrew Jackson

Coins for circulation

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Andrew Jackson  Series of 1907 $5 bill
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Andrew Jackson  1882 $10,000 bill
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Andrew Jackson  Series of 1929 $20 bill

Banknotes

Martin Van Buren

Coins for circulation

William H. Harrison

Coins for circulation

John Tyler

Coins for circulation

James K. Polk

Coins for circulation

Zachary Taylor

Coins for circulation

Millard Fillmore

Coins for circulation

Franklin Pierce

Coins for circulation

James Buchanan

Coins for circulation

Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln on U.S. one cent

Coins for circulation

One cent
Quarter dollar
Dollar
  • 2010 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2010.

Commemorative coins

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Abraham Lincoln commemorative half dollar

Banknotes

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Abraham Lincoln – 50¢ Fractional currency
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Abraham Lincoln – Series of 1880 $100 bill
  • United States Note
    • $5 Series of 1928, A—F
    • $5 Series 1953, A—C
    • $5 Series 1963
    • $10 Act of 1862 and 1863
    • $100 Series of 1869
    • $100 Series of 1875, 1878
    • $100 Series of 1880
  • Gold Certificate
    • $500 Series of 1882
    • $500 Series of 1922
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Abraham Lincoln – Series of 1923 $5 bill
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Abraham Lincoln – Series 2003 $5 bill
  • Federal Reserve Note
    • $5 Series of 1914
    • All small size $5 Federal Reserve Notes
      • Series of 1928—Series 1995
      • Series 1996—2003A (with redesigned enlarged portrait)

Andrew Johnson

Coins for circulation

Ulysses S. Grant

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Grant commemorative dollar coin

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

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Ulysses S. Grant – Series of 1886 $5 bill

Rutherford B. Hayes

Coins for circulation

James A. Garfield

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James A. Garfield - $5 National Bank Note

Coins for circulation

Banknotes

Chester A. Arthur

Coins for circulation

Grover Cleveland

Coins for circulation

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$1000 Gold Certificate (1934) depicting Grover Cleveland

Banknotes

Benjamin Harrison

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Benjamin Harrison - $5 National Bank Note

Coins for circulation

Banknotes

William McKinley

Commemorative coins

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William McKinley - $10 National Bank Note

Banknotes

Coins for circulation

Theodore Roosevelt

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Mount Rushmore commemorative half dollar

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

William Howard Taft

Coins for circulation

Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson - $100,000 bill

Banknotes

Coins for circulation

Warren G. Harding

Coins for circulation

Calvin Coolidge

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Coolidge with Washington on commemorative half dollar

Commemorative coin

Herbert Hoover

Commemorative coin

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The standard American dime has featured Franklin Roosevelt since 1946.

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

Harry S. Truman

Coins for circulation

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Eisenhower dollar

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

John F. Kennedy

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Kennedy half dollar

Coins for circulation

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon Johnson dollar, as first issued in 2015

Coins for circulation

Richard Nixon

Coins for circulation

Gerald Ford

Coins for circulation

Ronald Reagan

Coins for circulation

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Ronald Reagan dollar, as first issued in 2016

George H. W. Bush

Coins for circulation

Presidential dollar coin series

Confederate States of America

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1861 $1,000 CSA banknote depicting Calhoun and Jackson

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

State issues [9]

Philippine Islands, Commonwealth of the Philippines, Republic of the Philippines

William McKinley

Ronald Reagan

Franklin D. Roosevelt

George Washington

U.S. presidential appearances on other coins and currency around the world

The Bahamas

In 1991, a 12-coin silver five-dollar series was issued in the Bahamas commemorating the 500th anniversary of European discovery of the Americas. Three of those coins showed images of U.S. presidents, with the coat of arms of the Bahamas on the obverse side.

Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Theodore Roosevelt

Cook Islands

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

Cuba

Abraham Lincoln

Isle of Man

Dwight D. Eisenhower

George Washington

Eleven presidents on one coin

Liberia

These are all commemoratives issued in Liberia featuring images of U.S. presidents with a Liberian arms symbol on the obverse side;

George H. W. Bush

George W. Bush

Bill Clinton

Dwight D. Eisenhower

William H. Harrison

John F. Kennedy

Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

Marshall Islands

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Niue

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Paraguay

John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

Turks and Caicos Islands

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Franklin D. Roosevelt

George Washington

United Arab Emirates

Al-Fujairah Richard Nixon

Ras al-Khaimah Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sharjah John F. Kennedy

Western Samoa

Franklin D. Roosevelt1981 series, sitting in wheelchair

See also

References

  1. "Currency and the US Presidents". Santa Monica, California: ProCon.org.
  2. "U.S. Mint Announces New Quarter Dollar Reverse Design | U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  3. "Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared". Politico .
  4. "About - U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  5. CoinNews.net (February 6, 2009). "Lincoln Penny Images for New 2009 Circulating Cents".
  6. CoinNews.net (January 26, 2009). "2009 Lincoln Silver Dollar Images Released by US Mint".
  7. "The United States Mint". Archived from the original on June 6, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  8. "Stamps, Currency, and Coins of the Confederate States of America". Archived from the original on February 3, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
  9. "Rebelstatescurrency.com".

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