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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.
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 [update] ). 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):
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State issues [9]
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
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Washington
Eleven presidents on one coin
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
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Al-Fujairah Richard Nixon
Ras al-Khaimah Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sharjah John F. Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt1981 series, sitting in wheelchair