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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.
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[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):
George Washington
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
1999 Washington $5 commemorative gold coin
Banknotes
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
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
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
- Federal Reserve Note
- All $1 Federal Reserve Notes since Series 1963
John Adams
Coin for circulation
- 2007 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2007.
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
Jefferson on 5 cent fractional postage note
Banknotes
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
James Madison
James Madison $5 commemorative gold coin
Coin for circulation
- 2007 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2007.
Commemorative coins
- 1993 Bill of Rights commemorative coin series
- Half dollar
- Silver dollar
- $5 gold piece
- $500000 gold ingot
Banknotes
James Madison – Series of 1934 $5000 bill
- United States Note
- $5000 1878 (no series date)
- Gold Certificate
- $5000 Series of 1870 and 1875
- $5000 1882 [DEPARTMENT SERIES]
- $5000 Series of 1888
- $5000 Series of 1882
- $5000 Series of 1928
- Federal Reserve Note
- $5000 Series of 1914
- All $5000 small size Federal Reserve Notes
James Monroe
Coins for circulation
- 2008 Dollar (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2008.
Commemorative coin
John Quincy Adams
Coins for circulation
- 2008 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2008.
Commemorative coin
John Quincy Adams – Series of 1869 $500 bill
Banknotes
Andrew Jackson
Coins for circulation
- 2008 Dollar (obverse), (released August 14, 2008) 3rd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2008.
Andrew Jackson – Series of 1907 $5 bill
Andrew Jackson – 1882 $10,000 bill
Andrew Jackson – Series of 1929 $20 bill
Banknotes
- United States Note
- $5 Series of 1869
- $5 Series of 1875, 1878
- $5 Series of 1880
- $5 Series of 1907
- $10 Series of 1923
- $10,000 1878 (no series date)
- Gold Certificate
- $20 Series of 1928
- $10,000 Series of 1870 and 1875
- $10,000 1882 [DEPARTMENT SERIES]
- $10,000 Series of 1888
- $10,000 Series of 1900
- Federal Reserve Bank Note
- $10 Series of 1915
- $10 Series of 1918
- $20 Series of 1929
- National Bank Note
- Federal Reserve Note
- $10 Series of 1914
- All $20 small size Federal Reserve Notes
- Series of 1928–1995
- Series 1996–2003 (with redesigned enlarged portrait)
- Series 2004–2006 (with redesigned enlarged portrait)
- Series 2020 (moved to backside, Harriet Tubman on frontside)[3]
Martin Van Buren
Coins for circulation
- 2008 Dollar (obverse), (released November 13, 2008) 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2008.
William H. Harrison
Coins for circulation
- 2009 Dollar (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2009.
John Tyler
Coins for circulation
- 2009 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents to be issued in 2009.
James K. Polk
Coins for circulation
- 2009 Dollar (obverse), (released on August 20, 2009) 3rd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2009.
Zachary Taylor
Coins for circulation
- 2009 Dollar (obverse), (released November 19, 2009) 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2009.
Millard Fillmore
Coins for circulation
- 2010 Dollar (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2010.
Franklin Pierce
Coins for circulation
- 2010 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2010.
James Buchanan
Coins for circulation
- 2010 Dollar (obverse), 3rd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2010.
Abraham Lincoln
Coins for circulation
One cent
Quarter dollar
Dollar
- 2010 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2010.
Commemorative coins
Abraham Lincoln commemorative half dollar
- 1918 commemorative half dollar – Illinois 100th statehood anniversary
- 1991 Mount Rushmore commemorative coin series
- Half dollar
- Silver dollar
- $5 gold piece
- 2009 Silver dollar commemorating Lincoln's 200th anniversary of birth (Gettysburg Address) [6]
Banknotes
Abraham Lincoln – 50¢ Fractional currency
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
Abraham Lincoln – Series of 1923 $5 bill
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
- 2011 Dollar (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2011.
Ulysses S. Grant
Grant commemorative dollar coin
Coins for circulation
- 2011 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2011.
Commemorative coins
- 1922 commemorative half dollar – 100th anniversary of Grant's birth
- 1922 commemorative gold dollar – 100th anniversary of Grant's birth
Banknotes
Ulysses S. Grant – Series of 1886 $5 bill
- Silver certificate
- $1 Series of 1899 (with small left-facing instead of right-facing portrait)
- $5 1886 DEPARTMENT SERIES
- $5 Series of 1891
- $5 Series of 1896 "Educational Series" (portrait on back)
- Gold Certificate
- $50 Series of 1913
- $50 Series of 1922
- Federal Reserve Bank Note
- $50 Series of 1918 issued only by the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
- $50 Series of 1929
- National Bank Note
- Federal Reserve Note
- $50 Series of 1914
- All $50 small size Federal Reserve Notes
- Series of 1928—Series 1995
- Series 1996–2003 (with redesigned larger portrait)
- Series 2004A (with redesigned larger portrait)
Rutherford B. Hayes
Coins for circulation
- 2011 Dollar (obverse), 3rd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2011.
James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield - $5 National Bank Note
Coins for circulation
- 2011 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2011.
Banknotes
Chester A. Arthur
Coins for circulation
- 2012 Dollar (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2012.
Grover Cleveland
Coins for circulation
- 2012 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2012.
- 2012 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2012.
Banknotes
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison - $5 National Bank Note
Coins for circulation
- 2012 Dollar (obverse), 3rd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2012.
Banknotes
William McKinley
Commemorative coins
- 1903 commemorative gold dollar – issued for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
- 1916 and 1917 commemorative dollar – commemorate McKinley's death
William McKinley - $10 National Bank Note
Banknotes
Coins for circulation
- 2013 Dollar (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2013.
Theodore Roosevelt
Mount Rushmore commemorative half dollar
Coins for circulation
- 2006 South Dakota state quarter (Mount Rushmore)
- 2013 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2013.
- 2016 Quarter Dollar (reverse), 4th of five America's National Park Commemorative Quarters to be issued later in the year.
Commemorative coins
- 1991 Mount Rushmore commemorative coin series
- Half dollar
- Silver dollar
- $5 gold piece
William Howard Taft
Coins for circulation
- 2013 Dollar (obverse), 3rd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2013.
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson - $100,000 bill
Banknotes
Coins for circulation
- 2013 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2013.
Warren G. Harding
Coins for circulation
- 2014 Dollar (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2014.
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge with Washington on commemorative half dollar
Commemorative coin
- 1926 commemorative half dollar – 150th anniversary of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence
- 2014 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2014.
Herbert Hoover
Commemorative coin
- 2014 Dollar (obverse), 3rd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2014.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Coins for circulation
- 1946–1964 (90% silver) dime
- 1965–present (copper-nickel) dime
Commemorative coins
$5 Franklin D. Roosevelt commemorative gold coin
- 1997 $5 gold commemorative coin
- 2014 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2014.
Harry S. Truman
Coins for circulation
- 2015 Dollar (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2015.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coins for circulation
- 1971–1978 Eisenhower Dollar coin. The reverse only changed in 1975 and 1976 when the double dated coins showing 1776–1976 were minted to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial.
- 2015 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2015.
Commemorative coins
John F. Kennedy
Coins for circulation
- 1964 (90% silver) half dollar (silver proofs from 1992–present also have this composition)
- 1965–1970 half dollar (40% silver)
- 1971–present half dollar (copper-nickel) The reverse only changed in 1975 and 1976 when the double dated coins showing 1776–1976 were minted to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial.
- 2015 Dollar (obverse), 3rd of four U.S. presidents, issued in 2015.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Coins for circulation
- 2015 Dollar (obverse), 4th of four U.S. presidents issued in 2015.
Richard Nixon
Coins for circulation
- 2016 Dollar (obverse), 1st of three U.S. presidents issued in 2016.
Gerald Ford
Coins for circulation
- 2016 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of three U.S. presidents issued in 2016.
Ronald Reagan
Coins for circulation
- 2016 Dollar (obverse), 3rd of three U.S. presidents issued in 2016.
George H. W. Bush
Coins for circulation
1861 $1,000 CSA banknote depicting Calhoun and Jackson
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
- $50 1861 (Washington at left, and allegories at right and center)
- $50 July 25, 1861, 1862 (Washington at center and allegory at left)
- $100 July 25, 1861, 1862
State issues [9]
- $1 Louisiana, 1864
- $2 Tallahassee, Florida, 1861
- $3 Tallahassee, Florida, 1861
- $5 Treasury Warrant note for military service, Texas, 1862
- $20 Virginia, 1861
- $100 Virginia, 1862
- $1,000 Confederate States of America note is one of 607 issued and features images of John C. Calhoun on the left and Andrew Jackson on the right. Almost all of the Montgomery issued notes were signed by hand by Alex B. Clitherall, Register, and E.C. Elmore, Treasurer,1861
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
- $5 1991, silver, with Abolition of Slavery KM#145
Theodore Roosevelt
Cook Islands
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Cuba
Abraham Lincoln
- 1 Peso, 1993 1 peso, copper, commemorative, shows U.S.A (lower 48) and broken chains in background, Cuban shield on obverse. km#509
Isle of Man
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Washington
- 1 Crown, 1976 copper-nickel (KM#37) and a silver (KM#37a) commemorative, Bicentenary of American Independence, with Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.
- In 1989, a four coin 1 crown set was issued in both copper-nickel and silver featuring the Bicentenary of George Washington's Presidential Inauguration.
- 1 Crown, with James Monroe holding the flag – Washington Crossing the Delaware 1776
- copper-nickel KM#246, silver KM#246a
- 1 Crown, (large portrait)
- copper-nickel KM#247, silver KM#247a
- 1 Crown, (small portrait surrounded by a wreath containing eight stars and an eagle)
- copper-nickel KM#248, silver KM#248a
- 1 Crown, taking the oath of office
- copper-nickel KM#249, silver KM#249a
Eleven presidents on one coin
- 1987, 4 coin proof set, commemorating the Bicentenary of America's Constitution features the Statue of Liberty surrounded by these U.S. presidents in clockwise order; Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, George Washington, James Monroe, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan
- 1/2 Crown, gold, KM187
- 1 Crown, copper-nickel, KM#176
- 5 Crown, silver, 65.1 mm (3 in), KM#177
- 10 Crowns, silver, 75 mm (3 in), KM#188
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
- 1989 inaugural series
- $10 silver KM#57
- $250 gold KM#58
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
- 1993 inaugural series
- $5 silver KM#67
- $10 silver KM#68
- $50 silver KM#69
- $100 silver KM#70
- $250 gold KM#71
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- $10 1994, silver (25th anniversary of his death) KM#157
William H. Harrison
John F. Kennedy
- 1988 series 25th anniversary of death
- $10 silver KM#54
- $250 gold KM#52
- 1993 series 30th anniversary of death
- $5 silver, KM#103
- $10 silver, KM#104
- $250 gold, KM#105
- $10 1999, silver In Memory of John F. Kennedy, Jr., conjoined busts similar to U.S. half dollar KM#424
Richard Nixon
- 1996 series with Chairman Mao Zedong
- $1 copper-nickel, KM#255
- $5 silver, KM#261
- $10 silver, KM#262
Ronald Reagan
- 1998 series with Abraham Lincoln statue
- $1 copper-nickel, KM#386
- $10 silver, KM#387
- $100 gold, KM#388
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1995 portrait series
- $1 copper-nickel, KM#141
- $10 silver, KM#146
- $100 gold, KM#151
- 1995 series, Cairo Conference, includes Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek
- $1 copper-nickel, KM#164
- $10 silver, KM#165
- $100 gold, KM#166
Harry S Truman
- 1995 series
- $1 copper-nickel, KM#143
- $10 silver, KM#148
- $100 gold, KM#153
Marshall Islands
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1990 series, saluting in uniform
- $5 copper-nickel, KM#38
- $50 silver, KM#39
John F. Kennedy
- $50 1995, silver, taking oath of office, KM#275
Niue
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1990 series, in uniform
- $5 copper-nickel, KM#29
- $50 silver, KM#30
- $200 gold, KM#45
John F. Kennedy
- 1988 series, "Ich bin ein Berliner" quote
- $5 copper-nickel, KM#17
- $50 silver, KM#18
- $100 silver, KM#19
- $250 gold, KM#20
- $25 1994 (KM#79), 1997 (4 types, KM#82, 96, 97, 98), gold, taking oath of office
- $50 1993, gold, Apollo, KM#65
- $50 1993, gold, KM#66
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1990 series "A date which will live in infamy" quote
- $5 copper-nickel, KM#35
- $50 silver, KM#36
- $200 gold, KM#52
Paraguay
John F. Kennedy
- 1500 Guaranies, 1974, gold, KM#126
- 3000 Guaranies, 1974, gold, KM#138
- 4500 Guaranies, 1974, gold, KM#146
Abraham Lincoln
- 3000 Guaranies, 1974, gold, KM#131
Turks and Caicos Islands
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 5 Crowns, 1994, copper-nickel, 50th Anniversary – Normandy Landing, KM#176
Franklin Roosevelt
George Washington
- 1976 series, facing King George III – U.S. Bicentennial
- 20 Crowns, silver, KM#13
- 50 Crowns, gold, KM#15
United Arab Emirates
Al-Fujairah
Richard Nixon
- 2 Riyals, 1969 (AH1388), 1970 (AH1389), silver, KM#2
- 25 Riyals, 1969 (AH1388), 1970 (AH1389), gold, KM#7
Ras al-Khaimah
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 10 Riyals, 1970, silver, memorial, KM#31
Sharjah
John F. Kennedy
- 5 Rupees, 1965, silver, memorial, KM#1
Western Samoa
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1981 series, sitting in wheelchair
- 1 Tala, copper-nickel, KM#47
- 10 Tala, silver, KM#48
- 100 Tala, gold, KM#49