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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

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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

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Five cents
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Quarter dollars
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Dollar coins
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Commemorative coins

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1999 Washington $5 commemorative gold coin

Banknotes

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George Washington – 25¢ Fractional Currency
George Washington – Series of 1928 $1 bill

Blue seal Washington on reverse

George Washington – Series of 1905 $20 bill

John Adams

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Coin for circulation

Banknotes

Thomas Jefferson

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Coins for circulation

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Five cents
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Quarter dollar
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Dollar
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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
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

James Madison – Series of 1934 $5000 bill

James Monroe

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Coins for circulation

Commemorative coin

John Quincy Adams

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Coins for circulation

Commemorative coin

John Quincy Adams – Series of 1869 $500 bill

Banknotes

Andrew Jackson

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Coins for circulation

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

Banknotes

Martin Van Buren

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Coins for circulation

William H. Harrison

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Coins for circulation

John Tyler

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Coins for circulation

James K. Polk

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Coins for circulation

Zachary Taylor

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Coins for circulation

Millard Fillmore

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Coins for circulation

Franklin Pierce

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Coins for circulation

James Buchanan

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Coins for circulation

Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln on U.S. one cent

Coins for circulation

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One cent
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Quarter dollar
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Dollar
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Commemorative coins

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Abraham Lincoln commemorative half dollar

Banknotes

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Abraham Lincoln – 50¢ Fractional currency
Abraham Lincoln – Series of 1880 $100 bill
Abraham Lincoln – Series of 1923 $5 bill
Abraham Lincoln – Series 2003 $5 bill

Andrew Johnson

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Coins for circulation

Ulysses S. Grant

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Grant commemorative dollar coin

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

Ulysses S. Grant – Series of 1886 $5 bill

Rutherford B. Hayes

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Coins for circulation

James A. Garfield

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James A. Garfield - $5 National Bank Note

Coins for circulation

Banknotes

Chester A. Arthur

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Coins for circulation

Grover Cleveland

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Coins for circulation

$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

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Commemorative coins

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

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Coins for circulation

Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson - $100,000 bill

Banknotes

Coins for circulation

Warren G. Harding

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Coins for circulation

Calvin Coolidge

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Coolidge with Washington on commemorative half dollar

Commemorative coin

Herbert Hoover

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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

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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

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Coins for circulation

Gerald Ford

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Coins for circulation

Ronald Reagan

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Coins for circulation

George H. W. Bush

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Coins for circulation

Presidential dollar coin series

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Confederate States of America

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1861 $1,000 CSA banknote depicting Calhoun and Jackson

Andrew Jackson

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George Washington

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State issues [9]

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

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William McKinley

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Ronald Reagan

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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George Washington

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

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The Bahamas

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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

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Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

Cuba

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Abraham Lincoln

Isle of Man

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

George Washington

Eleven presidents on one coin

Liberia

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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

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Niue

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Paraguay

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John F. Kennedy

Abraham Lincoln

Turks and Caicos Islands

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Franklin D. Roosevelt

George Washington

United Arab Emirates

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Al-Fujairah Richard Nixon

Ras al-Khaimah Dwight D. Eisenhower

Sharjah John F. Kennedy

Western Samoa

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Franklin D. Roosevelt 1981 series, sitting in wheelchair

See also

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References

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  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 2021-01-08.
  3. ^ "Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared".
  4. ^ "About - U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ^ CoinNews.net (6 February 2009). "Lincoln Penny Images for New 2009 Circulating Cents".
  6. ^ CoinNews.net (26 January 2009). "2009 Lincoln Silver Dollar Images Released by US Mint".
  7. ^ "The United States Mint".
  8. ^ "Stamps, Currency, and Coins of the Confederate States of America".
  9. ^ "Rebelstatescurrency.com".

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