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):
All $2 (on back in the engraved version of Trumbull's Declaration of Independence painting)
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.
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.
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.
$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
5 Peso Series of 1916, and 1921 Philippine National Bank Circulating Note
5 Peso Series of 1937 Philippine National Bank Circulating Note (with Commonwealth Seal in red)
5 Peso Series of 1918 and 1924 Treasury Certificate (large portrait)
5 Peso Series of 1937 Philippine National Bank Circulating Note (with Commonwealth Seal in red)
5 Peso Series of 1929, 1936, 1941, and "Victory" Series No. 66 Treasury Certificate (with small portrait at left coincide with Admiral George Dewey, starting 1936 it had the seal of the Commonwealth in red and in the "Victory" Series No. 66 in blue)
Ronald Reagan
25 Piso 1982, silver coin, (portrait with President Marcos), KM#235
25 Piso 1986, silver coin, commemorating President Aquino's visit to Washington, KM#246
2500 Piso 1986, gold coin, commemorating President Aquino's visit to Washington, KM#247
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1 Peso 1936, silver coin, Establishment of Commonwealth (portrait with President Quezon), KM#177
George Washington
10 Peso Series of 1903 and 1912 Silver Certificate
10 Peso Series of 1916 and 1921 Philippine National Bank Circulating Note
5 Peso Series of 1937 Philippine National Bank Circulating Note (with Commonwealth Seal in red)
10 Peso Series of 1918 and 1924 Treasury Certificate (with small portrait similar to modern U.S. $1 bill)
10 Peso Series of 1929, 1936, 1941, and "Victory" Series No. 66 Treasury Certificate (with right-facing portrait similar to 1999 $5 commemorative gold coin, starting 1936 it had the seal of Commonwealth in red and in the "Victory" Series No. 66 in blue)
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.
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
1 Crown, 1994
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, (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
$5 2001, inaugural, shows profile with Dick Cheney
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
$5 2000
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
