List of presidents of the United States on currency explained

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 . By law, "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

Five cents
Quarter dollars
Dollar coins

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

Blue sealWashington on reverse

John Adams

Coin for circulation

Banknotes

Thomas Jefferson

Coins for circulation

Five cents
Quarter dollar
Dollar

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

James Madison

Coin for circulation

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

James Monroe

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coin

John Quincy Adams

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coin

Banknotes

Andrew Jackson

Coins for circulation

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

Coins for circulation

One cent
Quarter dollar
Dollar

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

Andrew Johnson

Coins for circulation

Ulysses S. Grant

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

Rutherford B. Hayes

Coins for circulation

James A. Garfield

Coins for circulation

Banknotes

Chester A. Arthur

Coins for circulation

Grover Cleveland

Coins for circulation

Banknotes

Benjamin Harrison

Coins for circulation

Banknotes

William McKinley

Commemorative coins

Banknotes

Coins for circulation

Theodore Roosevelt

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

William Howard Taft

Coins for circulation

Woodrow Wilson

Banknotes

Coins for circulation

Warren G. Harding

Coins for circulation

Calvin Coolidge

Commemorative coin

Herbert Hoover

Commemorative coin

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

Harry S. Truman

Coins for circulation

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Coins for circulation

Commemorative coins

John F. Kennedy

Coins for circulation

Lyndon B. Johnson

Coins for circulation

Richard Nixon

Coins for circulation

Gerald Ford

Coins for circulation

Ronald Reagan

Coins for circulation

George H. W. Bush

Coins for circulation

Presidential dollar coin series

See main article: Presidential dollar coins.

Andrew Jackson

George Washington

State issues [9]

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-FujairahRichard Nixon

Ras al-KhaimahDwight D. Eisenhower

SharjahJohn F. Kennedy

Western Samoa

Franklin D. Roosevelt1981 series, sitting in wheelchair

See also

References

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Currency and the US Presidents. ProCon.org. Santa Monica, California.
  2. Web site: U.S. Mint Announces New Quarter Dollar Reverse Design U.S. Mint. 2021-01-08. www.usmint.gov.
  3. Web site: Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared.
  4. Web site: About - U.S. Mint. www.usmint.gov. 7 April 2018.
  5. Web site: Lincoln Penny Images for New 2009 Circulating Cents. CoinNews.net. 6 February 2009.
  6. Web site: 2009 Lincoln Silver Dollar Images Released by US Mint. CoinNews.net. 26 January 2009.
  7. Web site: The United States Mint.
  8. Web site: Stamps, Currency, and Coins of the Confederate States of America.
  9. Web site: Rebelstatescurrency.com.