Snow adds his John Hancock.Woodrow Wilson is on the $100,000 bill. Bills of $500 or more have not been printed since 1945.) Hundred thousand dollars - Woodrow Wilson, 28th president, 1913-1921. Chase, secretary of the Treasury, 1861-1864. Thousand dollars - Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president, 97.įive thousand dollars - James Madison, fourth president, 1809-1817. Hundred dollars - Ben Franklin, inventor, printer, patriot.įive hundred dollars - William McKinley, 25th president, 1897-1901. Twenty dollars - Andrew Jackson, seventh president, 1829-1837.įifty dollars - Ulysses S. Ten dollars - Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the Treasury, 1789-1795. One dollar ("golden dollar") - Sacagawea, Shoshone Indian guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, 1804-1806. Anthony, women's rights leader in the 1800s. Twenty-five cents (quarter) - George Washington, first president, 1789-1797.įifty cents (half-dollar) - John F. One cent (penny) - Abraham Lincoln, 16th president, 1861-1865.įive cents (nickel) - Thomas Jefferson, third president, 1801-1809.
Monticello supporters in Virginia are trying to make sure the change is only temporary. Now Congress is considering changing that to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase (the purchase of 828,000 square miles from France that doubled the size of the United States) and the Lewis and Clark expedition. The Jefferson nickel has a picture of Jefferson's home at Monticello, Virginia. But the George Washington quarter has recently been used to commemorate the individual states in the order they joined the United States. The reverse of the Lincoln penny is the Lincoln Memorial. The other side of the money, the "tails" side of the coin, is interesting too. Kennedy on the half-dollar in 1964, after he was assassinated in November 1963. For example, Congress voted to put President John F. Chase?Ĭoins, on the other hand, have been used to honor specific people. Recognition doesn't matter so much now and that's a good thing. If you enjoy this printable, please remember to rate it :).
"When we were a country just getting started with a lot of people who didn't speak English, it was thought that pictures of prominent statesman would help people recognize the bills." Heres a handy chart with the pictures, names and values of the most commonly used US coins. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which prints paper money. "We don't really know why anyone is there," said Claudia Dickens of the U.S. The exceptions are Ben Franklin ($100 bill), Alexander Hamilton ($10 bill) and Salmon P. Most of the people pictured on bills now in circulation are former presidents of the United States. treasury (the secretary of the Treasury) decides whose pictures will be on paper money. Who are the people on coins and dollar bills and why were they placed there?
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