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The portraits used on U. S. currency have changed over time. Portraits of former presidents of the United States typically adorn U. S. currency, although there are a few exceptions. The current notes are:
$1 George Washington 1st president (1789-1797) no party
$2 Thomas Jefferson 3rd president (1801-1809) Democratic-Republican
$5 Abraham Lincoln 16th president (1861-1865) Republican
$10 Alexander Hamilton *
$20 Andrew Jackson 7th president (1829-1837) Democratic
$50 U. S. Grant 18th president (1869-1877) Republican
$100 Benjamin Franklin **
U.S. currency denominations in excess of $100 were last printed in 1945 and were officially discontinued in 1969, though they remain legal tender.
$500 William McKinley 25th president (1897-1901) Republican
$1,000 Grover Cleveland 24th president (1893-1897) Democratic
$5,000 James Madison 4th president (1809-1817) Democratic-Republican
$10,000 Salmon P. Chase ***
$100,000 Woodrow Wilson 28th president (1913-1921) Democratic
People depicted on U.S. currency who were not U. S. Presidents:
* Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) was one of the founding fathers of the United States. First Secretary of the Treasury (1789-1795) Hamilton was a noted economist, and political philosopher and served as Aide-de-camp to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. He was a leader of nationalist forces calling for a new Constitution and was one of America's first lawyers, Hamilton was the primary author of the Federalist Papers.
** Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was a noted author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, soldier, and diplomat. Franklin was U. S. ambassador to both France and Sweden and President of Pennsylvania (1785-1788).
*** Salmon P. Chase was a U.S. Senator (1849-1855), Governor of Ohio (1856-1860), Secretary of the Treasury (1861-1864) and Chief Justice (1864-1873) and is regarded as being responsible for the current U.S. bank note system. Chase National Bank, later Chase Manhattan and currently J.P. Morgan Chase bank was named after him, though he had no interest in it.
The U.S Dollar is composed of pictures of presidents, famous people, people of famous significance . According to law, coins and paper currency are not allowed to have living peoples faces and is not legal tender if you come across one. It is often times kept as souvenirs and novelties to enjoy and not as legal tender.
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Whose picture is on US 2 dollar currency note?
President Thomas Jefferson.
Whose picture is on the fifty dollar bill us currency?
President Ulysses S. Grant.
Where is the US stock of gold and silver bullion stored What is the value of these assets Whose signature appears on US currency What is the largest denomination bill issued today?
fort knox
Whose picture was on the twenty dollar bill?
A portrait of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States, appears on the US $20 bill.
US government printed 2 dollar bill whose picture appears on it?
Thomas Jefferson on the back of the 2 dollor bill is the signing of the Declaration of the Independent
Lincoln's picture is on what us currency?
the penny and $5 bill
Whose picture is on the front of the 50 dollar bill?
A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States, appears on the front of the US $50 bill.
Whose picture is on the US dollar?
George Washington
Is Abraham Lincolns picture on the us coin?
Abraham Lincoln's picture appears on the US one cent piece (penny). His picture also appears on the US $5 bill. His likeness is also carved on the Mount Rushmore Monument in South Dakota.
Whose picture face is on a us quarter?
George Washington
Whose picture is on the US fifty dollar bill?
The US $50 bill shows a picture of President Ulysses S. Grant.
Whose face was on the US currency and was not a president?
Benjamin Franklin on the 100 dollar bill.
