Penny
1¢
Lincoln
16th U.S. President
The
Lincoln Memorial
Nickel
5¢
Jefferson
3rd U.S. President
Monticello
Jefferson’s home
Dime
10¢
Delano Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
Olive
Branch,
Torch,
Oak Branch.
Quarter
25¢
Washington
1st U.S. President
American
Bald Eagle
Half-Dollar
50¢
F. Kennedy
35th U.S. President
The
Presidential Seal
Silver
Dollar
$1
B. Anthony
Apollo
11 Insignia, Eagle
Golden
Dollar
$1
Soaring
Eagle and 17 Stars
$1
Washington
1st U.S. President
The
Great Seal of the United States
$2
Jefferson
3rd U.S. President
Signing
of the Declaration of Independence
-or-
Monticello
$5
Lincoln
16th U.S. President
Lincoln
Memorial
$10
Hamilton
1st U.S. Treasury Secretary
U.S.
Treasury
$20
Jackson
7th U.S. President
The
White House
$50
S. Grant
18th U.S. President
U.S.
Capitol
$100
Franklin
Independence
Hall
$500*
McKinley
25th U.S. President
“Five
Hundred Dollars”
$1,000*
Cleveland
22nd/24th U.S. President
“One
Thousand Dollars”
$5,000*
Madison
4th U.S. President
“Five
Thousand Dollars”
$10,000*
P. Chase
25th U.S. Treasury Secretary
“Ten
Thousand Dollars”
$100,000*
Wilson
28th U.S. President
“One
Hundred Thousand Dollars”
Quarters, nickels, and dimes are currently made from nickel and copper.
Pennies are currently made from copper plated zinc.
Coins with ridges were originally made with precious metals. The ridges were used to easily detect people clipping or filing off these precious metals.
A U.S. Quarter has 119 grooves on its circumference. A dime has 118 grooves.
Lincoln faces to the right because the penny was an adaptation of a plaque.
E Pluribus Unum means “Out of Many, One”.
On the back of a Roosevelt dime, the center torch signifies liberty. The oak branch to the right signifies strength and independence. The olive branch to the left signifies peace.
On an American one dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the “1” encased in the “shield” and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
The law prohibits portraits of living persons from appearing on Government
Securities.
Currency paper is composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton.
