Feb 6, 2024 · Abraham Lincoln appears on the penny, Thomas Jefferson is on the nickel, Franklin D. Roosevelt is featured on the dime, George Washington adorns the quarter-dollar, and John F. Kennedy is honored on the half-dollar. Ever wonder how certain presidents ended up being featured on American coins?

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.

Here are the presidents and faces on all the common U.S coins: Image source: Wikipedia. Who Decides the Faces On Every U.S. Bill? As the U.S. paper dollar bill has been around for centuries, many people have wondered who decides the faces on every U.S. bill.

In 2006, all five of the coins produced by the United States Mint for general circulation carried the image of an American President on their obverse. Read on, and discover that it wasn’t always this way…

Oct 29, 2024 · Learn about historical figures including U.S. presidents on money, who decides which faces appear on bills, and how people make the cut.

5 days ago · To mark the occasion, the Philadelphia Mint issued a half dollar featuring Calvin Coolidge and George Washington on the obverse. What makes this even more remarkable is that Coolidge was not only alive but was also serving as President at the time, making him the only sitting president ever to appear on U.S. currency.

Oct 2, 2024 · The United States Mint honors our nation’s presidents by issuing $1 coins featuring their images in the order that they served. The program began in 2007 with Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison.

Today, federal law prohibits any living man or woman from appearing on United States coins. In fact, a President of the United States must be deceased for two years before they can appear on the new Presidential Dollars Series.

Jan 25, 2022 · Until 1909, the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, a (dead) president was first featured on U.S. coinage. The Lincoln Cent was intended to be a special commemorative, but it proved so popular that it endures to this day.

Presidents on Standard Coins. Many coins used in the United States have pictures of former presidents on their faces. Five former US presidents are found on standard coins. The Penny: Abraham Lincoln. In 1909, Abraham Lincoln was added to the front of the penny, the one-cent coin. The first pennies with Lincoln on them came out a hundred years ...