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29 paź 2024 · The faces on larger denominations that are out of circulation—the $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, and $100,000 bills—are also those of men who served as U.S. president and secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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5 cze 2023 · Traditionally, the government has put former presidents on currency — $10 Demand Notes issued in 1861 had President Abraham Lincoln's picture on them – but that's not always the case. In 1913, Congress created the Federal Reserve and began issuing Federal Reserve notes, which became standardized in 1929.
It also features one of two non-presidents on currently issued U.S. bills, the other being Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill.
20 lut 2023 · Founding father Alexander Hamilton is on the $10 bill Credit: Alamy. The ten-dollar bill currently has Hamilton’s face on it and has been that way since 1929. The first $10 Federal Reserve Note was created in 1914 with a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh US president. $20 BILL
Presidents appearing on U.S. currency are (in order of service): 1932, 1934–1998 Washington quarter (obverse). The reverse carried a heraldic eagle for all years except 1975 and 1976, which featured the dual date 1776–1976 on the obverse and special reverse design for the United States Bicentennial. 2021 50 State quarters (obverse).
13 lut 2023 · We have George Washington on the $1 bill, Thomas Jefferson on the $2 bill, Abraham Lincoln on the $5, Andrew Jackson on the $20, and Ulysses S. Grant on the $50. Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin were never presidents, but they are featured on the $10 and $100 bill, respectively.
So to set the record straight — no, you don't have to be a president to be on the face of United States money. Right now if you take a look at either a $10 or a $100 bill, you'll see the faces of Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. Neither ever served as president.
