Several presidents of the United States have appeared on currency. 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.

United States

Note: Series dates listed for United States paper money represents a specific issue or set of issues. Different series may represent minor or major design changes, or no design change (series listed on the same line). Only a variety of a president's portrait used on paper money is noted next to the series date.

List of presidents of the United States on currency

Twenty-three U.S. presidents have appeared on U.S. coin and paper currency (). By law (), "only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency". The Secretary of the Treasury usually determines which people and which of their portraits appear on the nation's currency, however legislation passed by Congress can also determine currency design. Presidents appearing on U.S. currency are (in order of service):

List of presidents of the United States on currency

George Washington

Early coinage

1783, 1792 Washington piece

1783, 1791, 1792, 1795 Washington cent

Washington double-head cent

1791 Washington Liverpool halfpenny

1792 Washington Getz pattern piece

1793, 1795 Washington halfpenny

1795 Washington halfpenny, grate token

1795 Washington North Wales halfpenny

Success Medal

Five cents

1866, 1909, and 1910 Washington nickel pattern pieces

Quarter dollars

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. 1999–2008 50 State quarters Series (obverse) 1999 New Jersey state quarter (reverse) (Washington Crossing the Delaware) 2006 South Dakota state quarter (reverse) (Mount Rushmore) 2009 District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters 2010–present America the Beautiful quarters 2013 South Dakota ATB quarter (reverse) (Mount Rushmore) 2021 50 State quarters (obverse). Washington Crossing the Delaware River

List of presidents of the United States on currency

Dollar coins

2007 Presidential dollar coin (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2007.

Commemorative coins

1900 commemorative silver Lafayette dollar

1926 commemorative half dollar – 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence 1982 commemorative half dollar – 250th anniversary of Washington's birth 1991 Mount Rushmore commemorative series Half dollar Silver dollar $5 gold piece 1999 $5 gold commemorative piece – 200th anniversary of Washington's death; an alternate design not chosen for the 1932 Washington quarter 2008 $10 Gold Coin, First Spouse Program, Dolley Madison, (reverse)

Banknotes

Compound Interest Treasury Note

$100 (with a vignette of George Washington standing) $500 Interest Bearing Note $1000

Fractional currency

10¢ and 50¢ first issues

5¢, 10¢, 25¢, and 50¢ second issue

3¢, and 10¢ third issue

25¢ fourth issue

United States Note

$1 Series of 1869

$1 Series of 1874, 1875 A—E, 1878

$1 Series of 1880

$1 Series of 1917

$1 Series of 1923

Silver certificate

$1 Series of 1896 "Educational Series" (portrait on back) $1 Series of 1923 $1 Series of 1928 $1 Series of 1934, A—E $1 Series 1935, A—H $1 Series 1957, A—B $2 Series of 1899 National Banknotes $5 Series of 1882 Blue seal Washington on reverse

Gold Certificate

$20 Series of 1905 (with reversed left-facing instead of right-facing portrait) $20 Series of 1906 (with reversed left-facing instead of right-facing portrait) $20 Series of 1922 (with reversed left-facing instead of right-facing portrait) Federal Reserve Bank Note $1 Series of 1918 Federal Reserve Note All $1 Federal Reserve Notes since Series 1963

John Adams

Coin for circulation

2007 Dollar (obverse), 2nd of four U.S. presidents issued in 2007.

Banknotes

National Bank Notes

All $100 first charter period (on back in the engraved version of the painting Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull Federal Reserve Notes All $2 (on back in the engraved version of Trumbull's Declaration of Independence painting)