Which Presidents Are on Which Coins?

Dollar Coin

• The dollar coin is not a hugely common coin for daily use. The presidential dollar comes in four types, each with a different president imprinted on it. The four presidents used are Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, and James Garfield. Johnson was the 17th president of the U.S., Grant was the 18th, Hayes was the 19th, and Garfield was the 20th. For a few years in the early 1970s, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the nation's 34th president, was also on the dollar coin.

Half Dollar

• The half dollar is not a common coin. The president represented on this coin is John F. Kennedy, who was the 35th U.S. president and the youngest man to be elected to the post. The design on the other side of the coin depicts the presidential seal, surrounded by a circle of 50 stars.

Quarter

• The circulating quarter bears the likeness of the nation's first president, George Washington. The quarter is commonly circulated and minted and as such has numerous designs imprinted on its reverse side. A range of 56 different quarters was released in 2010 depicting scenes from sites of importance in the U.S.

Dime

• The circulating dime since 1946 has borne the likeness of the 32nd president, Franklin D. Roosevelt. The coin was first minted soon after his death when the treasury received letters from citizens requesting he be placed on a coin. The reverse of the coin depicts a torch of liberty, an olive branch and an oak branch.

Nickel

• The circulating nickel bears the likeness of the country's third president, Thomas Jefferson. He was placed on the coin from 1938 onwards, replacing an image of a buffalo. Coins minted since 2006 show Jefferson based on a Rembrandt Peale painting from 1800. The reverse of the coin depicts Jefferson's country home, Monticello.

Penny

• The circulating penny bears the likeness of the nation's 16th president, Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was president throughout the American Civil War and was assassinated in April 1865. The reverse of the penny depicts a union shield over which is draped a scroll reading "one cent."