What Presidents Are on United States Currency?

One Dollar

• The face of George Washington, the first U.S. president, is on the front of the $1 bill, while the Great Seal of the United States appears on the back.

Two Dollars

• The Bureau of Engraving still makes $2 bills, although it produces relatively few of them. Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president, appears on the front, and a vignette of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is on the back.

Five Dollars

• The front of the $5 bill bears the image of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president, while the Lincoln Memorial appears on the back.

Twenty Dollars

• The front of the $20 bill features the face of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president, and the White House graces the back.

Fifty Dollars

• Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th U.S. president, appears on the front of the $50 bill, while the U.S. Capitol is on the back.

Other Denominations

• Two figures from U.S. history who were not presidents appear on the country's currency. Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Treasury secretary, is on the front of the $10 bill, and statesman Benjamin Franklin appears on the $100 bill.