US CURRENCY - NICE EXPLANATION

US CURRENCY - EXPLANATION

US Coins and Currency

Value	Image	Obverse	Reverse
Coins
Penny 1¢		Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President	The Lincoln Memorial
Nickel 5¢		Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President	Monticello Jefferson's home
Dime 10¢		Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President	Olive Branch, Torch, Oak Branch.
Quarter 25¢		George Washington 1st U.S. President	American Bald Eagle
Half-Dollar 50¢		John F. Kennedy 35th U.S. President	The Presidential Seal
Silver Dollar $1		Susan B. Anthony	Apollo 11 Insignia, Eagle
Golden Dollar $1		Sacagawea	Soaring Eagle and 17 Stars
Currency
$1		George Washington 1st U.S. President	The Great Seal of the United States
$2		Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President	Signing of the Declaration of Independence -or- Monticello
$5		Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President	Lincoln Memorial
$10		Alexander Hamilton 1st U.S. Treasury Secretary	U.S. Treasury
$20		Andrew Jackson 7th U.S. President	The White House
$50		Ulysses S. Grant 18th U.S. President	U.S. Capitol
$100		Benjamin Franklin	Independence Hall
$500*		William McKinley 25th U.S. President	"Five Hundred Dollars"
$1,000*		Grover Cleveland 22nd/24th U.S. President	"One Thousand Dollars"
$5,000*		James Madison 4th U.S. President	"Five Thousand Dollars"
$10,000*		Salmon P. Chase  25th U.S. Treasury Secretary	"Ten Thousand Dollars"
$100,000*		Woodrow Wilson 28th U.S. President	"One Hundred Thousand Dollars"
* no longer in circulation

Money Facts

• Quarters, nickels, and dimes are currently made from nickel and copper.
• Pennies are currently made from copper plated zinc.
• Coins with ridges were originally made with precious metals. The ridges were used to easily detect people clipping or filing off these precious metals.
• A U.S. Quarter has 119 grooves on its circumference. A dime has 118 grooves.
• Lincoln faces to the right because the penny was an adaptation of a plaque.
• E Pluribus Unum means "Out of Many, One".
• On the back of a Roosevelt dime, the center torch signifies liberty. The oak branch to the right signifies strength and independence. The olive branch to the left signifies peace.
• On an American one dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.
• The law prohibits portraits of living persons from appearing on Government
  Securities.
• Currency paper is composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton.

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