U.S.

Currency & Coins

Coins

One-cent Coin (Penny)

Who is on the obverse (front)? What is on the reverse (back)?

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President Lincoln Memorial

Five-Cent Coin (Nickel)

Who is on the obverse (front)? What is on the reverse (back)?

President Thomas Jefferson "Monticello," a large home that
Jefferson designed and built for
himself

Ten-Cent Coin (Dime)

Who is on the obverse (front)? What is on the reverse (back)?

President Franklin Roosevelt Torch, Olive Branch, Oak Branch
The 10-cent coin is the smallest, thinnest coin we use today.
 Twenty-five-Cent Coin (Quarter)

Who is on the obverse (front)? What is on the reverse (back)?

President George Washington Eagle

Fifty-Cent Coin (Half Dollar)

Who is on the obverse (front)? What is on the reverse (back)?

President John F. Kennedy Eagle from the presidential seal

One-Dollar Coin (Golden Dollar)

Who is on the obverse (front)? What is on the reverse (back)?

President George Washington The Statue of Liberty

Source: The United States Mint .I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site

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One Dollar Note

Who is on the front? What is on the back?

George Washington (1st U.S. The Great Seal of the United States
President)
Average Life Span: 21 months

Two Dollar Note

Who is on the front? What is on the back?

Thomas Jefferson (3rd U.S. The signing of the Declaration of
President) Independence

Five Dollar Note

Who is on the front? What is on the back? The Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (16th U.S. Memorial
President)
Average Life Span: 16 months

Ten Dollar Note

Who is on the front? What is on the back?

Alexander Hamilton (1st Secretary of U.S. Treasury Building
the Treasury)
Average Life Span: 18 months
 Twenty Dollar Note

Who is on the front? What is on the back?

Andrew Jackson (7th U.S. President) The White House
Average Life Span: 24 months

Fifty Dollar Note

Who is on the front? What is on the back?

Ulysses Grant (18th U.S. President) U.S. Capitol
Average Life Span: 55 months

One Hundred Dollar Note

Who is on the front? What is on the back?

Ben Franklin (Statesman) Independence Hall
Average Life Span: 89 months

Source: U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing