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Individual portraits of 53 people central to the history of the United States are depicted on the country's banknotes [1] [nb 1] including presidents, cabinet members, members of Congress, Founding Fathers, jurists, and military leaders.
By law (31 U.S.C. § 5114), "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. [1]
The United States ten-dollar bill (US$10) is a denomination of U.S. currency.The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, two renditions of the torch of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and the words "We the People" from the original engrossed preamble of the United States Constitution.
The $5 bill also has a shorter lifespan than the $1 bill, coming in at 5.5 years, whereas the $20 and $50 bills start to trend upward at 7.9 years and 8.5 years, respectively.
The United States two-dollar bill (US$2) is a current denomination of United States currency. A portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States (1801–1809), is featured on the obverse of the note. The reverse features an engraving of John Trumbull's painting Declaration of Independence (c. 1818). [3]
Here are five discontinued American bills, or currency denominations, that are no longer in circulation: $500 Bill A few versions of the $500 bill were printed over the years and was last printed ...
Although they remain legal tender in the United States, high-denomination bills were last printed on December 27, 1945, and were officially discontinued on July 14, 1969, by the Federal Reserve System [10] because of "lack of use". [11] The lower production $5,000 and $10,000 notes had effectively disappeared well before then. [nb 1]
Among valuable bills that are still in circulation, the 1950 $100 bill is the most commonly used today. It features a detailed portrait of Benjamin Franklin. USA 1928 $500 Bill: $1,500