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People on Modern U.S. Paper Money
The following is a list of who appears on modern U.S. currency printed after the redesign in 1928.
$1 George Washington
(1st U.S. President 1789-1797)
$2 Thomas Jefferson
(3rd U.S. President 1801-1809)
$5 Abraham Lincoln
(16th U.S. President 1861-1865)
$10 Alexander Hamilton
(1st Secretary of the Treasury, 1789 -1795)
$20 Andrew Jackson
(7th U.S. President 1829-1837)
$50 Ulysses Grant
(18th U.S. President 1869 - 1877)
$100 Ben Franklin
(Statesman, from about 1748 – 1788)
The following notes are no longer in production, nor do they actively circulate:
$500 William McKinley
(25th U.S. President 1897-1901)
$1000 Grover Cleveland
(22nd & 24th U.S. President 1885-1889 & 1893-1897)
$5000 James Madison
(4th U.S. President 1809-1817)
$10,000 Salmon Chase
(U.S. Treasury Secretary under Lincoln 1861-1864)
The $10,000 banknote is the largest denomination ever issued for use in public circulation.
$100,000 Woodrow Wilson (28th U.S. President 1913-1921)
The $100,000 banknote was not released to the public, and was only used in fiscal transactions between
the 12 Federal Reserve Banks. This is the largest denomination banknote ever printed by the United States.
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