Money: Faces on US Coins
| Denomination | Face on Coin |
|---|---|
| 10 cent dime | President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 25 cent quarter | President George Washington |
| 50 cent half dollar | President John F. Kennedy |
| $1 dollar | Lady Liberty |
Who are the faces on the dollar coins?
Presidential $1 Coins
- George Washington (1789-1797)
- John Adams (1797-1801)
- Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
- James Madison (1809-1817)
- James Monroe (1817-1825)
- John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
- Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
- Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
Who will be the first woman on a dollar?
Writer and poet Maya Angelou and astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, are the first women who will appear on a series of quarters to be issued by the U.S. Mint over the next four years.
Is there a dollar coin with a president on it?
About the Presidential $1 Coin Program. The United States Mint minted and issued four Presidential $1 Coins per year, each with a common reverse design featuring a striking rendition of the Statue of Liberty. The composition of the Presidential $1 Coins is identical to that of the Golden Dollar featuring Sacagawea and the Native American $1 Coins.
Who was the designer of the Golden Dollar?
The reverse side of the coin was designed by Thomas D. Rogers, Sr. and features a soaring American bald eagle. Although the dollar coin was minted as a “Golden Dollar,” it doesn’t actually contain any of the precious metal. It wasn’t until the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 that currency became standardized for the country’s economic stability.
Who was on the first US dollar coin?
Since then the dollar coin has been minted periodically with different versions of Liberty and other individuals on the obverse, including those of President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1971-1978), suffragist Susan B. Anthony (1979-1981, 1999), and Sacagawea in 2000.
Who is on the back of a silver dollar?
The Silver Dollar is also worth just what it says, one dollar. Its color is Silver. It has Dwight D. Eisenhower on the front, and the Bald Eagle with one Olive Branch on the back. What’s on each coin? Every coin has to be stamped with the exact amount of money it is worth.
