Life in Pictures
- The Faces of Currency -
Portraits have always been an important element in American currency. In 1929, United States currency was standardized to include portraits on the bills' front sides.
This is an index of the portraits on U.S. Currency and the notes they are pictured on.
Click on the name for more information of the person.
Links are of the notes in my collection.
Current Figures
George Washington - 1st President of the U.S.
| $0.10 | Fractional Currency | First Issue | |
| $0.50 | Fractional Currency | First Issue | |
| $0.05 | Fractional Currency | Second Issue | |
| $0.10 | Fractional Currency | Second Issue | |
| $0.25 | Fractional Currency | Second Issue | |
| $0.50 | Fractional Currency | Second Issue | |
| $0.03 | Fractional Currency | Third Issue | |
| $0.10 | Fractional Currency | Third Issue | |
| $0.25 | Fractional Currency | Fourth Issue | |
| $100 | Compound Interest | 1864/65 | |
| $100 | Interest Bearing | 1864/65 | |
| $500 | Interest Bearing | 1864/65 | |
| $20 | Gold Certificate | 1905/22 | |
| $1 | Legal Tender | 1869/1917 | |
| $1 | Legal Tender | 1923 | |
| $1 | Legal Tender | 1928 | |
| $1 | Silver Certificate (reverse) | 1896 | |
| $2 | Silver Certificate | 1899 | |
| $1 | Silver Certificate | 1923 | |
| $1 | Silver Certificate | 1928/57 | |
| $1 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1918 | |
| $1 | Federal Reserve Note | 1963 | |
| $1 | Emergency Note (Hawaii) | 1935 | |
| $1 | Emergency Note (Africa) | 1935 |
Martha Washington - 1st Lady of the U.S.
| $1 | Silver Certificate | 1886/91 | |
| $1 | Silver Certificate (reverse) | 1896 |
Thomas Jefferson - 3rd President of the U.S.
| $0.05 | Fractional Currency | First Issue | |
| $0.25 | Fractional Currency | First Issue | |
| $2 | Legal Tender | 1869/1917 | |
| $2 | Legal Tender | 1928/63 | |
| $2 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1918 | |
| $2 | Federal Reserve Note | 1976/current |
Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the U.S.
| $0.50 | Fractional Currency | Fourth Issue | |
| $10 | Demand Note | 1861 | |
| $20 | Compound Interest | 1864/65 | |
| $20 | Interest Bearing | 1864/65 | |
| $10 | Legal Tender | 1862/63 | |
| $100 | Legal Tender | 1869/80 | |
| $5 | Legal Tender | 1928/63 | |
| $500 | Gold Note | 1882 | |
| $5 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1915/18 | |
| $5 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1929 | |
| $5 | Federal Reserve Note | 1914 | |
| $50 | Federal Reserve Note | 1914 | |
| $5 | Federal Reserve Note | 1928/current | |
| $1 | Silver Certificate | 1899 | |
| $5 | Silver Certificate | 1923 | |
| $5 | Silver Certificate | 1934/53 | |
| $5 | National Bank Note | 1929 | |
| $5 | Emergency Note (Hawaii) | 1934 | |
| $5 | Emergency Note (Africa) | 1934 |
Alexander Hamilton - 1st Secretary of the Treasury
| $5 | Demand Note | 1861 | |
| $50 | Compound Interest | 1864 | |
| $50 | Interest Bearing | 1864/65 | |
| $500 | Interest Bearing | 1864/65 | |
| $1,000 | Gold Note | 1882 | |
| $1,000 | Gold Note | 1907/22 | |
| $10 | Gold Note | 1928 | |
| $10 | Silver Certificate | 1933/53 | |
| $2 | Legal Tender | 1862 | |
| $5 | Legal Tender | 1862/63 | |
| $50 | Legal Tender | 1862/63 | |
| $20 | Legal Tender | 1869/80 | |
| $10 | National Bank Note | 1929 | |
| $10 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1929 | |
| $10 | Emergency Note (Hawaii) | 1934 | |
| $10 | Emergency Note (Africa) | 1934 | |
| $10 | Federal Reserve Note | 1928/current | |
| $1,000 | Federal Reserve Note | 1918 |
Andrew Jackson - 7th President of the U.S.
| $5 | Legal Tender | 1869/1907 | |
| $10 | Legal Tender | 1923 | |
| $10,000 | Legal Tender | 1878 | |
| $10,000 | Gold Note | 1882/1900 | |
| $20 | Gold Note | 1928 | |
| $20 | National Bank Note | 1929 | |
| $20 | Emergency Note (Hawaii) | 1934 | |
| $10 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1915/18 | |
| $20 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1929 | |
| $10 | Federal Reserve Note | 1914 | |
| $10 | Federal Reserve Note | 1928/current |
Ulysses Grant - 18th President of the U.S.
| $0.15 | Fractional Currency | Third Issue | |
| $50 | Gold Note | 1923/22 | |
| $50 | Gold Note | 1928 | |
| $5 | Silver Certificate | 1886/91 | |
| $5 | Silver Certificate (Reverse) | 1896 | |
| $1 | Silver Certificate | 1899 | |
| $50 | National Bank Note | 1929 | |
| $50 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1918 | |
| $50 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1929 | |
| $50 | Federal Reserve Note | 1914 | |
| $50 | Federal Reserve Note | 1928/current |
Benjamin Franklin - Drafter of the Declaration of Independence
| $10 | Refunding Certificate | 1879 | |
| $100 | Gold Note | 1928 | |
| $100 | Legal Tender | 1874/80 | |
| $100 | Legal Tender | 1966 | |
| $100 | National Bank Note | 1929 | |
| $100 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1929 | |
| $100 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1914 | |
| $100 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1928/current |
Presidents of the United States
James Madison - 4th President of the U.S.
| $5,000 | Legal Tender | 1878 | |
| $5,000 | Gold Note | 1918 | |
| $5,000 | Federal Reserve Note | 1918 | |
| $5,000 | Federal Reserve Note | 1928/34 |
James Monroe - 5th President of the U.S.
| $100 | Silver Certificate | 1878/91 |
John Quincy Adams - 6th President of the U.S.
| $500 | Legal Tender | 1869 |
James Garfield - 20th President of the U.S.
| $20 | Gold Note | 1882 | |
| $5 | National Bank Note 2nd Charter | 1882/1902 |
Grover Cleveland - 22st President of the U.S.
| $20 | Federal Reserve Bank | 1915/18 | |
| $20 | Federal Reserve Note | 1914 | |
| $20 | Federal Reserve Note | 1928/34 |
Benjamin Harrison - 23rd President of the U.S.
| $5 | National Bank Note 3rd Charter | 1902/1922 |
William McKinley - 25th President of the U.S.
| $10 | National Bank Note 3rd Charter | 1902/1922 | |
| $500 | Federal Reserve Note | 1914 |
Woodrow Wilson - 28th President of the U.S.
| $100,000 | Silver Certificate | 1928/34 |
Important Figures 
in alphabetical order by last name
| $500 | Gold Note | 1875/1922 |
Salmon Chase - 25th Secretary of the Treasury
| $10 | Compound Interest | 1864 | |
| $10 | Interest Bearing | 1864/65 | |
| $1,000 | Interest Bearing | 1864/65 | |
| $1 | Legal Tender | 1862 | |
| $10,000 | Federal Reserve Note | 1918 | |
| $10,000 | Federal Reserve Note | 1928/34 |
Spencer Clark - Superintendent of the National Currency Bureau
| $0.05 | Fractional Currency | Third Issue |
William Clark - Lewis and Clark Expedition
| $10 | Legal Tender | 1901 |
Henry Clay - 9th Secretary of State
| $50 | Legal Tender | 1869 |
| $1,000 | Legal Tender | 1869/1880 |
William Crawford - Secretary of the War & Treasury Departments
| $0.50 | Fractional Currency | Fifth Issue |
Stephen Decatur - Naval Captain in War of 1812
| $20 | Silver Certificate | 1878/1880 |
Samuel Dexter - Secretary of the War & Treasury Departments
| $0.50 | Fractional Currency | Fourth Issue |
Edward Everett - 20th Secretary of State
| $50 | Silver Certificate | 1878/1891 |
William Fessenden - 26th Secretary of the Treasury
| $0.25 | Fractional Currency | Third Issue |
| $2 | Silver Certificate (reverse) | 1896 |
Albert Gallatin - 4th Secretary of the Treasury
| $500 | Legal Tender | 1862/63 |
David Glasgow - Admiral in U.S. Navy
| $100 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 |
Winfield Hancock - Civil War General
| $100 | Interest Bearing | 1884/85 | |
| $2 | Silver Certificate) | 1886 |
Thomas Hendricks - 21st Vice President of the U.S.
| $10 | Silver Certificate) | 1886/1908 |
Michael Hillegas - 1st Treasurer of the U.S.
| $10 | Gold Note | 1907/22 |
John Knox - Deputy Comptroller of Currency
| $100 | National Bank Note 3rd Charter | 1902/22 |
Meriwether Lewis - Lewis and Clark Expedition
| $10 | Legal Tender | 1901 |
Daniel Manning - Secretary of the Treasury
| $20 | Silver Certificate | 1886/91 |
Joseph Mansfield - Cival War Major General
| $500 | Legal Tender | 1874/80 |
William Marcy - Secretary of War & Secretary of State
| $1,000 | Silver Certificate | 1878/91 |
John Marshall - 4th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
| $20 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 | |
| $500 | Federal Reserve Note | 1918 |
Hugh McCulloch - 27th & 36th Secretary of the Treasury
| $20 | National Bank Note 3rd Charter | 1902/1922 |
James McPherson - Union Army General
| $2 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 |
| $1,000 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 |
William Meredith - 19th Secretary of the Treasury
| $0.10 | Fractional Currency | Fifth Issue |
Robert Morris - Signer of the Declaration of Independence
| $10 | Silver Certificate | 1878/80 | |
| $10 | Legal Tender | 1862/63 |
| $2 | Silver Certificate (reverse) | 1896 |
William Seward - 24th Secretary of State
| $50 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 |
Philip Sheridan - Union Army Commander in Chief
| $10 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 | |
| $5 | Silver Certificate (reverse) | 1896 |
John Sherman - Secretary of the Treasury and State
| $50 | National Bank Note 3rd Charter | 1902/22 |
William Sherman - Cival War General
| $0.15 | Fractional Currency | Third Issue | |
| $500 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 |
Francis Spinner - Treasurer of the United States
| $0.50 | Fractional Currency | Third Issue |
Edwin Stanton - 27th Secretary of War
| $0.50 | Fractional Currency | Fourth Issue | |
| $1 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 |
| $500 | Silver Certificate | 1878/80 |
Ta-to-ka-in-yan-ka - Sioux Indian Chief (a.k.a. Running Antelope)
| $5 | Silver Certificate) | 1899 |
George Thomas - Union Army General
| $5 | Treasury Coin Note | 1890/91 |
Robert Walker - 18th Secretary of the Treasury
| $0.25 | Fractional Currency | Fifth Issue |
Daniel Webster - 14th & 19th Secretary of State
| $10 | Legal Tender | 1869/1880 |
William Windom - 33rd & 39th Secretary of the Treasury
| $1 | Silver Certificate) | 1899 |
| $50 | Gold Note | 1882 |