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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.
The first series of Federally-issued United States banknotes was authorized by Congressional acts on 17 July 1861 (12 Stat. 259) and 5 August 1861 (12 Stat. 313). While the Demand Notes were issued from the United States Treasury, they were engraved and printed elsewhere. In 1861, in fact until the mid-1870s, the Treasury Department lacked the ...
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 ]
President of the Republic of Guatemala (1921–1926); responsible for the introduction of the quetzal as Guatemala's national currency 1 quetzal Obverse 1972 (paper), 2006 (polymer) Justo Rufino Barrios: 1835–1885 President of Guatemala (1873–1885) 5 quetzales Obverse 1969 (paper), 2011 (polymer) Miguel García Granados: 1809–1878
It was a large-size US bank note measuring 7.125 in (181.0 mm) x 3.125 in (79.4 mm). [1] The central portrait on the obverse includes a man holding an ax; also pictured are a woman, a child and a dog. To the left of center on the obverse, is a portrait of former US president Andrew Jackson. The top of the obverse features the words "UNITED ...
Since 1971, Federal Reserves Notes have been the only banknotes of the United States dollar that have been issued. But at some points in the past, the United States had multiple different types of banknotes, such as United States Notes (1862–1971), Interest bearing notes (1863-1865), and Gold certificates (1865–1934).
The Series of 1928 was the first issue of small-size currency printed and released by the U.S. government.These notes, first released to the public on July 10, 1929, were the first standardized notes in terms of design and characteristics, featuring similar portraits and other facets. [1]
The content of each album varies and may contain one or more of the following: portraits of presidents, [22] cabinet members, [21] founding fathers, government officials, [25] and Civil War generals; [23] vignettes and allegories found on various issues of US paper currency [24] and other government securities; and engravings of significant and ...