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President of the United States: 13 Vice President: 2 Speaker of the House: 1 President pro tem: 1 Secretary of State: 11 Secretary of the Treasury: 8 Secretary of War: 3 Attorney General: 1 United States Senate: 20 United States House: 17 State Senate: 6 State House: 11 Governor: 15 Delegate, Continental Congress: 7 Signer, Declaration of ...
United States two-dollar bill from the series of 1928, by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing United States one-dollar bill from the series of 1928 , by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Ten-dollar silver certificate from the series of 1934-A , by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
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 ]
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).
This is a list of people on the banknotes of different countries. The customary design of banknotes in most countries is a portrait of a notable citizen (living and/or deceased) on the front (or obverse ) or on the back (or reverse ) of the banknotes, unless the subject is featured on both sides.
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 ...
These initial bills were referred to as “large-size legal tender bills.” Today, one of these can fetch a price of more than $75,000, according to a high-grade 2018 example sold via Heritage ...
On July 6, 1785, the Continental Congress resolved that the money unit of the United States, the dollar, would contain 375.64 grains of fine silver; on August 8, 1786, the Continental Congress continued that definition and further resolved that the money of account, corresponding with the division of coins, would proceed in a decimal ratio ...