United States Currency

United States Currency comes in paper bills, called "dollars" and metal coins. There are 100 cents in one dollar. Currency comes in the following denominations (amounts):

Coins:

Penny (one cent):

	Brownish green with smooth edges. 19.5 mm diameter. President Abraham Lincoln on the face. Older pennies have a pair of olive branches on the back instead of the Lincoln Memorial (shown).
1 ¢ $.01

Nickel (five cents):

	Greenish-silver colored with smooth edges. 21.21 mm diameter. President Thomas Jefferson on the face.
5 ¢ $.05

Dime (ten cents):

	Ridged edges. Smallest-sized coin 17.91 mm diameter. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on the fac
10 ¢ $.10

Quarter (25 cents):

	Silver-colored, ridged edges. 24.26 mm diameter. President George Washington on the face and the Seal of the United States on the back. Quarters from 1976 have an army drummer on the back to celebrate the Bicentennial (USA’s 200th anniversary). Since 2000 the government has been minting quarters depicting each state in the union. All 50 states will be in circulation by 2008.
25 ¢ $.25

Kennedy half-dollar (50 cents):

	Not a very common coin ridged edges. 30.61mm diameter. President John F. Kennedy on the face and the Presidential seal on the back. Bicentennial version s depict Independence Hall (Philadelphia, PA) on the back.
50 ¢ $.50

"Susan B. Anthony" Dollar Coin ($1.00):

Silver colored, ridged edges, almost identical in size to (and often mistaken for) the quarter at 26.5 mm diameter. Women’s rights and anti-slavery activist Susan B. Anthony on the face.

"Sacajawea" or "Golden" Dollar Coin ($1.00):

Gold-colored, ridged edges. Same diameter as the Susan B. Anthony Dollar, but with a very thick rim. Depicts native American Sacajawea, a participant in the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore what is now the United States along the Missouri River west of the Mississippi. Coin contains no gold.

"Eisenhower" or "Silver" Dollar ($1.00):

No longer minted, this coin usually depicts President Dwight Eisenhower on the face and an eagle landing on the moon on the back. Most people save these coins and rarely use them as currency. The coin does not contain any silver.

Paper Money:

Americans use several terms for dollars including "big ones", "bucks","clams", "green-backs", "simoleons", "smackers", and "smackeroos". General words for money also include "bread", "dough", "green" and "moolah."

New versions of the $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 have been introduced within the last 4 years. Although similar to the older vsrsions, they have a simpler design and the numbers are easier to read. Older versions of the bills are shown in reduced size below the new ones.

One Dollar Bill ($1.00):		Two Dollar Bill ($2.00):

The front shows President George Washington. The back shows a large "ONE."		Not common, but valid. The front shows President Thomas Jefferson. On the back is a depiction of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Five Dollar Bill ($5.00):		Ten Dollar Bill ($10.00):

The front shows President Abraham Lincoln with his memorial on the back. the 5$ bill is the smallest denomination issued with the new design.		First Treasury Secretary of the US, Alexander Hamilton, is on the front and the Department of the Treasury on the back.

Twenty Dollar Bill ($20.00):		Fifty Dollar Bill ($50.00):

The front shows President Andrew Jackson. The back shows the White House. The $20 bill is the most often counterfeited of all American paper money.		The front shows President Ulysses S. Grant. The back shows a drawing of the United States Capitol where Congress meets.

One Hundred Dollar Bill ($100.00):

The front shows a portrait of American Revolutionary Benjamin Franklin. The back has a drawing of Liberty Hall, Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was signed.