Who are the people on the American banknotes and coins?

$1 bill = George Washington

$5 bill = Abraham Lincoln

$10 bill = Alexander Hamilton

$20 bill = Andrew Jackson

$50 bill = Ulysses S. Grant

$100 bill = Benjamine Franklin

Penny (1 cent) = Abraham Lincoln

Nickle (5 cent) = Thomas Jefferson

Dime (10 cent) = Franklin D. Rossevelt

Quarter (25 cent) = George Washington

Half-dollar (50 cent) = John F. Kennedy

Lincoln is facing to the right because that was the direction he was facing in the photograph Victor David Brenner used to make his bas-relief for the penny. To see this photo, follow the link that I have attached...

The paper notes have pictures of former presidents of our country on them ($1-Washington; $2-Jefferson; $5-Lincoln; $10-Hamilton; $20-Jackson; $50-Grant)

Some of the same people appear on the coinage, but all, with the exception of Ben Franklin, on the $100 bill, were presidents.

And the reason Lincoln is facing right instead of left is because the coin was copied from a photograph of him facing that way.

This united states of america wasn't depending by technique of so-referred to as close by individuals. It became depending by technique of Europeans. AFA Linclon and provide are worried, i imagine they were placed on the expenditures in simple terms to taunt the South and again, so-referred to as close by individuals were no longer a huge area of the U. S. civil conflict both. Above poster - Ben Franklin wasn't a president

I'm amateur coin collector and I would recommend the following sites for everything you need to know about US currency and coins:

US mint:

http://www.usmint.gov/

US mint for kids:

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/

Bureau of Engraving and Printing:

http://www.bep.treas.gov/

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/coinNews/circulating/