The United States is a sovereign country located in the northern part of the continent of America, within its territory governed by a set of laws established by the national government and the congress of the republic, one of these rules is the circulation and issuance of a single currency national which corresponds to the US dollar.
The dollar has been established as an official currency of United States since April 2, 1792 and since then thanks to the strong economy of this country has been listed as one of the most valued currencies which is why it has been adopted in several nations.
Current US Dollar denomination
Currencies in circulation
Denomination | Common name | Portrait and design date | Reverse motif and design date | Weight | Diameter |
Cent | penny | Abraham Lincoln | Union Shield | 2.5 g | 0.75 in |
1¢ | (19.05 mm) | ||||
(0.088 oz) | |||||
Five-Cents | nickel | Thomas Jefferson | Monticello | 5.0 g | 0.835 in |
5¢ | (21.21 mm) | ||||
(0.176 oz) | |||||
Dime | dime | Franklin D. Roosevelt | olive branch, torch, oak branch | 2.268 g | 0.705 in |
10¢ | (17.91 mm) | ||||
(0.08 oz) | |||||
Quarter Dollar | quarter | George Washington | Various; five designs per year | 5.67 g | 0.955 in |
25¢ | (24.26 mm) | ||||
(0.2 oz) | |||||
Half Dollar | half | John F. Kennedy | Presidential Seal | 11.34 g | 1.205 in |
50¢ | (30.61 mm) | ||||
(0.4 oz) | |||||
Dollar coin | dollar coin, golden dollar | Profile of Sacagaweawith her child, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau | Bald eagle in flight (2000–2008), Various; new design per year | 8.10 g | 1.043 in |
$1 | (26.50 mm) | ||||
(0.286 oz) |
Banknotes in circulation
Denomination | Portrait | Reverse motif | First series | Latest series | Circulation |
One Dollar | George Washington | Great Seal of the United States | Series 1935 | Series 2017[51] | Wide |
Two Dollars | Thomas Jefferson | Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull | Series 1976 | Series 2013 | Limited |
Five Dollars | Abraham Lincoln | Lincoln Memorial | Series 2006 | Series 2013 | Wide |
Ten Dollars | Alexander Hamilton | U.S. Treasury | Series 2004A | Series 2017 | Wide |
Twenty Dollars | Andrew Jackson | White House | Series 2004 | Series 2017 | Wide |
Fifty Dollars | Ulysses S. Grant | United States Capitol | Series 2004 | Series 2013 | Wide |
One Hundred Dollars | Benjamin Franklin | Independence Hall | Series 2009 | Series 2013 | Wide |