Several presidents of the United States have appeared on currency. The president of the United States has appeared on official banknotes, coins for circulation, and commemorative coins in the United States, the Confederate States of America, the Philippine Islands, the Commonwealth of the Philippines and around the world. United States Note: Series dates listed for United States paper money represents a specific issue or set of issues. Different series may represent minor or major design changes, or no design change (series listed on the same line). Only a variety of a president's portrait used on paper money is noted next to the series date. Twenty-three U.S. presidents have appeared on U.S. coin and paper currency (). By law (), "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. Presidents appearing on U.S. currency are (in order of service): George Washington Early coinage 1783, 1792 Washington piece 1783, 1791, 1792, 1795 Washington cent Washington double-head cent 1791 Washington Liverpool halfpenny 1792 Washington Getz pattern piece 1793, 1795 Washington halfpenny 1795 Washington halfpenny, grate token 1795 Washington North Wales halfpenny Success Medal Five cents 1866, 1909, and 1910 Washington nickel pattern pieces Quarter dollars 1932, 1934–1998 Washington quarter (obverse). The reverse carried a heraldic eagle for all years except 1975 and 1976, which featured the dual date 1776–1976 on the obverse and special reverse design for the United States Bicentennial. 1999–2008 50 State quarters Series (obverse) 1999 New Jersey state quarter (reverse) (Washington Crossing the Delaware) 2006 South Dakota state quarter (reverse) (Mount Rushmore) 2009 District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters 2010–present America the Beautiful quarters 2013 South Dakota ATB quarter (reverse) (Mount Rushmore) 2021 50 State quarters (obverse). Washington Crossing the Delaware River Dollar coins 2007 Presidential dollar coin (obverse), 1st of four U.S. presidents issued in 2007. Commemorative coins 1900 commemorative silver Lafayette dollar 1926 commemorative half dollar – 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence 1982 commemorative half dollar – 250th anniversary of Washington's birth 1991 Mount Rushmore commemorative series Half dollar Silver dollar $5 gold piece 1999 $5 gold commemorative piece – 200th anniversary of Washington's death; an alternate design not chosen for the 1932 Washington quarter 2008 $10 Gold