US $2 bills carry a portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the third president.
Observations about $2 bills:
Many people mistakenly believe $2 bills have been removed from circulation and/or are rare. In fact, the Treasury continues to print them every few years. Recent series dates include 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2013. $2 bills make up only about 1% of all bills in circulation, but even so that still amounts to hundreds of millions of them. Modern ones aren't rare or valuable, just uncommon, so feel free to ask for them at your bank and spend them.
They're called Jefferson nickels because the image is that of President Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson is on the front of the nickel; his home Monticello is on the back.
President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
The 1949 Jefferson nickel is still found in circulation, contains no silver and likely only face value.
The color of a US nickel is silverish. US nickels are actually made of 75% copper, but the silvery color of the remaining nickel 25% predominates.
Oregon
Thomas Jefferson's image is on the current US five cent piece. He has been the face of the US nickel since 1938. The portrait on the front of the US nickel is that of Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States.
The third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson, is on the nickel. His home, Monticello, is on the back of the coin.Thomas Jefferson.
Alexander Hamilton
monticello
thomas jefferson
The face of a US nickel is circular so it has a diameter, not a length and width. According to the US Mint the coin is 21.2 mm in diameter and 1.95 mm thick.
The 1949 Jefferson nickel is still found in circulation, contains no silver and likely only face value.
A 1957 nickel is worth face value only, unless it's uncirculated or a proof coin.
In average condition, both coins are only worth their face value.
Face value only, regardless of whether it's from the US or Canada.
The nickel has been redesigned a couple times in recent years. Nickels 1938-2004 had a center profile of Jefferson. Those in 2005 had an off-center closeup of the side of his face, and 2006-present have an off-center portrait.
The presence of the word Monticello under the building indicates it's an image of Thomas Jefferson's home on the other side of a nickel.
Since 1938 all US nickels have carried a picture of President Thomas Jefferson.
5 cents