Why does the money have the presidents face?

Answer 1

Portraits appearing on US bills (banknotes) are chosen by the Treasury Department. Not all of them were presidents. The people shown are considered to have been important in US history.

The selection process is somewhat arbitrary, however. Certainly Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln were our greatest presidents while Hamilton was the first Treasury Secretary and Ben Franklin was one of the most important Founding Fathers. The choices of Jackson and Grant are more controversial, while other deserving leaders such as Theodore Roosevelt have never been on a bill.

Answer 2

You put the face of a president on money, because you want to remember them. What better way to remember them than to put their face on everyday objects, such as money? When we first started making money, they didn't have anything on them.

Answer 3

As with our nation's coinage, the Secretary of the Treasury usually selects the designs shown on United States currency. Unless specified by an Act of Congress, the Secretary generally has the final approval. This is done with the advice of Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) officials. In addition, the Commission on Fine Arts reviews all of the designs.
The law prohibits portraits of living persons from appearing on Government Securities. Therefore, the portraits on our currency notes are of deceased persons whose places in history the American people know well.

The basic face and back designs of all denominations of our paper currency in circulation today were selected in 1928, although they were modified to improve security against counterfeiting starting in 1996. A committee appointed to study such matters made those choices. The only exception is the reverse design of the one-dollar bill. Unfortunately, however, our records do not suggest why certain Presidents and statesmen were chosen for specific denominations."

Answer 4

US currency never shows a living person. The presidents shown on US notes are the same ones that have been seen for 100 years or more- they have become a tradition, I think, more like icons than actual presidents. People are used to these faces. The presidents chosen were all two-term presidents who were popular in their day. (The 10-dollar bill and the 100-dollar bill do not have presidents on them.)

Answer 5

Ben Franklin was not a president, he was an inventor, a writer, a poet, a politician,one of the founding fathers that signed the Declaration of Independence and a business owner. Alexander Hamilton on the ten dollar bill was secretary of state. The one, two, five,twenty,and fifty where presidents. Why they call it dead presidents is because some people are uneducated.

Answer 6

The decision was made somewhat arbitrarily by the Treasury department. No law requires that a president's face appear on any coins or paper money other than the Presidential Dollar series of $1 coins. Everything else is simply a matter of custom. In fact, before the 1910s most coins and bills had pictures of other individuals on them.

Alexander Hamilton was chosen for the $10 bill because he was the first Secretary of the Treasury, and Ben Franklin was put on the $100 bill in honor of his enormous contributions as a Founding Father, diplomat, inventor, and philosopher.

Answer 7

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Jackson and Grant are found on current US notes. Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin Roosevelt, Washington and Kennedy are found on coins. There is also a series of $1 coins being issued , one for each president in order.

Answer 8

its because they rule the united states! so they figured since they rule us, they could just put there faces on our money.