The following are on denominations of U.S. paper currency:
One dollar—George Washington
Two dollars—Thomas Jefferson
Five dollars—Abraham Lincoln
Ten dollars—Alexander Hamilton
Twenty dollars—Andrew Jackson
Fifty dollars—Ulysses S. Grant
One hundred dollars—Benjamin Franklin
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