# You're not allowed to put Presidents on US $... Who do you choose? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986 "2015-05-13T23:51:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/21 "2015-05-14T17:04:09Z")
$1 - Sojourner Truth $2 - Sequoyah $5 - MLK Jr $10 - Frederick Douglass $20 - Harriet Tubman $50 - Wilma Mankiller $100 - Ben Franklin $500 - Maria Tallchief ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/22 "2015-05-15T02:13:42Z")
Maria Tallchief was a total bitch. If she goes on the $500, I’ll never use them again! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/23 "2015-05-15T02:24:03Z")
$1 - Kermit $5 - Fozzie $10 - Gonzo $20 - Miss Piggy $50 - The Swedish Chef $100 - Statler and/or Waldorf ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/24 "2015-05-15T16:11:12Z")
$1… Bald Eagle $5… Red Wolf $10… American Moose $20… Bison $50… Armadillo $100… Grizzly Bear ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/25 "2015-05-15T16:13:24Z")
Kim Kardashian ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/26 "2015-05-15T16:24:05Z")
Since the OP’s TITLE says “Presidents,” I say we can still use Franklin and Hamilton, so $1 - Martin Luther King Jr. $5 - Mark Twain $10 - Alexander Hamilton $20 - Thomas Edison $50 - Neil Armstrong $100 - Benjamin Franklin ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/27 "2015-05-15T16:24:28Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Kim Kardashian You have to be dead. On second thought… I think we could go to non-human images. Every person has their faults and failures. So… $1 Statue of Liberty $2 Empire State Building $5 Apollo-Saturn V $10 Bald Eagle $20 Lunar Module $50 Space Shuttle $100 Liberty from the St Gaudens Double Eagle ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/28 "2015-05-15T16:40:17Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > $100 - Statler and/or Waldorf How do you separate the two of them? Chainsaw? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/29 "2015-05-15T17:10:41Z")
$1 - Liberty $5 - MLK $10 - Earl Warren $20 - Neil Armstrong $50 - Patton $100 - Ben Franklin ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/30 "2015-05-15T19:04:41Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > But both were politicians, which the OP has also excluded. I’d consider Franklin to be far more than a politician- inventor, writer, diplomat, etc. Ben is so great, I’d have to leave him on. $100 I think we should make sure that John Adams or John Jay are also honored as two of the Founding Fathers who were _not_ Presidents. $5? $50? Samuel Clemens= $2. He’d like that. Sachmo. Harriet Tubman. Tecumseh or Sequoyah. $10, 20, 50. Put Sacagawea back on the dollar coin. Neil Armstrong is also a good choice. ---
**Author:** ![Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Obnoxious\_Hood\_Ornament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Obnoxious_Hood_Ornament)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/31 "2015-05-15T19:11:57Z")
Oh, neat thread! $1 Dennis Miller $2 Bobcat Goldthwait $5 Danny DeVito $10 Mel Brooks $20 John Belushi $50 Cheech Marin $100 Robin Williams Do that, and I’d start carrying cash again. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/32 "2015-05-15T19:29:38Z")
I’d go with national parks. $1 - Yellowstone $2 - Glacier $5 - Grand Canyon $10 - Yosemite $20 - Arches $50 - Volcano $100 - Saguaro ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/33 "2015-05-15T19:56:01Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I think we should make sure that John Adams or John Jay are also honored as two of the Founding Fathers who were _not_ Presidents. $5? $50? I think you have an error above, John Adams was our second President, not a very good President but a great founding father of course. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/34 "2015-05-15T20:02:24Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I think you have an error above, John Adams was our second President, not a very good President but a great founding father of course. Doh, :smack: I mean Samuel Adams. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/35 "2015-05-15T20:17:42Z")
> [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](#): > > Kim Kardashian Yes, on all the bills! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/36 "2015-05-15T20:19:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > $1 - Liberty > $5 - MLK > $10 - Earl Warren > $20 - Neil Armstrong > $50 - Patton > $100 - Ben Franklin I would question your choice of Patton Oswalt. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jacobsta811](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jacobsta811/32/2893_2.png) [@jacobsta811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacobsta811)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/37 "2015-05-15T20:21:08Z")
I say we sell them like desertmonk says, say in 2 year increments via auction. So $1 = [Godaddy.com](http://Godaddy.com) $2 = Sam Adams $5 = Coca-Cola $10 = Tide $20 = Chevrolet $50 = Apple $100 = [Progressive.com](http://Progressive.com) or something like that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/38 "2015-05-15T20:36:01Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Doh, :smack: I mean Samuel Adams. Well, he has his beer at least. He is well recognized. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/39 "2015-05-16T19:45:32Z")
I really don’t see putting artists of any kind on money. I think it’s a conflict both to the money and the artist! I think the ideal individual is a distinguished statesman. Not necessarily a President and \*\*not \*\*a politician, but a statesman (IOW who we already put on them!). And because as I said above it must be a deceased one from more than a generation ago, I can’t think of too many women or minorities that would be appropriate without it just being undeserving political correctness. I really don’t like retconning history. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986/40 "2015-05-17T02:36:55Z")
This is similar to a [prior thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=697453). Not that anyone has heard of them, but for Cayman it gets tricky eliminating the politicians. Editing my result from the last time I’ll make a couple changes. $1 - Gladwyn K. Bush aka ‘Miss Lassie’, Caymanian folk artist $5 - Capt. Rayal Bodden, Caymanian shipwright and architect $10 - Generic turtle fishermen motif, a nod to our seafaring past $25 - Sybil Joyce Hylton, Caymanian social development pioneer $50 - Capt. Charles Gerald Kirkconnell, Caymanian sea captain and entrepreneur $100 - Dr. Marco Giglioli, immigrant entomologist who brought mosquito control to Cayman [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-not-allowed-to-put-presidents-on-us-who-do-you-choose/719986.md?page=3)