The main scene pattern on the front of the US dollar banknote is the portrait of a character, and the main color is black. The main scene pattern on the back is a building, and the main color is green, but there are few differences in the color of different editions. For example, the back of the 1934 edition is dark green, the back of the 1950 edition is grass green, and the back of the 1963 edition is dark green.
The $1 coupon (1993) features a portrait of the first US President George Washington (1732-1799) on the front and the Great Seal of the United States in the background.
The front of the $2 coupon (1976) is the portrait of the 3rd US President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), an original work by GCStuart. On the back is the Jefferson House (version before 1976) and the signing venue of the Declaration of Independence (version after 1976).
The front of the $5 coupon (1995, 1999) is the portrait of the 16th President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) who abolished slavery in the United States. On the back is the Lincoln Memorial in Washington.
On the front of the $10 coupon (1999) is a portrait of Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. On the back is the U.S. Treasury Building.
The front of the $20 coupon (1995, 1996, 2004) is the portrait of the 7th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). On the back is the White House, the US presidential palace.
The front of the $50 coupon (1990, 1996) is the portrait of the 18th President Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885). On the back is the United States Capitol.
The front of the $100 coupon (1988, 1996) is not the president, but a portrait of the famous scientist, statesman, and financier Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), because he drafted the famous “Declaration of Independence” during the American Revolutionary War . On the back is the Philadelphia Independence Hall.
On the front of the $500 coupon is the “Prosperity President”, a portrait of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley (1843-1901). On the back is the denomination “500” in lowercase, with different font sizes.　
The front of the $1,000 is a portrait of the 22nd and 24th U.S. presidents, the only president who had two separate terms, and the first Democrat elected after the Civil War, Cleveland (1827-1908). On the back is the country name of the United States and the word “One Thousand” in capital letters.
The front of the $5,000 is a portrait of Madison (Madison, 1751-1836), the “father of the U.S. Constitution” and the fourth president. On the back is the denomination “5000” in lowercase.
The $10,000 obverse features a portrait of U.S. Treasury Secretary Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873). On the back is the denomination “10000” in lowercase.
The $100,000 Gold Dollar Note is the highest denomination note printed by the Printing Office of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, with a total of 42,000 in circulation, and is used only for official transfers within the Federal Reserve Bank. On the front is the portrait of Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the president of the United States with “the highest academic status” and considered to be one of the six most outstanding presidents in American history. The back is decorated with half a gold coin and other decorations.
Among the various U.S. dollar currencies issued in the United States, the Federal Reserve Notes series include $500, 1,000, 5,000, and 10,000 denominations, and the Gold Coin Notes include $1,000, 10,000, and $100,000 denominations. Other currencies do not have large denominations over $100.
On March 9, 1933, President Roosevelt signed a presidential decree to terminate the circulation of gold coin coupons and to withdraw all of them regardless of the denomination. By 1940, the gold coin coupons had been recovered. After 1946, the United States no longer issued new large-denomination banknotes, and by 1969, all large-denomination banknotes with a denomination of more than $100 were withdrawn from circulation.