USA $1 Series 2009

The United States one-dollar bill ($1) is a denomination of United States currency. The first U.S. President (1789–97), George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart, is currently featured on the obverse, while the Great Seal of the United States is featured on the reverse. The one-dollar bill has the oldest reverse design of all U.S. currency, while the two-dollar bill has the oldest obverse design currently being produced. The obverse design seen today on the one-dollar bill debuted in 1963 when it first became a Federal Reserve Note.

The inclusion of the motto, "In God We Trust," on all currency was required by law in 1955, and first appeared on paper money in 1957.

An individual dollar bill is also less formally known as a one, a single, a buck, a bone, and a bill.

The Federal Reserve says the average life of a $1 bill in circulation is 4.8 years before it is replaced because of wear. Approximately 42 percent of all U.S. currency produced in 2009 were one-dollar bills.

Signatures

Rosa Gumataotao Rios
Treasurer, 6 August 2009 - ?

Timothy Franz Geithner
Secretary, 26 January 2009 - 25 January 2013

Obverse (Text From Top)

1
ONE DOLLAR
FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
A 2
3
FEDERAL RESERVE PENNSYLVANIA
BANK OF PHILADELPHIA
WASHINGTON, D.C.
A 61
(signature)
TREASURER OF THE UNITED STATES
SERIES 2009
(signature)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
WASHINGTON
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ONE DOLLAR

Reverse (Text From Top)

1
ONE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

ANNUIT CŒPTIS
NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM
THE GREAT SEAL

IN GOD WE TRUST

ONE

E PLURIBUS UNUM
OF THE UNITES STATES

ONE DOLLAR


Latin Meaning

Taken from the Latin words annuo (third-person singular present or perfect annuit), "to nod" or "to approve", and coeptum (plural coepta), "commencement, undertaking", it is literally translated, "He approves (has approved) of the undertakings".

The phrase Novus ordo seclorum (Latin for "New Order of the Ages") appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, first designed in 1782 and printed on the back of the United States one-dollar bill since 1935. The phrase also appears on the coat of arms of the Yale School of Management, Yale University's business school. The phrase is also mistranslated as "New World Order" by many people who believe in a conspiracy behind the design; however, it does directly translate to "New Order of the Ages".

E pluribus unum is Latin for "Out of many, one" (alternatively translated as "One out of many" or "One from many") — is a phrase on the Seal of the United States, along with Annuit cœptis and Novus ordo seclorum, and adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782. Never codified by law, E pluribus unum was considered a de facto motto of the United States[citation needed] until 1956 when the United States Congress passed an act (H. J. Resolution 396), adopting "In God We Trust" as the official motto.