<Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> Lincoln Memorial </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design date </Th> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <P> The United States five - dollar bill ($5) is a denomination of United States currency . The current $5 bill features the 16th U.S. President (1861 - 65), Abraham Lincoln's portrait on the front and the Lincoln Memorial on the back . All $5 bills issued today are Federal Reserve Notes . </P> <P> The $5 bill is sometimes nicknamed a "fin". The term has German / Yiddish roots and is remotely related to the English "five", but it is far less common today than it was in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . </P>

Who's face is on the 5 dollar bill