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    Pfluger said that “this commemorative coin will make Charlie the youngest American ever immortalized on legal U.S. currency, a fitting honor that cements his extraordinary legacy alongside presidents and founding fathers who shaped our republic.”

    There’s a literally baby on the Sacagawea quarters. Also she’s on there at around 17 years old.

    But maybe you don’t want to count native peoples?


    James Monroe is on the back of the New Jersey quarter at the age of 18.

    But maybe you don’t want to count revolutionaries who became POTUS.


    A rendition of a statue of Oliver Perry depicted at the age of 28 is on Ohio’s “America the Beautiful” quarter.

    The “Formative Years” penny depicts Abraham Lincoln aged between 7 and 21.

    There’s also “American Women” and “American Innovation” series.