Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) a $5 bill.

1939		W. Winchell On Broadway 21 Oct. [synd. col.] They allowed him to win $5,000 in no time. ‘Gentlemen,’ he said, pocketing the beautiful pictures of Lincoln, Washington, Jackson and Franklin, [...] ‘g’bye.’.
1985		Zip Beep mag. No. 17 🌐 ‘Sure. I have five dollars for each of you.’ You give them all a picture of Abe Lincoln, and start to put your wallet away.
2004		‘Tips for Lounge Musicians’ at www.alstevens.com 🌐 If you have a request, bring it up. I have a special request form. It has a picture of Abe Lincoln on it. I’ve run out of them, so you’ll have to provide one yourself.

(US) a $100 bill.

1939		W. Winchell On Broadway 21 Oct. [synd. col.] They allowed him to win $5,000 in no time. ‘Gentlemen, ’ he said, pocketing the beautiful pictures of Lincoln, Washington, Jackson and Franklin, [...] ‘g’bye.’.
[1970		E. Tidyman Shaft 51: Most of them had Benjamin Franklin’s picture engraved on them and were stuffed into his wallet].
2000		G.V. Higgins At End of Day (2001) 14: Didn’t see my face then, but you seen Ben Franklin’s pictures.

(US) a $1 bill.

1939		W. Winchell On Broadway 21 Oct. [synd. col.] They allowed him to win $5,000 in no time. ‘Gentlemen, ’ he said, pocketing the beautiful pictures of Lincoln, Washington, Jackson and Franklin, [...] ‘g’bye.’.
1962		T. Berger Reinhart in Love (1963) 122: ‘I’ll tell all I know for a picture of George.’ Reinhart gave him a dollar bill.
2000		(con. 1940s–60s) Décharné Straight from the Fridge Dad vii: Frank Sinatra arriving Cuba [...] allegedly carrying a suitcase containing a million green pictures of George Washington.

ninepence.

1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.

paper money.

2000

personal correspondence: pictures of the queen – paper money, notes. Suggested by Dan Adams. e.g. ‘How do you want payin?’, ‘Pictures of the queen mate!’.