Dollar amounts are all also referred to as bucks. A five-dollar note is known colloquially as a fin, a fiver, or half a sawbuck . A ten-dollar note is known colloquially as a ten-spot, a dixie, or a sawbuck . A twenty-dollar note is known colloquially as QE2, or a Queen Sheet (after its portrait of Queen Elizabeth II ).

Banknotes' nicknames are usually the same as their values (such as five, twenty, etc.) The $5 bill has been referred to as a "fin" or a "fiver" or a "five-spot;" the $10 bill as a "sawbuck," a "ten-spot," or a "Hamilton"; the $20 bill as a "double sawbuck," a "twomp," a "twenty-banger," or a "Jackson;" the $1 bill is sometimes called a "single ...