Treasury's Lew to announce Hamilton to stay on $10 bill
Source: Politco
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday will announce a decision to keep Alexander Hamilton on the front of the $10 bill and put leaders of the movement to give women the right to vote on the back of the bill, sources tell POLITICO.
Treasury will also announce that it plans to replace former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman, the sources said. There will also be changes to the $5 bill to depict civil rights era leaders.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/treasurys-lew-to-announce-hamilton-to-stay-on-10-bill-222204
onehandle
(51,122 posts)I'd rather see Carrot Top on currency.
senz
(11,945 posts)Harriet Tubman's presence on the $20 bill was a brilliant decision and will go far toward changing how we see ourselves as a people.
Much needed, long overdue.
FSogol
(45,491 posts)olddad56
(5,732 posts)cstanleytech
(26,299 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)Calista241
(5,586 posts)2 revisions of the $20 bill in that timeframe?
cstanleytech
(26,299 posts)will then have to go through a process to decide which photo or portrait to use and then they have to finalize what the new bill will look like and only then can the plates be made which then have to be inspected and given the ok and that doesnt even count the time it will take to print the new bills and distribute them.