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Back in July, President Obama called putting a woman’s face on American currency “a pretty good idea.” Soon, that idea will become a reality.
Amid a nationwide campaign to replace Andrew Jackson with a woman on the $20 bill, the Treasury Department on Wednesday announced in a conference call that starting in 2020 – the 100th anniversary of a woman’s right to vote – there will indeed be a woman on the new, democracy-themed $10 bill.
Who will it be? That’s up to you. The Treasury is asking the American public to weigh in with suggestions using the hashtag #New10 on social media platforms, or by visiting the website thenew10.treasury.gov. According to the guidelines, the woman should be an historical figure, not someone who is currently alive.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew – who will make the final determination – said he will announce which woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill later this year.
RELATED: Voters pick Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill
In addition to its new face, the new $10 bill will include what the Treasury called “a tactile feature that increases accessibility for the visually impaired,” noting that the redesign’s primary purpose is to thwart counterfeiters.
“America’s currency is a way for our nation to make a statement about who we are and what we stand for,” Lew said in a statement. “Our paper bills – and the images of great American leaders and symbols they depict – have long been a way for us to honor our past and express our values.”
Last month, voters in an online poll picked abolitionist Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill.
The last women to appear on American paper currency was Martha Washington, who was on the $1 silver certificate from 1891 until 1896.
What are the chances it's a black woman?
Amid a nationwide campaign to replace Andrew Jackson with a woman on the $20 bill, the Treasury Department on Wednesday announced in a conference call that starting in 2020 – the 100th anniversary of a woman’s right to vote – there will indeed be a woman on the new, democracy-themed $10 bill.
Who will it be? That’s up to you. The Treasury is asking the American public to weigh in with suggestions using the hashtag #New10 on social media platforms, or by visiting the website thenew10.treasury.gov. According to the guidelines, the woman should be an historical figure, not someone who is currently alive.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew – who will make the final determination – said he will announce which woman will replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill later this year.
RELATED: Voters pick Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill
In addition to its new face, the new $10 bill will include what the Treasury called “a tactile feature that increases accessibility for the visually impaired,” noting that the redesign’s primary purpose is to thwart counterfeiters.
“America’s currency is a way for our nation to make a statement about who we are and what we stand for,” Lew said in a statement. “Our paper bills – and the images of great American leaders and symbols they depict – have long been a way for us to honor our past and express our values.”
Last month, voters in an online poll picked abolitionist Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill.
The last women to appear on American paper currency was Martha Washington, who was on the $1 silver certificate from 1891 until 1896.
What are the chances it's a black woman?
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Assata Shakur, maybe....“America’s currency is a way for our nation to make a statement about who we are and what we stand for,”
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They need to make a $30 bill.
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Eartha Kitt
Madame CJ Walker
Men for big faces:
Thurgood Marshall
Nat Turner
Jesse Russell would be the face of digital currency [no death wish]
Where do I vote -
numbaz...80's baby wrote: »They need to make a $30 bill.
why? -
numbaz...80's baby wrote: »They need to make a $30 bill.
why?
A lot of ? cost 27 dollars -
they're gonna vote but the final decision is made by this guy
i just dont see it happening.....i got faith, but nah -
Wilma Rudolf would be a great candidate.
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White people going to make it helen keller or betty ford
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I mean betsy Ross lol
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Inb4 Reagan or a Bush or a Clinton
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Inb4 a Kennedy or Jimmy Carter
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Sojourner Truth
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numbaz...80's baby wrote: »They need to make a $30 bill.
But most stores wont accept a bill over 20. -
iNeverCould wrote: »numbaz...80's baby wrote: »They need to make a $30 bill.
But most stores wont accept a bill over 20.
If my bill is over $20 they will. -
It's being decided for 2020. It be should be Diane Sawyer.
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So, Hillary will be president?
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*Kanye Voice*
IF IT'S NOT BEYONCE I DONT KNOW IF I CAN TAKE THE U.S. TREASURY SERIOUSLY ANYMORE...THEY NEED TO RESPECT ARTISTRY.... -
I just want to say don't yall get mad if they put a white person on there. Yall know how America is.
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? Ronald gave us then Nancy tried to save us. They gon put a white ? on it
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Harriet Tubman - an escaped slave that helped other slaves escape through by the underground railroad..
She put her life on the line.. Strong black woman..
Harriet Tubman, Maya Angelou, or Cicely Tyson..
Instead of our votes going in different directions,
we need to collectively decide on one, and all vote for the same person..
This way our votes wont cancel each other out.. -
Inb4 Reagan or a Bush or a ClintonInb4 a Kennedy or Jimmy Carter
Did you even read the damn article?? -
Put Barack on that ? .
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Thread needs more attention/traffic,
or ? gon' be ? when they put Joan rivers wrinkly pasty white ass on the $10 bill.. -
I want to have a pocket full of them tubmans.... real ? ...