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The U.S. Treasury has run into trouble with that #TheNew10 campaign soliciting ideas for women to put on the revamped $10 bill: Thanks to an overwhelming number of stellar suggestions, they say they can’t decide who deserves the spot. As a result, they’re kindly asking for more time (until “sometime in 2016”) before revealing their choice, said Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew in a statement.
As a result of the tremendous amount of engagement, we have many more ideas than we had originally anticipated. Therefore, we are taking additional time to carefully review and consider a range of options to honor the theme of democracy as well as the notable contributions women have made to our country.
Man, there are too many women to pick just one! And the dog ate their homework! And the bus was late! Seriously, guys, just put Oprah on the thing and let’s be done with it.
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Mr. Lew intended to inspire a national conversation about women's contributions to the nation and to generate ideas for new symbols to reflect democracy on currency — “to make a statement about who we are and what we stand for,” as he said.
The $10 note features a portrait of Secretary Hamilton on the front of the note and a vignette of the United States Treasury Building on the back of the note.
Martha Washington remained the only woman whose image has been featured prominently on U.S. paper currency, the June 2022 post noted. That still is the case as of the date of publication of this Open Vault blog post.
The $10 bill has been identified as the first denomination to be redesigned and launched in the 2020s. The notable changes mostly being covered by the media are new security features to deter counterfeiting and the inclusion of a portrait of a woman on the notes.
The $10 bill is unique in that it is the only denomination in circulation in which the portrait faces to the left. It also features one of two non-presidents on currently issued U.S. bills, the other being Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill.
President Grover Cleveland's face appears on the $1,000 bill, which like the $500 bill dates to 1918. Hamilton's face initially appeared on the denomination. The Fed and Treasury discontinued the $1,000 bill in 1969.
As Viola Desmond is featured on the $10 note, and another iconic Canadian will be featured on the future $5 note, Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and our first francophone Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, will be featured on our higher value bank notes.
The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, two renditions of the torch of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and the words "We the People" from the original engrossed preamble of the United States Constitution.
For the first time in history, two women's signatures appear on Federal Reserve notes. U.S. Treasurer Chief Lynn Malerba and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen now have their signatures featured on the Series 2021 $1 and $5 bills.
Tubman would be the first woman and Black American to be printed on a U.S. bill denomination. Specifically, Shaheen's bill would require the U.S. Department of Treasury to print all $20 Federal Reserve notes after December 31, 2030 bearing the likeness of Harriet Tubman.
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