Harriet Tubman is America’s choice to be the new face on the $20 bill

Perfect timing with Tubgirl recently chosen to appear on the ¥5,000 note.

 

nicholas biddle faints.

 

Robert Gould Shaw should be on a coin.

 

They disappeared with McCarthyism

 

Ironically, she would not be a big fan of yours.

 

How do you know?

Show your work

 

For the 4 millionth time, every one of you kids that learned the word "irony/ironic" from a ****ing pop song needs to fetch a dictionary and/or a Strunk and White's.

 

True. Perceived irony can be found in Texx's statement itself, but not in the conclusion that Tubman would not show mutual feelings towards him. So he was close, but not quite there.

Irony, is easy to confuse.

 

I'm glad we're moving beyond presidents (one of the reasons the C-bill would be the last one I'd change).

 

It'd be cool to rotate figures every decade or so. Money isn't sacrosanct.

What about Neil Armstrong?

 

I don't know. I think there is something to be said about long term consistency. I personally would not take Jackson off of the $20. It is iconic. They really should bring back the $500 bill. It was beneficial for our economy and with inflation I believe that it would be more commonly used. If they want to put Tubman's mug on the $500; so be it........ although my vote would be Crispus Attucks for tradition or if we are going to go by accomplishments, Ronald Reagan or Bill Clinton.

 

My point is why does it have to be a president? There are other Americans that have achieved amazing things beyond governance. That's why I threw out Armstrong as a suggestion. What about scientists like Watson and Crick? America has contributed so much more to our understanding of the world than legislation alone.

 

Susan B. Anthony & Sacagawea come to mind.

 

One day...someone purchased a log cabin...using a piece of paper with the likeness of a log cabin builder...

 

As do Hamilton and Franklin. I ask again, just because I'm curious: why defer to presidents for nearly all of our currency notes? There have been a lot of great Americans that weren't elected to the presidency. If the argument is simply "tradition," I'm cool with that. I also think it'd be cool to honor other Americans in the fields of government, science, art, etc.

The $1 coin feels like an outlier in this aesthetic debate. Americans simply never grew accustomed to the $1 coin, be it decorated with images of Sacagawea, Susan B. Anthony or presidents on $1 coins. The usage rates of $1 coins have nothing to do with who should be depicted on our money.

 

It's not "nearly all of our currency notes". 3/7 bills will now have non-presidents. Half our bills if you don't count the $2 bill.

 

$1 - George Washington
$2 - Thomas Jefferson
$5 - Abraham Lincoln
$10 - Alexander Hamilton
$20 - Andrew Jackson
$50 - Ulysses Grant
$100 - Benjamin Franklin

1¢ - Abraham Lincoln
5¢ - Thomas Jefferson
10¢ - Franklin Roosevelt
25¢ - George Washington
50¢ - John F. Kennedy
$1 - Sacagawea
$1 - Susan B. Anthony
$1 - US Presidents, Washington through LBJ (36 presidents)

So, out of all of the US currency that you're likely to find in the wild, 4 out of 50 denominations are not depicting US presidents. That's 8%.

 

John Adams needs a note.

 

I think it is tradition, and when it comes to currency I think you want consistency. I used the examples I did to show that we have deviated from Presidents (Franklin as well).

Personally I think that legislators/Presidents and significant political figures should be on money for traditional reasons.... I don't think your idea is a bad one, just not one I would prefer.