There is a tradition of Indians on American money. Pocahontas was on a $20 in the 1860s:
Posted on 04/20/2016 7:55:02 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will make an announcement today about several changes to U.S. currency. Contrary to a suggestion last year, Alexander Hamilton will apparently be staying on the $10 bill but women’s rights leaders will be added to the back of the bill. The big change will be to the $20 bill according to 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. The Treasury Department announced last June that a woman would replace Hamilton on the $10 bill, though at the time Treasury was said to be seeking input about which woman would appear on the bill.
The suggestion to replace Hamilton met with backlash from people who a) thought Hamilton as the first Treasury Secretary should remain on the nation’s money, b) people who thought Andrew Jackson should be removed from the $20 instead, and c) people who worried a woman would wind up sharing space with Hamilton on the $10 instead of getting a bill of her own. It appears Treasury heard the critics.
CNN reports the changes to the $20 bill will take some time:
“The soonest that a new $20 note will be issued is 2030,” the source said, citing a lengthy process convened by the Advanced Counterfeit Deterrence steering committee, which includes representatives from the U.S. Secret Service, the Treasury, and the Federal Reserve.
That process isn’t likely to be sped up by the Federal Reserve, which issues the currency, given the work that goes into designing secure technology to thwart counterfeiters.
The new $10 bill is scheduled to be released in 2020.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
there was an effort for Reagan on the $20 and $50. the left didn’t let it fly.
why should anything they want be allowed?
deny them by holding fast to ‘only dead presidents on the currency’
How about a twenty dollar silver coin the same size as the old Liberty cartwheel? It would have heft and face value close to the current price of silver bullion.
Original cartwheels go for about $20 or a little more. A handful of these in your pocket & you’re carrying real money with real fungibility. Worth more than paper, I’ll betcha.
Thoughts?
Cash in 2030 will be like stamps in 2016 except that cash will probably be illegal to own and use and like gun ownership and Bible quoting, using any of these things will get you labeled a rightwing gun loving Jesus freak nutjob..in other words,you’ll be put on the Conservative domestic terrorist list— “no soup for you!”
That detestable communist spouse of FDR?
Good God, no. Worst ever suggestion, nothing personal.
$100 bill... Ben may have been a founding father but was not a President. Should he be removed?
Pretty darn good one paragraph synopsis of Jackson.
Jackson’s problem is he was an eighteenth/early nineteenth century man being judged by 21st century metrosexuals.
The Trail of Tears is, to me the biggest blot on his record. But in his defense, he had lots of allies in that endeavor.
and as a side note, he was the only white man to give the Indians not worthless land but land rich in worthless oil.
I’m sorry but that face would stop an 8-day clock.
founders are the obvious exception. ESPECIALLY someone like Ben Franklin
I am sick of the communist left and their never ending agenda to declare America an evil nation of racism and all of our founding fathers are evil white males and all white people (and today, that now also includes all Asians such as Chinese) are racists and think they are “too smart”.
Once the left gets control, they take away all of our identity and replace it with something to try and “remind us” how horrible we all are.
I knew this was coming 10 years ago when I saw the openly communists and far left pushing for the removal of all of our founding fathers from our money, both paper and coins, and even back then the agenda was first do this Tubman as the first strike but once after that all of our founding fathers will be targets.
I don’t care if Tubman took in and helped runaway slaves, she is not worthy of our most distributed bill, the $20. And this will not end, one the camel has it’s head in the tent all our money will be turned into propaganda of America as racist in the past, present, future, and the heroes will be all non-whites and next will be thugs like the “hanrs up, don’t shoot” lie which will be turned into “our history”. Most of these people are part of narratives which are full of exaggerations and fictions, communists have been doing this history twists for a long time. They will teach our children that Travon Martin was a civil rights leader who was assassinated by white people and not a thug who was regularly breaking into houses stealing jewelry and half the time doped up. They will put him on the penny and so on.
**** this, I want it stopped, whatever it takes and no matter how loud the Obamanists scream racism. I want our founding fathers on our money, and if new then Ronald Reagan and one day Donald Trump.
I wish they would portray Tubman wielding her gun - she did, in fact, own a gun and she needed it. Brave woman.
Glad I won’t be around to witness this racialist nonsense.
the face on currency is always a political construct and has been since currency was first minted in Lydia in 600 bC or earlier
“Benjamin Franklin, the only President of the United States who was never ... President of the United States.” - Firesign Theatre
Perhaps, but she was a devout Christian, and a very brave woman. She would also be a good example to today’s people who call themselves African American — this was a good woman, who despite her being born into slavery, strived and carried herself with dignity. Modern day “black culture” is something she would have abhorred.
That sounds like a bleak prognosis, if we’re talking about 2020, but I’m getting there myself! ... so who knows. Anyway, hoping the best for you.
Sorry you feel that way but whatever. After all, it’s a free country. I did not, however, notice your choices for the honor. Like I said, “It’s easy to throw rocks.”
Not bleak - given the direction of the country, I’ve decided that’s the way to go.
There is a tradition of Indians on American money. Pocahontas was on a $20 in the 1860s:
Very well put!
“black market”....that’s raciss!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.