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As it is now widely known, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is set to retire Andrew Jackson as the face of the $20 bill, to be replaced by a woman. Lew, a charter member of America's morally challenged Ruling Class, added that the choice would likely be a woman prominent in the nation's struggle for racial equality. Treasury spokepersons, reflecting the glacial-like pace at which the wheels of bureaucracy turn, added that the change would likely not be implemented until circa 2030, and that changes would be coming to other denominations of America's near-worthless fiat currency that would capture a "set...

Have you noticed how we have been bombarded recently in the mainstream media about a push to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with a woman? The organization behind this drive is Women On 20s. What you almost never hear or read, with the exception of the New Yorker, is that the woman who founded that organization, Barbara Oritiz Howard, was a Hillary Clinton political operative. Also all of the women who made the final, and also the preliminary list, were PC. Nary a conservative in the bunch although one such woman to be discussed below is more qualified...

Unfazed by a failed attempt to place Ronald Reagan's image on the dime, federal lawmakers plan to introduce today a flurry of competing bills placing the image of the 40th president of the United States, who died Saturday, on the 50-cent piece and the $20 bill. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R- Huntington Beach/Long Beach, who served as a Reagan speechwriter for seven years, said he will introduce legislation today replacing former President Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., will introduce legislation to place the likeness of Reagan on the half- dollar coin, replacing John F. Kennedy.

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 8 — A month since the introduction of redesigned $20 bills meant to thwart counterfeiters, copies are already starting to circulate. In the latest case, Margretta Saffold of Missouri was accused on Friday by federal grand jurors of passing four fakes of the new $20 bill on Oct. 16 — a week after the revamped notes were introduced nationally. The case brings to at least nine the number of people arrested nationwide — in Alabama, California, Tennessee, Utah and now Missouri — in cases involving counterfeits of the new bill, said Jean Mitchell, a spokeswoman for the...

<p>ST. LOUIS (AP) - Only a month since the rollout of retooled $20 bills meant to thwart counterfeiters, authorities say a Missouri woman has joined a growing list of people trying to cash in with knockoffs of the colorized currency.</p>

WICHITA, Kan. - As colorful new $20 bills circulate around the nation, more consumers are finding out that the notes do not work on automated payment machines like those found in self-service checkout counters at grocery stores. The first calls started coming into the U.S. Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing two days ago, frustrating government officials who had worked to overcome the vending machine problems that followed the 1998 redesign of the bill. This time the problem seems to plague mostly automated payment machines - a relatively recent arrival in the industry, the bureau said. "We learned...

Colorful new $20 bill to be unveiled today 05/13/2003 Associated Press WASHINGTON - America's paper money -- the venerable greenback -- is no longer going to appear all green. Bills aren't about to turn psychedelic, but they are getting a tad more colorful, part of a broader effort to thwart sophisticated counterfeiters. First in line for the government's money makeover is the $20 bill, featuring Andrew Jackson. The $20 bill is the most-counterfeited note in the United States and the second most-commonly used bill behind the $1. The Treasury Department's Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which makes the nation's paper...

U.S. TREASURY AND FEDERAL RESERVE ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR REDESIGNED NOTESNexGen notes are latest in series to add anti-counterfeiting features In keeping with their strategy of maintaining the security of Federal Reserve notes by enhancing the design of U.S. currency every seven to ten years, the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (Bureau) and the Federal Reserve Board today announced plans to release the next generation of redesigned notes, with improved security features to deter counterfeiting. The new design, referred to as NexGen, affects the $100, $50, and $20 notes. Circulation of the NexGen series could begin...