Harriet Tubman is a worthy choice. She helped a lot of people escape slavery. She was a Republican and fierce supporter of the Second Amendment. I expected far worse from the 0bama regime.
OTOH, Andrew Jackson is an American war hero who balanced the budget.
It seems to me we should have a place for both on our currency. The obvious solution would hve been to create a $25 bill and put Tubman on it.
I agree that Tubman is a perfectly acceptable choice. The fact is that the current set of notes haven’t had a new face since 1928. New faces have been needed for a long time.
The whole idea of Andrew Jackson on the $20 Federal Reserve Note was a big time “screw you” to the President who fought the establishment of the Federal Reserve system with every fiber of his being.
I would like to see some other notes become popular, as you suggest, like a $25 and $200 bill.
Adjusted for inflation, the 1928 series would look like this today:
$1 = $14
$2 = $28
$5 = $70
$10 = $140
$20 = $280
$50 = $700
$100 = $1400
So maybe we should add a few bills to make cash more attractive to use.