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Women are approximately 50% of our population and 0% of the people represented on our circulating currency. Sacagawea is a woman.  Before someone chimes in saying that these aren't circulating, I assure you (I manages a business that sees 1000-3000 guests daily) they are spent regularly. That being said, I'd love to see a woman represented on a paper note in the US. Women play a huge role in the commerce of this country. I should know, my wife sees more of my currency than I do!  Edited by CopperCastle
03/15/2015 2:50 pm
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The idea to put a woman on a Federal Reserve note without people complaining about losing Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill, would be perfect for bringing in a new $200 note since there has never been a real $200 Federal Reserve note (I know there were George W. Bush $200 novelty notes made) and of course, we could bring back the $500 note retaining the William McKinley designs. Put a woman on the $200 note, and it would still sort of represent the year 2020 with the "2" and two "0s" minus one "2"
I would be all for Susan B. Anthony getting a second shot on a piece of U.S. currency, seeing as she was sort of given the shaft with being on the flawed designed "Carter Quarter" So, how about a Susan B. Anthony $200 bill?
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If it were up to me we would get rid of Hamilton first.  |
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I'm all for having civil rights people on our money. I mean, it's great that the country was founded and all, but our 250th anniversary is coming up. Let's update those faces (not to mention, Washington said he never wanted to be on currency, so why is he on so much of our money?). Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, certainly; Susan B. Anthony could do with a more flattering portrait than the single one circulating through our money; Cesar Chavez deserves a place; so does MLK. History is a living thing; elevating our Founding Fathers practically to the realm of secular gods and holding them there does nothing to educate or to show that we are a living, growing, changing nation. I've always assumed this is why the monarch's face changes on British currency--it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to have Richard III on the one-pound coin when Elizabeth II is in office. We have laws against having living persons on our money, but that doesn't mean the people have to be so long dead their bones are dust.
I would hesitate against putting Lady Liberty back on our money, though. Not because I think she doesn't belong there (she should frankly have never left), but because there is right now in this country a certain political fringe party that would hijack her image and our currency to test the "patriotism" of others. (I live in a red-hot bed for this party and I've been called "unpatriotic" and "a traitor" for everything from not being a Christian to speaking Spanish at work, and during the 2012 elections I was even physically threatened because I had an Obama sticker on my bike.) I can only see this party starting to do things like refusing to take "new" money with Liberty's face on it (or vice-versa with "old" money) or trying to destroy our entire banking system over it.
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Approximately 100 Years ago, the Columbia was on a $20 back.  |
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United States
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CopperCastle, I work in retail. I assure you, I see hundreds more $20 bills than $1 coins of any flavor. That isn't a fair comparison.
Andrew Jackson is a disgrace to our country (Trail of Tears, anyone?). Much better Harriet Tubman or Sojourner Truth. And while we're at it, Hamilton was no great shakes either. He can go, and Susan B. can get a proper portrait that doesn't make her look like the Wicked Witch of the West.
And as long as we're at it . . . Lincoln off the penny. He's had it for more than a hundred years, give someone else a go. Same with Washington--do that 200th anniversary coin they're so set on, and then replace him. Our three lowest-denomination bills and three lowest-denomination coins have the same three Presidents on them, and have had since 1938 (at the latest, with Jefferson on the nickel). You're telling me you can't find ANYONE ELSE in almost 250 years worth taking those spots? (Abigail Adams? Dolley Madison? Pocahontas? Martin Luther King? Frederick Douglass? Cesar Chavez? Nikola Tesla? Come ON.)
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Andrew Jackson is a disgrace to our country So the whole "Trail of Tears" thing automatically makes him a disgrace? Jackson is the ONLY Presidents in the history of the United States to have paid off the National Debt... I can think of few far worse Presidents then Jackson... Obama Bush (both of them) Carter Buchanan Johnson I agree with others that if we put a woman on a bill I would rather see Lady Liberty since she is a POLITICALLY neutral... |
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Approximately 100 Years ago, the Columbia was on a $20 back. What is up with all the white space on the back of that note? |
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If we are going to put different races of people on our money (which I am NOT against at all) why cant we also do a different species? Of course, I once again point to Balto. We have had nameless eagles and buffalos on our coinage and currency, who have done nothing for us, so why not honor an animal that actually DID something to save lives? I would like to see a Balto $2 coin replace the $2 bill, and just think, we could put ¨Ïn ¨Dog" We Trust¨ on the coin. (Just kidding about the In Dog We Trust part, but you probably guessed that  ) Edited by Fox
03/24/2015 7:16 pm
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I agree on minting all coins with dogs on them saying "In Dog We Trust"
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We here in Canada have had a Queen on our money for over fifty years and yet we still have people complain inequality. I prefer animals or industry or anything prosperous that denotes the nation. The change every so often is good. I've even managed a few Sac dollars here in the north.
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Don't you think they'd just end the cent before making the big change to take Lincoln off?
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Andrew Jackson may have been America's last great President. His successful war with the banksters greatly outweighs any trail of tears issues. But definitely remove Jackson from the $20 Federal Deserve Note. It is a disgrace to the great man to put him on paper currency with out the proper specie backing. Again I close this with a quote from Andrew Jackson. Quote:
Gentlemen! I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I have determined to rout you out, and by the Eternal, (bringing his fist down on the table) I will rout you out! I also note the mention above about Susan B. Anthony looking like the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz. Interesting coin collecting tie in with that movie. It is actually about banking and gold and silver. The yellow brick road is gold. The Emerald City is the greenback. The Wizard is the money printer, Janet Yellen would be the modern day equivalent. The ruby slippers were actually silver slippers and changed to ruby for the film. The Wicked Witch of the East is JP Morgan. The Wicked Witch of the West is John Rockefeller. Here is a wiki link on it for those interested in learning more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politi...Wizard_of_OzEdited by BuckeyeCoinGuy
05/13/2015 08:57 am
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Best joke on the subject is from Ellen Degeneres.
I don't recall her exact words but....
"I heard that no living person can be depicted on the bills. I want it, but not that bad."
Edited by Buddy
05/13/2015 8:09 pm
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