Woman to replace Alexander Hamilton on $10 bill

[Borgholio]

http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/17/news/ec ... llar-bill/

Move over Alexander Hamilton. You're getting company on the $10 bill and her name is ...

On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said a woman will be featured on a redesigned $10 bill in 2020 -- the 100th anniversary of the Constitution's 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

A decision on who the woman will be won't be made for several months.

The last woman on U.S. paper currency was Martha Washington, who was on the $1 Silver Certificate between 1891 and 1896.

"We have only made changes to the faces on our currency a few times since bills were first put into circulation, and I'm proud that the new 10 will be the first bill in more than a century to feature the portrait of a woman," Lew said.

Related: Evolution of the 10 dollar bill

Lew, who will make the final decision on who will grace the currency, is asking the public for help.

The department will launch a website, and is asking for input over social media with the hashtag #TheNew10.

What's his criteria? Lew wants the next generation of U.S. currency to underscore the theme of American democracy. The portrait must also -- by law -- be of someone who is no longer living.

Hamilton, who was the nation's first treasury secretary, has been on the $10 bill since 1929. He replaced Andrew Jackson, who was the seventh president.

Jackson moved to the $20 bill, where he remains today.

The $20 was at the center of a recent campaign to put a woman on U.S. currency. But Treasury had already pegged the $10 as the next one to be updated.

Related: Lawmakers want a woman on the $20

Bills are flagged for updates mainly for security reasons, Lew said. It was a "happy coincidence" that a push to put a woman on American money happened as the $10 note came under consideration.

Lew said Hamilton will also be a part of the new design. He said it's up for discussion whether Hamilton will appear alongside a woman or be the centerpiece of one version of the new bill.

Either way, the Hamilton $10 isn't going anywhere soon, since there are about 1.9 billion $10s in circulation today.

In another first for American greenbacks, the new $10 bill will include a "tactile feature" to allow blind people to distinguish it from other denominations.

-- We want to know who you think belongs on the new $10 bill. Hashtag #CNN10s on social media to weigh in.

About damn time. Would have preferred she replace Jackson instead of Hamilton...but this is still good news.

[Channel72]

I'm guessing Eleanor Roosevelt or Susan B. Anthony.

[Gandalf]

As much as I doubt it'll happen, I hope it's Harriet Tubman.

[Steve]

So they get rid of the anti-democratic elitist Hamilton, but not the guy who actually shat all over the Constitution and who openly supported one of the worst cases of ethnic cleansing in American history?

[Gandalf]

So they get rid of the anti-democratic elitist Hamilton, but not the guy who actually shat all over the Constitution and who openly supported one of the worst cases of ethnic cleansing in American history?

Because if you acknowledge one ethnic cleansing, suddenly the rest is up for examination.

[KroLazuxy_87]

So they get rid of the anti-democratic elitist Hamilton, but not the guy who actually shat all over the Constitution and who openly supported one of the worst cases of ethnic cleansing in American history?

They may not be getting rid of him completely.
From this washingtonpost article:

And the new $10 bill will feature a woman but in some way continue to honor Alexander Hamilton, a man who played a key role in developing the American monetary system and the roots of its stability, Lew noted to reporters.

[Emphasis added by me]


It's probably a safe bet that the woman will be one of these 15 women from a recent poll on which woman should be on the $20.

[biostem]

They could be replacing the image on the back of the bill, or moving Hamilton to the back somewhere...

[Channel72]

As much as I doubt it'll happen, I hope it's Harriet Tubman.

A non-Caucasian on our currency? Madness!

[Rogue 9]

As much as I doubt it'll happen, I hope it's Harriet Tubman.

A non-Caucasian on our currency? Madness!

They minted the Sacagawea dollars several years ago, and I believe went back to them when the Presidential dollar coin program was scrapped.

[General Zod]

I think Rosa Parks would be a great choice.

[Guardsman Bass]

I would go with Frances Perkins for the woman on the new $10 bill. She was FDR's labor secretary (the first women to be appointed to a Cabinet), played a critical role in designing and implementing many of FDR's programs, and was a life-long progressive activist who (among other efforts) fought to eliminate child labor.

[cmdrjones]

I would go with Frances Perkins for the woman on the new $10 bill. She was FDR's labor secretary (the first women to be appointed to a Cabinet), played a critical role in designing and implementing many of FDR's programs, and was a life-long progressive activist who (among other efforts) fought to eliminate child labor.

that sounds good, however, no matter which woman they put on the $10 bill, it will only be worth $7.50... so.... y'know FYI.... be warned.

[Elfdart]

As much as I doubt it'll happen, I hope it's Harriet Tubman.

A non-Caucasian on our currency? Madness!

They minted the Sacagawea dollars several years ago, and I believe went back to them when the Presidential dollar coin program was scrapped.

Pocahontas was on the money in the 1800s.

[Simon_Jester]

I favored Perkins in the "nominate a woman to appear on the $20 bill" polls, because Perkins is in keeping with the basic traditions. Figures who appear on American paper currency have historically been:

-Holders of senior government offices (invariably executive ones)
-Prominent or founding figures in the evolution of the American republic

Private citizens don't belong on the currency even if they were in the right- special commemorative coins, yes, but not on a bill we're planning to keep printing for fifty or a hundred years.

Frances Perkins is arguably the best choice in light of the two traditional criteria. Eleanor Roosevelt was at first (in my opinion) a poor choice, then I found out about her postwar diplomatic career which makes her moderately qualified. Shirley Chisholm would have been a good choice too.

But Tubman, Parks, and so on... in my honest opinion do not belong on paper currency, because their roles in American history are mainly of note because they were private citizens whose actions were symbolic of larger, broader movements. In which case we should commemorate the movements, more so than the individuals.

[If we were going to redesign the currency along THOSE lines, I would LOVE to see imagery associated with the civil rights era or the abolition of slavery on one of the bills... but that's not what we're doing here, we're just replacing one face with another.]

[UnderAGreySky]

Serious question: If Harriet Tubman does get on the $20 bill, will there be an uptick of racist dicks refusing to use those bills or clinging on the the Hamiltons because they're still stuck in the past?

[Gandalf]

Probably. It's the same way that people used the phrase President Bush now just say Mr Obama.

[The Romulan Republic]

Their probably will be. But rational people will ignore them as the moronic assholes they are.

[cmdrjones]

Serious question: If Harriet Tubman does get on the $20 bill, will there be an uptick of racist dicks refusing to use those bills or clinging on the the Hamiltons because they're still stuck in the past?

Hillbilly University student 1998 (historical research and writing class): "Where I come from, There are people who refuse to touch pennies to this day cause Lincoln is on them. Won't even touch 'em."

Professor Goff (Duke Graduate from the 1950s): "Well, there are deviants no matter where you go."

Me:


In any case, I don't think they'll reject it because of racism, but because they'll want their $6 back.

[Ahriman238]

I like the idea of Tubman or Sojourner Truth making it onto currency, but a large part of me is hoping for Margaret Sanger so I can watch conservative heads ker-splode.

[GrandMasterTerwynn]

So they get rid of the anti-democratic elitist Hamilton, but not the guy who actually shat all over the Constitution and who openly supported one of the worst cases of ethnic cleansing in American history?

As I understand it, Hamilton's getting the boot because the Treasury was already in the process of redesigning the $10 bill, so punting him was more a matter of convenience than any political statement.

[TheHammer]

I think Rosa Parks would be a great choice.

Why?

[whackadoodle]

There really is one choice of woman who reflects the values, the mores - indeed, the zeitgeist of the age as our first woman-on-paper gangbang.

Kim Kardashian.

[cmdrjones]

There really is one choice of woman who reflects the values, the mores - indeed, the zeitgeist of the age as our first woman-on-paper gangbang.

Kim Kardashian.

[Borgholio]

There really is one choice of woman who reflects the values, the mores - indeed, the zeitgeist of the age as our first woman-on-paper gangbang.

Kim Kardashian.

Except that, thank all that's holy, the law forbids putting a living person on US currency.

Which means if they were to do that anyways, we'd have to kill her. So either way we win.

[whackadoodle]

There really is one choice of woman who reflects the values, the mores - indeed, the zeitgeist of the age as our first woman-on-paper gangbang.

Kim Kardashian.

Except that, thank all that's holy, the law forbids putting a living person on US currency.

Which means if they were to do that anyways, we'd have to kill her. So either way we win.

Living? That's an insult to Kardashian-American-Cylons everywhere.