Move Over, Alexander Hamilton: A Woman Is Going On The $10 Bill (2024)

FAQs

Why do you think Alexander Hamilton is the guy on the $10.00 bill? ›

In fact, Hamilton's likeness has adorned our national currency more than any other person, and this, in our view, is an entirely appropriate honor. As the first Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton erected the pillars of the U.S. financial infrastructure, pillars that still support us.

The decision to keep him on the $10 bill, however, did not result from an attack of historical awareness. Rather, it was urged by a surge of angry Americans at the original announcement that he would be removed.

Ten-dollar bill: Alexander Hamilton.

During his time as a statesman, he helped develop guidelines for constitutional interpretation and led the establishment of the first national bank. Fun fact: Hamilton founded The New York Post, a newspaper that is still in circulation today.

The man you see on the $20 bill is none other than Andrew Jackson. He was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837.

$500 Bill: William McKinley

President William McKinley's face appears on the $500 bill, which is no longer in circulation. The $500 bill dates to 1918 when ​Chief Justice John Marshall's face initially appeared on the denomination. The Fed and Treasury discontinued the $500 bill in 1969 for lack of use.

The original $1,000 bill featured Alexander Hamilton on the front. When someone presumably realized that it might be confusing to have the same former Secretary of the Treasury on multiple denominations, Hamilton's portrait was replaced with that of a president—the 22nd and 24th, Grover Cleveland.

As Viola Desmond is featured on the $10 note, and another iconic Canadian will be featured on the future $5 note, Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and our first francophone Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, will be featured on our higher value bank notes.

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757–1854) was a philanthropist, wife to Alexander Hamilton, and mother of their 8 children. Also known as Eliza or Betsy, she was from a prominent Dutch family in Albany, New York. Her father, Philip J. Schuyler, was a general in the Continental Army, politician, and businessman.

Working with the U.S. Treasury, a modest timeline has been set for select currency redesigns. The resign of the $10 bill is scheduled for 2026, followed by the redesign of the $50 bill slated for 2028 and, lastly, the redesign of $20 bill (which will include a portrait of Harriet Tubman) in 2030.

The $2 note features a portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the front of the note and a vignette depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the back of the note.

Whose face is hidden on the $100 bill? ›

Portrait Watermark

Hold the note to light and look for a faint image of Benjamin Franklin in the blank space to the right of the portrait. The image is visible from both sides of the note.

The front of the $2 bill features a portrait of Thomas Jefferson, a founding father and the third U.S. President. The iconic painting "The Signing of the Declaration of Independence" by John Trumbull graces the back.

The United States twenty-dollar bill (US$20) is a denomination of U.S. currency. A portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president (1829–1837), has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse.

$10,000 Series 1918 Blue Seal

Just as this $10,000 bill, produced in 1918, is rare, the likeness on the front might be unfamiliar. It shows Salmon P. Chase, who served as President Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury from 1861 to 1864.

Hamilton made the First Bank of the United States a centerpiece of his financial plan. Modeled on the Bank of England, the bank held government funds, issued loans to the government, provided currency, and increased liquid capital to facilitate economic growth.

We have George Washington on the $1 bill, Thomas Jefferson on the $2 bill, Abraham Lincoln on the $5, Andrew Jackson on the $20, and Ulysses S. Grant on the $50. Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin were never presidents, but they are featured on the $10 and $100 bill, respectively.

On April 20, 2016, Lew officially announced that Alexander Hamilton would remain on the $10 bill, while Andrew Jackson would be replaced by Tubman on the front of the $20 bill, with Jackson appearing on the reverse.

The first $2 bill depicted Alexander Hamilton, but Thomas Jefferson replaced Hamilton in 1869, and the third U.S. President has on the $2 notes since, with several notable exceptions. That is only part of the whole story of the $2 note, which has depicted numerous faces and designs throughout its issue.