Imagine a woman on the face of a US currency note!

Women on US Currency

Good news for over half of America’s population! 

Leaders at the US Treasury Department have announced that by 2020, it will feature a woman’s face on the ten dollar (or could it be the $20) bill. This decision is historically significant because it has been more than a century since a woman has appeared on any official paper currency. Martha, the wife of George Washington was our nation’s most recent honoree when she appeared on a one dollar US Silver Certificate (see attached picture). 

Martha Washington, America's FIRST -- FIRST LADY, is just one of only two women whose portraits have appeared on an official U.S. currency note. 

Martha Washington is the ONLY woman to appear on the face of any legal note.

Martha Washington’s portrait was on the face of the one dollar 1886, 1891, and on the back of the 1896 one dollar Educational Silver Certificate. She “disappeared” with the turn of the century. You will notice how beautifully engraved this portrait and note was! Importantly, and depending on the grade, these notes are rare, highly collectable and of notable value.

The second woman to appear on US paper money (though it was the back, not the front of the note) was Pocahontas, who appeared on the backs of First Charter $20 National Bank Notes, first issued in 1863. Her likeness was copied/engraved from a painting by John G. Chapman. Please consider the importance of twenty dollars in 1863!
First Charter $20 Nationals with the back engraving of the "Baptism of Pocahontas" were issued in Original Series and Series of 1875 types (Fr. 424-439) in 13 varieties of signature and seal combinations. Approximately 12.4 million notes were issued. About 600-800 are believed to still exist.

Women have appeared on US coins – Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea dollar coins, and Helen Keller who showed up on an Alabama special-issue quarter.
Paper money portraiture has always been one of the most important ways the US honors its heroes. It’s indeed “about time” that a woman, once again, holds this place of honor.

Collectors are wise to obtain one or more of these notes, while prices still remain affordable.

For more information about this and other collectable coins and currency notes, please visit our web site at     http://www.treasuredstocks.com/ 
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When is small greater than large? Read on ...

"Large size currency is too expensive," claims US Treasury Department!

During the 1920s, the U.S. Treasury Department was having to purchase massive amounts of expensive special paper in order to print the required large size currency notes. Treasury Administrators realized that the huge price associated with the printing of large size notes was costing a premium. Therefore, they believed that millions of American dollars could be saved simply by reducing the size of the notes. 

Therefore, on July 10, 1929 (just weeks prior to the 1929 Stock Market Crash) the first of the smaller sized notes were printed and placed into circulation. The Legal Tender, Gold Certificates, Silver Certificates, Federal Reserve Notes and National Banks Notes were the first officially recognized small size notes printed.

For more information about these and other collectable coins and currency, please visit our web site at  http://www.treasuredstocks.com/ 
or email  jeff@treasuredstocks.com.