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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