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Abraham Lincoln was portrayed on the 1861 $10 Demand Note; Salmon Chase, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, approved his own portrait for the 1862 $1 Legal Tender Note; Winfield Scott was depicted on Interest Bearing Notes during the early 1860s; William P. Fessenden (U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Treasury) appeared on fractional currency ...
The first act, the Currency Act 1751 (24 Geo. 2. c. 53), restricted the issue of paper money and the establishment of new public banks by the colonies of New England. [7] These colonies had issued paper fiat money known as "bills of credit" to help pay for military expenses during the French and Indian Wars.
Suffragette; the first woman elected to the Parliament of Australia (1920–1924) $50 reverse 1995 Elizabeth II* 1926–2022 Queen of Australia (1952–2022) $5 obverse 1992 John Flynn: 1880–1951 Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service (1928) $20 reverse 1994 Mary Gilmore: 1865–1962 poet and journalist $10 reverse 1993 Nellie Melba: 1861 ...
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The American Women quarters program is a series of quarters featuring notable women in U.S. history, commemorating the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [1] The United States Mint is issuing five designs each year from 2022 to 2025 for 20 total designs.
In Canada, making a purchase using mounds of coins is frowned upon. The country's Currency Act strictly limits how many coins can be used in a single transaction. For instance, if you're shopping ...
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French magistrate, Holocaust survivor, and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament (1979-1982); best remembered for advancing women's rights in France, in particular for the 1975 law that legalized abortion, today known as the Veil Act (French: Loi Veil); member of the ...