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The United States ten-dollar bill (US$10) is a denomination of U.S. currency.The obverse of the bill features the portrait of Alexander Hamilton, who served as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, two renditions of the torch of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), and the words "We the People" from the original engrossed preamble of the United States Constitution.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Alexander Hamilton, who has been featured on the $10 bill since 1929, is making way for a woman. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is to officially announce Thursday that a redesign ...
Americans will have to wait a little longer to find out which woman will appear on the new $10 bill.
In 2016, Hamilton received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and set a record with 16 Tony Award nominations, [273] of which the show won 11, including Best Musical. [274] During the presidency of Barack Obama, a plan to replace Hamilton on the ten-dollar bill was shelved due in part to the popularity of the musical. [275]
Beginning in July 1969, the Federal Reserve began removing high-denomination currency from circulation and destroying any large bills returned by banks. [11] As of May 30, 2009 [update] , only 336 $10,000 bills were known to exist, along with 342 $5,000 bills, 165,372 $1,000 bills and fewer than 75,000 $500 bills (of over 900,000 printed).
The $5 and $10 bills will get big changes as well, according to a press release from the Treasury Department. ... Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury and the current face of ...
[6] Exceptions were made for Alexander Hamilton, Salmon Chase, and Benjamin Franklin. There have been no changes in the people depicted on currency intended for the general public since 1928; when Woodrow Wilson was depicted on the 1934 $100,000 gold certificate, the note was only for internal Treasury and Federal Reserve Bank use.
The Treasury Department announced plans to unveil a new ten dollar bill in. For the first time in more than a hundred years, a woman's face will appear on American paper currency -- and Twitter ...