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  • mustangmanbobmustangmanbob Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My wife, since she spends 97% of all $20 in circulation. It would be a good photo ID at stores for her.
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,461 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I wish Hillary already qualified .............
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  • BarberFanaticBarberFanatic Posts: 671 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Soooo, replace dead presidents with dead women? That's better? It's different but I certainly would not call it better. Change just for the sake of change is rarely good in my opinion.

    Let's get rid of DEAD/REAL people all together and return to some real art. >>



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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Back in the early 20th century the treasury really didn't seem to have a problem putting women on notes:

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    Reverse of the Series 1914 $50

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    Reverse of the Series 1902 $50 national
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,680 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the only one on the list I have heard of is Susan Anthony, and only because she is on the small dollar.


    They should put someone on that people have heard of -> like Amelia Earhart or Rosa Parks
  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    I vote for allegorical themes on notes and coins and no real people.
    I vote for ridding ourselves of the $1 and $2 notes altogether.
    I vote for going to polymer based notes rather than rag linen.
    I vote for not wasting our money making cents and nickels.
    I vote for forcing our whining public to use and get used to using dollar coins.

    Problem is, I don't know where to vote for these things. I could care less for putting women (or any dead person) on our banknotes or coins.
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  • CalGoldCalGold Posts: 2,608 ✭✭
    Annie Oakley

    Everybody liked Annie Oakley. She is an American legend and an icon of the Old West without the stigma of killing bison and Native Americans. She was a major box office draw in her day. They even made a Broadway show about her. [edited to add]. No one understands allegoric images today. They will understand Annie Oakley.

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  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,971 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Annie Oakley

    Everybody liked Annie Oakley. She is an American legend and an icon of the Old West without the stigma of killing bison and Native Americans. She was a major box office draw in her day. They even made a Broadway show about her. [edited to add]. No one understands allegoric images today. They will understand Annie Oakley.

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    AO is my kind of woman!!! Wow!
  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,873 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't give NOW any ideas. If a NOW member sees this thread they may start an uproar and demand women on more circulating coins and paper money.My choice is Vivian Leigh or Audrey Hepburn.
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  • CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭✭
    I agree with the guy who said Farrah Fawcett.
  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
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  • First first lady or Dolly Madison. But who says it just has to be one person on the portrait, how about a gaggle?



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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭
    Annie Oakley

    ...Qualifies perhaps, although homely lookin' like SBA...image
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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Don't give NOW any ideas. If a NOW member sees this thread they may start an uproar and demand women on more circulating coins and paper money.My choice is Vivian Leigh or Audrey Hepburn. >>



    They were British and Dutch nationals though.

    A better choice would be Jacqueline Kennedy, a lovely woman who brought style and class to the position of First Lady. Too bad she was married to a lout.
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    from memory, not Google

    Alice Paul . . ?
    Betty Friedan . . author, "The Feminine Mystique"
    Shirley Chisholm --- 30+ years powerful black Congresswoman from Brooklyn
    Sojourner Truth - - - Underground Railway . . "Am I Not A Woman?"
    Rachel Carlson . . . author, "The Silent Spring" First major expose of effects of industrial strength pollution
    Rosa Parks . . "I don't have to sit in the back of the bus"
    Barbra Jordan . . ?
    Harriet Tubman . . .Underground Railway
    Margaret Sanger . . founded Planned Parenthood
    Patsy Mink . . Senator from (IIRC) Hawai?i
    Clara Barton . . battlefield nurse. Founder, American Red Cross
    Frances Perkins . 1st female Cabinet Secretary (Labor?)
    Susan B .. u know
    Eleanor Roosevelt .... you pretend you don't know
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton . . Leading suffragette


    I'd go for Clara Barton.... but just because she's already been on a stamp doesn't mean there won't be Congressional hearings.
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  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭
    Gloria Steinem. I went to a women's movement Steinem lecture with my g/f at San Jose St. Univ. in 1975. By the time Gloria finished listing the oppressed, injured and sacrificed members of society, the only one who wasn't oppressed, injured and sacrificed were 22 year old six foot tall males with blue eyes.

    I nominate Gloria in honor of her rant.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I sort of like the Shoshone woman, really.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The question limits my choices... and from those choices, Eleanor Roosevelt is the most deserving even though she would not likely want to be remembered on currency of any kind.

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  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yeah...Eleanor Roosevelt...that's the ticket.
    Sweet in the center of a double sawbuck...
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  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Yeah...Eleanor Roosevelt...that's the ticket.
    Sweet in the center of a double sawbuck...
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    Ehhh...I don't know, bro, but, Eleanor's dentition results from the times she lived in. Today, that smile would be pearly white + straight.
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Monica Lewinsky >>

    That would suck!
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  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,971 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>from memory, not Google

    Alice Paul . . ?
    Betty Friedan . . author, "The Feminine Mystique"
    Shirley Chisholm --- 30+ years powerful black Congresswoman from Brooklyn
    Sojourner Truth - - - Underground Railway . . "Am I Not A Woman?"
    Rachel Carlson . . . author, "The Silent Spring" First major expose of effects of industrial strength pollution
    Rosa Parks . . "I don't have to sit in the back of the bus"
    Barbra Jordan . . ?
    Harriet Tubman . . .Underground Railway
    Margaret Sanger . . founded Planned Parenthood
    Patsy Mink . . Senator from (IIRC) Hawai?i
    Clara Barton . . battlefield nurse. Founder, American Red Cross
    Frances Perkins . 1st female Cabinet Secretary (Labor?)
    Susan B .. u know
    Eleanor Roosevelt .... you pretend you don't know
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton . . Leading suffragette


    I'd go for Clara Barton.... but just because she's already been on a stamp doesn't mean there won't be Congressional hearings. >>




    Margaret Sanger and Rachel Carson???

    They'd be on the bottom of my list.....all the way on the bottom.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did the Colonel really mean Clara Bow?

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  • jmbjmb Posts: 595 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I vote for Miss Liberty. >>



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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i> ... Margaret Sanger and Rachel Carson???

    They'd be on the bottom of my list.....all the way on the bottom. >>



    I find it curiously contradictory that you can be both pro-life and pro-pollution. . . image

    Also, only dead people.
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  • EthanEthan Posts: 315 ✭✭
    My wife - cause she is awesome!
    "A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.

    “I want you to remember that no * ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb * die for his country”
  • coinguy1989coinguy1989 Posts: 1,056 ✭✭


    << <i>Yeah...Eleanor Roosevelt...that's the ticket.
    Sweet in the center of a double sawbuck...
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  • coinguy1989coinguy1989 Posts: 1,056 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i> ... Margaret Sanger and Rachel Carson???

    They'd be on the bottom of my list.....all the way on the bottom. >>



    I find it curiously contradictory that you can be both pro-life and pro-pollution. . . image

    Also, only dead people. >>



    Sanger is far too controversial IMO.
  • coinguy1989coinguy1989 Posts: 1,056 ✭✭
    Elizabeth Warren... It would be fun for Jamie Diamond and the other too big to fail bank CEOs to have something to remind them of her every time they make a few bucks. image
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Carmen Miranda

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  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,515 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would spend fewer twenties if Natalie Wood were featured


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  • RayboRaybo Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Back in the early 20th century the treasury really didn't seem to have a problem putting women on notes:

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    Reverse of the Series 1914 $50

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    Reverse of the Series 1902 $50 national >>



    Spot on!
  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭
    I nominate Rosie the Riveter for the $20 and Wendy the Welder for the $10.

    They were patriotic and did something for the country when it was needed.
    Ed
  • Sarah Palin.

    Hawt.
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • berylberyl Posts: 131 ✭✭✭
    None of those choices has any interest for me or any historical precedent.
    I suggest:
    (1) Rosario Rios - after all F. E. Spinner (US Treasurer) was on 50 cent fractional currency notes. Any of the other female US treasurers could be also considered. At least this selection would make some sense.

    or better:

    (2) Since the idea is to honor the contributions that women have made to the nation- I suggest that all women (age 18? 21? 35(minimum US President age) be eligible - anyone interested and willing could submit her name; a winner could be chosen by random selection as emblematic of all women who have contributed to our nation.
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,856 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Classic Time Magazine cover from 4-7-1952 will be an excellent choice image

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  • NapNap Posts: 1,755 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I know we're kidding around and this is not serious, but most of these replies seem misogynistic.

    I recall a silly website where they rank the US presidents by attractiveness

    Frankie Pierce gets the #1 nod yet his wavy locks are certainly not gracing our coinage.
  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926
    I am going to go along with the "Ms Liberty/Statue pose" crowd.

    Edit: Maybe use the obverse of the Morgan or Peace Dollar, could also depict the eagle on the reverse.
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Based on the question, my response and suggested picture is dead serious... no pun intended image

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,856 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Text None of these choices has any special interest for me or any historical precedent >>



    Surely you are kidding... and I will leave it that.

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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    She looks good on a buck.

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  • telephoto1telephoto1 Posts: 4,964 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Courtney Love gets my vote. >>



    If she was on it I think I'd be afraid of catching something if I held the note too long... image

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,842 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rachel Reynolds the blond on "The Price is Right." At least the portrait on the note would be beautiful which more than you can say for any of the women on this list.

    I don't care if they dump Jackson from the $20 note. He has been a very over rated president.
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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,942 ✭✭✭✭✭



    They should put someone on that people have heard of -> like Amelia Earhart.

    A woman that accomplished something and not just born with beauty....

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,842 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Classic Time Magazine cover from 4-7-1952 will be an excellent choice image

    Work of Boris Chaliapin- his work is outstanding >>



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    Eleanor? This political button from the 1940 presidential campaign explains it all. Eleanor had no idea what it is for a business to make the payroll every week. She lived in a fantasy world.

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  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I voted for Alice Paul, Harriet Tubman, and Clara Barton. Those three seem to have the most significant contribution/influence on American history.

    I would consider SBA, but she was on the dollar coin, and I think we can honor more than one historical woman. Eleanor Roosevelt should be considered as well, but I would like to see a non-first spouse honored. Of the three I picked, I would choose Clara Barton for the $20.
  • FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
    If you polled women I'd bet that 99% would prefer George Clooney on the $20 over anyone. But since that's not an option I'd
    say Eleanor Roosevelt.

  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,318 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 5,061 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For the $10 in 2020:

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    Grace Hopper, wrote the first computer language compiler

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    Esther Lederberg, discovered phage lambda

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    Barbara McClintock, corn genetics, 1983 Nobel

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    Mary Edwards Walker, US Civil War surgeon and POW, only female US Medal of Honor recipient

    http://mentalfloss.com/article/53186/15-women-whove-won-science-nobel-prizes-marie-curie

    These folks all did good things, but were not classically historic figures.
    But historically, women weren't able to do much in U.S. politics, since they couldn't even vote until fairly recently.
    The above would work if we switched all the bills to scientists, but that's not the plan.

    I'd rather see Martin Luther King on the $10.

    Corrected link for Capt. Henway:
    http://www.thenew10.treasury.gov/
    It says the theme is democracy, and 2020 is 100th anniversary of the women's vote in the US. This rules out the above folks.
    Sounds like Susan B. Anthony or Elizabeth C. Stanton....
  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    It will have to be Hillary, the greatest president since The Obama

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