On the quarter? It won’t fit.
I agree there should be an interval. But King’s been dead 42 years and Einstein’s been 55 years. The United States is a relatively young country - I think we can declare these guys historical figures.
It works for stamps. Elvis, at least.
This this this. As a fan of archaic architecture, I get more annoyed at the Americans with Disabilities Act than a normal sane person. All those ramps, argh! But changing the money is pretty easy; we print new bills all the time. It’s incredible we’re still using one-size notes.
…OK. In fact, this is the one political figure I have to say yes to. Greatest American hero.
And Frederick Douglass would please me far more than Abraham Lincoln.
John Brown might have had a worthy cause but his methods were those of a violent criminal.
Honus Wagner.
Nature scenes and buildings and such are boring and uninspiring. You should put on Neil Armstrong. The personification of the greatest moment of US history. But perhaps you have a principle against selecting living persons.
No can do. First question, U.S. Treasury FAQ:
Edison would be an interesting choice. Mark Twain would be another.
…compared to George Washington & Abraham Lincoln. :dubious:
Since there’s no law or custom requiring every one portrayed on a U.S. currency bill be a POTUS – Ben Franklin never was POTUS – how about Frederick Douglass? Great African-American, great abolitionist, entirely respectable person, and he just looks like he was meant to be portrayed in bill-style, i.e., a 19th-Century-style lithographic engraving.
Lose Joey and go with Iggy Pop.
Les Paul would be better, & he’s actually dead now.
That quote is a lot more restricting, as the “American People” don’t know who a lot of these people are. Heck, if it were retroactive, a lot of current money would have to be redesigned.
Theodore Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr. are good, as everyone knows who they are. Ronald Reagan would be good, but I agree that he is a bit recent.
I’ll go back through and see who else has been mentioned that I think average American might actually know:
[ul]
[li]Thomas Paine[/li][li][del]John Adams[/del] (Stublues has a point.)[/li][li]Thomas Edison[/li][li]Rosa Parks[/li][li]Elvis Presley[/li][li][del]Mark Twain[/del]Samuel Clemens[/li][/ul]
Of those, I’d say Presley and Clemens are the only ones that would be easily recognizable, but that doesn’t seem to be a requirement. And I’m pretty sure one of those was a joke.
I mentioned Harry Truman. I’m pretty sure the majority of Americans know who he is.
Seriously, though, I don’t understand why they would double up on Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, and Franklin when several others qualify.
Good call, and then they should put Leo Fender on the twenty.
I’d wager a Leo Fender that most don’t know who he is*.
I think we’d have to discuss what we mean by ‘know who he is’.
A case could be made that Washington, for example, should be on every form of U.S. currency that exists. As the General who led the War of Independence, as a former general who led the War of Independence and did not become a military dictator, as the President of the Constitutional Convention, as the first President of the United States, and - perhaps the single most important for the system of government here - the first former President of the United States.
Perhaps if you can suggest someone who could appropriately take the place of the doubled-up ones, but I’d rather dump Jackson or Cleveland.