The first Real woman was Susan B. Anthony on the 1979 one dollar coin.
The first coin to honor women (specific ones and not deities) would be found in ancient Greek and Roman coinages. For the US other than the generic personification of Liberty, the Isabella quarter minted in 1893 was the first US coin to depict a historical woman, depicting Queen Isabella of Spain.
It was on the Shield Nickel minted from 1866 to 1883.
The first woman to appear on US paper currency was Pocahontas, who appeared on the reverse of a an $20 National Bank Note issued in 1865. Martha Washington was the only other woman to appear on paper money. Her portrait was used on $1 silver certificates that were issued from 1886 to 1896.
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The first woman medical doctor is the US was Elizabeth Blackwell.
The first circulating US coin to bear the likeness of an actual woman was the 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar. The 2000 dollar coin portrayed the image of Sacagawea. In addition women have appeared on commemorative coins such as the Dolly Madison coin.
Abraham Lincoln had his likeness put on the one cent coin (i.e.Penny) in 1909 in honor of his birth in 1809 and so was the first actual person to be on a US coin.
The first coin to honor women (specific ones and not deities) would be found in ancient Greek and Roman coinages. For the US other than the generic personification of Liberty, the Isabella quarter minted in 1893 was the first US coin to depict a historical woman, depicting Queen Isabella of Spain.
The first animal to appear on a U.S. coin was the eagle, which made its debut on the reverse side of the 1792 half disme (a denomination of currency). The eagle has since become a prominent symbol on U.S. coinage.
It was on the Shield Nickel minted from 1866 to 1883.
The first woman to appear on US paper currency was Pocahontas, who appeared on the reverse of a an $20 National Bank Note issued in 1865. Martha Washington was the only other woman to appear on paper money. Her portrait was used on $1 silver certificates that were issued from 1886 to 1896.
The Sacajawea dollar first was minted in 2000.
In god we trust first appeared on the two cent coin in 1864, but only since 1938 have all coins had the motto inscribed.
There is Only One 4-word phrase to appear on every US coin from 1793 to 2011, it's " United States of America" the motto " IN GOD WE TRUST " was first used on the 1864 Two-Cent piece.
Not yet, but a one-dollar coin with his likeness is scheduled to appear early in 2013.
Abraham Lincoln was never IN a coin, but his image has been ON the US cent since 1909.
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