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The people shown on our currency have been there for almost 100 years. They were chosen because they had a connection with currency in the case of Hamilton. The others were popular Presidents plus Ben Franklin, who is an icon. The currency has been up-dated but the people have not been changed.
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∙ 15y agoAs with our nation's coinage, the Secretary of the Treasury usually selects the designs shown on United States currency. Unless specified by an Act of Congress, the Secretary generally has the final approval. This is done with the advice of Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) officials. In addition, the Commission on Fine Arts reviews all of the designs. The law prohibits portraits of living persons from appearing on Government Securities. Therefore, the portraits on our currency notes are of deceased persons whose places in history the American people know well. Unfortunately, however, our records do not suggest why certain Presidents and statesmen were chosen for specific denominations.
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Who are the three men whose portraits appear on currency that were not US Presidents What were their claims to fame?
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What are the three men whose portraits appear on currency that were not US Presidents?
Alexander Hamilton on the $10, Benjamin Franklin on the $100, and Salmon P. Chase on the now obsolete $10,000.
Why did they put the president's faces on us paper currency?
They are not all presidents, e.g. Franklin, Chase.
Who was the only American to appear on the us coin who were not presidents?
Benjamin Franklin - Half Dollar
Non presidents on us currency?
Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill, Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill, and Sacajawea on the $1 coin.
Who are the three men whose portraits appear on currency that were not US Presidents What were their claims to fame?
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What are the three men whose portraits appear on currency that were not US Presidents?
Alexander Hamilton on the $10, Benjamin Franklin on the $100, and Salmon P. Chase on the now obsolete $10,000.
By law the only portraits of these people may appear on US currency and securities?
The only restriction on whose portrait may appear on US currency is that it may not depict a living person. Contrary to widespread misunderstanding, there is no law or other rule limiting portraits to former presidents. Two current bills ($10 and $100) depict individuals - Hamilton and Franklin - who never served as president, and prior to 1928 numerous other non-presidents appeared on paper money.
Based on the US currency on which their portraits appeared which of these presidents was worth the most?
Woodrow Wilson
What us dolller is Teddy Roosevelt on?
Theodore Roosevelt does not appear on any US currency.
Which two presidents are wearing wigs tied with ribbon on their coins of US currency?
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What backing for the US currency was favored by the presidents in office during the Gilded Age?
Precious metals
Why did they put the president's faces on us paper currency?
They are not all presidents, e.g. Franklin, Chase.
What presidents are on a 1 cent stamp?
I think that only Washington and Jefferson are the only US presidents to appear on 1-cent stamps.
Who were the only two Americans to appear on a US coin who were not presidents?
Sacajawea, and the American buffalo
Who was the only American to appear on the us coin who were not presidents?
Benjamin Franklin - Half Dollar
How many presidents are on the US Cent?
Abraham Lincoln is the only president to appear on the US cent (a/k/a penny)
