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The United States twenty-dollar bill (US$20) is a denomination of U.S. currency.A portrait of Andrew Jackson, the seventh U.S. president (1829–1837), has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1928; the White House is featured on the reverse.
Saint-Gaudens based his design on the female figure he had designed in creating New York City's monument to General William Tecumseh Sherman, [19] but the sculptor's ultimate inspiration was the Nike of Samothrace. [20] The figure for the Sherman monument was modeled by Hettie Anderson, one of the artist's favorite subjects. [19]
On June 25, 1942, new overprinted notes were first issued. Series 1935A $1 silver certificate, Series 1934 $5 and $20 Federal Reserve Notes, and Series 1934A $5, $10, and $20 Federal Reserve Notes from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco were issued with brown treasury seals and serial numbers.
The 1934 Gold Reserve Act subsequently changed the statutory gold content of the U.S. Dollar from $20.67 to $35 an ounce. While this might be seen to some as a move that increased the value of gold, it actually merely devalued the U.S. Dollar so that less gold was required to back U.S. Currency, and the Federal Reserve was free to print more ...
$1 Series of 1934, A—E; $1 Series 1935, A—H; $1 Series 1957, A—B; $2 Series of 1899; National Banknotes; $5 Series of 1882; Blue seal Washington on reverse George Washington – Series of 1905 $20 bill. Gold Certificate. $20 Series of 1905 (with reversed left-facing instead of right-facing portrait)
According to the U.S. Department of Treasury website, "The present denominations of our currency in production are $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. The purpose of the United States currency system is to serve the needs of the public and these denominations meet that goal.
Federal Reserve Bank Notes are legal tender banknotes in the United States that were issued between 1915 and 1934, ... $20: Large-size note 7.375 x 3.125 inches (187 ...
The only exception was the $20 of 1865, which had a picture of a $20 gold coin. The Series of 1882 was the first series that was uniformly payable to the bearer; it was transferable and anyone could redeem it for the equivalent in gold. This was the case with all gold certificate series from that point on, with the exception of 1888, 1900, and ...