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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.
"In God We Trust" on the back of a twenty-dollar bill.. In 1970, Stefan Ray Aronow having been found without standing to sue by the District Court, appealed his case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging "the use of expressions of trust in God by the United States Government on its coinage, currency, official documents and publications.
A twenty dollar bill or twenty dollar note is a banknote denominated with a value of twenty dollars and represents a form of currency. Examples of twenty-dollar bills include: Australian twenty-dollar note; Canadian twenty-dollar bill; Hong Kong twenty-dollar note; New Zealand twenty dollar note; United States twenty-dollar bill
The U.S. Dollar has numerous discontinued denominations, particularly high denomination bills, issued before and in 1934 in six denominations ranging from $500 to $100,000. Although still legal tender, most are in the hands of collectors and museums. The reverse designs featured abstract scroll-work with ornate denomination identifiers.
Jackson, whose face has been on the $20 bill since 1928, was a supporter of slavery who -- as some critics have pointed out -- did not believe the United States should use paper money.
In the future, there may be a new face on twenty dollar bills if Barbara Ortiz Howard and Susan Ades Stone have their way. The pair established the non-profit organization simply called Women on 20s.
The back of the $10 bill will be changed to show a 1913 march for women's suffrage in the United States, plus portraits of Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, Alice Paul, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. On the $20 bill, Andrew Jackson will move to the back (reduced in size, alongside the White House) and Harriet Tubman will appear on ...
And while there seems to be a decent amount of support to replace the portrait on the $20 bill, not everyone is happy with the list of candidates. At least one is a bit controversial; Margaret ...