currency during their lifetime, with each of those depictions occurring during the American Civil War. There have been no changes in the people depicted on currency intended for the general public since 1928 when Woodrow Wilson was depicted on the 1934 $100,000 gold certificate, the note was only for internal Treasury and Federal Reserve Bank use.įive people have been depicted on U.S. banknotes in 1922 prompted the Treasury Department to review the portraits on banknotes and conclude that 'portraits of Presidents of the United States have a more permanent familiarity in the minds of the public than any others.' Exceptions were made for Alexander Hamilton, Salmon Chase, and Benjamin Franklin. The Secretary, with input from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, has final approval over the design of banknotes. The Secretary of the Treasury was given broad latitude by Congress in 1862 to supervise the design, printing, and issue of banknotes. Individual portraits of 53 people central to the history of the United States are depicted on the country's banknotes including presidents, cabinet members, members of Congress, Founding Fathers, jurists, and military leaders.

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