Next in my research I looked further into the portraits that are displayed on different banknotes and how the people pictured came to be considered and chosen for the design. From doing this I also found out the other rules and regulations for when it comes to designing a banknote.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Note#Design_regulations'There are a few regulations to which the U.S. Treasury must adhere when redesigning banknotes. The national motto "In God We Trust" must appear on all U.S. currency and coins.[38] Though the motto had periodically appeared on coins since 1865, it did not appear on currency (other than interest-bearing notes in 1861) until a law passed in 1956 required it.[39] It began to appear on Federal Reserve Notes were delivered from 1964 to 1966, depending on denomination.[40]
The portraits appearing on the U.S. currency can feature only deceased individuals, whose names should be included below each of the portraits.[38] Since the standardization of the bills in 1928, the Department of the Treasury has chosen to feature the same portraits on the bills. These portraits were decided upon in 1929 by a committee appointed by the Treasury. Originally, the committee had decided to feature U.S. presidents because they were more familiar to the public than other potential candidates. The Treasury altered this decision, however, to include three statesmen who were also well-known to the public: Alexander Hamilton (the first Secretary of the Treasury who appears on the $10 bill), Salmon P. Chase (the Secretary of the Treasury during the American Civil War who appeared on the now-uncirculated $10,000 bill), and Benjamin Franklin (a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution, who appears on the $100 bill).[41] In 2016, the Treasury announced a number of design changes to the $5, $10 and $20 bills; to be introduced over the next ten years. The redesigns include:[42][43]The back of the $5 bill will be changed to showcase historical events at the pictured Lincoln Memorial by adding portaits of Marian Anderson (due to her famous performance there after being barred from Constitution Hall due to her race), Martin Luther King Jr.'s (due to his famous I Have A Dream speech), and Eleanor Roosevelt (who arranged Anderson's performance).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, andElizabeth 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 the front.
After an unsuccessful attempt in the proposed Legal Tender Modernization Act of 2001,[44] the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 required that none of the funds set aside for either the Treasury or the Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 bill.[45] This is because any change would affect vending machines and the risk of counterfeiting is low for this small bill.[46] This superseded the Federal Reserve Act (Section 16, Paragraph 8) which gives the Treasury permission to redesign any banknote to prevent counterfeiting.[47]'
- The national motto "In God We Trust" must appear on all U.S. currency and coins.
- The portraits appearing on the U.S. currency can feature only deceased individuals, whose names should be included below each of the portraits.
I learnt that to even be considered for your portrait to be on a banknote one must be dead. From what I've read, when it comes to US currency, other than being dead there are no set rules in order to to be the face on a note. From the past choices, it seems that all the people chosen are famous figures in American history and well-known to the public to a certain degree.
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