Big news. The U.S. Treasury Department will announce on Wednesday that Andrew Jackson will be replaced with Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew also shared a couple other changes which includes putting leaders of the women’s suffrage movement on the back of the $10 bill and adding leaders of the civil rights era and other crucial moments in American history onto the $5 bill.
Previously, Lew stated that Andrew Hamilton would potentially be replaced on the $10 bill with Susan B. Anthony — but he received backlash from many (including a Broadway musical) as Hamilton was a crucial part of the creation of the Treasury Department and the American financial system.
The designs for the bills should be ready by 2020 (and hopefully issued to the public by 2030), so don’t expect new cash in your wallet anytime soon.
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