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I am not happy with the plan to remove Hamilton from the $10 bill. I do want a woman on a bill but leave Hamilton alone. Take Jackson off the $20.

Posted by Krusty (aka Krustylu) Jun 18 '15, 06:32

Hamilton for the most part built our current currency system, wrote the Federalist papers and was the first Treasury secretary. He should not lose the honor of being on one of our bills.
Jackson on the other hand was not a great president but did spread democracy and go West. Whatever.

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i think (and I need to chec k myself to be sure) that some countries have bills w/ different images on the same denominations . . . - call me Ishmael Jun 18, 07:05
I didn't realize they were putting Hillary on a bill already. -- nm - ty97 Jun 18, 07:03
You guys need $1 coins. Big time. -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 06:56 21
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  - Are there bars and restaurants that are cash only? I haven't seen that anywhere. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 07:05 7
    - Around here it's just the diviest of dive bars. -- nm - Ender Jun 18, 07:10 1
      - aka mary's favorite bars. -- nm - amanda Jun 18, 07:12
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      - L3 at Flaming Saddles. -- nm - Inigo Jun 18, 07:11
      - That seems like a bad idea. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 07:09 2
        
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        Exactly. I'm not likely to go back to the bank to get more money if I run out. Bad idea. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 07:13
  - Moving away from CC feels like ice skating uphill. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 07:02 5
    - restaurants here are moving away from interac, because their fees are higher than the CCs. So they have those ATMs in the space - Andie Jun 18, 07:03 2
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        we still have credit cards everywhere, but less debit (and Canada loves debit cards, we use them for, oh, everything) -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 07:08
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    - It's strange, but I've noticed this trend with local business in cities (Chicago, Austin, here in NYC). -- nm - ty97 Jun 18, 07:03
- We have them, no one likes them and two have a woman on the face. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 06:59 3
  - They'd get used if we'd ditch the $1 bill. -- nm - TWuG Jun 18, 06:59 2
    - I really don't think the problem is people not wanting to use them as it is that nobody gives them out. -- nm - Ender Jun 18, 07:02
    - If they had no other option, sure. But carrying around $1 coins sucks. I get them from the Metrocard machines at train stations when - Krusty Jun 18, 07:00
- we have them. -- nm - amanda Jun 18, 06:57 1
  - Then you clearly need $2 coins! -- nm - Shaun Jun 18, 07:02
It sounds as though they'd have changed whatever bill was next in line to update. Plus Hamilton isn't being removed, he's sharing the bill. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 06:53 6
- He's being removed. He won't be the face of the bill. I don't care that it's next in line, they can wait to do it to the $20. - Krusty Jun 18, 06:57 3
  - If he's on the bill, he's not removed. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 06:58 2
    - If he's not the face he's being demoted or basically removed. It's not okay and kind of sounds worse to me. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 06:59 1
      - Him being on the reverse seems to be just one of the options. Sounds like it's possible there could be bills with the woman AND different $10 bills with Hamilton on them. -- nm* - Ender Jun 18, 07:12
- That sharing thing irritates me more than removing him does. -- nm - TWuG Jun 18, 06:54 1
  - I have to agree. Kind of patronizing. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 06:56
I'd enjoy a refresh that rotates people of distinction every 5 or so years. -- nm - TWuG Jun 18, 06:46 13
- I think so too, but I'd suggest every ten-fifteen. You guys have seven notes, and you don't want to change them too quickly. - Roger More Jun 18, 06:48 9
  - Americans are almost pathological in their fear of change to their currency and coinage. - TWuG Jun 18, 06:52 8
    - I'm from a country that got rid of its pennies and converted $1 and $2 notes into coins 30 years ago. You don't have to tell me ;) -- nm - Roger More Jun 18, 07:01 1
      - i had a penny in my wallet's change compartment this week. and i was annoyed. "where the hell did i get *that*?" - Andie Jun 18, 07:06
    - the all-one-colour thing is really not user-friendly. You know who has awesome currency? Norway! -- (link) - Andie Jun 18, 06:54 5
      - We've added color to our new bills. They look cool but a bit weird still. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 07:02
      - I remember seeing a design contest and one of the best ones had the Bill of Rights spread across the different bills. -- nm - Reagen Jun 18, 06:56 1
        
        don't go spreading radical ideas -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 18, 11:01
      - The Euro is done really well. Bright color AND the larger the denomination, the larger the physical size of the bill - TWuG Jun 18, 06:56 1
        
        the pound does as well, (right?) -- nm - Andie Jun 18, 06:58
- Not a bad idea but would likely be expensive. -- nm - Krusty Jun 18, 06:48 2
  - They have a new "series" every couple of years anyway, which denotes some change to the bill. Any change requires new plates, so make the change - TWuG Jun 18, 06:51
  - Notes have to be upgraded for new security measures anyway. And the UK does this, so it can't be that expensive. -- nm - Roger More Jun 18, 06:49
Everyone is blowing up the internet saying the same thing. Hamilton is a founding father or democracy, Jackson - meh. -- nm - MDH Jun 18, 06:43 1
- That they're saying the $10 is the next up to get redesigned is not a good enough reason to make this change. I'm really bothered by this. - Krusty Jun 18, 06:45
Jackson's personal history, while being of his time, is pretty bad from our enlightened vantage point. He should come off. -- nm - rollo Jun 18, 06:41
Without knowing more, which woman is going to join the bills? - Will Hunting Jun 18, 06:39 5
- They're going to take input over the next few months. I love the idea but I don't want to lose Hamilton. - Krusty Jun 18, 06:42 1
  - It would make lazy Sunday outdated! -- nm - Roger More Jun 18, 06:43
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- To be determined. -- nm - Roger More Jun 18, 06:41
- Tbd, but Harriet Tubman is being pushed as the front runner -- nm - znufrii Jun 18, 06:40
Yup, Hamilton definitely deserves it more. -- nm - Ender Jun 18, 06:36
I for one look forward to a Kardashian being on the $10 bill -- nm* - Beaker Jun 18, 06:33

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I am not happy with the plan to remove Hamilton from the $10 bill. I do want a woman on a bill but leave Hamilton alone. Take Jackson off the $20.

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